The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-07-06
speech of the President 20 che SOuth
Carolina Delegation.

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ton from Sonth Carolina, consisting ,
of the following named persons, had, :
late this afternoon, an interview, by
appointment, with tho Presideut:-
] Judae Frost, Isaac Il. Holmes, George
w. Williams. W. II. Gillet, ]. II.
sternmeyer, Frederick Richards, Will h
liam W6aley, James Il. Taylor, R. II.
Gill and Joseph A. Yates.
The President said it was his inten.
ton to talk plainly, so thoro might be
no misunderstanding. Therefore, It |,
were bottcr that they should look
each other full in the face and not inn
itate ancient augurs, who, when they
met one another, could smile at their
success in deceiying people. He said
if this Union was to be preserved, it
must be on the principle of fraternity; |
both tho Northern and Southern
States maintaining certain relations to
tho Government. A State can not go
out of the Union, and, therefore, mono
of them have yet gone out, We must
deal with the question Of restoration
and not demonstration.
He suspected he was better State 8
rights man than some Of those now
present. He always thought slavery
could not be sustained outside of the
Constitution of the United States, and
that whenever tho experiment was
made it would be lost. Whether it
could or not, he was for tho Union,
and if slavery set itself up to control
the Government, the Government
must triumph and slavery perish
The institution Of slavery was
made tho issue, and we might as we'll
meet IL like wise, patriotic and honest
men. All institutions must be subors
dinate to the Government, and slave
ry has given way.
He knew that some whom he now
addressed looked upon him as great
peoples man, and a radical but
however unpleasant it might be to
them, he had no hesitation in saying
that before and after he entered pub.
lie life he was opposed to monopolies,
and pcrpotuities and entails. For this
he used to bo denounced as a dema-
gogue.
We had monopoly South in slaves.
Though he had bought and held slaves
he never sold one. From magma charta
We had derived our ideas Of freedom
, Of speech, liberty Of the press and un-
t reasonable searches, that private prop
t erty should not be taken for public use
without just compensation. He ha |
these notions fixed in his mind, and
was therefore opposed to a class legis.
: lation. Being providentially brought
to his present condition, he intended
: to exert tho power and influence of the
s Government. so as to place in power
: tho popular heart of the nation. He
proceeded on the principle that the
Q great masses are not the mushroonms
: about a stump which wet weather sup
, plies.
He believed that this nation wa:
/, sent on a great mission, to afford ar
: example of freedom and substantial
: happiness to all tho powers Of th'
o earth.
: The Constitution of tho Unitoc
o States, in speaking of persons to b
# chosen us Representatives in Congress
says that tho electors in each Stat
g g shall have the qualifications rcquisit
IS IS for electors of the most numerou
81 branch of the State Legislature.
% Hero we find q resting place. Thi
sS sS was tho point at which the rebcllio
Is commenced. All the States were il
a the Union, moving in harmony; bu
Q. portion of them rebelled, and to som
n extent, suspended and paralyzed tn
10 operations OF the Government
It There is constitutional obligation
m resting upon tho United States Gov
d. ernment to put down tho rebellion
suppress insurrection and to repel ir
70 vasion. The slaves won't into the wa
as slaves, and 'camo out free men (
u color. The friction of the rebellio
7S has rubbed out the nature and chara'
20 ter of slavery, The loyal mon wh
~ were compelled to bow and submit
L the rebellion should, now that the rt
belion is endod, stand equal to loyi
II men everywhere, Hence the wish
DO restoration, and the trying to get bac
he the State to the point at which the
rs formerly moved, in perfect harmon
10. HO did not intond to servo any part
gh cular clique or interest, He wou
Id say TO tho delegation that slavery
GO gone as an institution.
u There was no hope that the peop
We of South Carolina could be admittt
into the Senate or House of Represo
ry tatives until they had afforded oy
l3 denco by their conduct of this trut
in The policy, now that tho rebellion
no suppressed, is not to restore the Sta
ug Government through military rulo,b
"a the people, While the war has cma
mt. cipated q largo number of white me
ill He would talk as plain as the delog
mt. ton had, and said that was what tn
m, desired.
mt He could 60 to men who h
.he owned fifty or q hundred slav,
he and who did not care as much for t
red poor white man as they did for the +
th gro, Those who own tho land ha
YER the capital to employ help, and, thel
or. fore, some of our Northern friends O
ass deceived when they, living nfar {
md think they can exersise greater &C
on troll over the freemea than the Sout
to ern men. who have been reared whe
ILL tho institution ofslavery has provail