Show 11 I 1 J ii i the 1111 ze r r T complete ACte ta f t ui 11 il l dan dai telegraphic il ri anict 01 th message abich aich as it ithen 1 I tell wa was s incomplete and 1 01 I 1 J entsiel unsatisfactory lor for y gueits t 0 bl be tp 4 ai IZ I 1 s arc reference tit b mell fellas as forthe for the information I 1 I 1 I 1 hiir I 1 ir re readers rea A derx e e I 1 lil ii bedoit them thein today to day doy tile the i C ii ou is ih it mw to con 4 kw is it tile the opening of the session ion to the ex hsiou f IOU of other important mattei the im 4 I 1 baile ot 01 the grave o questions inest quest ions ioni at x esaue be bc f en the c Exec uthe and nu Con Congie gies hs makes it t it 1 arable tit it ON ej citizen ci should laio know N what 11 I 1 if I 1 prell president int nt lid did sa on oil dc filling defining his bri position jit cit rut ns i y re itule and jinse Y if aatu WE i beef ingnal t the he ia I 1 I 1 J wres of the im united ted 8 titles f es resumes ei its ani ta I 1 i liMit kill nc 0 1 I bov an nil 1111 wise and inert r il 11 Pro idin hits abated the pestilence ell c e I 1 tell ich visited out oin e it its calami t 1 l I 1 1 is i upon u boll wine ollie portions ot of oat coun coull t I 1 r J peace iea cc order tian tranquility and anil civil do noun luring betti fon connall nall A 4 i 1 1 t t fil bhole ot of the united i i tes tei li it I 1 m c in tiu all tle coercion of of aig w aind ild the til people eoy lc b flie theu r lie ac ayi ih I 1 ari R their go Gm emment in V 41 j iua 1111 colip oina fatt the orcen tent ot of tilt laws am 9 is sno no longer obstruct I 1 aiu in imi it ice lv in combinations too iona powerful fall I 1 14 I 1 b the courso course of 1 ILIA 1 g I 1 ind and the i it 1 t i I 1 ineil geedin bv tho the wal wai tire rapidly yielding to of our free t it u ind and to tin th ivinel i effects eft acts of Ancil an catho tho P i of fi at qua fadin must bo be the II 11 ait pio tc hobirt aud and vo ile i jl han n 1 1 ight d out oui gi andea national 1 1 lue ait I 1 i t i i the tid tad t id 41 I 1 i alu 1 st and iliin till iu lenng e lit ig only their gieir int iu leti lc liboris boris i vie anine out fc 4 c r cwi us it ii ai 1 et aud and united people OF TIM till 11 I 1 4 0 iu 1113 i na aa c of ma Decem decembri bei 1863 1835 i dagres vas al of alie tj ie men sin es N it icy 1 IN I 1 anges bet een ii instituted by the execute e v ith a I 1 I 1 11 n k to the gri of the alio statch I 1 S 1 1 hub ill it tit tin ion to their ts irions I 1 it t 1 ions it with the 4 enci al G kiei aident ni dent r iotes I 1 Gove mw had ben been appointed con titio iii 4 died gom elected legisla 1 i ai as Is ind and benato rH ahal E choi oi tu congius Con gics of the united I 1 itt 1 itts volltin Voll til had bovil l xit n opened tor for the ho on cn 4 if ot it im I 1 ro m h long in ili abe ance the blaic I 1 I 1 10 11 III bf it curtoni housep roes ro ru es li lid the Inte ren beemie denue iskas IA 4 put 1 i cwi fo c mi in erdl r eliat tl lilt the people might int allt cou con 1 etc i to tin tile nation 1 I income postal posta opera 11 lt biad been ien ie need emed iud and efforts beij 1 I i C made to them to their former cou con j loll 1011 and aa el elany boit iny y alie w states ob i fid J bc ell asked to talu 1 11 tr in the ing ghigli I 1 I 1 I f ti spi n of tin tit e constitution a n d of aw ut u t tou turning t he ox of A african i I eia ns s one ot oi the of our 1 J ft dianing progressed pio gressed thus for far the I 1 vei etim found that lie he had m w 1 arly ull lilt that thiet mas m tile scope of his I 1 one thina thin how 1 bici c L e to ac ione beffie t theor he ork lc t ii J it E it ril t il on could be and that jia is the admi nd mishion aaion to Cong Coti gics icis of loyal senai Ss S ii I s i wid tind 11 epic tut holn fioro the stites states ot 60 pori po ri deop people e biad ic belled ig bindt tho the it livius mill thona of the general gon go crimi cut the i ashon de alv ed upon tho e houses in bi tit the constitution abc iii 2 the ai fiaui ot it tho ulc elce clion tion leounis and qualities aus nh of then on members anti its consider 11 ii 4 loil iou tt at etim cli engaged the attention of cont c ss lit in the the 0 dc Krlin no other oilier plan having leen been pio ved bcd b con r s its efforts to k friece frie ct ia w fir far a W mas M its ti to able alio ere idlof an of the cioper ic actions between the citi t I 1 imhof it of the respect re p eti ne 0 stal states cs tile tho states and c federal flom ajile hiie to tinie hine ws the publio public bee med C 1 1 the judi judicial vial and postal I 1 items of alip countie with the ad advice ice and i mient of the senate the necessary emary officers i i vre iro appointed irions enado by V for the hie payi nent of flicia sala salaries rier II 11 lie he proposition to amend tho federal conati stion so as to pie pi event NEnt the existence of blam athin tho the united I 1 states or tin nuy place il tit t to then jurisdiction 11 ifasi js y JK 0 wilum r of Sti St ites ittes and on the i aith tit da of november it N as officially 4 tiela iud to avi valid as i p t of odthe the of tilt united states all of tile in milich tho the lection had existed kompel amended their constitutions to 10 its as i S them con conform farin to the gibat chan change ei i ms t in tile ol gallic of tile land mill antl id mid old till all ordinances and aws C ot of sImi isbos abts and obliga obligations tiong lor for the le alu ollai pui poses of the 1 ebion atud plo pio lu in good falt 11 t to tile alio enactment of 1 k 11 liles fui tile cho ui nid r the condition ol of tho colored race con ris rc ss lio lihew ew e er aft tt to Ildri admit lit any of I 1 I 1 ebe sta states to slid it was not antil the loi of the ihu eighth month of e tatt ali it till an exception mahil ii imade lade in ill or of efti ba b tile tiie ol of her enato ih ind and 1 ciuzio or 01 lisl hENAT IID II ill t I 1 leem deem it at subject of pio lound that lia ia thus thil lu failed to admit to bents 1 nal I 1 1 I 1 Sella and E s I 1 1 1 ill t es from froin tho the t 1 aner ij VY 1 hast i inhabitants 1 ts mith feitli thoo fai ltd i in the ic bellion en ell atutes titan one foulch of tile hole abole number lemmi without wit lont tt lun it tw ilio wits heits 0 1 50 ombert f in the house t and of 20 members member in the benitte itie aielt 3 et ij dui not ly by their ou n con JL alt not ilot b 1 of olic tion but by the fil kalOf to accept thou their ct credentials f hiir it is beli believed eNed would lie the lenc wil and of our itla tio is it us one people I 1 nd 1 rem d rious canse for discontent di content on III the niort sart 0 oatho of these states it arnld it d hit inne e 1 I tit the 6 neat icat plin principle ciple inthe UK tatt ickar jui arati of luerain Amer itin that no people ought to bear lie baiden bilt icil ol of ta ond nd yet be denied the I 1 aalt of it m han have 0 been it mith thi pin inions of 0 alie lie constitution colistia Coli tit loll 1011 that tich F hhall hall luve have it t leat least one tentative senta tive and alli that no state 1 iab bent ailt ahall bo be de deprived liNed of its L pul 0 o in ill tilt arnau these 1 hitt intruded to secure to SL state tte nid md to the people of awry ry atte tate tile the light billit 0 of in tell acl ss aud and 0 0 o o billit mat ia it defined bj b tl alip 1 e fr tillers of I 1 le that tile 1 it of the lie fl 1 itea oi gilld be art i td ed that not cv oen en by in ili inn it tile can tiny tali wit hunt itri ditri col collict lInt be denied dellied a aico ill bini bi lof af pf tile N iff lonal leg ib lature ft is true rue it liis his that the els eis I 1 of all ant vas tell by 7 abo rc i bellion by nets acts of their inhabitants and that the insurrection having been the acio thenceforward to bo be considered conw unpicked ered us 19 territories the legislative executive c and judicial of the government have ho however meNer with hith great distinctness refu refused led to salic sanction tion till an assumption so incompatible with tho the nature of our can call 9 system steni and the professed objects of the wai throughout the recent ge session sion of con coa gresi gres i tho the undeniable fact made itself apparent that tho the ten tell political s are arc nothing c less than states of the union at tile the N very er y commencement of the rebellion each house hous declared aled with milli a unanimity unal limity as le as it was mai significant that the war ar was mas not no waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation nor for the purpose af ON overthrowing or inac interfering r with the rights or established institutions of those these states but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the constitution and of nu all laws made in pu pursuance nuance thereof and to preserve ci tho the union n with ith all the dignity equal it and right of the beneral sev eral states unimpaired and that as soon as theo objects jobje c ta are accomplished the wai ought to cease in simo instances senators Senator 4 w m ere permitted to continue their legi legislate e functions while tile in other instances ts s mole elected and admitted to kats after their states had fori formally nally declared declai ed their right to withdraw from tho the union a and nd were e endeavoring to maintain that right by force forc 0 of arms aring ul all of tile states whose I 1 people I 1 e N e r 0 in insurrection as states were N ere included inc lu one d in the apportionment of the ducet tn tax of annually laid upon the lie united states by the let act appi approved bcd ath au all 1861 congress by the act of maich fth 1862 and by tho the apportionment ment 0 of fro representation re ag bolt sen gelort tation a also go recognized their presence its as states in the union and the they have foi judicial purposes been divided into ine districts as states stales alone can bo be divided aided the same recognition appears in ill tile the recent legislation I 1 lit reference to tennessee winch evidently iesta upon the fact that tho the functions of the I 1 state S tate N eie not destroyed dust roved by the rebellion but merely suspended and that principle I 1 ill I 1 is of course applicable to those other states which lile like tennessee attempted to le ic bounce their places in ill the union the action of the executive execution Exe cutiN c delai ament of the gon go eminent upon this subject has hag been equally definite and uniform and the purpose 1 lose of the vi war ar was stated in tu tho h proclamation issued by my predecessor cessor on the day of oi september 1662 it mas then solemnly proclaimed clai nied and declared declai ed that hereafter as liero hero I 1 the NN ar w m ill be pi prosecuted for tho the object of practically restoring the constitutional relations between the united states and each tell of the states state and the people thereof in m which states state that relation is or may bo be suspended or I 1 dv disturbed the of the states state by i the judicial department of the government lias has also bowl been clear and conclusive in all proceedings ce affecting them its as states in the supreme court and the district conits or v lmar us I 1 I 1 lie admission of anti and 11 rein front from ana an and all allot of the states t theio IN elo can call be no just ground of that persons who are disloyal disloyal dis loval will bo be clothed with the power of legislation for this could not happen when the constitution and the i laws are enforced by a vigilant il tit and faithful con I 1 gi giess es each houpo s maae rn ae tile the judge jud ge of the I 1 election returns and q h ot of its own members and may wi with th the concurrence of tn t o thirds expel a member when a senator or representative presents his certificate of e lection election ho he may at once be admitted or rejected or should there bo be iny any question ay as to lit his ell eligibility ability ibi lity hl his credentials may be refe referred ard for investigation iNesti investigation gation to appropriate committees if admitted to a it must bo be upon ei evidence y to the house of ia which aich he thus becomes become a member that lie ho possesses tho the right ri ht constitutional anil and legal qualifications if I 1 10 0 fulcd admission as a member for N w ant of due allegiance to the government and returned to his constituent they are admonished that none but persons ioa lo 10 el to the united states m will ill be allom allowed ed a A voice oice in the e councils cl Is of tho and the political pom ei and moral influence of congress are arc thus knect ively exerted in tho the interests of loyalty to the government and fidelity to the union upon this question stion so vitally affecting the rutola tion of the union and the alie permanency of our present resent form of government my convi convictions chions heretofore expressed lime undergone no change but on the contrary their correctness has been confirmed by reflection and time if the admission of loyal members to seats in the respect e houses of Con congress gregs A aj af wise wige and bedient expedient ent a year am ago it is no less wise and expedient x elit now if this lia anomalous condition is right now nonn and if in tho the exact condition of the states at the present time it is lawful to them from representation I 1 do not see sec that the alio question nut aull i be chang changed kI by the efflux of time ten years hence if these thee states as they aie the right of ciepie I 1 will avill bo be no stranger the right ol of ex cx c levlon will be no wc weaker uler tho the constitution of the united statis makes it the duty of the to recommend to tile tho of 0 f congress Con Cong giess jes uch such measures meas timi as 18 ho shall hall judge necessary or I 1 r expedient I 1 know of no tire more imperatively demanded by every ever consideration siA cration of national sound policy and equal jut stice than tho the admission of loyal members nom from n om the now nony stites state clivi would consummate the work mork of nestora tion cioll and excia a most salutary influence in the re establishment of peace hai mony and fill fia tornal il leeling eeling it w m tend greatly to renew the confidence of the american amer n people 0 I 1 0 in 1 i the vigor no ig r of their institutions lait it would i an bind b i rut u us moio moi ci closely together as a nation and enable ii us to show to the world the inherent and recuperative e pom power er of a i gon government founded upon the v ill of tho pea people ale and eatz established ablis hed u upon I 1 t the a principles q ot of liberty justice and intelligence to telli gence our ur sed strength th and enhanced ila need would demonstrate at to t the e fillacy of the arguments a against free institutions dram drawn n front from our i becent national by the enemies of republican republic 1111 Gov emment the admission tami si 0 11 of loyal mem IneZ ben bei aiom sta s aiom 1 congress contress Con allaying doubt md and apprehension noall would fress t turn capital now awaiting awaiting nn an opportunity for investment estil lent into tho the simpli aim of arale and ill industry it will alleviate the troubled condition 11 of those states by inducing immigration wd and in hi the settlement of 10 gions now uninhabited load lead to an all increased pi t i of those staples S 1 which i have added so greatly t ay iy to the wealth meal th of the file nation and file comm ollin C cice joice of the world new fields of enterprise wl would duld be opened to our people and soon the devastations ot of war NN would bo be pud end all traces of oui domestic differences difference effaced off iced front from the minds olour of our countr men in our efforts to pre preserve ser e tho the bonds bolida of gon government eminent which bitite its ill in one people by i ic es storing tho the states to the condition which A they held prior to the ic le bellion I 1 or 01 wv wo |