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PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S MESSAGE,
Representation and a Properly Adjusted sys-
ten Of. Taxation wall result in
Harmonious Restoration.
WAsHrNGroN, December l9.

WASHINGTON, December l9.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Cowan said
message had just been received from the
President response to a resolution calling
for information as to the condition of the
States lately in rebellion. He called for the
reading of the message. The message Of the
President was read, as follows:
To the Senate of the United States;
In reply to the resolution adopted by the
Senate, on the 18th, I have the homer to
state that the rebellion waged by portion
of the people against the properly constituted
AUTHORITIES 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 be done, the Courts of the Uni
ted States have been restored, post-oficsa
re-established and steps taken to put into
effective operation the revenue laws of the
country, as the result Of measures instituted
By the Executive with a view of inducing a
resumption of the functions of the States
comprehended in the inquiry of the Senate
The people in North Carolina, South Carroll
ma, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Tennessee, have organized their
respective State Governments, and are yield
ing obedience to the laws and Government
of the United States with more willingness
and greater promptitude than, under the cir
.cumstanceS, could reasonably have been ex-
pected. The proposed Amendment to the
Constitution, providing for the abolition of
slavery forever within the limits OF the country
has been ratified by each one of these States,
with the exception Of Mississippi, from which
no official information has been received, and
in nearly all of them measures have been
adopted, or now pending, to confer upon the
freedmen the privileges which are essential
to their comfort. protection, and security
I'm Florida and Texas the people are making
oommendable progress in restoring their State
Government. and no doubt is entertained
hat they win, at an early period, be in
condition to resume all of their practical re-
lations with the Federal Government.
In that portion Of the Union lately in re-
bcllion the aspect Of affairs is more promis-
ing than, in view Of all the circumstances,
could well have been expected. The people
throughout the entire South evince a Iaud-
able desire to renew their allegiance to the
Government, and to repair the dssolations Of
war by prompt aud cheerful return to peace
fnl pursuits. An abiding faith is entertain
ed That their action will conform to their pro-
fessions, and that in acknowledging the laws
Of the United States their loyalty win be IN
reseryedly given to the Government whose
leniency they can not fail to appreciate, and
whose fostering care viii soon restore them
to q condition Of prosperity.
It's true that in some OF the States the de-
m9ralizing effects of the war are to be seen
lin occasional disorders 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
PerpIexing questions were natnrallg to be
expected from the great and sudden change
in the relations between the two races; but
symptoms are gradually developing them
selves nnder which the freedman will receive
the protection to which he is justly entitled,
and, by means of his labor, make himself a
useful and independent member Of the com
muuity in which he has bis home.
From all the information in my possession,
and from that which have recently received
from the most reliable authority, I am induc-
ed to cherish the belief that personal ami
mostly is surely and rapidly merging itself
into.a spirit of nationality, and that represen-
tation, connected with properly adjusted
system Of taxation, will result in a harmoni-
GUS restoration Of the relations of the States
to the National Union.
The reportof Carl Schurz is herewith trans
mitted as requested by the Senate. No re-
port from the Hon. John Covode has been
received by the President. The attention of
the Senate is invited to the accompanying
report Of Lieutenant General Grant, who re-
Gently made a tour Of inspection through
several of the states whose inhabitants par
ticipated in the rebellion.
rSignsd. ANDREW JOHNSON.
! WASHINGTON. December I8, 1865.