National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-27

ncifhbon will cheat a negro without feeling
single twlnge Of their honor. To Kill negro
woman thew do g not tSSS fo3SieSton 10 tske
tho property away from negro they do not
consider robbery. The people boast that when
they get freedmen affairs In their own hands
TO use their own classic expression, 'the mig
gors win catch hell" Many delega
tons OF the citizens OF this state have visited
Washington for the purpose OF getting their
iavor. They, In order 10 accomplish their
DESIRE represent the feeling OF their friends at
home as very cordially disposed toward the
United States government, and say that they
all ncQuesco IN the freedom of the negroes.
A little examination into tho condition of
niiairs In this state will show that this is not
The case aud 'h.t what tho people do s only
Towcr 20 "a 70 chsngn The direction in which
tilairs aie tending. 7 om AFRAID the prof1sc
loynlty OF the DELEGATIONS 20 Washington is be.
ing takCL ~ the sentiment OF tho masses, aud
Is directing legislation and policy
Gen. Schurz, rs a mugwump leader, can
not afford TO antagonize the late appoint
ment OF Mr.. John IL. Pilsbury, II he is the
same person whose views ut length Gen.
Schurz presents aud approves in the "0ld
South" | would be glad TO quote at
length from Mr.. Pilsbury, but space forbids
IL. Hero are some things he says:
/ ON firmly Of opinion that the government
these states until loyal press, rep
rescnting the views OF the government
shall, disseminate its sentiments broad
cast all over this southern land; and when all
the avenues and channels Of communication
shall have been opened, aud the policy OF
the government shall be more easily ascor-
taiiiod and promulgated, and the states, or the
citizens thereof In sufficient numbers, shall
have 1vowed by word and act their accept
ance OF the now order of things we may then
safely consider the expedieney of surrendoring
QuNh M fra M n ~ IA
necessary constitution and code, and all other
adiuncts OF civil government The
presence OF strong military force Is Sill
needed in the state OF South Carolina TO main
tain order, and 10 see that the national laws
arc respected, as well ag TO enforce such NUM-
cipal regulations the occasion demands.
Ibelieve that affairs In South Carolina arc yet
in very crudo state; that outrages arc being
practiced upon the negro which the military
arm should prevent am, therefore,
convinced that the education of the white and
system OF FREQ labor is so absolutely demon.
strnted that the interest OF tho employer will
be found in the intelligence, tho well.bcing,
and the comfort OF the employed.
This Is signed John II. Pilsbury, deputy
supervising and assistant special agent,
Treasury Department.
Mai Gen. Stecdman says
AS for the restoration of civil power In this
state, npprohcud it cannot be done without
leading % the necessity Of frequent. interfer-
timonts Of the people Of Georgia have under
gone very great change.
Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, in long COM
municatlon dated Sept, IA, about Alabama,
says:
1t IS my opinion that, with the exception of n
small minority, the people of Mobile and south
ern Alabamaaro disloyal to their sentiments
and hostile to what they call the United States,
and that q grent many of thom are still inspired
with hope that Ut some future time the Coon
iederncy," as they style 1t, Will be restored to
In corroboration of this assertion, might
state TINT In conversation with me Bishop Will
mer, Of the diocese Of Alabama (EpiscopaD,
upon him the propriety Of restoring to tho lit
any Of his church that prayer which includes
the prayer for the President of the United
States, the whole Of which he had ordered his
rcctors to eSpunge, no refused first, upon the
ground that he could not pray for continuance
of martial law, and, secondly, that he would
stultiiy himself in the event Of Alabama and
the southern confederacy regaining their indie
pcndence. This was OH the 18th OF June. This
man exercises widespread influence in tho
state, and hts sentiments arc those OF a. large
proportion Of what Is called the better class OF
people, and particularly the women.
Gen. Schurz indorses all that is quoted
below from these officers, and gives II in
evidence, and he says many harder things
himself. Here are a few specimens:
The .pecunlary value which the individual
The maiminE and killing of ooiorrd meil seems
to be looked upon ~ many a. one Of those
ycnial ofienses which me-. = fnrr'ycn 70 the
outraged feeling e w,cEged and robbed
petrotion Of those acts Il not confined to
that class OF people which might be
called the rabble. several 'gentlemen
tary commissions for such oilenses. =
SO fnr, the spirit Of persecution has shown H.,
self so strong rs to make the protection Of the
freedman by the military arm OF tho govern
ment IN many localities necessary-in almost
all, desirable. Aside nom the as
sumption that the negro will not work without
physical Som1pqlSi9n there appears to be
which stands as no less serious an obstacle I'M
the way Of n successful solution ofthe problem
u Is that the negro exists for the special object
OF raising cotton. rice, and sugar for the whites
aud that II is illegitimate for him to indulge,
like other people. In tho pursuit of his own
happiness In his own way. Many In
genious heads set about to solve the problem,
how to make FREQ labor compulsory by perma.
nent regulations. -.''.r
Speaking of tine opposition Of southern
men to the education of the negroes
Schurz says: "This they might hare learned
from actual experience, as 'qe IN The north
hare been taught, also By actual experience,
that the education of The iO,per orders Is dc
as Of the prosperity Of a peOple.n
Here II will be seen Gen: Schurz recog-
nizes ga lower order'' OF whites at the
north, the equivalent Of the negro In south
ern society. What do the white workmen
think of this classification
Gen. Schurz says the southern visitors TO
the north are liars. Here 1t is:
In this connection may add that several In.
stances have come to my notice OF statements
about the condition of things in the late rebel
states. being set aioat by southerners visiting
the north, which would not bear close inyesti'
who profess great kindness for the negro.
Many Of them are no doubt, sincere in what
they say. But as to the feelings ofthe masses, II
IS hardly necessary, to add anything TO what
not even necessary that the reaction against
the result OF the war; which consists In emln-
cipation, should manifest itself by very obnon.
ious legislative enactments, just as I'M some Of
the slave states slavery did not exist by virtue
of the state constitution. 1t may DO practically
accomplished, and Ia, in: fact. practically 40
sGsro hs + moi
displaying Its character and aims upon tho
statute book,
1t is not only the political machinery of the
states and their constitutional relation to the
general government but the whole organism
Of southern society, that must be reconstructed
or rather constructed anew, 80 as to bring II In
harmony with me rest Of American society
Is tho immediate restoration of the late rebe
states to absolute self-control so necessary thai
IL must be done even at the risk OF endangerinl
one of the great results of the war, and o
bringing on in those states insurrection or an
archy, or would 1t not be better to postpon,
that restoration until such dangers are passed
II, as long as the change from slavery to free
labor Is known to the southern people only by
Its destructive results, these people must DO ex
pected TO throw obstacles In It's way, would 4
not seem necessary that the movement OF socia
reconstruction DO kept in the right channe
by the hand of the power which originated thu
change, until that change can have disclosed
some OF its beneficial effects?
A temporary continuation of national con-
troll In the southern states would also have
most beneficial effect as regards tho immigra
that country, and such immigration would, II