Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-22
The Presidents Response to the Semte's
ResOhBtiOn of Inmiry,

To the SensSe Of the United States.
In reply 10 the resol ltons adophed by the Senate
on Vie l2th, have the homer to state that the ar
voHSd sy POrRon of the people ag,ins uhe prop
erly constituted auth&Iies of Vie Government OF
the United States h8beon suppressed; that the
United States are in possession Of every Stabe in
which the insRrrsctop existed and that, as far as
could be- the Comts of the U. S. have been restored,
Psst-oaicos r-sshblishsd, and steps hd1en 10 put
into effective operation oths revenue laws of the
country. As the result of measures instituted by
the executive with Il view Of inducing a resunrp-
tioH Of the fuuctsss of the States, comPpehendsd
IA tlls inquiry OF the Senate, the people in North
Carolina, Sosh Carolina, Georgia Alabama, Mis-
sssirrri, LQuisians, Arkansas, and Tennessee have
rsSrgaRizsd their respective State governments aud
nrs yielding obedience 30 the laws and Government
of the United States with mone willingness and
greater Iroppttude than, uuier the circumstances,
could reasonably have been anticipated The pro
posed mnssthaent to the Constitutes, providing for
the abolition of iavcry forever within the limits Of
the country, hiss been ratified by each one of these
States with the exception Of VI mississippi, FROM which
no Official iaforHaion has been received and in
ReiTly adj Of them measures bave beep RdoIGed, o.
are now pending, to confer upon the freedmss the
privileges which essesFRl to their comfort, pro
lection and security. 10 Florida and Texas To
people making commendable progress in resto-
ing their Sae G0vernroests, aud no doubt B co
tertansd that they will at an sSly period be 10
position 10 rosume li of their political reasoIa
with the Federal Governun
The aspect of aaa,iR Is mere proo bfug than, 10
view of all che circumstances, coald lave been ex.
peoted. The people throughout to- ensirs SeSh
evincc laudable desire to renew their allegiance
to the Govsramept, and to repair tie devastation!
Of wsr by IGonpt and cheerful return to puscefu
pan0is. An abiding fi6th Is eaGrtaiocd that thsil
actions will confirm TO their professions, and that
in acknowledging he saprmacy Of toe Csaatu
ton and laws OF the United States their Loyalty
will be unreervcdy given to the goyernmea
whose leniency they could not fail to appreciate
and whose fostering will 5000 restore theta t
a coaditi0a ID prosperity.
1t b true, t0a in Sou1e uf the States the dcmora
lizsg effects of thu are to be seen IN occasioan
dsorderly conlrGt bUt these IRE ocsH in character
not frSluent 10 occurrsece, aod are rapidly disaR
pearing GH the authority OF the civil power is ex
ended aid NNaiEed. Perplexing qeestious were
naturally b he expected from the great and sudder
change in the relations between the two races, bu
systems are gradually developing themselves unde
which the fRseanRn will reaeive tie protection t.
which he is justly ehtited aAd by means of hi
colar uhke hiasself a usefN and independent maj
of the comuenity in which he has home. From
all the inforIaatioR in my possession and from tina
" hich have recently received from the most re
! liable authority, | am induced to cherish the belle
that personal amnesty is surely and rapidly mer6
ing itself into spirit of nationality, and that rep
resentation, connected with a properly aduste
system of taxation, will result in harmonious re
storation of the relations of the States to the Ma
tonal Union.
Thr report Of Carl Shut is herewith transmitted
as requested by the Senate. No report from tn
Hon. John Covode has been received by the Pres.
deAt.
The attention of the Senate is invited to the &C
Companyiug report of Lieut. Cen Grant who re
Gently made tour Of inspection through severa
of the STATES whose inhabitants participated in tn
rebellion.
ANDREW JOHNSON President.
Washington Dec. Is, 1865.