Not to mention the reiterated and urgent renewals of the subject of
reconstruction in quarters where we are accustomed to look for a partial
loyalty or a covert opposition to the war, articles like the following,
from the New York _Times_, of November 19th, frequently appear in the
undoubtedly loyal press:
'RECONSTRUCTION.--Since we have been at the trouble of
conquering the rebels in the State of Arkansas--since, after many
great victories, we have now complete military possession of the
State, and have armies posted on its eastern, western, and northern
lines, and at its capital in the centre--we think it would be worth
while in the Government to take steps to reorganize the civil
administration there, and inaugurate a system of policy such as was
adopted in Missouri two years ago, and which has proved so
successful in pacifying that State. The loyal element in Arkansas
is large, as is made evident by the action of the people wherever
our forces have penetrated, and by the enlistment of a good number
of its citizens in the armies of the Union. One of the Senators
from Arkansas, Senator Sebastian, whose term of office is as yet
unexpired, is, and always has been, we believe, a sound loyal man;
and Mr. Gantt, who was elected to Congress just before the outbreak
of the rebellion, has recently given proof of his repentance and
devotion to the Union in the remarkable address which we published
last week.
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