telligent white man toward him? Why, to educate him, admit
him, when sufficiently instructed, to the right of voting, and as
rapidly as possible prepare him for a safe and rational enjoyment
of that 'equality before the law' which, as a free man, he has a
right to claim, and which we can not long refuse to give."

The Mississippi _Index_ says:

"There are some laws on our statute-book respecting negroes that
are of no practical use, and will have to be done away with some
day. The sooner we dispense with them the better. But in the matter
of educating the negro we can accomplish more toward convincing the
people of the North that we have been misrepresented and slandered
than by legislative action. Let us take the work of education out
of the hands of the Yankees among us. We can do this by encouraging
the establishment of negro schools and placing them in the charge
of men and women whom we know to be competent and trustworthy."

In Louisiana, General Longstreet, one of the most distinguished of
the rebel Generals, says:

"The striking feature, and the one that our people should keep in
view, is, that we are a conquered people. Recognizing this fact
fairly and squarely, there is but one course left for wise men to
pursue--accept the terms that are offered us by the conquerors.
There can be no discredit to a conquered people for accepting the
conditions offered by their conquerors. Nor is that any occasion
for a feeling of humiliation. We have made an honest, and I hope
that I may say, a creditable fight, but we have lost. Let us come
forward, then, and accept the ends involved in the struggle.

"Our people earnestly desire that the constitutional government
shall be re-established, and the only means to accomplish this is
to comply with the requirements of the recent Congressional
legislation."

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"The military bill and amendments are peace offerings. We should
accept them as such, and place ourselves upon them as the
starting-point from which to meet future political issues as they
arise."

"Like other Southern men, I naturally sought alliance with the
Democratic party, merely because it was opposed to the Republican
party. But, as far as I can judge, there is nothing tangible about
it, e