New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-05

tho political complexion Of moro than enough OF
the States TO prevent the possibility OF its adopuon
within any reasonable time; and why he did NOT
indulge his sincere hopes with so large an INSTALL
ment of tho blessing as his approval OF the bhi
would have secured ....-
After this assignment Of his reasons for prevent
ing tho bill from becoming law, the President
proceeds to declare his purpose 10 ereeufe as
lar by has pieaary d'etator,0i powcr.
| He saws:
Nevertheless nm fully satisfied with the Sysiem
for restoration contained in the bill one very prvpei
plan for the loyal people OF any State choosing 70
IL and that am aad at all times shall DO pirpa,eu "
give the Executive aid and assistance TO any suGn ie"
pie so tie military resistance 10 ,ne o",,e ~
States shall have been suppressed In any sucn ' 70
the people thereof snail have suilicieny retnrhve y.
their obedience TO the Constitution and the laws on tne
Uni ed States; in which cases Military Governors VIII
he appointed. with directions TO proceed acooions
/ the BILL"
A moro studied outrage on the legislative author
ity of the people has never been perpetrated
Congress passed bill; the President refused to
approve it, and then by proclamation puts as much
Of it in force as he lit, and proposes 10 eAecu"
those parts by officers unknown to the laws Oh inc
United States and not subject to the confirmation
| of the Senate!
Tho bill directed the appointment of Provisional
Governors by and with the advice and consent OF
the Senate.
| The President, after defeating the law, proposes
to appoint without law, and without tho advice and
consent fthc Senate, Military Governors for the
Rebel States
| lie has already exercised this dctatorial usurpa-
ton in Louisiana, and he defeated the bill to pre-
vent its limitation.
Henceforth We must regard the following pre-
cedent as the Presidential law Of the Rebel States:
"ExrcUIVs MANSION
"WAsHSGToS. March Is 1864.
" HIS EgcesHcy MICHAEL HAZE Gorunor Of L0a,Siars.
Until further orders. you arr hereby invested wf'h
the powers exercised hitherto by the Military Governor
of Louisiana. Yours. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
This Michael Hahn is no officer Of the United
States; the President, without law without the adj
vice and consent of the Senate, by private note
not even countcrsigncd by tho Secretary OF State,
makes him Dictator Of louisiana
The bill provided for the civil administration OF
the laws of the Stato-ti II should be in it tom
per TO govern iself-repealing eli laws recognizing
Slavery and making oil men equal before tho law.
These beneicent provisions tho President has
annuled. People will die and marry and transfer
property, and buy and sell: and to these acts Of
civil life courts and officers Of the law necessary
Congress legisaed for these necessary things, and
the President depriyes them OF the protection OF
tho law
The Presidents purpose 10 instruct his Military
Governors "to proceed according 20 the bill "A
makoshft to calm the disappointment its defeat hns
occasioned-is not merely grave usurpauon but a
transparent dclusion.
lie cannot proceed according TO the bill !" after
preventing /, frou becoming hw.
Whatever ia done viii be at his will and pleasure,
by persons responsible to no law, and more inter
estea 10 secure the interests and execute tho viii OF
the President than Of the people, and tho will of
Congress is to be "heid for nanghf,' "unless the
loyal people Of the Rebel States choose to adeP,it"
II they should graciou,ly prefer the stringent
bill 10 the easy proclamation still tho registration
will I've made under 10 legal sanction II will give
no assurance that uiaI,diy Of the people OF The
States have taken the oath; II administered, II will
be ithout legal authority, aud void; no indioi-
mont will lie foT false swearing at the election, or
FOX admitting bad rejecting good votes II Siii
be the farce Of Louisiana and Arkansas acted over
seain. under the forms OF this bill, but not by
authority Of lar.
But when We come to she guarantees Of future
peace which Congress meant 10 enact, tho frms,
a. we'll "a the substance of tho bill, must yicid to
the Presidents will that none Shoah DO iupo'ed
II was the solemn resolve OF Congress TO protect
| the LOYAL mon Of the nation against three great
dangers, 10 the rctarn 10 power Of the guilty lead
crs of the Rebellion G the continuance Of Slavery,
and ~ TIC burden Of the Rebel debt.
| Congress required assent to those provisions by
the Convention Of the State and II refused, 1t was
t. DO dissolved.
The President "holds for nahghp that receive
Of Congress, because he Ia unwilling "to bo iniex-
IDLY committed to any one plan Of restoration" and
the people Of the United States arc not TO DO al
lowed TO protect Themselves unless their enemics
agree to it..
The order TO proceed according Ia the bill 10
therefore merely ut the will Of the Rebel States
and they have the option to reject IL, accept the
proclamation Of the 9Th OF December, and demand
the Presidents recognition
Marx the contrast The bill requrcs majority,
the proclamation is satisfied with one-tenih; the
bill requires one oath, tho proclamation another;
the bill ascertains voters by rgiscrDg the proclA
nation BY guess, the bill exaets adherence TO exist
ing territorial limits, the proclamation admits Of
others; tho bill governs the Hobel States ~ lar,
cquazing oil before 1t, the PROCLAMATION commits
them 10 the lawless discretion OF military Govorn-
OTIS and Provost AIarshas the bill forbids electors
for President, the proclamation and defeat of the
bill threaten US with civil war for the admission OF
exclusion OF snch Votes the bill exactcd exclusion