The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-12-28
Special Message Of the President on the Con-
E tditiOn of the Country. In
The folIowinp messape of Pre-

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| The following message of President John
son was read in the Senate en- the 10Th inst
Mr. Cowan said message had just beer
received from the President in response t
a resolution calling for information as t.
the condition of the States lately in rebel
lion. He called for the reading of the mes
sage.
The message of the President was read al
follows: .aaas.
To the Senate oftbe United States
In reply to the resolution adopted by tht
Senate On the 12th, have the honor to
state that the rebellion waged by portion
of the people against the properly constitu-
ted authority of the Government Of the Uni
ted States has been suppressed that the
United States are in possession OF every
State in which the Instruction existed, and
that as far as could he DONE the courts OF
the United States have been restored, post
offices re- established, AMI steps taken to put
Into effective operation the revenue laws OF
the country, as the result of thu measures
instituted by the Executive with the view
of inducing resumption of the functions Of
the State 'comprehended in the inquiry OF
the Senate. 81 .as
The people in North Carolina. South Car
oiua. Georgia, Alabama, Mississip Louisi-
ana, Arkansas and Tennessee, have recog-
ognized their respective State Governments,
aud are yielding obedience to the laws and
Government of the United States with more
Willingness and greater promptitude than,
under the circumstances could reasonably
have been anticipated. s9eaz
Theproposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing fer the abolition of slavery
forever within the limits of our country has
been ratified by each one of these States
with the exception Of Mississippi, from which
no official information has been received,
and in nearly all of them measures have
been adopted, or are now pending, to confer
upon the freedmen the privileges which are
essential to their comfort protection aud Sc
curity In Florida aud Texas they are max
Ing considerable progress in restoring their
State Governments. and no doubt is enter
tanned that they will, at an early period be
ia a condition to resume all their practical
relations with the Federal Government
In that portion of the Union lately in re-
bellion, the aspect of affairs is more promis-
ing than in view of all the circumstances,
could well have been expected. The PEG
pie throughout the entire South evince a
lAudable desire to renew their allegiance to
the Government AMI to repair the devasta-
ton of war by a prompt and cheerful re.
turn to peaceful pursuits, An abiding faith
is entertained that their actions will COLI
form to their professions and that in &C
housekeeping the supremacy of the Consti-
tuition and the laws of the United States,
their loyalty will be uureservedly given to
the government whose leniency they cannot
tail to appreciate and whose fostering care
will soon restore them to d condition OF pros
perity. " a 9y
1t is true that in some of the States de-
moraizlng effects of the war are to be seen
in occasional disorders but these are local
in character, not frequent in occurrence, and
are rapidly disappearing as the authority of
the civil power Is extended and sus-
tanned. Hafea y.l .t.s .-s-9 34 s* o.
PerpIexing questions were naturally to
be expected from the great and sudden
change in the relations between the races
but systems are gradually developing them
selves, under which the freedman will re-
eeive the protection to which he is justly
entitled, and. by means of his labor, make
himself a useful and independent member of
thescemmunity in which he has his home.
From all the information in my possession,
and from that which have recently de-
rived from the most reliable authority, I am
induced to cherish the belief that personal
animosity is surely and rapidly merging it.
self into spirit of nationality and that rep
resentation connected with properly ad-
iusted system of taxation, will result in
harmonious restoration of the relations of
the States to the National Union
The report Of Gen. Carl Schurz is here
with transmitted as requested by tue Senate
No report from the Hon. John Covode has
been received by the President. s
The attention of the Senate is invited to
the accompanying report Of Lieut.. Gen
Grant. who recently made a tour of inspect
ion through several of the States whose in
habitants participated in the rebellion.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington Dec, 49, 1865. s S
a... 7-;l-,ty GEN. GRANTS REPORT s .-... .....-
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED
1890: is b STATES Dec. Is, 1865
His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States -. '.
S1R-In reply to your note of the 10th
inst, requesting report from me giving
such information as may be possessed Of,
coming within the scope Of the inquiries
made by the Senate of the United States in
their resolution of the 18th inst, | have the
honor to submit the following, with your
approval and also that of the Honorable
Secretary of War i left Washington City
on the 9th of last month for the purpose
of making tour Of inspection throughout
some of the Southern States lately in rebel
lion, and to see what changes were necessa-
ry in the disposition of the military forces
of the country, how these forces could be
reduced and expenses cnrtailed &c and to
learn as far as possible the feelings and in
leiitions of the citizens of these States to-
ward the General Government The State
of Virginia being 80 accessible to Washing
ton City, / hastened through the State,
without conversing or meeting with its
citizens
In Raleigh, N. c., Ispent one day, in
Charleston, S. G. two Gays, in Savannah
and Augusta, Ga, each one day. Both
travelling, and whilst stopping. saw much
and conversed freely with the citizens Of
those States as well as with officers of the
army WHO had been stationed there.
The following are the conclusions come to
bv me: | am satisfied that the mass Of
thinking men of tine South accept the pres
eut situation of affairs in good faith The
questions which have hithero divided the
sentiments Of the people Of the two sections,
slavery and State rights, of the right of a
State to seCeue from thr. Union they regard
as having heen settled forever by the hlgil-
est tribunal that man CAD resort to | was
pleased To ii arm from tie leading men whom
Inet that they had not accepted the decs
ion arrived at MS final, but now the smoke
OF battle has cleared away. and time
has been given for reflection, that this de
clslon has been d Fortunate one for the
"h"te country, they receiving the like ben
ehts from 1t with those those who opposeI
| them III the field aud III THE council -Four
years OF war during which law was oniy
at the point of the bayonet throughput the