, 1875-02-22

pilree. tIc nat!on wns advancing by rnpil strides
10 wtattl, aud power. This natloua} debt wns
paid ol. after which tlie surplus pEocecda of the
public domain accumulated 80 rapidly, and be.
came 80 largo a. to create nrprehens'ons that y
might become dangerous 10 tho integrity md
| stability ot tho tloyefnmont.
II We had that domain now unbrukon to fall
hack uPott. 1t wunld proEs stronger to our tfog.
ernnens ~ financial resource than ID tho Hank
Of England to the british Crown. Hit thoan
golden DAYS aud haloyon hours exist only In ro-
nonibranco. History will not, fcRr, III fcfcr+
cnoo to protective tariff. and certainly cannot
III regard 10 nslunnJcfed public domain, "rcpcat
itHolf." And. tilhnppitY, tho statesmen to whoso
wisdom, industry, md patriotism tho county
wxB then indebted for ita wholesome lars. have
rasscd eftitor from oarth or into private life.
Aiucl. a. dcsire, and greatly as NO neel. wBe..
ly.adjuHtod tariN, 500 no way Of obtaining 1t
until rucressors III tho Administrative and Con.
greseional departments Of tho Government equal
10 the GsisfH htid tho emergency arc found.
STATESMEN or runs CHARACTER NEEDED.
Nor dhro anticipate nucl happy changes until
tho fearful Disqualification occasionod by war Of
unprecedented magnitude las worked out its eril
lnpsion nor until suffrage, now clleaponed aud do
graded, rising to tho intelligence, discrimination
aud dignity Of earlIor and botser days asHortn It's
prerogatiyo In the elevation Of Representatives.
For, lot !: bo wdely proclaimed, that the cxrcri.
and ,s'aoegs 81 napnocan tsf 6"
| ReHtiys OF and prognAns With danger as thnt
| cheap suffrage involytB aud entails cheap repre-
| SentAtou.
TRADES ux1oy1su coNnEMSEp.
| Mr, Weed dcyotes considerable space to dis
cussIng tls evils Of Tradea unonsna. and Aays !:
"What we want frat Is \ governmental policy,
State aud national, which will placo tho neccssa-
riea OF ]ifo within tue roach OF the laboriilR
c'aseca ut pfscoa that ranged through tho forty
4 yoarH preceding tho breaking cut OF tho Rebel
lion. Consequent upon Snch Change, labor
would lie in FREQ domand ut rates which could not
bo inturionaly Affected BY tl,o exactlons Of capt.
tai On the one hand, or by q pernicious Trades
| Union tlespotiHnl on tho other
| DIFFICULTIES or RECONSTRUCTION.
| Reconstruction, fru!u tho beginning most
difficult problem, haB beon embarrassed by a
Wnut Of wtsloui ut Washington and by cnuit-
tered memories in the South. Tho dlsorRanizcd
condition Of tho Southern States attracted
| thence bold and unscrupulous Northern adyen-
tusers. who, associated with dsbanled ho!dsors,
" the canlters Of q louH war" rnlnntncd to do
hive inflictod upon soush Carolina, Florida,
| Louisiana, etc.. etc., tho worst roaRible spcci-
mems Of State Governments. At tho lnfatntcn
porpctrntcd In these aud other rebel Statos civ
| lIization biuaheB.
dlHhouesty and oppression arc ttcnlselvc" large
| " to blnme for Ii. When rebellion was con-
qucrad, It tho vl,!sc Inhabitants, yiel,l-
Ing to tho inevitable and rccognlz;;
treatol them kindly and oifored tho,n employ
mems With reasonable wages, tlo designs OF cnr-
pet-baggcra wo,,ltl hnro been tnwartcd: affirm
this because thora IL unlcniablo eyldoneo TINT tn
| localities whoEo tho lnH OF kinlnoes prevails,
where masters endoavoscd to concIl'ato their
| former slaves, they weTo uniformly auccossfn,
and that in R,ich localities not only nothing ID
heard Of D ''war between racoB," but roconssruc-
tion has hoen practically accompllahoa;;
These Instancos Of good senso and fosbeay-
| anco, regret to cay, ato exceptions For the
moat pagt those who rushed ,uto the rebellion to
dtside the Union aro nov as aggressive and de-
tiant as they weto wien Fort Sumter wal. fired
| upon. Unnblo to easabliah , Confederate Gov
| orp.n0nt, they sceluel determined to avonge
| tlomeclvca npon tho freedmeu, who, but for Ito
mad,lohs and folly Of their tnzators, would have
still romatnou in bondage,
only too accurately described by Con. Sheridan.
| Such organizations aro t1os noedcd to aubaeryo
tho purposes Of good government They aro
banded together to hunt hound and, IL mods ho,
murder tho negroes. Reconstruction, therefore,
soenB ns difficult and distant ~ It was at tho
cloeo Of tho war. Georgia, alwnyo loss ultra and
moro practical than South Carollns Or Alabama,
hAs ro-cstAhlisllel law and ortor. North Caro-
lua, infamously governed for two or three
| United States soldlerB aro required In bome ex-
cited scctiona to protect freedmen oAunot be
! doubted. The ofllcofn In command should bo
mon Of intelligence and prudence, acting ou1y
when the duty ia clearly imperative.
In Louisiana thore llaa boon nothing but mis-
rnso, dlsorler, fraud, corruption, snArchy. anil
violenco FROM tho cose OF tlso war. 1t il dlficnlt
to ascertain Which party or what faction ts The
Of Fedcral officers; nor do /
belieyo tAs Kellogg Goreronens worthy OF tho
sacrifices required TO maiuta1n It. Tle Cougros-
Bional Committee recently in Now Orleanu may
fnd q toalcdy for tho OWLS Which haYo so louR
acoursed that fertile AMI rich, but mlsosRbly dis
tractsI. State.
Aftor expressing the hope tha. The Wh!g spirit
II,
with congenlal Northern sympathsos, work out
wholesome goanlta, tho letter rccurs to
FINANCIAL AATrEns.
had boped that Congress- would be Able to
| reacl aud remoyo somo OF tho csnseH Which
phralfxol the buaineas interests OF tho county
uonetbing that, a. snr5ng advances would Eivo
life and elasticity to trade, and restore all cths8ea
| to their accustomed oconpAst0ns- II thla object
can onlv DO reacl!ca by otPanslon, cannot but
think that eFan that dreaded alternative IL pro-
fsrable to tho dead calm which llas csa1ed ali our
material interests to stand It'll for moro than
/ year. mako this concession, bocauno haye
coma to tho conclusion that We can roaninc specie
payments without distressing tho faboriug vlasaca
| by stringent ~ contraction"
| TIE CivIL-R1olifs nlLL.
Too much OF tho time OF Congress- has, fear,
l'cen consusned by tho Clsil-lsighta b!lt-a bill,
in itH general seope and purpose, Of Questionable
nnondtn1nts and Congressional onactmentu thai
Is neeossary 10 placo freedmcu upon ,,orfcc!
equality with our own race. Life, liberty, and
tho pursuit Of happiness" h.a been guaranteed
IN open aud fair field, competing With uH upor
equal teriuB for ali tho advantages aud compen
nations OF industry and enterprise. = :.
FURTHER We cannot 20. Social enMality IL alike
this point "higher law comes in-alaw whicl
no human dnhctmenta can annnt-a law whicl
will romain tn full forco and eIoct until Wilt.
becomes b!aok or blnck becomes white. Al