The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-13

ton In any respcot search through the Southern
press and tho organs Of public senttment tne
OF her public meetings and conventions. and defy
you to ind any utteranoes not In strict harmony
% %as the eeS shar aS NO founason 10 fact
no possible excuse can be found Tor IL exceps ~ sne
tom State ana national ought to BE- the natural
and legitimate result OF their treatment OF the
south The supporters q tns admini Snancsa
policy With pride End exuitation they point you
to the premium which our bonds eomnsna she an
With APPARENT Confidence assert that ali this eyi
gsHSs & sss W. daa
consequently that further lease Of power y abso-
lutoy essential to the longer continuance OF snese
credit and universal prosperity are assuredy great
national blessings, and IT 10 the duty Of every
the other. But the preservation OF the former
to large extent dependent upon the preyaence,
the . pesple to RESPOND to taxation form the very
basis public credit Therefore, while trne states.
%snshp guards with Jealous care tine M WScS
that honor Is to 30 maintained While culMyasttng
high tone Of national sentiment and lofty patti,
Otism, IL sedulOusy fosters all those agencies ny
their wealth Increased and their happiness &c.
principles, how stands the muoh-yaunted policy Of
our adversaries-a policy which they nave not only
ts IN Se 70
petuateS why. instead Of securing Che happiness
OF the people, 1t has but added to their dis.
tresses; instead Of aiding In the increase OF their
prosperity and wealth, 1t has interposed numerous
and unnecessary obstacles TO their advancement
Upon frm and enduring basis 1t has been sappng |
the very foundations OF public credit. Inese arc
It De starting ts 81 e ne
years to vindlcate their truth. At the beginning
we behold great nation emerging rom one OF tne
most gigantic internecine wars the world had ever
witncssed-a war waged between peoples DOund
together by q common lineage and common Ian.
guage, by common interests, common history and
q common destiny-a war In which one section had
triumphed over another, and leaving as common
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tries Of the North had. to q considerable extent.
war and begotteu by Its necessities, while many OF
the industries OF peace had been dwarfed int0attle-
Fine had been swept nom the ocean and our OK
port trade almost annihlated: The UNSTABLE char;:
Acter Of our currency and the reckless spirit OF
begot confusion and uncertainty In al branches OF
business. While this chaotic condition of affairs
prevailed throughout the North at the close Of the
war, what was the condition Of the surrendered
Souths What was the result to the people OF taat
four Years, terrible Contest had been almost wholly
waged2 Almost universal bankruptcy. Their whole
social system had been shattered and their labor
system utterly destroyed. The freedom Of the slaves
had enslsved their masters. During the four years
Of supreme effort and agony their country was
raysged and destroyed by the incursions OF a vic
tOriOus fOe Their labor system was first dlsorgan-
OF
destroyed their banks ruined, towns destroyed:
their currency and bonds and stocks In which their
all was invested, rendered worthless; and to-
gether with all this was engulfed In this same
common ruin their investments in mines, mills and
all other Industrial and commercial establishments
Such universal ruin, perhaps, never before pre-
vailed In any country. In this great metropolis,
drawing your sustenance and wealth from unnum
gnurO 2 a
fns IN a. the . unnambered products q the
e The aS
woe and suffering Of the South at the close of the
suffering and want prevailing at the south, and the
disqualification of Industrial commercial and fnan
clal affairs at the North what was the supreme nia
the government have addressed themselves with
earnest, honest and patriotic devOtionr Why, to
OF the country and the adjustment OF the burdens
Of taxation so to meet the absolute necessities OF
the government, and at the same time permit and
even encourage tho restoration Of our commercial
marine and lost commerce, our crippled industries
ton and recaperatlon q the desoated and mpove
risned south The condition at Of public sent
yes ripeMfor the Inauguration Of this broad
and statesmanlike policy. At the South, torn,
bleeding ruined by the terrible ordeal Of blood ana
Satisfied with the utter failure Of the fearful expert
SsIls he North, in he pIsnitaas q her icy oysi
po g. aG IS saS rs @ nsas % S
exhibition Of lofty patriotism and profound
msn on set of men SS ss
authorities Of this nation been equal
might have been permanently secured and the
whole country restored to peace and started fresh
however. did not prevail. The President without,
as It was contended, competent authority, under
took the business Of reconstruction on his own
account. And, although his plan was radically de-
fective. the South were compelled to accept and
beious. Congress oyertRrew the Presidential
plan, lmpeached and tried the President and sub
were eventually f sapersedeS BY civil " goV
ernments, organized upon terms and according
to conditions prescribed BY itself Nearly six years
elapsed from the surrender at AppOmattOX before
all the States were fully represented in Congress,
and that whole period was one of doubt d!strust,
CONFUSION and uncertainty in the South. Its peo-
pie were the resduary legatees OF all the hate and
luminosity engendered by the long and bitter
President denounced them If they did not promptly
adopt his plan OF reconstruction, and Congress
President ignored negro suffrage, but Congress
imposed It as condition precedent to restoration,
xee fae sa I'll the a
President confdcd the reconstruction of these
states to the white people. but Congress sought Its
from the North. Neither plan Of reconstruction
was wholly right nor was either entirely wrong.
The acknowledgement of the negro was the inevita.
BILE and legitimate result OF emancipation; but the
Acknowledgement OF the whites was the essence Of
hate, folly and wrong. But the Presidential policy
was OverthrOwn and that of Congress prevailed;
and what has been the resultP In every State the
congressional policy has completely triumphed.
GENERAL KILPATRrCK's SPEECH.
General FITZPATRICK was next introduced, and
was received with great cheering. He said ne re.
1OlCcQ
voice In this most serious cause Ninety-six years
ago brave people struck for the freedom OF this
country, and gained their independence spite of
neatly CENTURY, #e ars forced again he hoped
for the last time, to fight another battle for
that our fathers had to fight against we now had
got TO combat. There was not an English captain
to-day nor ~ English lord or noble man, or Euro;