The Hillsborough recorder., 1874-09-30
L0ulsIANA.

ea Southern affairs. That Journal always
able, sometimes severe 70 the South. is
never false 70 lofty ideal Of constitutional
ethics, and weighs With impartial balance
the virtues and the errors Of betA the North
ana the South. Iftsa latter is sometimes
wanting. il her impatieucc and her precipi
tancy are sometimes condemned. il Is an
impartial not hnstile hand that holds the
scales. Il j. coesolatory TO fnd that the
same measure that is meted out to us. is
melted cut 70 the North, and that the al
ministration is as obnoxious rs the source
Of all trouble us the South is as the fruitful
soil upon whirh they flourish.
The plain spoken nrraignment Of the
President aud Of the Congress for their
completely IN the Kellogg usurpation comes
AZ this tune with encouraging assurance
lfrom section frvm which unanimous con-
4 domination Of southern struggle against
oppression might have been expected. Tho
condemnation was in fac. at first almost gc-
neral, but as the first beat Of passion cooled
down. the calmcr reason Of the North was
\ not slow in finding palliation il not justi6-
cation for the revolutionary outbreak.
The stsnapcints o. the South and The
North are 50 different, that conclusions on
the same subject may be essentially dis
tinct. TO the masses OF tho North. we are
made 70 appear as restless rebels still smart.
ing under The hamiliation Of defeat, still
harboring enmity to the government. and
watching every chance to throw oif a hated
| yoke. While We at the South. eouseipus
Of our good faith aud thorough fidelity to
our engagements. chafe under the load of
suspicion which converts every sporadic act
Of violence iuto hostility, and every &C, d
resistance to Official tyranny into treason.
Tie Tribune appreciates the state Of sf.
fairs when it throws the burden upon the
maladminisiration Of Southern affairs. A
generous and cOu6ding policy On The rart d
the government would long agohave restored
hiull slniiy aud prosperity. The Northern
people little understand the ycarning foI
peace and quiet which Is - universal IN The
South. They bayc little idea Uf tue utter
ruin caused by the var. and the long year.
II peace necessary 20 recover from IL rayn.
ges. History will do Us the justice Il
chronicle ihe manly fortitade snd industry
with which the shattered wrecks Of proper.
" were gathered up. upon which to rebuild
the new edl6ce Of fortune. And tue North.
ern people also know little Of the draw,
backs and hindrances which have attended
these Efforts at restoration. A labor sss.
TEN overthroxB, aud the late lsborer mad,
not criy the equal. bot iu must psrts d
the Sostb, the lord Of tho white man. tbt
irrusiiOu u the race Vf rsrpes-baggrrs. aud
the introduction of syslem u ,hicying AM
rapacity in The administration u the STATE
goyerDpeuts; the bold -a.-,msey Of igno.
rance and vice. Of dishonesty and greedi
nes; tho total oblivivnbes. of Souihernio
nor and southern claims upon i common
justice-all make up load of trouble IN
der which something more than human yir.
tue Is called upon 10 sustain.
When tbe north vskes up 10 tl,e faet tha
banas nature IS The same al the vorl,
over tha. The soetksrn people have ihci
share u il tbut they have been called up
on for most unnatural strain upUn thci
fOrbcarsnee that they have been dis,rust
ed W .hc general government, piIlagsd anl
oppressed By iis instruments. Outraged b
its nesly cnfrauSbised pets. that 10 al ,bi.
!, all they have asked is 70 be lot alone. !
! ~ given time 70 recover from their Losses
70 be treated as eitizeDsof common eoun
Try aud ~ Fssume the old relations whie
> rsstOrsiion q federal sutbOrity seemed /
: imply. then il win learn that an uprisin
against pnbearabls loeal oppression IL nc
treason againa DE general eoyramsni
that the ssiepst to OTsrshroy dssyosisp
I foissea upon them By fraud y bos rskiu
ding q tbe dreaded ssss Of rebellion. 20
: that . recurrence to the Grss law Of uatnr
is not . deliberate purpose to rtirsile i
: flames Of civil wnr. When il learns ibis.
will have learned b fhd pslli.iion and d,
fence Tor what Il calls Southern yihepes
aud 10 find and apply those remedies whie
arc 10 the reach q wise stateananship ~
!, is2art:al distribution Of justice.
J. We sgrso wtii the Ssniissi fkaf tht Le,
y isIsture oa5trto b sbe body 70 which Ii