The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-03-01

which those States did not exercise the
full rights Of States, and that was, s,lep,
fesentation in Congress. In this be
had advised that the same principle Of
stimulating loyalty bo applied as in
other respects named. He would ad-
nit only such Representatives as are
in fact loyal men, giving satisfactory
|esidences.of this. u henever a State
or District sent loyal man, properly
elected aud qualified, he would think
| it right to admit him the same as II
from any other State, and he would
admit mono but such loyal pen, sc
that other States or Districts might bt
induced to send similar men. When
they had all done this, their reprcsen-
tation would bo full: and tho work
wonld be done.
"Such was the plan. He did moi
ask to DO a Judge OF elections, or of the
qualifications Of members of Congress
or of their loyalty. Congress was its
own Judge, and he had no dream ofin
tcrfering with its Constitutional rights
but he felt ike urging upon them and
upon tho country that this mode oi
finishing the work, so nearly completed
in other respects, was the only feast
Bile one which had boon presented, and
that 1t was impossible to ignore the
fact that the States were exercising
their rights and enjoying their privi
leges within the Union; wero, in short
restored in all other respects, and thai
it is too late to question the fundamen
tai right OF representation.
uLthcns rcmaFkcu,l IL him THAI i
heard II suggestcd that Legislation
could properly DO made by Congress
purely eivilin itscharactcr, providing
Tor tho protection Of tho freedmen by
the United Statos Courts, of inforiol
jurisdiction. in all cases whcro the
States did not do so themselves.
"He replied that such an idea would
run exactly parallel to his plan
but ho had not thought it YET
Itimo to fix his xn ideas Of the precise
mode Of accomplishing this, and be-
cause wo had u margin Of time lasting
ltill after the next session Of Congress
during which the present, Freedmen I
Bureau could continue in operation
| If bcfore,that time, the Southern States
should recognize the necessity Of pass
ing pr0pbr laws themselves and ofpro,
viding a proper system Of protection
for tho freedmen, nothing further, on
our part, would be necessary. If they
did not do what they ought, there
would then be timo enough to clabor.
ate plan.
He then referred briefly TO the fact
that men have been rejoicing over his
veto message, saying that'if these men
In good faith adopted the views Of his
| policy, which hc had himself held and
acted upon, and which no had so fully
elaborated in his annual message and
explained to tho country, surely he
could have no cause for sorrow in that
Ifdisloyal men and rebels evcry-whcro
North and South, should cordially give
their adherence to the conditions o
restoration he had uniformly insisted
upon, no thought that was precisely
tho kind of pacifcation loyal mer
ovorywhcrc would rejoice in. The
more they were committed TO such {
course tho better he would like II, fol
fthey were not sincere they would a
least diminish thcir power Of danger
ous opposition IN tho future, Hi
whole heart was with the body ottru,
men who had ceri'ied the country thro
the war and he earnestly desired Il
maintain acordial and perfect under
standing with them. This sentiment
and purpose he regarded as entirely
consistent with a determined opposi
ton to the obstruction policy Of thosl
extremists, who, as he believed. woult
keep the coartry In chaos ahtil ALSO
-Iuio ruin mighteomc upon us.
"Such, my dear sir, is the stntemcn
Of the President on this important mat
|ter and ifyou could meet his straight
forward, honest look, and hear th'
thoarty tones Of his voice, as did, !
am well.assurcd you could bcIiev'
with me, that although hGmay not re
ecivo personal assault with the for
benrancoMr lincoln used 10 show
1Ithero Is onccd TO fear that Andrew
| Johnson is nocsincers in bis adhesion
to the principles upon which hc wa
elected. Very trulyyours. Z. B,
\ tSimcd1 frJ. ID, COX,