Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-17

JouN HANCOCK
 COLONEL DEMING ON STATE REIN
 OVATION.
 The following speech on ''State Renoya. tion," delivered in the House of Representa-. tives, Feb. 27th, by Hon. Henry C. Deming representative from lst Congressional district is one of the abest which the present session of Congress has called forth. Mir. Dening uphoids the policy of the President for the restoration of the seeded States, by cogent r.asonugs. Every voter of Connecticut should give it all attentive perusal.
 Mr. DEMlSG.-Mr. Chairman, 1 was induced to seek tie floor when the House Was last III coInmttee upon the present. subject, because the two speeches to which had listened upon i the Presidents message paid but passing gance to what Is to he its most important aud most memo .aDle feature: l neaai It's plan of Slate renovation. As 1t Is the first distinct lntlnatlun from any authoritative source that tle w~r Is not to De ever.a:tlni ,snl that States may Yet ue restored, and that lue rehuldiny oi oar uiiapdiel tenpie may yct be com!heti- c.d, 1t deserves Iu be received with fuller cere- nones and with alnpler honurs. It Is aL le ist refreshing 10 those who have feared that be- i tween :olate secession the hand and Stat. aunhllatlon on The other, the |, dtral | s.st;m would be groul to atoms, and not even territorial unity saved from the seneral wrecH.
 h surveying the inssrsent states We see at ! glance. that Una slcuitilLs which uiiy create | aid lnspile q new haLiO.Ial life, and those Which may corrupt and destroy It, are now ! both iloundelns together Ill the gr,,ai vortex ut civil War. uNd lhut, unless thus tuluuit ;l;il confusion all tnbro,iei IS tu last forever, these eiem .uts must pe sunmoned to separate aud rv-c"m5l.ie according to their respective na tlrss. aiA asocrt their api'ropriatc iuncsiona, q id work out enrrgelcai!y thelr inherent al hnl;ivs ul lie unto life, and dealh untu death. l If tlle neu!rallzng of the elements ot order was tie ony vvl of this uniiAlur..t coanii,,t tlou, It would most pathetlca!ly appeal to asi that can be doue by executive lnisrlo>itIon for l its Correction. But when We Cun>ider that by u stern mi,licatiun of law according to its au liur lativ- exp ,d;Iaers, all ulslluctloh between gul.t ani IiilJ:eIce. III t.le lnsurssnt states Is al Q con u dcd, alu that the loyal within tie limits ul this c.vll war are su,.rctrd to the saule pains, penalties and 'urieitures as the i disoyal a case su pitlable IS siutcd that u would uppeai to lisiven and earth for rei.ef.
 l, IS to this precise anonia!y that the lres!- l dent plLu addresses Itself. It see ks to lbe rate order tr m thls inert and parayzlns coM oInhilou. tu exempt lnhocei!ce ifum uenS con 1 tuunded with suiit. to srp.rate loyalty iro'h that unwhuesunu curtacL winch allaci,vs to II i t.le contaslun. and subjects IL, in the eye "i /. t.e law, 10 the puashaients of crime.
 The task essiyeJ IS one of infinite difficult l ii.s aud embarraSsinriits, and no pial ot res toration devised by tiuite wisdom could up proxiulate toward completeness ut the outset, | because the facts upon which It shoul'i be bas- ed are to great extent prospective. and be cause 1t must constantly mod.fy and Change Itself according to new developments as It a,i i vancps into the future. The iresldcnt, there
 tore, has wisely absained from proposing any thing hut d transitional plan, adapte'l to tue l eXlSencIeS of the nuur, and merely bridging tho chasln between State rts Or.tlol. It pro lt>s.s on lls face to be temporary only, aud not tinal or unchan .eabe contcnlng itself with commencing the great del,verAncs, an, } the necessities of the case restricting llscl! t, such :nltlatulY modes and such teiltalN t process for renOvating the in UT eat States al. our present Imperfect knowledge ot t!.el' condition aud limit. coulroi ever tn ,ul, per mits hm to emp oy.
 In attempting to solve this most perpirxii,g of political problems at t!e present stage 0; It's evolution, no statesman who relies upon merely human observation and forethouShi could have adopted any different method. II y.u demand just now and here d thorough and p'rIect code and science. of reconstruction. 70 must go 10 those who enjoy s?eciti reve- ia,luns and inspired prevlslen uf the future. Mere men must grope their way when dealing with what is beyond ths limits uf their knpwl edge. and it Is by experimental processes alone that the raca has succeeded Ill reaching the cer!aintes of science aud in lriumphln. over the obstacles and mysteries which have bsset II from infancy.
 i While therefore, in my judgment, the Pres ) id-nt's plan is not beyond cavil, 1t is com r plete and comprehensive as the intrlcaces oi tue subject and It's present development will
 permit, and 1t possesses also the rare merit ot l peng j"st to th Government, just to the in.
 surgenl States, and just to the slave; and il , is to these three characterisics that propose to restlic jet my remarks at present.
 | l. It Is just to the Government
 . IL surrenders no power or jurisdiction whicl , the Government has ever claimed; it m in } tains every law which Congress has passed |. during the civi. war; it abandOns no executive 7 measure which the exigenlles of that War has
 evoked It yields.to armed eneal:es none o
 their insoent demands, and to cold friends ' none of ther temporisng expedhents. If tis 7; insursent States return upon this plan, they i will return acknoa ledeing all the clans of th. t Gos.rnment which they made the pretext O ? revolt. and adjuring the claims which they q propuunded as their ullinarum of peace. They 5 will return not only repudiating the glo,sr, 5 wl.i: :h, for more than thirty years, they hay. n anenp ped to ioist upon the Constitution, bu , also their daring policy of extending al, !. proragaing slavery, to which for longer pc [ riod. they have attempted to make it suhscrvi k cut. They will return swearing allegiance t, ' an organic law which has clarified itself by > blood of all taint and stencil of secession, ana