, 1865-12-15

The 0rs0onio7 hes dispStA, gissaf : syn.
oPsis Of the Presidents asssags, which We ap,
pend
The PresideSth Message to Congress, to-day,
sa1e that the resistance 70 the General Govern.
NETT haying exhausted itself, the 6rst question
was, whether the tefritories within the limits Of
the States which attempted to secede should Be-
'helq as conquered territories under military an.
thofitl efhhpStIpg from the President; but he
considers Fiat ~. military eoverument estab-
lished for an ihdshnlts period Would have Of.
fered no security for the suppression Of tie dis
conteutment, would have divided the people
into vanquishers and Eanquished, and enyen-
omed their hatred rather than restored tbefr. az.
fection. The true theory is, that all pretended
acts Of secession were, from the beginning, null
and void. States cannot permit treason in the
Individual citizen who may have committed
treason in the attempt to secede and place their
States in condition where their functions were
suspended but not destroyed bot if State re-
fuses to perform its office, there is more neces-
sity that the General Government should main
tain its authority, and soon as practicable re-
sumo and exercise all its functions. On this
principle be had acted, and gradually and quiet
", BY almost imperceptible steps, sought to re-
store the rightful authority of the Government
and of the States. To that end, Provisional
in the late terrible conflict, must work In bar
mogy was not too much to ask that on the one
side the plan of restoration, shall proceed in
conformity with Willingness to cast the discofd
of the past into Oblivion, and that on tie Other
hand, the evidence of security in the future
maintenance of the Union shall be put beyond
any doubt by the ratification of the proposed
ti-slavery amendment to the Constitution.
This amendment being adopted, it would remain
for the States to resume their PLACES in the two
branches of Congress, and thereby complete the
work of restoration. The President says he has
no authority to make freedmen electors that
remains with the States. They can decide
whether it is to be adopted al once or introduced
gradually with conditions. Good faith, how
ever, requires the Security Of the freedmen in
their liberty and property, the right to labor and
reap the first return of their labor. The Pres
ident says that it will be his constant aim to
promote peace and amity with all foreign ma
tions. He thinks all of them are animated by
the same disposition. The accordance of bell
lgereut rights. to the insurgent States was au
uujusti6able act. Great Britain cannot be justl-
fed. She built ships, furnished men and mate
rial of war to the insurgents. Justif fcation for
this cannot be sanctioned before the tribunal OF
the world. At the same time he does not advise
at present an attempt to redress b5 acts of leg
islation The. future friendship between the two
countries must rest on a basis of mutual justice.
We have wisely foTborne as became the propa-
gandsts of Repubicanisti, but It would be a
cause of great calamity to themj and breach OF
good government, should any foreign power
challenge the American people to its defense
against foreign interference. He relies on the
wisdom and justice of those powers to respect
the system Of non-interference which has SO
long been sanctioned by time.