Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-05-06

course is TO be guided by the decision aud
adoption Of rules Of action which have not
1ccn very much thought Of during the
war. The Union men OF the South have
he same interests with ourselv cs in these
matters, AS rapidly a, the government
shall permit the exercise OF the privileges
Of citizenship by those now or lately in
rebellion, just so rapidly these men will
become interested in questions relating to
national affairs, whose discussion and de-
cisioa will be most potent in restoring
peace and community of'iuterest'and feel
ing to all the country. These are to be
such questions as those Of foreign relations
and of domestic economy, Of revenue, cur.
rercy, and tariff, which we are now to
face and settle. In these we see the fu
turc interests Of the country most deeply
involved. These we must lcok to wise
men over and beyond the temporary ques
tons Of settling the fate Of leaders Of the
rebellion. or determining how far mercy
shall be extended
The condition Of the South, and Of the
people oftL South, will rapidly adjust it.
self on the principle OF self interest We
do not mean to imply that their treatment
is not question of vast Importance. On
the contrary, the impo rtance of the prin'
ciples to be adopted in wha, is called Gre.
instruction" cannot be too highly esti-
mated. But on this subject we understand
President johnson to have laid down.his
views already, in terms which must be
highly salts factory to every loyal and pa
trotic American citizen. lu his speech
to .he Indiana delegation he made several
admirable condansatons Of sound cons,i
tutonal doctrine, He said 1.-The gov
ernment IL composed Of parts, each essen
,ial to the whole, and the whole essential
to each part" And in elucidation Of the
doctrine of State aud Federal unity be
said further -
When we come to understand our sys-
TEN of government, though il be complex
we Sc how beautifully one part acts in har.
mony with another. Then we zee our
government is 10 be a perpetuity, there
being no provision for pulling it down the
Union being its vitalizng power, impart.
ing life to the whole Of the States, that
move around it like planets round the sun,
receiving hence light, and heat, and mo-
tiou. Upon this idea Of destroying States
my position has beou heretofore well
known, and see no cause to change il
now and | am glad to hear its reiteration
on the present occasion. Some are salts
fed with the idea that States are to be
lost in territorial and other divisions are
70 lose their character as States. Bnl
/ their life breath has been only suspended
and it is high constitutional obligation
we have to secure each of these States in
the possession and enjoyment of ropub-
! lican form Of government. A State may
be in the government with a peculiar in
stitution, and by the operation of rebellion
lese that feature. But it was state when
it went into rebellion, and when it comes
out without the institution it is still @
| State.
lie concluded that speech by the follow
ing emphatic announcement -
"Noac, permit me TO remark nut, UhH'
Ihare opposed dissolution anil disimteera
! faoa on one hand, on tie Other l I'M e{"aL
| Il, o.,,oco1 :, ,o,, B,JoJ;o, or tbo caytr0j/
,satiot Of po'cer m the hands Of q fe'0. "
These principles are plainly and clear
ly enuncated, and if these be the guiding
principles of Mr.. Johnson's administration
in the work of construction, we have nc
doubt that the Influences of commercial
intercourse ,and the establishment Of sound
principles of national policy on the grea
questions of political economy which coll
troll commerce aud industry, aud thus af
feet every man in almost every, relation o
life, will be all that is needed to paciiy tht
South and restore the States to health ant
reason. We may well suppose that Pres
ident johnson has chosen his marked
course, and that it will not be long befor,
the whole subject Of the treatment Of tn
South will be, like the other objects con
nccted with the war, and which hav
heretofore been discussed, question G
, rhetoric past,
1t is Of paramount Importance now t
} look to the future course of the Admins
traton on the currency Of the country, o
the questions Of high tariff or free trade
e on the methods of raising revenue, on tn
r relations we are TO sustain to foreign ma
4 tons, and on sub jocts ofthis general kline
These are the political subjects into th
e discussion Of which the people are TO pas
$ and on the decision Of these will depend
G a vast extent the prosperity of the natic
d and the reunity of the interests of all PEI
o pie North aud South. 1t concerns US
1t once to establish on firm basis the bu
Ia e;popo ;ntn.ost, of oil tbo vnonlo III