Litchfield enquirer., 1865-11-02
Are you sure that 7

conciliatien afte' you can procure better re. employing fcrs r prolonged anarchy, without ploynent rec Who will advocate the em- through J force merely to hinder and delay whicF prolonged anarchy, reconciliation t. IS feasible and perfectly consistent with ..t: s eoess'tation In what part of the const- suuou 's Writen the power to continue civil war sgainst succumbing States for ultimate po:tlcal triumph? What would this be but in fact, to institute a new civil war. after me nad ended with the complete attainment of the lawful objects for which it was waged. Con gress and the administration have power in levy wars against foreign States for whatever cause they See lit. Congress and the Presi- oent nave right to accept or even make war against any part of the people of the United States only under their limited power to sup press seditlon aad insurrection, and for that purpose only," l.t %-
 ls certain that the plan of reconciliation which mi l have thus largely explained, must and Will be adopted. It may, however, be hinder ed Or hastened. How can it be hindered P You are yourselves aware of the answer when you fasten upon any violent factious or sedi- tious exhibition of passion or discontent in any | Of the lately rebellous States and argue from | it the failure of the plan. You argue justly Every turbulent and factions person in the 1 lately insurrectionary States is resisting, hin- dering and delaying the work of restoration to the extent of his ability. But the case is pre- l cisely the same with ourselves. Manifesto tiuns of doubt, distrust. crimlnation, contempt
 or defiance, in the loyal States, are equally in furious, and equally tend to delay the work of
 ed? reply, virtually, in the language of the I Prael6ont-So fho opirIt of tho int; ion,
 and in harmony, not only with OUT politics,
 but with our religion" We must trust each
 other" Can we not trust each other? Once
 we were friends. We have since been epe-
 mics. We are friends again. But. whether
 in friendship or in enmity, in peace or in war,
 We are and can be nothing else to each other
 than brethren. @ Y ..... .r.. | In speaking of President Johnson he makes
 the following emphatic declarations: .-.
 Some of you fear that the President may be too lenient to those Southern leaders who
 plunged the country into the calamites of civ
 il war. Except those of you who have been
 maimed or bereaved, has any of you suffered
 more ot wrong, insult and insolen:e at the
 hands of those leaders than he has? Can we
 not forget where he can forgive? Are you I aware that his terms of amnesty to offenders
 are far more rigorous than those which were
 offered by Abraham Lincoln Have you ever
 seen the majesty of law more firmly maintain ed than it has been by him in the exercise of discriminating clemency? Some of you seem
 to have been slightly disturbed by professions or demonstrations of favor toward the Presi-
 dent made by parties who have heretofore op- | posed his administration, as we'll as the admin
 istration of his predecessor. And you ask Il. F.;xl I, T k,
 us? For myself, I laid aside partisanship, if l
 had any, in 1861, when the salvation of the
 country demanded that sacrifice. It is not tisanship now. Andrew Johnson laid aside, I ) am sure whatever of partisanship he had, at the same time. That noble act did not allow
 but, on the other hand. it forbade collision by
 the friends of the Uuion with opponents of the policies of the war and of reconciliation which F the government has found it necessary to pur sue, +'
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 Andrew Johnson has practiced that fidelity
 against the violence of enemies to the sacrifice
 of his fortune, the hazard of his liberty, and - even the periEof his life. The same fidelity is
 still identified with the success of those nolicie; " and of coursels necessary 10 tne, achievement t of their magnificent ends. Why should ht e now abandon those policies and desert time
 honored and favored supporters, merely because l. the dawning success of our efforts has com
 pelled farmer opponents to approve and accept . them? Patriotism and loyalty equally, how f ever requires that fidelity in this case shall be ], mutual. Be ye faithful therefore on your par 5 and although the security offer is unnecessary D and superfuous, yet will guarantee fidelity . on his part.
 a - confess with full sense of my account t ability, that among all the public men whom @ have met or with whom have been asso ia t ted or concerned in this or any other country b TO one has seemed to me to be more wholly t free from personal caprice and selfish ambi 7 ton than Andrew Johnson none to be more g purely and exclusively moved in public actior r by love of country and good wil,to mankind . hope I have said enough of the Presi j. dent.
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