, 1865-07-13
nbtra9o Trtfu1te.
REORGANIZATION.
Address of the Faneuil
Hall COMMITTEES on
Negro Suffrage.
CONVINCING D0crMEaT.
The Presi1 ent's Policy ueder Review.
he is Promised :supptrt; but
Lis Failure Predicted.

The resent great Reconstruction Meeting
at Fancnil Hall. Boston, appointed ! c;m-
mittee to prepare IN address setting forth the
prhciplee there discussed for tha cons1der1-
ticn Of the people, That address has now
been printed and re present It's min points
to our readers. After vivid picture OF
Southern politics and Hocial condition before
the *ar, and statement Of the kind Of war
that was waged, the address continues,
tLue: - :.
Let US now, fellov.c'tizcns, look At the
dangers which attend an immediate rrstora-
tion Of the rebel states 10 the exercise Of fail
State authority SlaveIy 10 the law Of every
rbel State. In some Of these States free
persons Of color are not permitted to
reside In none Of them have they tho right
to testify IN court, or to BE- educated In lew
OF them TO held Land, and in all Of them they
the letter Of the law. the spirit Of the people
and the habits Of generations are such a. to
Insure the permanence Of that state OF things,
In substance. II slavery should be abolished
in form, their spirits and habits, their pride
snd paEslons, will lead them to uphold their
o.lgarchai s. stem, built upon q debased col
osed population and intreached behind State
institutions, over which the nation cannot
raEs in pence. Their personal reld-
lion with 1he colored people rs mtsters over
t1avos bciug- changed In Law, they
VIII look upon them In a new light,
as class to be feared, and as the cause Of
thelE defeat and humiliation. They will not
education. They will not permit the contin-
usnre within their States Of phtaanthrople
agencies for colcred people from the free
States. They viii not encourage Northern
immigration, with systems Of small treeholds
aud free labor nor will capitsl and labor 70
r. Ci-1-
r:ccs. Returning to their old arts Of politics,
which theS. are lind of, mud IN which long
p1Rctice has made them expert, they will
feek to 1epudiate debt incurred for the sup
preston nt thtiz rtyo1t nor eau we Bhnt our
eyes to The danger Of political combinations,
to be ruled By DIS ol,EarchY aud to do its
work tits useless to suggest or conjecture
methods and mesls the spirit and motive
will take Eueh forms as occasions may re.
quire- ---- -
TIE s1ATs NOT rEr RESTORED.
We trust 1t cannot be necsssa.y to 1aus.
here and 1e!ute = political futacy, which the
hE'c Of events hiss already. exposed. It has
h& en- commended that, f0rclhle resistance hay
ing ceased, the rebsl States arc, by that fac,
again in their orbits, and In the rishtful po.'
session and exercise Of all their functions g.
States, In local and natInpa, affairs, Just ns Il
no war lad taken plRce-that the nation,
whether By Congress or the Executive, has
no option to ex.Icisc, no powers or rights ia
enforce, no conditions tEasit eau make. We
sttion. in the Light Of tue circumstance ii
which We stnpt. IL sufficient refutatton
We arr holding he rebel county in military
occupation, and the na tion is assertinga right
before it yields that occupation, to sec thg
public safety secured, and tie pCblic faf,h
preserved. The only question can he as te
the mode Of obtaining this result. We trus,
al 1f f1T hnxr knrJ
tation IL siardlng by the President, Will
clear convictions, as we'll Us strong purpose OF
this Issue ByfueceEsity, the Republic mus,
| bod ard t1elcise eo1ne control over these te,
gicrs and people until the States are restotel
to their full Iunctfcns rs States, In natiooa
as well Gs in State affairs. This authority I!
| TO be exercised By the President or By Con
! gresE, or both, according to tho nature 0
each case. Though resulting, necessarily
| fi0m the fact Of the Wa, these powers art
rot necessarily to oe'ezelcised by military
persons Or in military forms. This temp. rarY
r1oSisionn authority, nltheugh supreme fo
the time, may be exercised, much Of 1t, b,
civil officers, usirg the methods Of I'll pow,
cr, ano admitting the employment ofjncfcta
aud executive functions, With the stts and bu
s!ness and sCc1tf intercourse of 1tIe. Thtsv
understood 10 be, In substance, the po.itio1
| which the Government now occupies, aud y.
believe the people rccognlze 1t To be Of neces
| stty and Of tight.
ouR RIGHT AND pu1r--orR PATH p1gDcs.
| TO THE FHEEDMES.
| Let Us now, fellow citizens, su1n cur atten
/ ton to our rights and duties. Harips suc
| ceeded IN this war. and holding thu rcbc
Suites in our military occupation, it Is oal
| right and duty to secure whnlever the public
sstety And the public faith requires.
Fist The principle must be put beg ont
! all question, thai the Republic has dtrec
MI MI &Nn xt$
frcm which no State can atsely. him, art
| 10 his obedierce to the laws Of thu Republic
"aDythipE In the Constitution or lava of 40
State to the contrary notwithstaudiug."
! Second. The public faith Is pledged .te
| every person Of colcr in tie rebel States, t
secure to them and their pos:erity torcye; 0
complete end ye1itable freedom. Ha@inc
| promised them this freedom, received thet
aid on the faith Of this promise, and by &
I FuccrEsfnl war and actual military occupa
tim Of the country, having ottained tht
power to secure the result, We ate disaouo.
ID If VIC fall to make i. good to them.
| Third. The syeteto Of slarc:y must be abo1
ished and prohibited hy paramount and trrc
verslble law. Throughout the reb'l Stat:!
there must be, In The words Of Webster
"impress<d upon the soil Itself IN Inability
to bear up any hut free u,en."
Fourth. The systems Of the States must b.
trnly "Iepub1icnn."
|
faith will te broken, and thers will s,c r.
safety for the public peace or The prcserSa
ton cf cur Institutions.
ltlust be remembered that under the con
slitutiop, most Of TIT ke subjects are entirely
matters of Ftatc iut3sdict'on. Once with
diaw The poEerf Of war, and adnit STATE
to It's full functions, md The authority OF til
nation over these subjects IS gone. 1t is I
etate function to determine who sh1li hols
lurd. Who Ehhll testify In s.ate courts, whG
shaal be educated, and how, Who shall labor
and how, md uncer what contracts or obli
vote In national ae veil as state elections
We have Already eaId that all thes- Point
new stand II the constitution md Laws Q
tie rebel states detsdtd aSa'nst the freed
men. Action Is necessary to pNt them right
so great changeis, no dout!, fuddameota'
political system. If It Is not made now, bs
iotc civil society becomes settled, before III
states are restored to the exercise Of nit fhel
pewGrs, Il will never be made, in oil huma
probability, by pescs ft,l mesns.
l. WHAT WE NAy REQUIRE.
The quetticn now occurs, hpw are thes
results to be secured, before thoss States n
rt1Ditttd to 1e6ume thetz functions! "
agree that these results ought to be secure
American syEtem-that upon which and Il
which our Constitution Was made. This
3 s. stem Of separate States, each with SEPT
rate functions, constituted By the people {
eaeb, and sslf governing within Its fpher'
with q central Stste constituted By the pei
pic Of Eli, supreme within Its sphere, and Ii
tlEal judge OF its sphere and fanctions. tt
President ttcognizes the importance Of pr
c3edirg IN aceotdance with this system Z
Aims at restoration Of the States. By Il
people Of the States, without resort to tt
! exercise nf soytYts-.l 1fetRtatfye fUrisdictfC
over !hem by the general Government.