The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-05-12
Andrew Johnson's Record.


sIOSAL RECORD.
eIn regard TO my future course, | will now
make no professions, no pledges | have been
connected somewhat actively with public affairs
and TO the history Of my past PH05'c acfs' tgA'ch
as familiar TO you, / refer for those Pranc'PIes
sohich haze governed me herefot0Fs, ana ~uE
guide me hereafter. Ia general, / viii say,
have long labored for the amelioration and Gle
walton Of the great mass Of mankind My o.
piniens as to the nature OF popular government
have lcng been cherished, and constituted as 1
am, it is no,g Too Iate IN life for me to change
them. believe fhat gyUernmsnf 'cas made tor
mn, not maa fer gorernmen'
From President Johnson's speech TO citizens
of Illinois, April 8, 1863,
In the Senate Of the United States, May q,
1860, the question being on the passage OF cer-
tain resolutions a division being demanded, the
vote was taken on each separately, with the
following result:
THE STATES FREE AND INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN
TIES.
ReGotDed, That in the adoption OF the FEEDER
al Constitution, the States adopting the same
acted seyeralIy as free and independent sovereign
ties. delegating portion Of their powers to be
exercised by the Federal Government for the
;ncroasad securitv Of each AGAINST dangers. do
,,,ost:o q, ,,,oIi 80 foreion and that any inter
r,o54I,,,,r i ono or ,,,o~a States ~, by a conn
h;nof;on of tba;r cit;zaus. with the domestic in
stitutions Of the othcr, on any pretezt whatever,
political, moral or religious with the desire TO
their disturbance or sIDversi0n, Is in violation
Of the Constitution, insulting 10 the States 50 IN
t,,f--,J ,.,;tE o,7,,,onrz tlI1;r mace ond iran
oh;orts f,r which tha Constitution Wa
F,rc,.5--aTz In, necessary conseogence. tends
to weaken and DESTROY the Union itself.
-. pit r., 1,u;.f,4
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br0"h' SAeSII'u'3 lay O'''le'I"' Gi-'Asiv-1i,
Jaws rl'I,''''O"' '''o'' "-i '1's''t'',2.'"'
mII,2re, ,r, 49,
"a, -. M, NJ, TicIoIso7 poorco
ath"n N@Io[y' mason 1''I,iolsoil' .1in I'tJ1
LoIh' Io"eil, uSH: 49, N'tio'''
thompson, I"oihos' " FI5'al anu uis1--'o'
NAEs-Messrs. Bingham, Chandler Clark
Collamer, Dixon, DooIIitle, Fessenden, Foot,
Foster, Grimes, Hale, damIin, Harlan, hlng,
Simmons, Sumner Ten EycG, Wade, and VIII
son-lJ
INTERFERENCE wrrn SLAVERY IN TIE STATES a
PREACH OF FAITH.
8 Poco1,oJ That neoro slavery. as It exists
- er,ae, C,a+os of tL;s I7nIo, comnosas IN i'm
,,,,r,,,rt ,ort;o,, of tbar domestic institutions
i,,artsd fron, o,,r ancaetors and existin5 * the
o,Iort;on of tha Constitution. nv which il 5
,.,,,;,,l &c o,,,ct;t,,tro az, ;rnnortant element
j., Il, . of mower amonq the States
and t,,.t no cbauoa Of dninion or feeIing on the
,,.t ~ tI,, sl9,bold;nc, states of the TTnon
/, r,1atio, - +his ;rst;tut;6n can iustifv them
-. ',,,., y o,,an ~ co,,et atfarLs thcre.
" .;4t, ,;o,,. - ;tI o,,ortt,cr,, end TT ou
on /" ''t . ,-o" 80 ,.;,Ia,;o, of tTo
,t,,.I I soIa,,,, r,Ia[oo 70 rrotocf and 5af,nd
oach otbor a;yap hv the States resnectiyelv On
or,to,frq, INTO tho constitutional camnact which
r,,.,,oa tlo I-r;o, and arc ~ manifest breach of
f,;tI onJ ,oIot;on of the most s,Isr,n obIi-
l-at;n,s 80 ,,'',' '''
NTosers Ranianip R;oIar Rraoa
Rr;qht Rrown Cbastnuf CLAW. CIi8rmsn. Crii-
tonden Davis Fitznotrick Green. Gwin. Ham
r,,o,,t uon,~,,;u Hun.ar Jre~eon Tofn=or of
3rl,aceas Johnson Of Tennesss, Kennedy.
lane. T.ath3m. Mallory. Mason. Nicholson,
Pc pou Powell jrgb Rice Sebastian.
SF1a1 Tbomnqon' Toom5s, WiafaII and W.
l., "a
N.vs-,rossrs. Rinoban. Chandler, Clark
C,Ilan,cr D;vop. Dn9I,ttIa Fsssenden Foot
T1,,s+a,. clr;r,o- iT.Io JorlIir uariar KIM,
Simmons. Sumner, Ten Eyck. Trumbun, Wade
apI WiIson-20
r,,r ,->:1ox rFsrs ON TIE rnrar1Ty or 7pr,
sr,rrs
Peeoy,s9 Tbot tho I-,;on or th.s. States
rasfs IN tl,e eonaItv Of riubts and nr;y;Ie~,s A.
,,ora its member and flat if Is rsnaciaiIv the
G,ty7 Of tbc senate which represents tbe States
IN t5e;r sovere;nn canacitv ~ resist all atIrnnts
T., Giscr;minate either in raIatio, to narsons or
a,,ort,, ~, oh a., tho oo,-
l,oI rossa.s;ons oF tbo Trnitad Sra+asso os to
o;va advanfaoe. to tho citizens of ono State
SyEich are NOT eonaIIv allowed 70 those Of eyerv
other itr,' State,
YrAs-Messrs benjamin.. BigeIow. Bragg
Brown, Bright. Clement CLAW, CIinoman, Crit
to,,aon Do1;s T9;tzrotr;cl, Crao, ,S,yi, Hon