Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-12-27
message from the President.

Message from the President. Il
In response Is resolution calling for in-
formation as to the, condition of the South
ern States, the President sent to both Houses
of Congress, Tuesday last, the following mes
sage accompanying, the annexed, report of
Gen, Grant on the same subject:i .. SIX q
To the Senate of the United States: x. s@s
o In reply to the resolutions adopted BY tie
Senate on the 18th, / have the honor to state
that the, war Raged- by portion of the peo'
pie against.the properly constituted. arshori.
ties Of the government of the United States
has been suppressed; that the United States
are In possession OF every State in which the
insurrection existed, and that, as far as could
lie, the courts Of the United States have
been restored, post Offices re-estabIished, and
steps taken to put into effective. operation the
revenue laws Of the country AS. the result
of measures instituted by the Executive, with
aview Of Inducing a resumption of the fano5,
tons of the States, comprehended in the IN.
q1iry If the Senate, The people in North
CAROLINE, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Ten
nessee have reorganized, their. respective
State gorernm snts and are yielding obedience
to the laws and government of tie U"ited
States with more willingness and greater
prom ptitude chan, under the circumstances,
could reasonably have been anticipated. The
proposed Amendment to the Constitution,
providing for The abolition ef slavery forever
within the limits Of the country las been
ratified by each one OF. these States, with the
exception Of, Mississippi, from which no Off
cial information has been received, and iu
nearly ail of them measures have been
adopted, or are now pending, 70 confer npou
the freedmen The privileges which are essen
tiai TO their comfort, protection and security.
III Florida and Texas the, people are making
conmsndable progress, 10 restoring their
State governments, and no doubt is enter.
tainea thatthey will at an early period be in
position t. resume all Of their political re-
lations with the Federal government. ;. "a. j,
The aspect Of all aff.irs IS more promising
} than, in view of all the circumstances, could
have been expected. The people throughout
the entire South evince . lsudablc, desire to
renew their allegiance to the government, and
torepair the devastations Of war by prompt
and cheerful return to peaceful pursuits. An
abiding filth Is entertained that their actions
will conferm<to their professions, and that,
In acknowledging the supremacy of The Con
stitution- and laws Of the United States, their
LOYALTY viii be unreserVcdly given to The
government whose 'leniency they could no,
fail to appreciate, sand whfse fostering cart
will soon restore them to condition of pros,
Itr -. hat, nT horS Sfof
the demorslzing effects Of the wal, are to be
seen in. occasional disorderly conduct, but
these are local in character, not frequent in
occurrence, and are rapidly disappearing as
the authority OF the civil power is extended
and sustained Perpfexing, questions were
naturally to be expected from the great and
sudden change i'll the relations between tht
two races, but systems are gradually devel,
opipg themselves under which the freedman
will: receive the protection 10 which he is
iastlys entitled and BY means Of his color
make himself useful and independent man
of the community in which be has his home.
From all the information In my possession
and from that which j have recently received
from the most reliable authority, am induced
to cherish the belief that personal animosty
is surely and rapidly merging itself into q
spirit Of nationality, and that representation,
connected witha properly adjusted system OF
taxation, will result in harmonious restora-
tion of the relations of the States &c the Ma
tional, Union. e-!;:.=s ;'.,.n,
The report OF Carl Shurz is sberewith trans
mitted, as requested by the Senate. No re
port frem the Hon. John Covode has been
received by the President. - !. .,,.s-,a
The attention of the Senate is invited to
the accompanying report Of Lieut.. General
Grant, who recently made q tour Of iuspec-
ton through several Of the States whose in
habitan.s participated in the rebellion.
y.,i, s,i9 3ea ANDREW JsHSsoS, President:
Washington, Dec. is, 1865. =