The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-12-13

this great end there is need OF a concur
renee OF all opinions, and the, spirito
mutual consultation. All parties in 20
late terrible conflict must work togethe
in harmony. 1t is not too much to ask
Z. in the name Of the whole people. that
on the one side, Jthe phn of restoration
| shall proceed in con lormity with a vii
Iingness to cast the disorders OF the pas
into oblivion; and that on The other, th'
evidence Of Sincerity in the future main
tenance Of the Union, shall be put be
yond any doubt by the ratification Of th'
! proposed amendment to the Constitution
which provides tor the abolition .ot sla
very, forever, within the limits of ou
country.1 SO long as the adoption o
this amendment is delayed, SO long vii
doubt, and JEALOUSY, and Uncertainty
| prevail. This is the measure WHICH will
eiIace the sad memory Of the past hi,
is the measure which will most certainly
call population, aud capital, aud security
to those parts of the Union that need
them most. Indeed, it is not too much
to ak of the States which are now re.
Summg heir plsce>' in lie family Of the
Union e" give this pledge of perpetual
loyalty and peace. Until it is done, the
past however much we may desire it,
Will not be forgotten. The adoption Of
tie amendment reunites us beyond all
power ofjdIsiWption 1t haals The wound
thai is sill imperleclly closed; it removes
slavery the eleatenti which las so Dng
perpleXcd aud divided the, country il
makes Of Us onqe more, united people,
renewed and Strengthened, bound more
than ever to mutual affection aud sup
port.sj.ucuh 90 alv Jr1D l@snsA
Tie amendment to the Constitution
being adopted, il would remain for, Ihe
States, whose powers haYe been 50 long
in allegiance, to resume their places iii
the two branches oillte National Lesis'la
tnre, andtthereby complete the wolk a.
restoration, Here,ji is for you, fellow.
citizens Of the S"npte, and Tor you. fel.
low-citizans of the House of Representa-
uves. to Judge, each Of you for Yourselves,
of the elections, returns, and qualifications
ofyour own mem bers,r, i..b.f, ,.r,t
The full assertion Of the powers Of the
General Government requires the holding
OF Cilcnit Courts of the United States
within the districts where their authority
mas been interrupted. In the present
posture. of cur public, affairs, strong ob
Jrctions, have been urged to holding those
courts in any Of the States where the
rtbellionhas existed and it was ascer
tained, by inquiry, that the, Circuit Court
OF the United States would not be held
within the District Of Virginia during the
autumn or early winter, nor until Con:
gress should have IAN opportunity to con
sder an act n'rhe whole subject ToI
yi'ur deliberations the restoration Of this
branch Of the civil authori(y ofthe United
Statestls therefore necessarily referred.
with theohope that ea,ly provision will
be made for the resumption OF all IiF
functions. 1t is manilest that treason
most RagNaaC qin rchHTc er, has been
committed. Persons who are charged
with its commission should have fair and
impartial trials in The highest civil nib !
unals Of the country, in order that the |
Constellation and the laws may be fully |
vndcated; lie truth cleaHy established
and afiipm d lhat WeasQnis crime, that
traitors Should be punished and the
ohfiirnse made Infamous; and, nj the same
time, that the question may be jHdi4ially |
settled, fHARy an forever, that no State
Of its own will has the righL to renounce
its place in The Union ' ' ~
The relad lions Of the General Government
toward the four million of'inhahitan'ts W hom
lhe war has calie8iinto freelom, have engaged
my most serious censideratiou. On thepro-
priety Of attempting Il make The freedmen
electors by the Pr6ciamation of the Bxecu- I
live, [ took for my cottnsel the Constitution
itself, the interpretations Of that instrument
By its authors and their cote poraries, and
recent ,egisaltion hy Congrtss When, at the /
itst nbyement toward indepe endepce, the i
Congress of the United States instruetefgt the
several SAFES to institute gofernments Of
heir OVID, they left eiich state to9ecide for
iself the conditions for the enjoyment of the
'leetipe franchise During the period of the
3oatedeiHtey, there eonl lnltel{tO exist very
sreat diversity in tie qualifications. of elec-
ors in the several Stares; and even within u
'lateadisti ii actiouota itestions preyaIedA
! ftl,@reenftl ste Athe officers who were to he
.hosen. ThetUustitm iopof the Uni ei States
ecognizes these dive sitIes W hen frNen Joins
hats in The cIf0ice OF tismbees Of the Hoasel
il Representatives, Of ;hs United Stfes, Tthef''