The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-05
THF MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
RrssaasnG JohnsoA's Views on Re
@rRaMIGaGl6ns

thus expressed hlmSetF upon the SuOlect
Of recognising the Southern States:
This Government, IL 1t be preserved
1t ell, must be preserved on the principle
of equality, and il We have States therein;
they must be States occupying and pre-
serving certain clear relations to the Gov
eminent OF the United States. Hence;
continued the President proceed upon
the idea that State cannot go out OF the
UniOn and now that the rebellion is over
and has been put down, the Southern
States must come back With . prOPet un-
derstanding Of these relations, and Upon
proper principles. Do you know that |
believe that l an Q better States fight
man than ssDc Of yOS aref A general
though subdusd laughter greeted the re.
mark. fused always 10 believe that slav.
cry could not be maintained outside Of
the Constitution Of the United States, and
did We not 6nd that when the experiment
was made that slavery was lost was
for the Union, always; and | saw that
when slavery attempted to control the
Government, slavery must 60 down. The
institution Of slavery made the issue it
set up TO control the Government, and it
fell. All institutions must be subordinate
TO the Government or it cannot stand
The, great object nov is to restore and pre-
serve the Government that We all once
loved and respected.
"The present relation Of slavery Ia
changed, and IL 80 disposed we could not
remand it back; and SO we must dispose
Of it as prudent, discreet and wise men
should. You have heard me spoken
sbOut as . great peoples man. q rabid
man, and all that sort Of thing. will not
disguise from you that there are certain
things to which ! have always been Op.
posed. I have always been opposed TO
@onopolieS, entails, etc; and for this
Sssd 70 be denounced IS 3 demagngue !;
but going back to the Magma Oharta,
from which, after all. We got our liber
ties liberty Of speech, liberty Of the
press. protection from unreasonable
=, arch, etc, ! believe in its doctrines,
and am not going to deceive you now,
g"ntleWen. when | tell you that, as far A.
aud influence of this Government to de-
~rlOpe. aud wien developed, to place in
power the great heart OF the nation-the
peOplc-thAt is the heart Of the nation.
lock upOn this nation az one sent upon a
great mission, not ak a thiOg spTinging
like al ephemerAl mushroom. and be.
lleVe we fall short Of our duty unless We
carry that mission out.
The Constitution Of the United States
says that persons shall be chosen for Con
greSS Lv persons qualified in the several
States, Congress acting for the whole. -
Now in s0me Of the StateSsa portion oI
the people have rebelled and to some ex
tent suspended and even par1lyEed the
operations Of the State governments
but there is q constitutional obi CATION
on the Government to suppress rebellions
repel iOVaSions, and secure to every State
: republican, tNm Of government. The
Government may seem (and will moi
undertake te enumerAte the reasons) &c
protect the Union men in the South, but
they are protected now, and having
reached that protection they should come
fovwsrd and stand upon an equality with
the other loyal wen eSerywhere in ths
country.
"Wheu the S>uth wet .-: -s-- -.
beilion the slaves went ~ - s.avts, they
come out a. free men II color. The re
hellion has rubbed out the nature and
character Of the institution, and the loyaI
men Of the South are compelled therefore
to bow and submit TO this result. and
stand simply as equals TO the other loya
lnen Of the country everywhere. There
can be nothing wrong in that.
Nov in the work Of reconstruction
we have tried to be.in at that point -
You understand it-underStand it per
IrctIy but understand also that am not
here 10 SubServe any particular clique.
am here simply to serve the country and
~ particular interests; to Use the power
entrusted to me TO bring the county bach
to the peace and harMony it owned be
COR the rebellion cOmmenced.
II will again say to you that slavery Il
gone. Its status is changed. There II
no hope you can entertain OF being sd
United to representation either in th'
Senate or House Of Representatives I'll
you give evidence that you, too. hav'
accepted and recognized that that in>tltu
tion is gone. That done. the polio,
adopted is not TO restore the supremacy .
the Government ct the point Of the bay
onet. but by the action Of the people. -
While this rebellion has emancipated 1
great many negroes, it has emanclpatet
still more white nen. The negro IL
South Carolina that belonged to a maj
that OM ned from one TO tive hundret
slaves thought himself better than th
white man who owned none. lie felt tn
white mans superior. know the posi-
NloN Of the poor white man at the South
compelled to dill the barren, sandy ant
buor soil for q subsistence. You canno
deny that he was in your eyes, Of les
value than the negro. Some here In tn
North think they can control and exer
else Q greater influence over the negr
than you can, though his future mus
materially depend on you. Let US speaI
plainly on the subject. !, too. am
Southern man; have owned slaves, bough
slaves, but never sold one. You and
understand this better; We know ou
friends are mistaken. lnere the Presiden
rose up and continued emphatically, ant
Itell you that ! don't want you to have tn
control Of these negro votes sgainst tn
,SOsA of this poor white man. ] repea
our friends here are mistaken, as you ant
j know, rs 70 where The control OF tina
'0egro &O&e wOuId fsII When they com
to talk shout the elective franchise, sa.
let each State judge for ITSELF am 70
free Govarument; for emancipation; an'
i am GoF emancipating the white man
well as ths black man,"
.HERE is . specimen Of the clemenc..
and humsRity Of AbOlitionists. The Eve
ming Post. Of New York. thus speaks G
A.. ca,.th anS taaInros ar~