, 1864-08-30

cl1zEks: II I'M greatly noDor=l BY your erlect,oa
Oh me psfrcnt OCCASION TO preside over the tempo
edgrncnts for this hige compliment AZ wcll a. for
his yasl aEfembly, wili be -eiloW.c,tlzen= oast
Of The tftustfon to witch 5on have called mo. It
il lot Expected, and perhaps would not BE- judi
cloue. r. one. oscnPytnx tho mere tentpo. .
ip,o INC di. eusaion Of any une oi the number OF
the many 1ntttfht1ne topics sHzgested ey .ne-un-
ssyey ssy sh G sse Il "A a
here, ts zi[ 1tat viii be NECESSARY Gentle.
men NO similar body ever assembled In America
Of such yast Importance. to the American people,
none like this, when the heatts ot all arc titled
with solciuac for the relief Of theis country md
mpua11c tnle In This coautsy was the end Of the
peactl1i relations which had Always existed bo-
tMcsn ne several States and their peoples. lap
ster d authority ct Washington, cpnEeouencs or
long 1hdulss examinations ind fecrimlnstfons be-
tw,en @ sst,me men IN tho North aug Smith, vas
followed Promptly by dissolution and c1vI Yaf-a
var WHICH in lfa progress IS Unconstitutional be-
Josd d. precedent oi wsr, whose etec1s asa fel.
our Whole poHicai fbrie brou:ht 10 liz rer5 1e1se
ut,luee years cf At ubparalIe il moae1n times
u hnman i,tc which tas n,srsso IL coarse, for is
Tnst drvastat.on-ioF two 1niilious Of men have
sten called ;h into ,hc fsla On or sIde alone
6rlebed With trate1nal blood, unr hopes for peace
atd un:on 1rc uo ncEte1 beaoz cnn=uusraa.ed ta.n
It ffb:. Thu men IN authority ut Washington arc
Utterly tncapab.c Ct ftstc.lut, peAce> because OF
tntit totE fr*.1ncd te11s with tnr S1p.cnt aud u-
wise men 1t he Souta and OF their nd fan1tIctsm
aturI the tet1tutlous uG Eu1ue Of the States With
wtiIn sEey bare uo coGoe<tlDn, ubnut Tn:cn they
Fave no c=.nee Ior actlun, about winch thsy have
obgatfcns or rcspoc tibiiitesto hsar; tn.s r,,-
Ehtm inca; able ui Auup,1n mem for restoring
| tic Elton.: (;heesps therefore. gen.e.nen, say
tsai :he f1st Indispensable stni, 10 he takea for
| The 1e-cue ii our eunntry-onT whale county,
l,esn present lsresuablr condition. Is 10 over
pow in antaori'y ut Washington, tlonh app a2se.)
and place II its stezd one which viii govern with
I'll. With wlsG0u,, and at tile SINE time temper
ately ind In the split Of humanity !:
| ubu eh1ch will uae the power Of the got.
! eiDua.Et Tor tie inst protection of MI nnr
tho Constitution, one al q! times honorable and
just 1n Tia deslngs with every lection Of or COM
7 mon ceunt13. {Tseueudau. cheering Onc, gen
t!emen, which, Instead relying unon It'd own pc
cusi8s dogMat, opd doctrines, and VIEWS aud the
1avsgee Of the tMord alone, wifi as1co to felee ont
nanns troubles to The tonndstIon Of nil political
nus eor1ry-:o the people thcmselycs-to the States
niplktTatiou which, come Wca1. come Voc will
ats1d By the civil end religions liberties Of rne
people IN administration which will rcco:pIzc
no condition l,teeeaent to tt= Reconstruction oil
tie untnp, but which Will gladly and heartiE re.
cogntxe .bnt eonspm1natton a. return to peEtoa
uent peocr and rcnewcd fraternity amongst ths
StntleH,cu. &c hayc been commissioned by th.
people to ccme up here and iniIlaie tho pselimioa
~ steps to the accowplishno Ont Of this good wo1s
I to select the agents and the agencies through
which the country Is 10 be saYed and redeemcs