Year: 1865

The result OF the Hite eie0'ioh III Douthefn
States shows clearly that the lenient policy
9 sntem plated by the lamented Abraham
Jincoln. and carried out by his successor, is
not the one by which the South may be re
constructed. or the Southern people won
back to their allegiance. This concilatory
system, says the Bee, has always marked the
Republicans in their dealings with their
enemies. In all their past contests with the
Democracy Speaking of that party as it for
mer,v existed q success on the part Of the
former was invariably followed by forgive
ness of foes and the dispensation Of Office to
the verv men who had used all their infiu-
ence at the polls to defeat their traditional
opponents There is magnanimity in the
idea, reminding us of the generosity of the
Roman conquerors; but, unfortunately,
magnanimity is quality that goes for moth
ing with partisans and rebels, and the first
use made of the power conferred upon them
is to sway it for the ruin of .heir benefac-
tors This has been the course steadfastlv
pursued by the South since pardoning and
restoration to citizenship came in vogue
Not only have they-or. at least, as many of
t EN- as have welded the balance at the
elections-proved insenSible to tie kindn ess
Of the Government in thus opening the wav
for their return to the fold, and to their con-
dition as a conquered people, but since the
close Of the war, far from submitting, they
have omitted no occasion to exhibit their
hostility to the United States, and to keep
alive the fires of insurrection. They are as
much barbarians as the uncultured races
who in early times overran the fertile plains
of Europe from the mountain wids of Asia
CARRYING fire and desolaton in their track -
In their transactions, they have abandoned
every thought of honor, and humanity, and
are as much our enemy as any foreign horde
who should invade us from the sea. We
own that we have always been afraid of the
consequences Of the lenient policy in connec-
ton with such adversaries, as bearing upon
the destinifs of the Union party, and the
experience Of the past few weeks is an evl
dence of the clearness of cur views upon that
subject.


Ever since the issuing of the amnesty
proclamation, Washington has Seen thvong-
ed by politicians and partisans from the
South. who have professed an earnest desire
to take the oath and return to their alle-
glance. Large numbers have been pardon
ed. Some of them were known to have been
among the most dangerous rebels in the sec.
tions from which they hail. Others were,
doubtless, sincere, and deserved the absolu-
ton they received. Many returned at once
to their several States and began immediate,


y to plot treason with an energy which tes,i-
fed that they were still bound by oaths
which they regarded as superior to any
pledged by them under the Constitution of
the United States. The military power OF
the Confederacy had been crushed, but that
they do not regard themselves as defeat
ell is plain from the whole tenor of their pro-
ceedings Their ranks are scattered, but
their organization is not exterminated, and
they await but the opportunity to rally their
cohorts and resume business under the same
Internal society whose transactions have
created all the mischief that has been done
from the beginning. Se.eral elections for
members of Congress have recently been
held in Southern States, but it pains us tc
say that in every instance the hope of the
loyal portion Of the nation has been grossly y
deceived and lis confidence vilely betrayed
1t is clear that in dealing with those who
| have the present management of Southern
| politics the President and his advisers have
to deal with ddcersaries, lost to all principle,
and intent upon the one insane idea of break.
ing up the most enlightened and Lteral
| Government on which the sun ever saone.- =
| They well know the edict has gone forth,
vet, as in the case of Alabama. (where par.
dons have been literally distributed J they
persist in electing to Congress the most rabid
and determined of the fire eaters by whose
example the war has been sustained-or, in
the mildest view of the matter. men who are
known to sympathize still with the cause Of
the rebellion, even although they may have
taken the oath.


Since putting in practice his humane views
with regard to rebels. President johnson has
been severely criticised by many of his
friends. who are satisfied that their idea oi
the position is the correct one, and those
who passed these structures have been strong
ly condemned by the more conservative, who
accused them of desire to throw obstacles
in the way of a settlement. 1t lis fair to sup
pose that the developments of the past four
davs will remov this source of disagreement
among the friends ofthe Uni n, and likewise
admonish the President to exercise little
more diserim nation in the conferring of
pardons. The rebellion is not by any means,
conquered yet.


VIEYNa, one OF the most luxurious capitals
on earth, at least encourages bachelors to
settle down. An Association for the Relief
of the Unmarried has recently been formed
with the avowed purpose of pointing out to
old bachelors marriageable ladies who do not
participate in the fashionable follies of the
dav, but are ornaments to their sex' in
view Of their morality, their knowledge of
domestic duties. the simplicity Of their attire,
and their accomplishment in the little con
veniences and praces of existence. To co