Washington telegraph., 1865-09-27


sions ofapprobratiun ana confidence please
to accept my thanks.
The leader Of the delegation replied:
Mr. President, in behalf oi the delegates
return You my sincere thanks for your
kind, generous and magnanimCus expires
sions Of kindly feeling to the people Of
tho South.
The visitors then retired.
MASS MEETING N by
following are the resolutions adopted at
the citizens mass meeting il Richmond,
va, on Tuesday the 29th ult;
We, tie people Of the city Of Rich
mond, in mass meeting assembled 70 ex-
press our opinions il the present exigen-
~ Of public affairs, Do
Resolve, That We have witnessed with
just indignation the persistent and wick
cd efforts of a portion of the press and
people of the Northern States TO brand
the people of the South with perfidy aud
insinccrity in the honest attempts they
have made, and are making to resume
their former relations with the Union. by
questioning their fidelity and truth in
tile oaths Of allegiance which they have
taken, and by the vague and unsupp1rt-
"a charges, that tl!ey desire. if they do
not contemplate, further resistance 10 its
authority. Such imputations are not
only false, but niachicvous, being calcula-
ted to retard, if they be not designed t9
defeat. that perfect constitutional rester-
alton Of tie Union which the war was
professelly waged against the seeding
States to effect, and which good men and
patriots III all sections Of the country
earnestly desire to accomplish. And Il
being Of tie last Importance that the
minds Of the whole people BE- disabused
of these errors, and particularly that the
authorities at Washington be truly in
formed Of the temper and disposition Of
the Southern people, we do solemly pro-
nounce these and all other imputations
upon them of kind character, no matter
from what source they come, TO b. utter
ly ungrounded and false
Resolved, That the general temper
ana disposition of the Southern people,
including our own, are to accept and ac-
quiesce III the results Of the late sanguin-
ary struggle, and to resume the duties Of
citizenship in the Union. That the men
Of character and ability who have hith-
eIto influenced public sentiment, neither
advise nor intend anything different
from tho discharge Of their duties as cit
liens Of the United States, and are set
ting an example Of full and ready sub
mission TO the authority Of the govern
meni, AID counsel full recognition Of
the facts Of the actual situation, includ-
ing the accepted and irrevcrsiblo aboli-
tion of slavery.
Resolved, That We, the people of Rich
mond, fully and thoroughly comprehend
ing and accepting the results of that
struggle in all their force and signif-
cance, and as one of the most important
the abolition of slavery, already effected
by tie restored constitution of the State
under which we live, and which we are
sworn to support, 40 pledge ourselves to
support the reconstruction policy Of the
President, which proposes a restored
equality of rights and privileges Of all
thc States, including tic power il each
10 regulate the right Of suffrage lcr itself,
as distinguished from the wreckless and
pernicious theories Of the 50 called radi-
cal party, which proposes to the South
ern States the alternative of negro suf-
frage or an indefinite exclusion from
tie benefits of common and equal
Union; and that We viii support the ma
tional authority, and the supreme rule of
law and order everywhere, ais the only
sure guarantee for the re-establishment
Of the rights and privileges Of our own,
and the other Southern States, under the
Constitution, in the Union.
Resolved, That We earnestly recon-
mend to Our fellow-citizcns throughout
the State 70 hold meetings ~ soon as
practicable il their respective counties
and towns, and adopt suitable resolutions
expressive (as We do not doubt they
will BED of their entire sympathy ii the
motives, purposes and objects herein de-
clared; that no cloud Of doubt, no shad-
ow of suspicion may rest Oh the integrity,
honor and good faith Of their expressed
desire and honest attempts to resume the
duties of allegiance to the United States
ABAEAM LINCOLN on NEGRO SUI
FRAGE.-The following is an extract from
one of Abraham Lincoln's speeches, in
his debate with Douglas, in 1853. 1t
reads like good Democratic Doctrine:
IL am not, and never have been, In fa-
vor of making voters or jurors Of negros.
nor of qualifying them TO hold Offices or
intermarry with the white people; and |
will say, in addition to this, that there is
a physical difference between the white
and black races, which believe win for
ever forbid the two rnrps living fn-rethnr