The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-30
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traitor Davis Wefe tho controlling
spirits The people noW became
ass q tbf danger ilat threatened
them. ind ro u ther ma! ~ and
clected S. the ahlef magistrate of tie
na6ou TIA. pure and NOBLE patriot
abraham Lincoln
Then follows the war % 1861, with
all rs varied scenes % triumph and de-
feat. but So now look back upon It but
10 Sic the hand - God tbs God 81 the
pufifMs who first Set foot upon New
England SOL and planted there the
principles 81 freedom aua equality
aho bad deereed that the var should
not 81 closed until slavery 40 longer cx-
listed in tic land Slayg3, as an nsti-
tuition. Was dead tlge var had been en-
ded, and tile great question Of To-day
was what shall be done with the States
lately in rcbelliout
ono theory Was that the late war was
10 BE regarded in the nature as a for
cign war the States having seeded
from and gone ont Of the Union, must
be brought back into the Union BY the
sumo process as foreign State would
he admitted into the Union.
Another theory was that the States
never we're ont 81 Tie Union, but IN II
now as much as they ever We're They
were in rebellion against the Union, but
as soon as that rebellion was conquered,
and the war was closed they were to be
1t once -habilitatod III all their former
relations TO the Union.
lie did not believe IN either Of these
theories His position was that the re-
bellipus -ates are in the Union 50 far
d. the jurisdiction Of the United States
government was concerned; that they
were bound ~ all times toobey the laws
Of the United States. that they were
Obliged 70 support and maintain the in
tegrity 81 the general government; but
having practically surrendered their re-
lations to the Federal government, and
having ogefhrown Their own state gov
einnents, and ofc0urse the Constitution
under which they had lived and been
protected by tie Federal power they
have no right to representation until
they come as a loyal people under the
sanction of "a republican form Of govern
ment. The question with Congress was,
aid they IS come at the last session Of
Congress- The President had ASSUME
ed that the rebelhous States were, at
the close 81 tho war, wholly without
state governments; and if So, il was
proper that they should become organ
lied s SrArEs, prior to taking a part in
the national affairs Does it follow that
having torn up and scattered TO the
winds their old Constitution; that after
having deluged the land with patriotic
blood, and carried waiing and woe in
Is every patriotic household, and crea-
ted a debt Of three hundred millions ot
dollars by reason oftheir treason, whom
driven by exhaustion at the point Of the
bayon9t to lay down their arms, does
il follow that their old Constitution has
breath Of life again breathed into ii, and
then relations to the general govern
ment all restored, md they are entitled
to representationiu Congress as a RIGHT
II So whore is the safety Of the country
Where the guarantees against another
bloody rebellion The country would
be powerless for its own protection
Rebellion would follow rebellion; msur-
section would follow instruction If
thoy succeeded, wei, if not, when, in
an exhausted condition, they lay down
their arms, the traitor, who has sought
to destroy the government enters ut
once with thc patriot, who has sought to
protect the government with his money
and his llood, into the full and free par
ticipation III the councils Of the nation.
IN short such a monstrous doctrine
would only transfer the attempt unsuc-
ccsiul IN the field, To I'M opportunity in
the legislative halls to destroy the ma
ton iii The one ease thc attempt Is by
war; IL tha other, ,hc FIRST failing
tbgy e9tcr Congress with the same
H. enable and indignant spirit, and by
political corruption and Intrigue accom-
pi d illat which they could not effect
by ~
Co4griss. al rs las. session, refused
- admii the rebeihons States q repre-
sntatiou. because they wished 10 pro-
tees themselves and tho country against
just this state of affairs Tie Presiden,
had indicated t9 tic Siatea thst upon