Staunton Spectator

Favorable Change.

The New York Times is now ably advocating the admission of the Southern Representatives into Congress, not merely those who can take the test oath, but "all the truly accredited Representatives of the Southern people." The Times published an editorial with the caption-"The Importance of Southern Representation"—from which article the following is an extract:

"What harm can Southern representation do? Even supposing the worst, that it would be disaffected and factious. it would still form but a weak minority in either House; and even if it made an alliance with all the Democratic strength, the combined force would still be less than two-fifths of either body. The 39th Congress, upon which devolves the completion of this work of reconstruction, has a magnificent Union strength, which no possible combination of malign elements can hinder from working its own high will. Let it trust to that strength, and be fearlessly generous. Let it admit, at an early day, into its bosom, all the truly accredited Representatives of the Southern people, so that it shall have every facility to legislate intelligently and justly for the South, as well as for every other part of the land. This is what is imperatively demanded by the spirit of national concord. and by every practical interest of the Union. No speculative dogma, or old resentment, ought to stand in the way of it."