New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-07
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between the North and South, except so
far as these phrases may be applied to rep
resent the political views Of the respect
i've adherents Of the opposing parties.
If by the word 'sSouth" is meant the old
slavery, notification, secession element
then we must admit the South has been
materially crippled in its power, and the
North" as representing the opposing
ideas of freedom, union and the suprem-
acv of the laws, has been correspond
inoIy STRENGTHENED But such distlnc-
ton las never been recognized by the ma
tion. It is true that the greater part OF
the pro-s!avery men resided III the South,
and very many citizens Of Northern and
European birth have at times boosted OF
being good Southern men On no better
grounds, than servility to the peculiar
institution and the slave owners. AT
the same time natives of the slave States
were refused the so-called honorable APP
relation of Southerners because they re-
fused to cooperate with the dominant po'
litical element. For thus exercising the
right of opinion which is supposed to per-
tain to freemen, they were styled TRAITORS
to the South" they being themselves a
par. of that South and as much interested
in its success and prosperity as the most
hot-headed secessionist. For long time,
howevey, these dissenters spoke with bated
breath and in fear Of personal violence
from she self-constituted upholders OF the
South. While they loved the section
where .Ley we're born and had their pos
sessions and desired to see their country
grea. and prosperous, they were de-
nounced as enemies because they refused
70 surrender their right of judgment to
those who they had the sagacity to see
were plotting to injure it. Four millions
of the inhabitants Of the South have
always been excluded from its political
population by the self-appointed leaders
of public sentiment Their friends, where
ever found; whether az home or in Massa-
cbusetts, New Cork or elsewhere, have
been placed outside of the favored Gale.
TIE people of the North, on she otLes
hand, had their own political opinions,
sna eaca man exercised the right 20 think
for himself. Naturally they, Goo, were
divided Yhe majority favored universal
shile NAy were @ounA b talk
againa it, until che eine came for fight.
ing, when they either. shouldered .
muske1 in defense of ehe Union or main.
tanned discreet silence. SallandighaN,
and some few others. carried the thing too
far, ana were r1sticate1 to Canada or sent
20 forts her. and there. Sow. adopting
the theory o. the seeessionis.s, ,Tallap.
lisLau vas Aish-toned Southeraer,
although he lived in Dayton. Ohio. and a
martyr to his .or somebody else's, coun-
trys cause, whereas, in plain truth, he
was simply foe 60 heedol. and a selfish
demasogue.
Tie intelligent observer, the careful
student OF American history knows that
his love of freedom was not sectional. 1t
was entertained by an overwhelming pre-
ponderance of the people Of the North
and about fAmillions Of those a. the
South, in behalf Of many Of whom It was
invoked as 8 vital principle. But after
the great blight o. che South bad been
crippled and slavery haa seased % be
iegalized institution anywhere, ehere vas
a general 4alsy at che North to sepair che
damages of the war. 81 che work, law-
ever, of building up Che bsoSen fortunes
of the South, against which, as section,
the people Of the Sorth never entertained
any sesentmers, great care was taken 70
deprive Che secession clement of any
power to dc Sarm in the future.
But shase defeated politicians, in
further pursuance of their determination
to deceive, still persist On calling them
selves Pie South, and claim that every
effort 20 check them in their blind and
wicked efforts to set at defiance the fed
eral government and the State govern
ments erected under the reconstruction
laws, is a blow aimed at the South. In
this they of course ignore the existence of
the colored race, deny to them their rights
as citizens, and sat She Nne time place
their white friends outside the pale OF
society. 70 chem alone belongs the proud
appellation of Southerners. All the resi-
of mankind il this country are Noyth-
erners, and engaged in che wicked. Iusi-
Sess Of srippling and weakening tie South.
Such pernicious doctrines are fallacious
and Weal, but would be fruitful of great
evil could any considerable number of the
people be persuaded g embrace them.
The sruth is, that che average Northern
man looks upon che South as heritage
derived by the whole American people
from the fathers of tie republic. He feels
that its success is that of the whole coun-
try, and its ruin and humiliation would
be national calamity. An immense pro-
portion Of the wealth of the South is owned
by Northern men. The South is deeply
indebted to tie North, and the only hope
of realization is through proper develop
ment of our almost unlimited agricultural
and industrial resources. AS the North,
therefore, has mortgage upon the South,
il is not in accordance with the material
interest Of that section to cripple, ruin
and impoverisa us, and there is no DISPOSE
ton manifested to do it. The cause of the