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I . -v- . l ,! , V' v ' - J v i : " ' "- A ? , v'l- I T : and tho General Government, partially, ther;e enactments, business in theR sense of general bi Jnto tho hands of negroes, is proposed at is paraliedi by aterror y of con fisciS a time peculiarly unpropltiousi The curity, by the foundations of society have been broken and the dread of negro supremacy; S. civil wan Industry; must bore-orga- n Southern trade, from which the upby ized i ; public would have deiived so great alp? , j ustice are not only regardless of the rights of law, stUj under a government order brought of pub- credit maintained,,! and J property, but so utterly ignorant out of confusions To accomplish these guishes and can never be revht lic affairs that.their voting can consist ceases to be shattered ? iall would ends the wisdom It and until" require ballot a; more than carrying in nothing formed our tho.. arbitrary:, power which pf tho; great men who to the place where they are directed to virtue j X j.believe that all its operations unsafe, j Thatl originally, not remind you that institutions deposit it. Iofneed ranchise is their descendants .wul:be equal to the country, the richest the world: the elective theexercise task before them; but it is.mbre sawj, ia worse than lost, if it be notii the highest attribute i of :an American arduous reasonable to expect that negroes placed underl thOr protection of a k than, citizen: and that; when guided by virtue, 1 wil perform 'it for us. Certain ly . we constitution. Instead of being, Instifree and intelligence patriotism the true basis ought not torask their assistance until ought" to be. a source of wealth tutions, it constitutes) we . despair of our own competency. honor, it will become an intoleii, of a 'democratic' form of government,is The great 'diflerenco between the two burden upon the weal of the nation in which the i, sovereign power races in physical, Omental and moral Another reason for retracing ouhJ people.. lodged in the body-- : of the characteristics willl prevent an amal- will doubtless be "seen "by Congrea,? not for-itA trust artificially created, pro- gamation of them together, in one mass;. the late manifestations of public Jqf' own sake, but solely' as a; means ofInliu-ence If the inferior obtains. the 1 Ion , upon this subj ect. We its iyd ascendency welfare, the general moting oven tho lother, it;iwill igo.ever;fwith; for gobd must necessarily depend alreference true only to its own Interests, for, enforces obedience to itselfof sobnu upon the elevated character and theref- it . will later. It is vain to think oppo recognize no common- interest, ought, thoso and create It legiance of the elector.none conti-nentv such a tyranny as this it with anvthinc:8hort of legal autW except ore,1 to be reposed in force, j! has never yet Iwitnessed. ty backed y overwhelming who are fitted morally and mentally to . your attend Already the negroes; . are influenced cannot have escaped administer it well; for if conferreduppn by promises of confiscation and plunder. that from the day on which Coiigs persons who do not justly estimateto Its Its They, are taught to regard as an enemy fairly and formally presented thepj value, and who are indiflerentas every white man who has any respect position to . govern the Bohlli results, it will serve as aofmeans of plac- for tne rights of his own race.1 ,If this estates Dy, military xorce, wiin a Tiei the unprinciing powerin the hands continues it must become .worse and to the establishment or negro eumer pled and ambitious, and musteventuato libworse, untu an oraer win oe suovertea, cy, every expression oi ine gene$ in the complete destruction of thatmost and all: industry, and the fertile fields sentiment has been more or less a; erty of which it should be tho of the South grow up into a wilderness, verse to it. The affections of this tf powerful conservative. Of all the dangers wliich ournationhas eratlon; cannot be detached from this' I have, attention therefore, heretofore urged the great danger to yet encountered, noneare equal to thoso stltutlons of v their u ancestors,, jT upon your be apprehended from an untimely ex- which must result from the auccegs: of determination to preserve the inj.tension of the elective franchise to any tho effoit now to Africaniso tho ; half- ance" of free government in their cti new class in bur country; especially of our country. I wouldnot put con- hands,' and transmit it undecidedly when the large majorlty of that class, federations of: money in competition unimpaired to their lown po3teritT.j In wielding the power thus placed in with justice and right; rbut the expenses j too strong to be successfully- overpoTe th Mr hnndi. nnnnotho exnected correct- - incident f to reconstruction; under the I ed. Every weaker passion- will idisa adopted.by Congress, aggravate pear before that love of liberty and m ly tb comprehend the , duties and re-- 1 I system to suurage. I wuuu x rcguru ua mu murium u wrong pi I iur wiiiuu mu uiexiuuui puupiu arecj wnicn pertain sponsiollltiea FADfoi.r1nTr 'na It worn A fWl 000 nf rpr- - the measurfl ifsnlf. It lin rftt nnr.nrm- - I tincmiflhed'Ahhve all others In thewn I ted millions already and if persisted in How far the duty ofi the Presidentt sons were neld in a condition of slavery be doubted it may slavery d invnri aU unprejudic-"eof 'tho condcmnaUon know more class,-thea as The whether, men. and or than their ancestors how to organize this of .especially age, punitive justicedocs not consist in strip-pin- e and regulate civil society, Jndcd-I- t Ib this country, blacks the;! Avhole States of their liberties and admitted tbat the of f right-minde- d - : re-establis- hed all their people, without to the condition; of t slavdistinction,deals separately., iwith each ery. It mu individual, coniincs lujcuiu niifi vindicates its own 'purity by an nomination of every case pc-iudicial tribunal. If nnmnpfpnt -' -- thia does not satisfy all our desires, ' 'with regard to Southern rebels, let us console ourselves by reflecting thata free t -- Constitution, triumphant in war and is worth far moro to in unbroken peace, : us and our children tkau the gratification - of any present feeling. :;t,:;-:- ; t o I am aware it is assumed that this sys-- " tern of government for the Southern States is not to bo perpetual. It is true this military government is to be only tempoprovisional; but it is throughisthis to be made rary evil that a greater evil tees of the ConIf the gauran perpetual.. can be broken provisionally, stitution to serve a temporary purpose and in;a wo can destroy part only of the country, them everywhere and for. all time.1 measures often change, but they generally change for the worse. It is the curse of despotism that it has no intermitted exercise of haltingplaco, theno its power brings sense oi security io its subjects, for they can never knojw what more they will bo called to endure when its Red Bight Hand is armed to' plague them again.. Nor is it possible to conjecture how or where power . unrestrained by law may seek its next victims. The States that are still free may be enslaved at any moment, forjif the Constitution does not protectr all it j protects none. It is manifestly toand avowedly the oh- ; ject of these laws confer upon negroes the privilege of voting, and to disfrah-- r chise such a number of white citizens as will give the former a clear majority at all elections in the Southern States. e This, to the minds of somo cza persons, Is so sumed from their previous condition of duce the Treasury of the nation to ar Is a very! serious; and importantknui iH n tlon. onwhichl have deliberated of' the Cori- - servitude that, as a class, thev are as condition of bankruptcy. Important; that we must not aeiuae ourseives. It will ! ana reit extremely anxious to reacai is justified as a means of bring-- x well informed! as to the nature nf ing it about. The morality is always ourr government as tuo: intelligent i xequire a strong., stanauig army ana proper conclusion. my nere an actti false which excuses a wrong bccatiso it foreigner who makes our land: the probably more than! two hundred mil- - been passed according to the forms proposes to accomplishl - a desirable end. home of his choice. In the case of the lion dollars per annum, to maintain tho I the Constitution, by th 9 taupremeLef ; We are not permitted to do evil that latter, neither a residence of five years supremacy of negro Governments: I islative. authority and ist regularly ei j j.': good may come about. In this case, the and the knowledtre of our. institutions After they are established, . the sum thus rolled among the public statutes of & end4 itself is evil as well as the means1. which It gives, nor attachment to the thrown away would, if properly,, used: I country Executive resistance toinW I "Cone Tin rt nro a- &inklncr Ion. form PrlnclDles fund lanro enough to rmv .1I neelaUvln times tut of tli trio tl 6t fifrh, w . . . -T I .... o 17. At .V '71 Jt jt do worse ji tnan tne mil- i oniv conditions nnon wnicn ne .can be tne wnoio national aent. iniess tnan nf-- l ment. wouia uommion wouiu to proauceTV i uwuuwou' uuuvi tTun,u uuuiibuju w ciueusiiij, uo iii us l prove, I iwu ,yuuro. jiv .ia vuui. iaj uupu luut no i xcub cuiiiaiuii uctweeu iuu lesutCLii forehand that tho People- WOUld on I find thliq rrlvn rPA.ctnrmhlA rrrnnnd fnr I themselves, xvithniit ' rnUUnrv rmxcJr OftVArnfnAnt ?: Thia . 'txrnnlH amr Civil war must be resortthe-la- st remedy k . Whatere of evils il nower. flneak bv their BufTirhrrea thrnnfrh l.iniuriouslv aOccted hv a. RVfltATniof mnrim I h mnt nfirpfnllv nwrtrrlpHl A fnUhti ' I nnrl f a rail! aov XieSTO SUUraCreWaS established liv Aet I t.hA InofrnmAntnlUv of tVi'A hn.1 lot. Unyr it filirea 1 kn rwitli nnr- dphf nnrl nnnonlontlnna tvio were ; commanded to superintend We cannot be too cautious of ainolicvl fore ho will endancrer tho public tieice: which might, by? possibility impair the and he will not adopt forcible measured . . a a ua. a i ' . v. i fir i r i r n tt , mv mama i k. nn w n w vt. nan s.v. r aonr t uuu uuuiuuci v i!U man wnor i. nrk .1.1. tti VKrii. rrinriAnnn pnr w inr w wwm . , J 0 tUUSD ITlllUi-- ilxo' J tt .'C a UIB - 1FJ""wuuuvuwU vmvXA uui j VJ) kiuivuv, r ubu -f open to him,' or to hia cotastituentjJiI: influences, talned by carefuUy inculcating the ufaWnr tUeirrlCrhtS Of PerSOn and nrn- - I Hnnfml prinI . W i fhrnimh' fmnrl nnrl notion., n nloa nf notfna V.r. F xauiutuiouu una umo tion by tne aesignmgr.anarcny and des- - iar minarana by tne most scrupulous the Executive would 'be 'compelled to V " to It; them give VA stana on its rights, and maintain tce rrw 'r:i7r-ri;:,- " rfi nr:: their own . under whin tyxrrimn,z i rdless of all consequences. I u-.. . ott L n ; manage tneir own Jifnura in fhnli-Awre. in iuo ureserveuj upon I " I uuvwuuicuw win ' a tne i i cannot ior the of Constitution create inberited Seon&fffifiM? fears forTSS tt&tSSS to principles A buf time,, W"o f ; r fee Institutions. Habitual I Constitution, But wfllj certainly, if o? common 'hnmaatruldVnokW4SS I H??- ?urndmittine V roiiow?' n I vlnlfttlnn nf nrpocrlheil nilon ...i. nJlj.j!.i. ;iji- -. 4 reducing v-in- -- w- " w . ! -- ; ' ; j . i 1 f : s - -- - ; Ar-bitra- ry , - 4 ; ; ; ' 1 s I i I I " 1 , : ion on . : ; - -- i 4 f I 1 m m I . -.- -- r-- - be-iiKei- v ..rJ - - 1 - i i I - a bm mM - w sa. m. m . n JP b. o-lo-f - ba m. w m. m m maw a ma a - , . 1 a' t.'".r a. w m. t- - 1 1 Zildi?1?? - .a a a k h h '.. a w . 1 'i a & . t-- 1 L a a v I o a a a a a a f 1. i : - M TT rirvT4 "!?'.' - ( i". .j w fi ana ix tnere Vt.M ; i A"r- Ii nnr.hnr""JL uinmf ? that. I I juuiciax remeay ior tne wrongs rlnrWt nfnnr Tn1!tf1 v.. .Tiwtit 111 uuwer r teoMcienoe iiwi t .mvt tne Itoo rw..ivm ' -- adiffie? Official laws? fBwings'from pabUp themselves &e its without ,! Vt.w State elecpSente ' defender.-and to moorings, yieldo their elected nttach,Inent and every Members 2,niel.r ndSfe impulse if, for insto to th - !a f 8eneni dls- - ofJpasaion and.interest . should pi the LeglsUUvo Department 'greater our : we H tho but Twholl unS tne:Vltur.?e' tlngulshes we an act?, even through aU the forms ix policyas agnation; repudiate Constitution, tlnVoJ'the wlU not bor, sPectod to care much for law, to Pk18' ? ll.mIV ?,b!erve1 .hIthertoJ Deps' -- in Vuch "hlS wJuaT SualmS hSSfiS" aPrivlleS0 and mere pecuniary obligations.- -' The vlo ment of the Govembnff sucha ; which BOm5 &UoS?J BUchTle,d82 a3 we made' on tho .President must take the highrg charaetoSilvrto : SSSSSfiS1 nv? Jul7. "ei, will assuredly ponsibillties fiMJ?J25iBtl(fm of his rnt ,who are nt office, and saveH diminish life the give Value market onr 'Tintf mentof.niiWinnir-'-r1????of . other nil Wnrd. & of tli aTTT DO afr A nLALTT. aA fl ' nave seldom been comhinPfi w ' we now i. actnowi reconstructfon nr.fe?.- thouch Pfyuiiara. jjesiaes, lr t L""",n"""-of white men to as' any Aat . vglory ' i nn.VA linrl MUAiUiu vuo muuw wmu ib UcUlUIlUS. IS I rl Wtnfnn fU I Tint TA 'It speculative noiniu l nnt """,r"7 '"V," J .rr-rJirr ..rit"1"0-"stead of i to Itastrenpth r, thev should govern thpniRAivnSULfillla but . , KT w- r w --a. T ! S todSK," -- - - " K aaH VmF M I '"V BT t'L Ju lesstWfatSl -- W Mr' :"------ - M ' ; a ann J W 4 bT1 ,w ? V M . 01 B.aara uoiug oovttuuaugufc, meoneet T W arm aTV aW l fl 1V aaa a r --ama. la aaa A i. m K r-- -- ! m or xne wovernment; X T W JBrV "W i. fiVffi.te?? : V WAAU aTW I CI aTl aTK TT V MA a : 1 M "uw,l,"B. aM, aaa M. - - ; - Wal t al i - ed In. thft tin UreLeQ ' T Bo-call- I il,.? I power, for it may bo safely assumed suppose, buttoespel. nntTinl!VH!Crmedof from them The oTn ' 'and great political fabric. r,ri it " . 1 i no r in T. tt hotf ootnk. hnni them trntn, political ' Att. ne-- 1 the mure tnan ninety years. Hahnrl thnn tbrtt noT, I of .J In all by power H10, Jvery other part of the world and much JSTorthem States theytUl hbld intneu f u , for! Ii hands the sacred right of the ballot have iaued. I shfTrao-- mnt nnrl nt lnct vi fr ji- I Hipiiar experiments Irir-or ar- - ana it J was Bafo ;to jteUeve that m u wiio can bo proved by I otner anyunng any i Tluul' , anddeatouctw I : v.-mrrument known fanb? if nil ironai 'T.ir7 of rAnnHintfmxi.' -- mieol t 7VV ns 1 ; o t? :oQVeTni ofton?h0mt8nmnt' hnowledged that in neges have shownlesfabacK M "a? i&toVelnffaTa SSfn Aho sthhS?" k r - ... . - " , ' . ".7 oundTtite"inflnco some " clacceo of minda may . - - SffiaK, ? republican form of government admi- - been th-P- i fthlnoS!? Var torture, and ! Sablicly-known- lg Tbavo enormous been'perpetratrf frauds i1 I f??Li?. Treasury j "and that eol tj iii uuvnttMUiu uiiiuiiiiLV. Limr. r.nnpa nnvp nnon mnnn nr'Tnn niiuuw trao every patriot miuSnlrn This species of corruption Jnht expose it to thedlght. d. is increasincr. and if uancer. Tne vtMau fnfprpafa r tojjj. will sodn bring us into creditor urom l ""oiuiiueaiaie renei. ruin and disgrace. The public fo - . self-defens- e. ' than anyotherVco" of the industrV successful in aging' thein ST i. uw..Ciu , appeal tof : The! : rf-- lommon cohsttta&.was-.no'iwellVb; apprehended.cat commeri ' in tb and that my mnc!al;ihpnorora.:d Atedi Vnd with- Srain, wisdom and virtue seems : not to W a bettrfina.rAty' leroes ricahl "SiSrhteffi: whfch "nromis rfBU VSCf?cream nbS ll lKTu 10 V10 o ' devices thev the transfer of bur political lrftV ould. InVy ..;.tenWcytei,lLi;8K?:,SW to innmatf r. i.. onlSnre i "u.w wnicn wo owe n ofouSS r JSKli 1J4" .Trx'" heQt,cT Sn10 I - Ue5? In.nTJ::. all-embraei- I ! ' ;-- a T ShiM Waa, Hi!. WTral o-- T VS V ,h : m'm SW J trrt . i '" 1 - " v::r S, -- ; , i " 4 nri |
