M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-06-29
President johnson a n d
South Carolina.

uat oOuelotiuB VI buo lOilOWlUS hdulcu
persons, had, late this afternoon, an
interview, by appointment, with the
President /: Judge Frost, Isaac E.
Holmes, George W. WiIIiams, W.
Il Gillet, j. Il. Stcrnmeyer, Freder-
ick Richards, William Whaley,
Ipm1 Fl Taylor, Il. IL. Gill, aud
jos. A. Yates.
The President said it was his in
tGGipn to talk plainly. 30 there might
he no misunderstanding. Therefore
it were better they should look each
other Iull in the face andS not initiate
ancient arguers, who, when they met
ono another, cOvld smile at '6er sue
cess in decelving people. lie said it
his Union WAS to be preserved it
must be IN the principle OF fraterna-
|ty; both the Northern and Southern
States maintaining certain relations
10 the Government. A State can not
90 ont OF the Union, and, therefore,
puGe OF them have yet gone out
We must deal with the question ot
restOrat on and not vi reconstruction.
lie suspected no was better
States rights man than some of thuse
now present. He always Thought
slavery could MT be sustained out9lda
OF tue Constitution ot the United
STATES, AMI tTat Whenever the uxper
iIacnt was ma 10 it gould be lost. -
Whether / cruid or not, he vas for
the Unon, AMI II slavery sci iset up
q control the Guvclument, the Gov
lernm ut must triumph AMI slavery
perish. The institution Of elavery
was made the issue, and We II isht as
well meet it like wise and patriotic
and honest men, Al institutions
must 10 subordinate to the Govern
ment, and slavery has given way
Tie could not il he would remand il
tO its former status. He knew thai
s0me whom he now addressed LOOKED
upon him as q great peoples man
aud radical, but however unpiras-
ant il Tight be to them, he had NJ
he6i'alon in saying that, before ant
aper he entered public life, h1 was
Opposed to monopoIes and perpetai'
ties aud entails. For this he used t
e denounced as d9magogue.
| We had a monopoly South in slaves,
Though he had bought and hello
'iaves, he had never sold one. From
| Hd9nd Chdftu we had derived uul
IDEAS OF freedom Of speech, liberty o.
the press and unreasonable searches
aud that prlVate property should not
10 taken for public uses without Just
;umpcnsaton. lie had these notions
liked in his mind, and was therefore
Opposed to a close leg'slalion. Be,
Ing prc7identialIy brought to his pre-
cent c'Mdi.ion, he intended to exer
The power and Influence OF the Gov
ernmeut. 30 as to place in power the
popular heart Of the nation. lie
preceded on the principe tat the
great masses are not the mushroom,
about stump which wet weather
supple.
lie believed that this nation was
,tnt on q great mission to afford an
example OF freedom and substan.
iaI happiness to all the powers o
he earth.
ihe Constitution of the United
Sta'es, in speaking ol persons to b,
chosen rs Representatives in Con,
gees, sAys that the electors in eact
state salll have lhc qualifications re
qulsrte for electors of the most nu~
mcrous branch Ol tie Safe L'gsla-
turr.
Here we find q resting place. This
was the point ut which the rebellion
cnmmrpced. All the States were u
the UH,rn, moving IN harmony, but
n potion ul them rebulIed, and, tt
me xtcnt, suspended aod paraly
ii the 81 eralono If their Govern
Imnut
There IL & Con-illnti 'EaI obligation
esnng upon III, United States Cow
ernment to rut down the rebellion
,upv,ess InsurIrCrlUn and to repel in
vaslJn. The slaves went intr the
war, aS slaves. AM camu out free men
f colur. The friction Of the rebrl--
lliou has rubbed ont the nature and
character OF slavery. The loyal men
who were compelled to bow aud sub
ult 10 the rebellion, should, now .haI
the rebellion is ended, stand equal t.
i"yal men every where Hence the
Sish Of restoration, aud the trying t.
gel back the States to the point a.
which they formerly moved in per-
t,ct harmony. He did hot intend tc
se;ve any particu ar clique or interest
lie would say to the delegation thai
slavery Is gone as an institution.
| There was no hope that the people
Jf South Carolina could be admitted
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