Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-09-23
Reconstruction"

A large delegation of Soutbcrners wait.
ed on the President last week. The del.
egation numbered between fifty and sixty
persons and represented nine of the late
insurgent States, headed by w. H. Nc.
Farland, Of Richmond. The President
received them in body in the audience
room. Mr.. Mcfarland said they came to
express their sincers determination TO co
operate with him in whatever shall tend TO
promote tho interests and welfare of our
common country. They called upon the
President to assure him Of their personal
regard, and their confidence in his pur.
pose to administer the Government upon
the highest principles Of wisdom and ma
ture statesmanship.
They were confident his policy would
be earnestly sustained by the entire South,
and that devotion to the Union and free
institutions would ever characterize all
their political and personal acts, and it
/
ly to support him and his administration
of the General Government; and in max.
ing this pledge as gentlemen they had a
right to demand full credence for their
sincerity, whatever may be said 10 the con-
trary The purpose and object of the
entire South, he felt assured, was for res -
toraiion and peace upon the basis of the
Union Of the States.
REPLY OF TIE PRESIDENT.
The President, in reply, said he could
not command languag ge sufficient to express
the deep qualification he felt at the visit
and at the patriotic remarks of the speak
ers whe had just concluded. Ho felt 1t
was their only safety and protection, He
had always been for the recognition Of all
Constitute nal rights Of the slave owing
States, and believed they could have been
preserved in the Union if the issue had
been made in the forum instead OF in tho
field, He himself had been o stakeholder,
but he had made up his mind if the issue
ever narrowed itself down to the Union
and slavery, that slavery must 60 and the
| Union be saved.
He said he had confidence in their de-
votion to the restoration Of the Union, aud
in their professions of loyalty, and he was
assured that the disposition was to aid in
building up The waste places of the South ,
and restoring peoce and happiness, good
will and union. He dad not belseUe The
sensation letter ,0riters and The editors
aoho were endeavoring 10 create The impres.
sion that there e1iStei in the South d,Sof-
lection and dissatisfaction, for the pres
ence ofso many eminent aud distinguished
gentlemen, representing such large con-
stituency, fully dispro0ed the fact, and
gaze tie lie 10 the malign uteranceS,
He had confidence in the professions of
the people of the South, and Of their pur
pose to restore the Union upon the prin-
ciples of the Constitution, and hoped and
believed they were ready to come up and
rally around the Union and the Consttu-
ton. The feud existing was a family
quarrel, and the ties of friendship, now it
was ended, he trusted would be stronger
and more enduring than ever. He said
the mission Of this great people was high
and holy, and in Union only could the
purposes Of its people and of free Gov
ernment be administered.
The President spoke for about twenty
minutes, aud when he concluded he was
enthusiastically applauded by those pre-
sent.
"For the Columia Democrat"
Col. L. l.. TArE-Dear Sir Judas
was an exemplary traitor.
Alter his reasonable acts, he went out