New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-31
MIR. BEECHER URGES PACIFICATIoN OF
TILE SOITTH.

AN APPEAL FOR RECONCILIATION AND Ihh
WITHDRAWAL OF MILITARY FORCE fhoM
THE SOUTH" THE FIRST DEMAND OF Ouh
TIME Is ENTIRE REUNION"-ENTRACr fItOh
A LETTER or THE REV. HENRY WARD
BEECHRR DATED AUG. 30, 1856, ADDRESSED
TO GEN. HALPINE AND oTHERs-sENIlMENIS
WORTHY OP LIBERAL REPUBLICAN OF
TODAY.
I hear, with wonder and shame and sc0rn,
the fear OF a few that the South in adjust
ment with the Federal Government will rule this nation
The North is rch-nover so rlch the South Is poor
never before so poor The population Of the North Is
nearly double that OF the South The Industry OF the
North diversity in forwardness and producuyeness
in all the machinery and education required for manu-
featuring Is half century In advance or the South
Churches in the North crown every hill ana schools
swarm in every neighborhood; while the South has but
scattered lights at long distances, like lighthouses
twning along the edge OF continent OF darkness In
the presence OF such contrast how ana craven IL
the fear that the South will rule the policy OF the land
That it will have influence, that II will contribute IN
time most important influences or restraints, We are
Glad 70 believe But II il rises at to the control OF
the Government il Will be because the North, democrat
lied by prosperity and besOted by groyeng INTERESTS
case, the South not only Will control the Go'erhen
II is feared with more reason that the restoration Of
the South to her full Independence Will be detrimental
to the freedmen. The sooner we dismiss from our
sensrated from the white population and nursed and
defended by themselves, the better ~ VIII DC or tne
and us The negro is part and parcel OF Southern so
etv He cannot be prosperous while 1t is unprOspered
Its evils will rebound upon him. It's happiness ana re-
IMMIGRATION be kept from his participation Inc
resteTaon of the south TO amcable relations with the
North the reorganization of It's industry the rensplTa-
ton OF its enterprise and THRIFT, VIII az edonu 10 NE
| freedmens benefit. Nothing is so dangerous 10 the
freedmen as unsettled state Of society at the SOUTH
ON him all the spite and anger, and caprice ana
heartless Unless we turn the Government INTO
vast military machine there cannot be armies enough TO
protect the freedmen while Southern society remains
discretionary II Southern society is Gained settled
| and occupied and soothed with new hopes and pros.
porous industries, DO armies viii DO needed kOts VIII
subsde awess hangers-on Will De driven on OF oetter
governed and way will be gradually opened up to the
freedmen through education and industry, to luu cltl-
zenslip, with all its hOn0rs and duties.
Civilization is growth None can escape that forty
years in the wilderness who travel irom tue EgypI OF
freedmen must take their march. have full falth IN
the results. II they have the stamina TO UNDERGO the
hardshps which every unclvlzed people mas uh1ergohe
in their upward progress they will IN due time take their
place among us. That place cannot be Donght nor be
qucathed, nor gained by seiglt OF hand IL VIII come 10
sobriey, virtue industry and frugaty AS the nation
cannot be sound until the South Is prosperous So on the
other extreme healthy CONDITION OF eiV society IN the
South indispensable to the welfare OF the freedmen
Refusing to admit loyal Senators and Representatives
from the South to Congress wl not help the freedmen
IL will not for them the vote 1t will not protect
them. IL will not secure any amendment OF our COns
tuition, however ust ana wise ~ VIII on lnGISse Tue
dangers and conpiicate the difficulties whether we re-
gard the whole nation or any section OF IT, or class III IL
the first demand of our time is, entire reunion
once united we can. 10y schools churches free press
and increasing free speech attack each eY and secure
every good. meanwhile, the great chasn Whlch l.epe
Lon made not filed up IL grows deeper and stretches
wider! out OF 1t dread specters and threatening
sounds. Let that gulf he closed ana DuJ IN slavery
sectional animOsity, and all striies ana hatreds!
1t is tit that the brave men who, on sea ana land
faced death to save the nation, should now ny tner
voice and vote, conslmmale what their swords rem
dered possible For Inc sake OF the Ieeanen ior tne
sake OF the South aud It's millions OF our eoWcounuy
men, for sake, and Tor the great cause OF irec
dom and civilization, urge the iminedlate reunion o.
all the parts winch Rebellion ana war nave shattered
an truly yours, HENRY WARD BEEClIkR.