New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-26
A PLEA FOR PEACE.


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and meantime, neighbor sure that he ought to
ior Grant and he casts his vote; you cast ours
home and there Is none against his and you have given
such hese who do no Believe % Grant ne
present Administration will have no right during NE
voice OF criticism; who, when they had NE
GppTIr,un1y OF speaking efeetualy' were silent
Alright TO hold them guilty of their SIM the sin being
greater OF omission than Of commission, in this cae
Of thought There is vital issue. The question is; Il
e1e war encedt u 1t - not then II y the duly
lstraton that will fight out the to It's close. Is
endedi Then, since the continuance OF war policy
man who loves the Republic 10 see that the Republic
saved from its enemies. lAppausel
HOW NATION MAY DIE.
No danger you say, because do not hear the thun
der Of cannon and not blinded by battlesmoke and
scorched by batte-hames l-people die of consump
ton as well as apopexy Nations well as individuals
die undermined as well rs struck down. No danger
No issuei because not in the throes OF dissoln
III flames ~ ano sSer dSo bnn ~ h0rnn Soe
wei he who checks the flow OF water when the flame Is
extnguished does also WELL because the water. con
tnulng swamps tho house, ruins the furniture, ana
brings decay aud rot into the house. No decay No
nation more prosperous-never was a country In
better condition or more TO be congratulated.
Tor may well say here that do not know much
about m-tlaughterl-an will not ask whether this
shall go on step beyond. The country never more
prosperous than nowl Why, in the very sentence we
and continue the differences and distinctions
Of sections and OF naionaites. Because Boston and
hames are successful and prosperous Is therefore the
country so when one secs the grass growing IN the
Orleans, and decay and mpOYershment from end 20 end
bers suffer with It, Look the South, exhausted by the
war Storm tempest driven, lying stripped and BARE
without the power OF recuperaon that comes from free
/ vi
oDs OF the truth regards the Southern people, would
what Cen Bradley johnson has TO say Of slave labor and
ern land. So stripped without reactionary power
surely the punishment OF its guilt has been heavy.
WRONGS OF TIE SOUTHERN STATES.
You say, TO strip ourselves further in their be-
half with mountains Of heavy debt TO be reduced must
put hands In pockets pay their debt and
meet their further needs Not We l do not say
What do say is that they being stripped and bare we
ought to have the decency cry out to the
stop cease stripping those stripped TO the inexOrable
end" Applause. What we're the debts of the Southern
seyenty-six aud a half millions Of dollars the ten
States rebellion. What their debts to-day S2i9
millions Of dollars in round numbers. The increase
alone in the debts of the Southern States has been
S2l50OOOO The entire debts OF the States not in rebel
hon. OF the q states outside, is s2O3OOoO0 Counting
the debt before the war and ali the debts piled by
the the OF debt in the 10 States rebellion
Is alone S2 more than the entire debt, past and
present. or the accommodations Of the q nonrebeous
In North observation-disclosures North Carona-out OF
which the good cause was cheated month ago zap
plause and laughterl the proportion OF rebeOus NOIt
Carolina for school purpOsesthe assertion is constantly
made that they desire to keep the negroes in ignorance
and to keep them in a state Of seryitude-hey voted
53I0O0 for school fund and how much Of II went to thu
bchOOisf lnItylne thousand was spent lnat way the
remaining half million beng put into the pockets
of the men who manipulated the last election
TO make sure OF the election for President lLaughtrI
These succeeded with the military power at their
back IN eectng themselves Governors IN eleeting than
selves to the senate, and to the House OF Representa-
ves, and to the Legislatures. They voted great
OF money for internal Improvement, republican Insttu
ton, aud the rest of it, and to build prisons
schoOlhOusos. An what capaoOus pockets they must
have. They have plundered the substance OF great
section OF the country. They have piled up debts that
Will place mortgage ON the labor OF future generans;
they have piled up taxes that amount to eQnllSsalon
things b. the power of the General Government
lCheorsl The administrations in these states began in
usurpatlOn, and ended In rapine. lCheersI
A CRoAKERs ANSWERED..
lis bad thing for central power stretch out its
hands local works. France had Capitalization enough
and stands example and warning to-day OF its
results The hollow crater into which that great empire
toppled few years ago that same assertion that
the General Government knew better what for the
good Of the people than the people themselves. ZAP
plause.l Were the General Government Briareus,wth
a hundred hands TO assist the people, IT would De bad
enough, II Is Capitalization; but 1t is not uat but
hydra with hundred mouths TO dcyour AughefI, ana
II Is dong S WORK eEectuay, ana mat Is ahosf sJofy
The South Is not only suffering in backwardneb OF en-
ployment iis young men ana women are grOW9g up IN
the midst OF state OF society ini OF Ignorance ana
ideness and anarchy and controlled by strong central
fostering
And beyond that they growing up into
Justly hold in hatrcd-jlstly hold IN hatred lAppause
A dismal picture, this L know IT, Well, you say, It
serves them rghtl They eating the tree OF their
own planting; they gathering the harvest OF their
own sowing You who make that assertion, II am not
mistaken OF the men who voted year after year
20 let the South have whatever desired in the OF
legislation lApplausel YOU who are so loud in saying
men, If mistake not, who said: GIVE
the South whatever II demands, that We may have
IOn ana banking interests" You let the South so its
way ana helped on for the benefit OF your bank
ing account aud weight Of the purse In your pocket
and when it plunged into this guilt OF Rebellion. which
you led 10 suppose would never come you drew back
you say, They eat OF the harvest OF their own
sowing but for us have stood on the right side and
fought the good fight, and will SIT IN plenty at
teOusness'-selhshness enthroued as patriotism.
on, but you say they not to be trusted: There Is
and for special legislation on behalf OF the eoored peo
Die. For many years tho declaration was, We must
eufranchse the blacks and put the ballot into their
hands 70 defeat them. and then let them go their
way;" but when That Is done INC cry Isl Inc General
Government must have power To make them secure"
These blacks slaves, then freemen, then citizens
Rafore the law they stand on level with the whitest
white man here lApplause.l That being the there
IS need and there should be no excuse for special
9 asT Is none iS such IN the RpuSc AppaGse HSv
ing the power Of the ballot, with their Immense
nSDSs %R f the Sfef States ~ and an admnsra
ton Government set up, II they CANNOT deiehd them
selves and exercise their right at the polls then eJr
u
hrouDt TO boar against Them and ought 20 declare
war and fight it out; or are at peace and being So
nions of voters are unable 20 defend themselves and
Renubcan law and the forms OF our old legislation ana
Democracy are be destroyed TO help them In ghtng
we might as well confess that the experiment oi the
Republican Union Ia ended. lApplauseI
MORALLY WRONG, POLITICALLY WRONG.
The only thing for these people TO secure them Just
Government and the unmolested enjoyment OF their
riet ia an advanced state Of right feeling and OF CIV
zaon and Christianity; and that is not to DO brought
about in the South 10y means OF tyranny. Whatever
,noray wrong cannot be politically right, and II the
", riIirh enforcing there morally wrong II