Year: 1866

AklONCkISAAT


The avowsd attempt Of the radicals in
Congress, through several Of the Southern
Senators and members elect, ITO divide the
South" has created new necessity for re-
newed efforts both North and South for rec
.onciliation. Moulders Of public sentiment
all over the country, and especially teachers
of youth and ministers Of the Gospel, are
called upon from the highest public as well
as private considerations to put aside or
postpone all minor matters, and engage
earnestly and manfully in the patriotic as
well as philanthropic work Of bringing about
reconciliation between the people of all
sections Of the country. The interests Of edu.
cation require it. The interests Of religion
and public morals require il. The interests
Of agriculture, commerce, and navigation
require it The safety, happiness, and pros
perity Of the people both North and South
require it. And there is no interest in the
country opposed to it, except the fancied one
Of o few headstrong, headlong, radical polit-
clans. who are willing to forego all the advan-
tages Of reconciliation for the sake Of obtain
ing control, IL they can, Of the Executive
Department Of the Government


Those politicians know that the transition
process by which the South is passing from
war to settled peace and from system Of
forced to system Of voluntary labor, must
Of necessity produce some friction. They
have read in DE TocQUEvrLLE that as slavery
in this country was united to the physical
and permanent fact of color, the race was 80
dishonored that only God alone can obliter-
ate the traces Of its existence; and that as
there has always occurred after the emanci-
patton Of slavery in every country where it
has taken place, greater difficulty in altering
the manners Of the people to suit the new
condition than there is in altering the law
they have calculated that the frictions which
may be naturally expected to occur in the
Southern States in bringing about the neces-
sary changes will be political capital which
can be worked up for their benefit. As they
are seeking for reasons for stopping out the
electoral votes of eleven States of the Union
for President and Vice President at the next
Presidential election, they are interested in
making it appear by exaggerations and other
wise, that there is no harmony in the South,
nor friendly feeling towards the North, by
whose armies the rebellion was put down.
The quasi-military establishment in the South.
! under the patronage and management of the
Freedmen's Bureau, is formidable spoke in
their wheel Of calculations to keep the embers
of discord alive. The clergy both North and
South are instigated to forget while longer
the pacific doctrines Of the Divine Maker and
to perpetuate old prejudices and resentments.
Suffice it now that RECONCILIATION among the
people anywhere is no part Of their plan.


Those who have toned themselves down
sufficiently to make the mention Of peace do
II with enough of ifs, innuendoes and menaces
to counteract its effect. Most of them speak
of it as Peace, Jehu which Lord BACON
called "Peace with q vengeance" None OF
them, SO far as we know, speak of it as a
condition to be produced and preserved be-
cause Of the benignity Of its influence upon
the body Of community.


In consequence Of this reckless determine
tion Of the radicals to do nothing whatever
tOWhruS TcCouciiinloi, tuc Worh nuo, III the
dispensation Of Providence, been left to the
Administration and its friends. Upon us
rests the sacred duty Of meeting the high be.
hests of the hour and Of accomplishing, if it
be possible, as speedily as possible, and by
NIL the means at our command, this import
ant work. If we are reviled by the radicals
whilst performing this holy mission, let us
grid our loins all the closer, and hold our
batons all the frmer, in the assurance that
we are serving both our God and our coun.
try, in its time Of need.


% Congress desires to keep the country di.
vided. The Executive desires to reconcile
and unite it. Let these two antagonistic
purposes be kept in mind by our friends
both North and South in selecting their dele
gates for the August consultation at Phila,