New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-13
SECTIONAL HARMONY.

what one side considered property. In
this grea. lawsuit one Of the parties lost,
and the other gained. Gained. it 1t can
be called by that term when the money
cost of the suit was more than the value
of the thing in controversy. Still the
suit has been lost and won, and with II
the only cause of practical separation mas
been removed from between the sections.
PERHAPS, by this removal Of great cause
of discomfort and danger the sections
NAV have been brought even closer
together. No doubt the suppression
and sale Of ecclesiastical proper
". or the overthrow Of an order
Of nobility, may have produced great an
tagonism at the moment. Yet these great
wounds have healed without scar. With
US the conquering section has granted an
amnesty. The subjects Of controversy
have been elevated 20 republican equality.
The North is proud Of its perseverance.
its sacrifices and its courage. The South
has gained renown for higher qualities
of endurance. discipline and resource
than it was supposed to possess. The ma
ton is stronger, higher and-this element
of difference removed-more united than
ever. Each section respects the other,
and both are, perhaps. better united than
at any other time since they conquered
the hireling troops OF an into!erant des-
pot.
It is very true that in this remote estu-
ary of Louisiana the waves OF political
disturbance break little rough, but they
are gradually subsiding. Two great ques-
tions have been decided. The one is that
of title to property, so-called; the other
the right of the States to control the ted
eral government
The war has taught the country more
respect for the opinions ct those who
differ with each other. In the South this
liberation, we admit, was fraught with
more danger than at the North. There
were social as we'll as material interests
involved. Discussing the right OF all men to
equality in Mississippi was little like smok-
ing cigars in a powderhouse; but all that
is over, and these questions have passed
into distractions about which your Anglo
Saxon does not care to fight. There is a
lot of offices dependent upon the result
of the last election which our Fusion
friends have lost from want OF votes. but
this cause of quarrel will pass away and
they will address themselves to some
other pursuit, less precarious and more
profitable than politics. The colored peo-
pie have shown themselves worthy Of the
national care. They were peaceful dur
ing the war, and have lent their grateful
labor to relieve the nation Of much that
the war resulting in their liberation i'm
posed upon it. One most significant
symptom Of returning harmony has
been the reunion Of certain evangel-
ical churches which were in schism
abou: the ethics of slavery. The seces-
sion Of these churches preceded and pre-
dicted the move for political secession.
The adjustment Of the moral issues IN
these churches proves that there is no OBJ.
stacle to similar political adjustment.
There would seem then no obstacle to
the free expression Of opinions in any part
of the Union upon any question. political
or polemical, which it may please our PEG.
pie TO discuss. The intercourse Of the
people, North and South. disposes each
section to indulgence. and to liberation Of
dissen.ient opinion. That precept upon
which-with one other-hangs all the law
and the prophets. "Do unto others as you
would that others should do unto YOU
commends its wisdom to all. The South
ern man who may be inclined to treat the
Northern visitor with incivility, remem-
bers that he sometimes goes North him.
self, and would not enjoy his visit if e1-
cluded and ostracised. if required to
verify every Endorsement, and give New
York or Boston "city names upon every
transaction. or if his children, sent to
Northern school, should never be invited
home with their schocltellows. Ours is
too great country. its destiny is too
grand. to waste the time and progress
necessary to fulfill our mission in fight
ing over the battles or discussing the diff
ferences of the past.
Union, liberation and cooperation will
be the watchword Of the nation, and in
their inspiring influence the war Of the
past will be forgotten as completely as
those that once divided the mother coun-
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