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Report Of Lieutenaas General
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70 the Senate Of Tie United EAate.

people against the properly constituted author
ity of the Government of the United States
has been suppressed that the United States
are in possession Of every Statein which the
insurrection existed, and that. as faras could
| be done, the Courts Of the United States
have been restored, post offices re established
and steps taken to put into effeotiveoperation
the revenue laws of the country, as the result
of the measures instituted. BY the Executive
With the view OF inducing resumption of the
function OF the States comprehended in the
! inquiry of the Senate.
The people IN North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Aiabsma, Mississippi, Louisi
ana, Arkansas and Tennessee, have recogniz.
ed their respective State Governments, and
are yielding obedience to- the laws and Gov
ernmert Of the United States with more will.
lngness and greater promptitade than, under
the circumstances, could reasonably have
been anticipated. The proposed amendment
| TO the Constitution providing for the abolition
of slavery forever within the limits of our
country has been ratified by each one Of these
States, with the exception of Mississippi,
| from which no official information has been
received, and in nearly sll of them measures
have been adopted, or are now pendingS 10
confer upon freedmen the privileges xhich are
lsssentiaI TO their comfort, protection and Sc
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making considerable progress in restoring
their State Governments, and no doubt is en-
tertained that they viii, at an early period
! be IN condition to resume all their practical
relations with the Federal Government
| In that portion of the Union lately in re-
belion, the aspect of affairs is more nronsis-
ing than, n view Of ali the circumstances,
could we'll have been expected. The people
| throughout the entire South evinee laudahle
desire to renew their allegiance to the Coy
ernment, and to repair the devastation Of war
by prompt and cheerful return to peaceful
pursuits An abiding faith is entertained that
their actions will conform to their professions,
and that in acknowledging the supremacy of
the Constitution and the laws of the United
States, their loyalty will be unreservedly given
to the Government vkoSe ,sEiyne, .hsy can
not fail 10 appreciate, and whose fostering
care will soon restore them to a condition ,,,s
| prosperity.
| Ii is true that in some Of the States demon
alizing effects of the war are to be seen. in
occasional disorders, but these are local in
character, and not frequent in occurrence,
and are rapidly disappearing as the authority
OF the civil power is extended and sustained.
Pefpiexing questions were naturally to be
expected from the great and sudden change
ia the relations between the races, but systems
are gradually developing themselves, under
which the freedman will receive the protec-
ton to which he is justly entitled, and, by
means of his labor, make himselfa useful and
Independent member of the community in
which he has his home. From all tie infor
nation IA ray possession, and from that which
] have recently derived from the most reliable
authority, am induced 10 ehe.ish the belief
that personal animosity is surely and rapidly
al ,,,t< xf
that representation connected with proper
ly adjusted system Of taxation, will result in
a harmonious restoration of the relations O.
the States to the National Union.
The report of Gen. Carl Schurz Is herewith
transmitted as requested by the Senate. No
report from the Hon. John Covode has been
received by the President,
The attention of the Senate is invited to
! the accompanying report Of Lieut. General
Grant. who recently made tour of inayec.
ton through several States whose inhabitants
participated in the rebellion.
l. tSigned) ANDREW JoHysoS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is, 1860.
- Cen. cRAE7's REPORT.
HEADo' Rs ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Dec. l8, 1865. !
His Excellency, Andrew johnson, President
of the United States:
SIR: In reply to your note of The 10th
inst, requesting report from me giving such
information ~ may be possessed Of, coming
within the scope of inquiries made by theSen-
ate of the United States ia theiS resolution OF
the 18th iast., have the honor 70 submit the
following, With Jour arprOval, and also that
q the Honorable Seefstsxy of War: len
for the purpose ofmaling tour OF inspection
1 throughout some of the Southern States lately
in rebellion, and to see what changes were
necessary in the disposition of the military
t1rces of the country. how these forces could
be reduced and expenses curtailed, 4l., and
to learn as, far as possible, the feelings aud
intentions, of the citizens of. these States tQ-
ward the General Government. The State oi
Virginia being SO accessible to Washington
City. and information from this quarter there
fore being readily obtained, FASTENED through
the State, without conversing or meeting with
its citizens. a faJ sslh aIA sHDt
In Raleigh. N. Co. / spent one day, in
Charleston, 5. C., two days, in Savannah and
Augusta, Ca, each one day. Both in tray
cling, and whilst stopping, saw much and
conversed freely with the citizens Of those
States, as well as with officers of the army
who had been stationed there.
1he following are the conclusions come to
by me: am satisfied that the mass of think
ing men of the South accept the present stu
alton ofatfairs in good faith The questions
which have hitherto divided the sentiments of
the people of the two sections, slavery and
State rights, or the tight of Q State to secede
from the Union, they regard as having been
settled forever by the highest tribunal that
man can resort to. | was pleased to learn
from the leading men whom met that they
bad not at first accepted the decision arrived
at as final, but now the smoke of battle has
cleared away, and time has been given for re-
fection, that this decision has been a fortu.
nate one for the whole country, they receiving
the like benefits from it with those who op-
posed them in the field and in the council.
-Four years of war, during which law was ex,
ecuted only at the point Of the bayonet
throughout The States IN rebellion have left
the people, possibly, in q condition not to
yield that ready obedience to civil authority
that the American people have generally been
in the habit of yielding. This would render
the presence of small aarrisons throughout
fthossStste necessary until such time as labor
returns to its proper channel, and civil author
ity il hslly 6seshh9Aed.. F-s
did not meet any one, either those hold
ling high places pn1ee thu eGov ernment, OF
citizens of the Southeru States, who thought
it practicable to Withdrew the military from
the South at present. The white and the
black mutually require the protection Of the
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