OCR Text |
Show TUB CONDITION OF THE SOUTH. Wlicn t i n.'t :il l.i-i) Mirr.-n liTi-'l to ( IciuTal ( I unit, uinl llu' war of r, ln'l-lion ln'l-lion oloM',1, tln'ro in litilo il'iul't that tlio nitijority ot' tin1 I'i'oi'lii of the S.mtli lirarti'y ill in' 1 poa.v. Six yearn liavo almost p.i.oj an 1 yot it is not p.-aiv. Tin! war rn.li' 1 in H'-j, but tlio ivnllii-t i' nitinu h. It lian not twn for want of lini-lation, for C'on-gro.iH C'on-gro.iH tia.-i I'nrni.ilu'il pli'nty of that. It Iki.h nut lu'i-ii K'lM'in' there was not power to eiifnive that li-islalio:, tor the roiluetinn of the regular army was not ilee'ulej on by (.hkvo-h until it was ileomej uniKveary to keep up a larger fonv than some thirty thousand men, to do garrison duty, operate iK-ainst Indians, and man the po.-ts throughout a country eoveiin almost one-half of North Ameriea. The party in power had so much of a majority in Congress, (hat it had no Jitlicultv in. tho pass;ii;e of any measure deemed really mwssary; and yet foaoe divs not rci.sti iu the South. ! There is somcthini; radically wron.c, and statesmanship of a huh order is needed to set it risl-.t. It is said that a contlcman remarked to a prominent prom-inent Senator in Washington, soon after tho close of the war. "So, the trouble's ended." "No." was the Senator's Sen-ator's response, "iv has begun." la . explaining his words, he sa-d there never had been such a field opened up for speculation to speculative Americans Ameri-cans as the South then ollered. Au.l speculators arv not particular what means they use if they can accomplish their object. There is fear that the South has been overmuch legislated for : and that much of that legislation has been based en the unscrupulous statements of speculators, having selfish self-ish and uiereenary motives in view. The course of incompetent men. wheu they find then-selves ccciuyir'g positions posi-tions which statesmen should M l. is to adopt severe and coerceive measures that certain peaceful results may follow, fol-low, l-nt every illustration in history, proves how fallacious is t.ic uiea. ce-verity ce-verity will never generate peace. Ar.d however reVel'iou s'td wrvvg the South may have Icon, it w:. 1 rot b? wooed bae's. to harmony ar.i union with the other portions et t:.c Ucpu lie so long as its leading men are pro-si-ribed a:-.d d.n ed the cxerc.ss- o! a., political r:gh;. and tf.e peop.e e; the South feci as Ar-'encins. There isdcubt'.es truth i:i tr.u.'h that has U-ea said of Scuthern cuti-ages, but the proposed legislation by Congress on tho subject if carried tlitvngh. will rot trano(uii;-e the dtstur.vcl cis'-rtcrs, unless un-less it is axen.ied so as to rreser.t features more cor.so-an: w.:h tr.e humanity, magnanimity a.-.d r.cKlity which should aud do c'r.ara.'terire the great American peop.e. |