Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-12

trian domination IN Hungary the more stable to.
day tor the hanging Of Macy Sander and his twelve
compatriot Generals after the surrender Of Vihgoss
We plead against passions certain at this mo-
ment to be fierce and intolerant; but on our eide
are the Ages and the voice Of History Weplead
for a restoration of the Union against policy
which would afford momentary qualification at
the cost Of years Of perilous hate and bitterness
In the next day Tribune to that which printed
the above. Mr. Greeley had another article in the
same humane and Christian spirit. few days
later he had still another. entitled i" Peace Pun
ishneut." published April l3. 1865, in which he
said:
The New York Tunes. doing injustice to its own
sa.acity III a characteristic sttempt to sail he
tween wind and water. says: "Let US hang jeff.
Davis and spare the rest" We do not con-
cur in the advice. Davis did not devise or i'll
sigate the Rebellion on tho contrary. he was
one of the latest and reluctant Of the notahes
II the Cotton States to renounce definitely the
Union. His prominence is purely official and
representative the only reason for hanging him
is that you therein condemn and stigmatiSe more
person than in hanging any one else. And
10 what good end We are most anxious
% secure the assent of the South to Elnancpa-
ION not that assent which the condemned gives
20 being hung when he shakes hands with his
l,ilor ard thanks hun for his past acts Of kind
l-ss !; but that hearty assent which can only be
won ny magnanimity Perhaps the Rebels, as
body. would have given, even one Year ago. as
large and as hearty a vote for hanging the writer
nf this article as any other man living hence. 1t
more especially seems to him important to prove
hst the Civilization based on Free Labor, Is OF Il
,igher and humaner type than that based on
slavery. We cannot realize that the qualification
To inure to our friends from the hanging of any
me man, or fifty men, should be allowed to out
weigh this consideration.
On April Is, 1865. he expressed himself as fol-
oWs We eutredt the President promDt-
V to do and dare III the cause of magnanimlty.
The southern mind Is now open TO kindness, and
may he magneticay affected by generosity. Let
ssurancs at once be given that there is to be n
ieneral Amnesty and general Confscation.
;his none the less the dictate of wisdom, be-
ause it is also the dictate of mercy. What we
SIX is. that the President say in effect. "Slavery
having, through rebellion, committed suicide, let
he North ana the South unite to bury the car
ASS, and then clasp hands across the grave"
The above notl, words were published on the
noining OF the same dav whose evening brought
ne assassination of President Lincoln. The
North was enkIndled by tnat das'ardly murder
uto fame of rage. Nineteenth of the Northern
a-ople seemed to think that the whole South
accomplice i'll the act. Threats of ven
'eance were mae. A clamor was instantly set
up tor hanging or shooting the leading iehels.-
sudden blood -thirstiness seemed to burn IN the
ublic pulse. Hatred took the place OF reason.
ir Greeley, because he had plead for mercy to
he rebels, became instantly the most unpopular
nan in the North. perfect storm vi condemna-
ion beat upon him. Many OF his former political
associates openly insu,ted HIM. A portrai''thht
ad Just heiore been painted OF hlm tor the Union
League Club, and not ye sent to its destination,
vas made the subject OF speecl, by the President
# the Club who urged that 1t should hot be ad-
nited within the walls Surh was the snobbish
punishment which the Union LeagueB had the
lttleness to administer TO the most lllustrious
member of their organization all and only
because Mr. Greeley beieved i'll showing mercy to
! conquered Toe.
But Mr. Grpeley's friends rallied round him
and in November of the same year pat hum
forward, somewhat against his wish and alto
gether without his cooperation, as a candidate
tor the United States S.natorsIip. The only
obstacle which they knew would or could lie
in the way of his election was his eloquent ad.
helencr to his Amnesty views. To this end
they begged him to desst awhile from pr
tinaciulsly enforcing them upon the public
attention. He said, NO. gentlemen, it Is OF
''su,all consequence that should br a senator;
but 1t Is of great consequence that the north
"and the south should be IL Lnited in fratrr-
nifty and good will on the basis OF Universal
Amnesty" Accordingly just on the eve of
the election. he set out on visit to The west,
leaving behind him for publication in the
Ir1bane letter on ''The True Basis of Re-
construction" printed Nov 9th, 1865,
which he knew perfectly we'll would defeat,
and which did defeat, his election. In that
article, he said:
lam for Universal Amnesty-so far as i'm
munity from fear Of punishment or conf>ca-
ton is cuncrrnrd-cvtn though Impartial
Suffrage should for the present be Resisted and
Ceteatrd. favor both Universal Am
n-sty and Impartial Suffrage on their respec-
tive merits. each without regard to the other
| hold that the North is bound to insist on
Manhood Suffrap--not IN the South only, but
in every State and T-rritOrY--b cause OF the
service required of and rendered by the Blacks
in putting down the Rrbellion-tliat it would
be peridy and basrn->s, in view of all the
facts, not to insist on this | hold the South
bonnd to accord Suffrage to the Blacks, as an
Important and useful, though humble, portion
of her people, whom il is her interest as well
as her duty to cOncliate and satisfy, even
though The North did not desire it. There is
no conflict between the interests and duties of
| the North on ne side and the South on the
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