The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-21

on tie ether band hat he IS in favor Of such
burrau. / cot fess that reading his message, Vt mas
lett profound impressi on upon my mud tnat ne
~ Res most sCftCus and weightv reasons. ynyJ W
the !, Tm In vi Ch II wen before hlm, u sbou not
NJ IeseI b. come law Of the land But J b lieve
am tprP that man IN his land 10 more in favor ~
% mt legislation Tor the tlack man than President
j, In on hih III Cloud and c1ntiuued app ause,
ana tew ni ses.l hey are 10 DO pro,eeteI' o Vue
COisu,u ion, but by us integrity. No grade in the
United tates Is more ia need of having that mmOr-
Ia rune 1T maintain I'd Than the recently tn.
lluve0 b now emanclpated black man. Ihere are
men v hO speak OBlY OF the Ireedmen VINO are
worked by III VI sympal hv and by their generous
SCI timens so not well to consider that while hey
are . gsaunp 10 save the freedman, 1t may De AZ
the expense OF those avs aud those instruments in
which his very safety Ieides, ami II theV are cur
ned past tie point OF moderation, IL Is well that
they should be Drought TO Reconsideration: 1hjse
laws of selfnerest, and 1 confess that look
chiefly 10 the great natural laws OF Goi IN humln
sfans-not hat there is no work for LEGISLATION no
work Tor voluBtary Curstlan charity aud muniti-
but ttnt, man IS made, these great laws of
pOihcal economy, the 0reat Hw Of iahor and
sutpI snd detnapd that works uncOnsciOusly,
at axe men WORK willingly, that teaches
thJm justice through the portal OF selisl-
Itss { Cse laws aIe hkelv to cOmpo,e the
best basis between tie ate mast'r and ATE slave.
NJ the ngh,s OF the lr edmtn could not De
better sCcursd tuan by the contea ment and
p.,s eTlty Of the Southern States. lt is im OssOle
u at The lack men oou fail 70 suffer from the mis-
itrlune Of Ile.r lat mas cls, have thus gwen my
eWs succincth, and they relate " the lbac,s /
ave. IOben as private citizen, as neither COnser-
vnliN / OF Radical Let me nexs CONSIDER the ques
ton OF the States ana the condilon of the south.
bo d that the southern States ought 10 De rein.
stated as puss be consistently with the public
lrteIest some delay is necessary, but 1t Is an evil
new rthel'ss Quickness is tang TO be desired,
ana delay thng to be depre Gated. 1t may not be
PhJ 10 90 u 10 day, II may not De best to do &c TO-
morrow, or next week, but the oblgltlon. the me-
ePssitY TO delay just so far evil hold that 1t
is bettr 4 We cOu do il, that these Siaies should
be brought III TO mo row. Allow me to say tlaG
cannot 20 either with the President nor Congress.
k e. them all out al once 4 you'd leC in part
al d let the rest wait and see how they liked 1t.
There is, no doubt great stumbling on this point.
IL Is sald 'lf ct IN Tennessee nat principle Will
le, iii all tho rest" like 10 see men found ther
&C ions good principles but there is such thing
as idOiatry ct plincile. woulo let IN Tennessee,
Alabama, and Georgia, and then when SOu.h Caro-
hba asks Sh' she also was no, admitted, wou
reply, "W ell just because | think tennessee Ala
bama and GEORGIA viii do best in tne Unt0n aud hat
SUu will do best outside, Tor time &C least" A
htt,e common sense this point would be very ad-
YantaPeOus. But 1t is said, we muse keep the
S a,es out till we have guarantees in regarh to the
freedmen, TO avery to the ayment OF 'he na'iona
debt TO secession and rebellion. Wen, as to sec9s
SION rebellion don't think there is much pro-
babLty That The oVuth Will AGAIN 20 wrong on tiose
POINTS As TO tue freedmen, is not the COnstl uton
a guarantee tor item? Is no the natural law If
labor ia the regenelated industry of the South
sufficient Ruaran,eef AS 10 the pubic debt, the
araUtee Tor that l. the act that the interests of all
the banks 10 the UT ion involved the
maintenance OF the national credit We have
ample guarantees on every point Tor The good
corduct OF the Souh. Bes des 1t is neces-
sary mat we should estabnsh local and reit
government all through the land hold 1T TO be
dangerous TO have power centralized. think the
most extraordinary thing of the present time Is
ths-Cont ress putting Iill, full of additional
powers, INTO the PIesiOents habds making h,m
stronger than any crowned monarch this side of
Russia, al d the President saying, mo L cannot
give my consent to a bill that makes me SO
strong" What il We had had tho President that
had sat there before our martyred Lincoln !
ould he hayevetoed IL because there too much
power? Wnat if we had had lh3 PTesdent before
HIN ?-would he have been thus honest? He may be
mistaken IN his Judgment, but am greatly mis-.
tas en- IN my udg ment of men; If since the earl est
and best days Of our Presidency. here has been q
man tEere who was more honest more single-
minded, al d who, without bias OF party, and with.
out bas OF any nd has tOus endeavoTea tU do that
which he thought TO be for the best interests the
couDtr, -ot the who country loud and ong-
continued applause mingled with lew hiss 81 1
hold that it would be q bad sign, however il he
should lass without criticism, or his paperS without
review It's dangerous TO have any man who is not
amenabe 10 the judgment OF the whole country,
and Pre- ident Johnfon is as much as any man. and
more, because he Is in a place Oh more importance
than any Oiher; but while you your citizen's
Liberty Of speech and OF judgment do not forget
that you have an able statesman and an honest man
in the char OF theEchle eI MAGISTRATE. ,Appause).
think there ought to be great Jealousy of accumu.
lat n DO the