New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-31

- ooo y,hi.e Kentucky carpet-baggers and the
-OC0O colur,d refugees from the " buiId"zer"
p,,,;. - who songht her borders last year. and stil
- not "ovcrrun"! The soul OF John Brown stu
n,ircic, en- N the state Of OssawattamIe, ana "d-
Nclt'scs every day for more " Larvae.
N0EjnERN MEN IL soUTHERN OFFICES
Lido rot say this to Justify all the men OF Northern
birth waO took uart IN Southern ahalrS "ulih3 ''
construction: nut merely to show that they ale not
resp ,rsblr ~ n jrthern men. If there was WI"hg
,rae II vas as mica by native southern men az py
men at A,rlhcru birth, Few, If any, OF them went
,ou:!, expecting to obtain oilcc Nearly all oi them
wi hclcvr 10 engage IN business and with the
hone Of achieving prosperity. If the SOlId-Soulh-
rnu> md not arraycd themselves against the recon-
.tr,ction measures so bitterly there would nave
been DO ctrppt-Dag otfl IalS chosen. III theN han
WELCOMED Immigration anl treated the hoWco"ie's
with e. euc.s md decent cons crlt0n. 20 many III
tlc.t,rtc s..lf.supporter- of the North would have
sat down am ,ng them that unworthy ones "o"i'
ltv. i,,t iittlr chance OF preicrment. Tine author
al tie X pl," endeayOrs to produce th' i"pcS''oh
that al ~ no had been IN sympathy with the heprl-
iron were disqn ,llled from holding ofl'e III the
rccnistracjed States 1t is an entire mis-
cake. Tar Reconstruction Acts dcbarrod only those
vino. having previously taken an oath to support
thc ol>iutIon ami laws of the United StaTe', had
theattr, given aid or comfort to rebellion against
I'm, Same. : he would have us infer that there was
nobody else who could hold Office under the r'coh-
,tructed & vernments bat negroes and clrpet-pa|-
c.rS ; h a. several of the cons tuii1ns adopted III
1868 ,lIl not contain any Disqualification Whatever
La the Constitutional Convention OF North Carolilf'
hrld under the Reconstruction Acts Ill loOS' thcIe
were more than twenty members who haI S'rN1u I'D
the Confederate Army. In no county, 70 lar as
ever he ird was there any dearh OF Democratic c,l
WHITE who tIAu not ltlu bll'c
f,re the war waI eligible to Office III those SttitS
The M outy OF the Republican members, III nearly
trolled bv dat party III those nose hi, nta't 81
were native Southern whites Inc pulk Oh
the officers elected by them were native WhlteSi
and n, W .uld have be"n but Tor the deteriilhed
hostility of the mass O eX-rebcls to any pan oil re-
construction W ,ch did not leave power exclusively
IN tie hands of the late rebels
SOUTHERN RESPONSIBILITY FOR BtD GOvERNMENr
Again. IT should be remembered that every temp
tat,on to evil wa. put before these men. On the
very instant when they declared Themselves III
favor of the Reconstruction Acts the walls OF ln1any
were rnnrrl upon their heads Society shut II
io,ra ,,,,on thcm Detraction had 10 words auill-
ri.ntlv oli,,ls TO designate them To be Repuhll-
can was to he a lepor. white Republican was
everywhere denounced, aud is to-day, rs infinitely
lower and more unworthy than negro. Every
form, of o~tracis,n was invented anu employed
AGAINST them. This b1 1t remembered always, was
the ate Of affairs before any of them was chosen
t. off = or hal shown incapacity Ur unwOrthness
I}v TINS nca $ tho barriers of selfreSpect were
broken down. tho door OF honorable ampl-
ton closed. and spirit of rcckessneSs ana revenge
Mas lostcrcd which vastly increased the probabil-
Ties of n,alfeaSance.
That these Governments did much that was evil
no one will deny. That they became the tools OF
designing men in many instances is too trne. The
Amt hndU,I th,tn uTOuUu like wall or
fir had nuch to do with this The best man Was
yihird not less than the worst. Those who cor
ruutrd Them or took advantage of their corruption,
or Ignorance were as often Democrats rs f'rdbli-
cans. aud oitemer natives than men at Northern
birth. The Southern Republicans OF hat time were
not all SAINTS. but they showed a Lar average
They st00 / between IA Republican North which de-
u,audcd inpoSsi bilites and yet rcbclIlouS South
which had determined that the Reconstruction laws
should he thwarted. lawfully or unlawinlly IL was
their misfortune, il also their fault 10 baiaHc
their evil there IL vast am cunt OF good sr'd Which
tnev Sawed which will yet bear rch irIIf
and fine, yiol iiIun Of human rights can hc SCI Over
against mere venIaiIty. the balance bet w'rn Them
and the Government of the S"hd-Southr"Is winch
has succeeded them Will be IInticsely III Their FAVOR
Even with respect to pccunlary integrity. II can
hardly he sad To be greater moral onlIPuiiV To
promise to pay unjust droiT iI'ah !" Lf, nn'
Governments buried slavery and planted liberty.
TIE best thugs their successors nave acne
Lave been IN extension OF th'lr IDEAS but
the burden If blood crime and usurpail"r winch
r,~fs MON the Solid South Is thc uncNru 'rd ana
M xcn,,ble work of lis boastrd wealth and micllI-
rruce Tney can plead nothlrg IN "Aicnuail"h,
snve that ignorance and IrcUmprchcnrton ~ human
IIght which cannot conceive that inc chl"rcd man
or the poor whte has any night to act except III me-
cord,ncr with the will of the formerly dominant
ciss II H. tins ~Ciosu"SSo OF human rlEht' tls
disregard o tie rights winch the lHw mas ronIrrIti
ON ntut, thai ttutrs the SIud"st ami most IN
sCruI abr element Of this complex Hl'r. he l-
iu~ 20 admit these nights can~cu HE first "rRanila-
ton of parties at the South after Tie war. ami the
subycfsrn ni them 10y lraad aud vln ne" continues
The old South ia it, local power. When they shall
learn 10 estimate the rjglts of others. and not 60
frantic oven imagined wrongs OF thrtr own they
viii mead no drieCc. The first essential Of progress
II "A CONVECTION OF the need of Improvement. ms
has yet come to the Solid South DS thI W"i ds
of #, champion, IT evidently Is stIli looking
backward. The dead COnfcdcracy Is ~ heal IL
dus not wish to le more Tree, more liberal more
pr,smrou, or more popuOus. II satisfied with Tie
negro IA his place hut lat place Ia und or the "htc
man. Ho may hav" certain fights. not DecHl'e thc)
at. his. not because he - thtItei 10 tnth
but SIMPLY and solely because his bettcrS
ms snpnriors his masters, II You please, dcgiI to
give them to hun, hut III dorogaIon OF Their VIII they
allow MN nothing VI riEnt he rs n'n1n Wy.
approval evidently written with great care 10 TX,
PLAIN away the iUrcs Of less guarded c"nvcrsatl"ua
expression OF opinion, very clearly dIsClnse TINS lack
of Iwcr to ppIohend the tact that the COlOred man
has any nights except at the hands of the white race
III those States. he fact tat the Natloh. mas
them with the nights aud powers OF cltlh5
n,s, with HIM and his class for naught. lie says
SAID We the whites. would secure the negro all hs
rights Of rsOn and OF property; we would Insure Ihs
and development; wOuld protect INN from
I'm. own lruoraucc and ncXpcreucc Lett alone he maj
proved himself incapable or standing unsupported but
aid uudrr all circumstance we vii retain control OF
suciety IL tue hands II the whites, because AL
Ius fnrcrs ~ society inhure In and pertain
~ ,ne whites | said, Numerical maj"n;ies
of blacks IN localities VIII not prevent
mis- power goes to tue hands that can uSe II, hnd mere
numerical power never bhs controlled and never VIII
cUutrl suciety Womer and 0hldfon make Up tue large
la na.lt
adult mel Where the blacks have numerical mdJnll-
ties iueins will he found TO control tcii Lhitall'ha
OF Ihs franchise by properly or ennc"ohh NAt- :" !"
cauuiion taxes or by geographical DIVISIONS VIII pe
applied, aud the political power ~ negro maJ"firs