Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-26

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not see that, for the prosecution Of these
double, diverse, and yet equally impor-
tant purposes Of var and peace An
drew johnson was ftly appointed 70 be
-Pssgsneiai= Governor In Tennessee
the first Of a series Of Provincial Cover
nora afterwardsfo be assigned to the in
sarrectiOuerY States, and waafnbsequsGi-
ly elected Vice President, and inghe end
corstiturionaiiy inauaurated President Of
the United. State. Renewed applause.
We Ore continually hearing debates con
corning the origin and authority Of the
plan Of restoration. Eew converts,
North and South, call II the Presieents
plan Aiispeak Of IL as If il we're
new add srecent development On the
eobtrsry, VI nov see thatit IS not spe-
cialIg An&fevf Jobusoa's pians nor even
4 new faAsJ8 IN any respect. IL Ts the
plan which aordptly yet distinctly offered
itself totg4 last administration, AZ the
moment have before recalled,
when the work Of restoration was
10 begin: NJ the moment when, although
by the world Enpercsiged, II did begin,
aud Il IL the only plan which thus
0Th5pHhDiy PtS5cAtFA sikc1tAf t%ttl hAEEE-s
fore is the only possible plan which then
or ever after ward could be adopted
LGreat applause This plan, occa-
sionally neqairing variation Of details,
nsveFtheisss admits Of no substantial
change or mobilization. 1t could Meth.
er he enlarged nor contracted. Sfsts
conventions ia loyal Sfates, however
favorable, 10 disloyal States however
hostile, could not laTfHlly.og eIeelualiy
disayow ~ and even the people them
selves, when amending the Constitution
Of the United States, are only giving 70
that plap lie just and needful sogereigu
sanction Ia the meantime, the execu.
tive and legislange aathoritss Of Com
gress can do no more than discharge
their proper functions Of protecting the
receutiy iasnrgsnt States from anarchy
during The Intervening period while this
iplan 10 being carried into execution.
Il Applause IL il essential lofhis plan
that the inalrrectlonarY States shall, By
themselves and for themselves, accept
and adopt this plan, and thereby submit
themselves 10 and recognizes the national
authority
h suBiG@ATI0A
/ This ii what / meant when | said to
NJ. Adams, IN a passage You may pos.
eibly recall that IN the sense ia which
ahe .word xltbjugatioH was then used by
the ehenies o. the United States, at
home and abroad, il was not the expee-
latioff OF pdrpo8S Of thia Government
that the Southern States shonld be sub
Iugated; but that thought that those
States would DO brought By toe Judi.
eiouslyarniugled exerciae Of pressure
hnd persuasion, to condition ID which
they wotHdE yoidntariif retura 10 their
allegiance. This wa The explanation
which, Mr. Adams gave 10 Lord Palmer
ston, tha Prime MiniHsr Of EsgIAnd,
phen She gEsaL and % | trusb not unT
friendly sfatesmau, aaid that hs did not
Believes that The Federal Union could be
raatored, betauss be knew that while any
man could lead a horsa TO the water, no
man cOuidiniaks him drink Thn plan,
therefore, Recognizes not the destruction,
nor even the suIiversioA, Of States, but
their active existence, aud il reasons
| from facts as they are, not from aasum
Cd or possible changes 20 b. effected BY
continual war, mach less docs i reason
from mere ghimaras. LApplnuse
This absolute existence 81 the Siates
which oohslituee the RepdblIe, IL the
uaoat palpable Of ,Allthe facts ssiElfwhieh
the American statesman haa to deal
II many have stnmbled over i into tregs
lson ana rebellion, the fact, for AL legiti-
mate Deductions aud purposes, .ueverthe-
less rematna Ia a spraetieal sense, a,
laaats The States were sbefore the Amer
loan Uniaa was1 isven while they we're
Colonies Of tho iBriiiGh' Clown, they stli
were embryo States--several, free, self
existing andg indeairaethle. Our Fedas
raj Republic exists, aud heueeforth aud
Forever must EXIST through, NOT the ere.
alton, but the combination Of these seve-
raj, free, self-existing, stubborn States.
Theae States are not stakes driven into
the ground by Rn imperial hand, nor are
they posts hauled together, squared and
hewed, and 50 erected loosely npon It:
but they are living, growing, majestic
trees whose roots are widely spread and
interlaoed within the soil, and waose
shade covers the earth. Applause
! ii AZ any time any of these trees shall
be blown down or upturned by violence,
II must be Lifted up again in its proper
place, and sustained hY kindly hands IN.
iii Il has renewed It's natural stability
aud erectnesa Applause If az any
time tho American uaion II fractured
through a lesion Of one OF its limbs, that
limb must be restored 20 souudness be-
fore due constitutional health aud vigor
can be brought back to the whole sysIem.
If one Of these limbs offend, we have,
indeed, the power-and | will not cavil
about the right cut il off aud cast il
away from us but when we should have
done that, we would have then done lust
what other nations less wise than our
selves have done, that have submitted
UNNECESSARILY 10 amputation, and given
Aup 0 material portion OF their strength,
TO have themselves from unprecedented
destruction. We know the Inherent
attength, vitality and vigor OF the whole
American people. We neither passion.
ately torment any offending limb, nor
consent to It's being cut OF, because we
know that all of cur limbs are capable
of being restored, and al are necessary
60 the prolongaticn of our national life.
lAppiause- - -
z You viii ask whether reconciliation
which follows SO closely upon military
secretion can be relied uponf Can it be
sincere D. Can't be permanent | an.
swer, Do you admit separation to be, 10
any case, possible Does any body now
believe that Il ever viii hereafter become
possible 7 Wil you yourselves now or
ever eonsens to it2 You answer all
these questions in the negative. Ia not
reconciliation, then, not only desirable,
but imperative Is any other reconcil.
iation, under the circumstances, possibls2
Certainly you must accepts this proposed
reconciliation, or Jon must purpose to
delay aud wait until you can procure
better one. Good surgery requires that
even simple fractures, much more com :
pound ones, shall be healed, if possible,
ii the first intention. Would not delay
necessarily prolong anarchy Z Are you
sure that Won can procure a better recon
ciliatien. after prolonged anarchy, with