New-York tribune., 1872-04-27
AN EX-REBEL'S VIEW.


sH: The Cincinnati Convention is at hand. Tho poor.
dOwutrOdden. exhausted, crushed south, % which be-
from the swarm OF official vampires sucking the
lfe-bOOd from this nation. We give up freely the ira
dtUns Of fathers and lay them the altar of oar
common country, t0r the saks O peace harmony ana
bTOery love, and ask nothing but honesty IN the pup
lie administration without prejudice against or pros RIP
lloh OF any neotlOn ol me AIoH Sa''Iy nhs
forever We would not Restore IL II We could. We are
delivered from lts curse by the will OF Heaven, and
yield feeling tha good viii come 10 us out ot our deV
craucc. 4ne negroes have, by the Constitution ana
laws the same civil and religious privileges mat We
nave. We gOuId allow them 10 rest ana "ofk out .no
deetiDy Oi Heaven. We wOuld disturb them III the
enjoyment Of one single privilege, bat would aid ana
eh'oIrake tnth so Iar as We arc apir. Iue l5
thai divided the Old DemOcratc and Wing parea passed
away and lt Is not desirable mat these od
lssue nor any OI ITEM ahOuid DC revived. IHe
Administration seems TO have fallen into the hands Ol
dishonest and incompetent officials ana good men rear
that these desiroyers VIII rum the country ana ,na
that al gOOd men ~ all parties should make uut,u
effort 10 sa"e H. Henee, we are looking most ahAIoisy
10 the approaching Cihcihbau Coh, h,ehtion. C,r
as know, the people here desire honest coh- t
Convention the -tandard-bearer5 even IN
preference 10 outspoken Democrats or UldLne "Ss. r.
and all the platform that we desire - Honrsiy ~ nie
public administration Equal Right 10 all. v'H'c"' P1"
dice Oc pGrtiaiitg" -,
US a government that respect for s intel,
ngcnce and patriotism, ana love for Its honesty am
fituness 10 tine trusts cOnfded TO H. anu the sOuh wiz
be satisfied. When Cen Lee surrendered thsre was o1
left IN the South any hope or expectation Oi ussou
ton of the Union ana Of separate government ivI .
South AL frankly accepted the situation anu uelei
mined make the II. aud IL they had been met
frankly by the Government aud Congress the Chlon
ever before. and the evils OF war would nave aAn"at
passed away. Tho South has not been trusled, aa h
Northern men, dishonest and inoOmpetcnt "lpout Wv.
instincts OF gentlemen, have been sent among s 20 .s
upon our substance, and To array the employ o ai
farms and ia our houses, living upon our Douly '
plOyed by Kindness sheltered by vs., against W
false and dishonest tales concOced for the good o
dishonest scamps. Now want honesty ana conpr
tency IN public officers and. as We cant noe 20 - 80
these without substituting somebody else Tor th1 30
ent incumbent OF the Presidential Uince are "IHiue
accept the nOnners OF the Cincinnati CohVeh'.o,
tne surest means Of beating Grant. Tue Onp ,
is, Who s the strongest from tho llst OI
statesmen from whom tne selection Is 10 po i"-''
Whoever they are trot them out, and ai III . . n
Yours truly, H. - o.
LynchbbTg Va, April "a. 1872.
$50 much has been said of the interest taken nY
the Rebel element in the political stuatioh' Va
deem 1t but Just TO allow that element u SpeaA
for ITSELF it docs in the above private ietoer ie"n
Virginia, whereof We suppress tho writer nan'e'
We think his Wow partial, in that 1t wholly sup
presses the acts of the Johnson legislatures lle'o,
OF the Southern states whereby the Blacks were lad
tO apprehend reduction TO practical seEidom IL t4e