Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-04
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M. Charles Francis Adams culogy
on tho late Mr.. Seward has stirred up
a war Of words among tho Radical
fathfnl. The fiiends Of A. Lincoln
tho cx-prcsident, feel called upon TO
resent the eulignm on Mr.. Seward as
M aet; OF hostility TO the "martyred
President" This ia no quarrel Of
ours. although It would seem perfect
ly natural that there should be a fall-
ing ont among the authors of the
Radical war upon the American Con-
s,itat!on, nnda general shirking Of
responsibility for the terrible work
of the reconstruction system. In this
connection we copy from q "lieraid"
report of an, interview with Mr..
Adams said:
"What 1 consider most serious and
as having tho greatest effect for the
future, Is tho trouble in the south.
Tho fighting in Louisiana, in Grant
parishis something to be viewed, not
only with the deepest regret, but
twith alarm also. Of course, you will
not understand me as abiding TO this
moro insulated encounter, but to the
system ofthings that has made such
work possible, if not necessary, and
which seems either unable or unwil-
ling to exert itself to evoke a better
political and social system and to es-
tablish it firmly. Tho management
of the Whole business has been ex-
trcmely unfortunate.
THE WHOLE POLICY HAS BEEN
WRONG.
always rested my faith for'the
healthy restoration of The energies of
the South upon Mr.. Stewards policy,
aud l still think 1t was the best. The
whole groundwork of the present
plan seems to have nc other possible
logical effect than to create and foster
sectional and hereditary animosities.
1t has been n great mistake to elevate
the negro to the full estate of citizen
ship SO rapidly. 1t should be done,
but by degrees only, as he became fit
ted to appreciate and enjoy the pre-
negative with which he becomes in
vested. Il should have been the work
of a generation or two, not ola year,
and then he would Lave been quail
fed by education and an appreciation
of his sslf-dependence and response
bility TO maintain his citizenship.
AS he now stands in the Southern
States, lie has not learned the proper
use end meaning Of his franchise, aud
exercises is not upon reflection, but
upon virtual d~Ictation. lilo has been
rewarded with the suffrage SO that
a party or n clique may reap the bene-
fit of the instrument placed in his
hands. Almost everything that could
be done has been done, at the same
time, TO depress the best element
at the South. Ifreal sound restora-
ton is to come, it must, in a great
measure, be wought through
THE OLD MASTERS,
the wealthy and educated people of
tie South. AS things now exist, one
class holds all the laborS each is i'm
poverished and embarrassed without
the cooperation of the other, and yet.
instead of cooperation, VIC find them
subject TO q system of local ru!e
which arrays them at bitter variance.
The South has always yielded more
than its real portion oftle best minds
the country has produced, but it
avails nothing now. 1t is kept down
in order to enable the present politi-
cal masters, to WELD ignorance for
their OWN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
"To what particular cause or eau
scs do you attribute tile peculiar vio-
lcnce Of political agitation in Louis
lana? 1t seems not 4 little strange
that this particular State should be-
come excited to the fighting point so
frequently in consequence of her po-
litical dissensions."
"Wcll, I a hardly say. what i'll
duees such outbreaks III that State.
All the Southern States seem to
have their grievances, but Louisiana
seems certainly to
COME TO BLOWS oFTENEsT.
Ieould not express my opinion on
that question without some knowi-
edge of the influences and surround
ings of these ENVIRONMENTS. 1 be-
lieve her fighting propensity is slim
a!ated chiefly by local evils surround
ing and bearing upon the great ques-
tiens.o
"Do you believe, Mr.. Adams, that
the presence of n relative of the Pre-
sideut in Office in Louisiana is calcu-
latcd to have a good effect among the
people situated, as the people of that
State are situated, considering that
the president himself held during the
war such a peculiar position i'll arms
as that of the c~onqueror?"
Mr.. Adams laughed as he replied,
"Wcll, my opinion is that a president
should not put his relatives into
offices anywhere. People naturally
look upon such appointments with Il
degree of distrust, and l think an Ex-
ccutive VINO considers his own i'll
%tcrests fully would refrain from
doing it.
THE RELATIVES OF ANY MAN
in high position are naturally enough
supposed to have some influence,
great or little, upon his judgment, and
wherever they hold positions they
arc more likely to be made the medi-
UNI ofimproper approaches to their.
more powerful relative than they
could be if they were not so brought
into contacts with the field of wire
pulling politicians. As to whether
the presence in Louisiana, i'll an Off
lcial capacity. of relative of the
President has provoked a more vio-
lent sentiment against the Adminis-
t~ratien party, I am not in a position
to venture an opinion. A local
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