, 1875-07-16
THE sENs1nLE MEN OF THE soUTH.

throughout tho S0tth. 1hefe was ntRRlhB
and Hplutteriug Of dissent and Tho fire.
brand ,saa cxtinguished. 1t II with unfsigu-
cd pleasure tint we note this facL The calm,
tiigniflcd dscnssion Of this most iEl-atlvisca
bit Of yitnporation Is tue best ainglo sign Of
the new state Of things in tlto South that
Inns yct been vouchsafod the country. Tho
comments Of tho Charleaton Ne1ts and
Courier, which we reprint elsewhere, arc
especially noteworthy. This al'lo journal is
the leading Democratic paper Of South Caro-
linn. The contrast between its utterances
and those OF tl.s leading Charleston papers
from 1880 to 18G5-and we might sny la72--
Is simply marvellous. There has been a
moral revolution. Viewed from, the stand
point OF q few years ago, there was every
reaaon to expect that the Neses and Courier
would inslorso PnEsToN's frnntic fAnatEcism.
Tho ornsor Ia native Of South CarolinR. Flo
has remained faithful to ths traditions Of
CA1nous and IlAyxE The paper Is in full
sympathy with tho party which was founded
ly those n,en But tint rarty Ina grown.
As it has advanced, 1t has left behind it the
irreconcilablea. The now generation has new
beliefs. Mistaken rs some Of them are, they
are nevertheless freed from tho deadly taint
Of tlis!oyalty. The old idea WIS TINT tie
Statc was tho citizens only country, to which
n!one lie owed allegiance, while the Union
WIS hateful usurpatiou or mere creation.
| great md glorious fact that his country ia not
tho narrow strip shaded by tho palmetto tree
md watcred by tho Santeo River, but tho
vast region TINT stretches from tho Lnkcs to
tho Gulf, from tho Atsnntio 10 tho pacific.
His patriotism Is belicd and his honor ia
insultcd by the bitter words that men of
tho Preston stamp fling recklessly into
tie air. The biting vitriol of this
nau's speech WIS intended to fall into
the wounds Of the War md sting tho old
smart into fresh life and ngony. but tho
wicked attempt has failed. It cnlleta forth
| from the South words not Of bitterness, but
Of peace.
The unanimity of the responses has been
marked. Ono of tho lending newspapers Of
the Old Dominion says: "Tllo people OF
Virginia are too anxious for peace and pros
pority nnder tho Republic which their fathers
assisted to establish to welcome the revival
| - o'A -'"@ ~ W..
| 'eso commandments 1nsousAo"' 'ne eoonesy
are INSTINCT Win peaee' toler"nce' anu gooa
w. IL ~ sn"'l'o 'nn' oaF 'e"o.h8 oousuetn
university sAoniu eTen 1o' lay oe Pl"st'-
'a1ea 10 oAes "nion every seHslDle r're'n'an
eonoemns' anu .ne oaa,4ea.on 1'eu" a"o
'o"'7eF 7"ss ohs .''1 ~ t,'' iec..ns ~ 'ao
vast majority Of the people Of South Caro-
| linn 4"
Inc cnosea ot t'!'s afe no1 1ar 70 seek. iAe
ola nse~ea'efa leu. no lonee.' Inc so'suefa
VINO 1otga1 through .ne "af leatneo' On oosn
slaes' 70 respect tne'F opponents. EARLY
IN 'rglula, AooAnS ~ 1eots'", fahstoS IN
sonth oafonna' says tnls cnas'esson ofacle.
cannot arrest tho mafcn ot eSents'
Shaking hsta as 1ello"~citazens' ana af'ng
verbal bomos into pcacetol camp, are out
OF date. Hero anu there, on either ade OF
what Used TO DO 'the hofder' aoho selic'
oatgfo"n anu RhelSeo' sp'ts venom az h's
brothefn' but oontemptuoua aflence after tho
hrat panied outoufst. ia bis meed. lime.
which IuAoHxnAx called tho great anodyne'
la dotn8 4ts olcsseo "ofk* LIS "ounos aFe
surely healing. angry repfoaoh Is reoog-
h'zeo Dy most a. unluse' py neaf'Y al as 1T
any rate lmpoilua' anu what Is 1mpolitlo
soon eonea 70 Do 'noughs wrong we nave
seen this 1ana't'on 'ase place IN me Softh'
whero people arse stopped taklng nistef
nonsense because tney tnouensl IL Waa taet'
ped'ent or impohuo. anu tnen reaohea thoi1
present state OF 1eeing' wien they believe
that such talk i9 wrong
taE CHICAGO tamuSS naa oone "nat II
could N ING "of8 OF feconciuat'on ~ haf
sent correspondents tnfou8a tho SCUM wae
hase wf7t.en a1npafual4y anu aoly' ~ nat
recognized tne honesty Q, oosn s'aes' u has
no sympathy with the b!oody-shirt shf1eker1
Both arc doing whatever they Gun to porpatu
ate rcvcngcful hates. It believes TINT Sout1
and North have grown far more sensible thar
in the hot and aularting days after the War
and TINT each must trust the other before per
feet union Of feeling is possible.