, 1874-12-09
History Of All the Reconstruct
ton Measures.
The Whole Difficulty on Account
Of Federal Officials.
They Should Be Prevented from Touc!l~
ing Local Affairs.
FIFTY or Sixty Negroes Killed in
tic Victsburg Fight.
All Quiet at Last Accounts.
CEN. BANKS LECTURE.

CEN. BANKS LECTURE.
!sptofat Dfsuateh to Tie CHICAGO Tribune
DosToS, Doc B.~-Tho Hon. N. P. Dauks epoko
to largo audience OF, "Tllo Future aud tho TO-
construction Of tho suuth" this evening in Tre-
mont Tomplo. flo was received with conbtlct-
abo applause, and began ny saying that ho Was
to upeals in order to I'LL tho engagement 10 had
ma1o with tho n,nnager OF tho coarso
md bccanao ho thonght it his duty to
express hiu opinions In regard to tho
condition Ut tbs Southern portion Of
tho co,tntry nnd tie possible means for tho ro-
organization OF iB Industry .nd Its political 10
cltty. Ic dcHrcd
TO DIyEsr THE BuDtECT
Of all political considerations, for It was quos-
tiat,, not for q party, hut for the country. The
financial and all tho business cmbarratsunnts
r.stlor which we at tho North were pressed waa
duo to tho condition Of alairs In The Sonth for 1t
impossib!o that portion Of tho country should
be Ia unarcby, anti ito 12,000.000 Of poopte Huf-
fcr;ng an invasion of tl!oir social aud potl1ica
rights, aud the other portions DO unaffected. LID
thou hcgau With tito history Of
THE Avrxsrr AT nEcoNArRuoTlox,
beginning first with President J.incoln's move
ment III riorida, while tho War was In progtosa.
Thcu ho spoke Of the second attompt. tho first
having failed, to ueouro tho allegiance of
tho States on tho borders Of tho
Ohio and AfiasIssippi Kivcrs. This wss.a wiso
rlap, for in thoso States was tho strength nnd
| power Of tho whole countty. and wllat authority
hed them, held tho destlnIab Of tho Governs
lnont. 1lu sayo btatiHtica showing that the
fun,tccn States il th" aIiHsi.aippi md On'o VAL
leys Furnished moro farm aud livestock products
than
~trfs hTrd
combined. But Congress WIS ut no tltne rendT
TO act upon my measure for recouptructlon.
| Its delay he chnlaoteEzcd as fatal, tor no one
could doubt that II these Valley stntes had boen
| reorganization and reconstruction Of the
South would spoedily havo followed:
| TAen came Mr. Llncoln's DEATH. aud
with 1t the whole train, Of es,l end
| wholo country. Tho matter OF reconstruction
| uas thrown upon Congress- but that body, uu-
wiling Y dos anX poks tho qnGss'n %9nt 1T
| 16Gd that it began to
| TAKE Drr1x17E SHAPE.
| Then tho 6cnato.a from Tennessee wore at-
1nittcd to tho councils of tho nation. III 1865,
Arkansas, North and South Carolina, Louisiana.
aliasissippl aud Texas. So TINT, practically, oil
tho Ro6cl States ratno into tho Uulon at tho
sAlno .me. Aitor pausing to oxprcsa hia gratitude
to God that tl1oy did not accept tho -Four
III wl,lch event tie South would hive obtained
posseHsion OF tie Government, ho spol;a mi
nutcly Of tho action Of Congress u regard to
| srapn srFFnatr
Universal eu,fraco having boon alopted, nm i,n-
| modiatn md imnortnnt charco was nroIuccfs ut
lie South, Tic negroes wcro soon lcacucd TO-
rntI,pr and TIN whits race thcr former masters.
was soun nrraycd against thom. Therefore. it
structors and pcacomnkels, officers ot tho
Frcsdmeu's Dwpal1 and other Government
otfiejais. aud hence iho carpet-pac governments,
Il wan susncctcd tl,at tLcss calntt-baggcrs wors
running lila Gnynrnmeyt far THAR owl nnrsopRl
| rain. aud. in fact there vete grounds for this
smsnic,nn from Tia font hnt 1l,e rotn of taxation
Was iucransod IRON 90 couts 10 lG0 on S100 The
yaluo Of property WA reduced from S.. 800, ,O00 900
rcucod from 88 400 900 acreB to 81 900, 000. and
t1rr ynlno fron, al sO0 ma mn tn s5a5 600 Oi)0
anj t,as tho Statc dci,ts l,nt1 ;,creasod to
An ENORMOUS AMOUNT
| Gon,d anc), n cnniitinn of things continue
luur? 10. There must inevitably, unosu sono
rc,ncdv ,rrs onljio1 he rrn1,ll,ntion in nonle
forro or nther' nuI no called n, trutiou to tie
r1iuous effect such actiou would hayo upon tho
wholo conntry. ia snoHo feynrab]y Of lltat ror.
ton Of tl,o irosilonts lnossago referring to rc.
rctjon M: said tint Tic t1mo ,nvst con1c
vt' whe It Woad be- forced fore T upon i he people md
tho presidoat :hst tho I.s whole , !, :, ..,.,,,
warn m aacnnnt Of the United States ot1lc,a]s
hoidiur o1co tlcro and 1t 1njebt come TO pass
int hy n sneoini yoto Of Consrcas these iuep
,vn, hc rrnhihitod fror, takin~ nv mart il, 1nen
nolit,rs fAnunmsoi He IeiisyeI III thu cnnn
hIitv Of tia ',eern race. and tEourLt thet, III a
wnys a,ncu tle Birth Of tlIe SAVIOR
> ""' nrorSrn.T1os aIunr co,fE
! from tho lower Glasses Of the people. He spott
, oioinont,v nf ta nation Of Tobnrt u. Elliott If
iooyinr liz sent IN f,onrrass fLnt ho niuj,t ct
hnc,1 tn min nco in his n,rn Etnte t],crn TO Ell
rroto a,I i;ff in lin reonln tn n snupa ,tf the
nljIirnl duties. Why tLou could not tie South
n,,ora ''I In ioIt ~ ;tan,s rnrtm,n,r ,nsttnr
.nmia Ia no warac than ILnv ,ycre nn;Y. Tl,er'
oo,,i'i ho o ''o "o'"0 ''@'' '''o' "0o ''0'
Y m MIMI ntonnu,ttn
." uou,' ~ rio.,te J pnesv for .her
ware no vunitjcB 70 gleat between man tia
could not TO softcucd Iii politics. No 5outIleyuo
ll;d 70 great LItroa toward the negro TINT u