The Vicksburg weekly herald. [volume] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1864-1867, 1866-06-02

u lM fH# un fM
people OF IBaa
uho inllrRelela 10 Gle Prov taa.
Governor Of that State exhibit ia
system and HHiaeiniag hReaaglhEI By
ihe President Cor the subsidiaries
81 civil authority Co place Of uni
verzai military rule gu thainrrFrec-
4ie Ia this tive
Rd by the pIaaAma-
a4asaR Ne 3nuBfdont knstrugt-
f5fth9 ~ sneclal n6tlce (:
ihnl lie efganlEiaH paRer g
specially and absolutely restored q
people Wa ~ loyal a tfd Uni-
! tea Sttles, and nai Offers This Il
vested IN the house. Oh CeukTgss b
Judge of the electioh retaras aud
| Qualifications e ifs own menbsHs,
the President hasc0nfOfmed to the
| plain letter Of che Constitution, Il
being the function Of each house To
Judge Of the eleetiOn FetRFns and
MITIGATION Of its own members.
Tile obligation i Implied 0E taking
testimony, weighing evidence, and
deciding the qustion Of member
slip. a.
"What testimony has been taken,
or what evidence has BEEN present-
ed on tho question 10 eitaieF branch.
Of Congress- or what judgmeRtis to
be given, is not known % me /; nor.
have I the right Of ihquirlHfl rBe@
sides the steps taken BY the Execu-
tive TO restore the ,ConstitHtiOnal re-
lations Of the States, his annual mes
sage called tie attention of Congress.
10 the neeessity Of insGring the Sc
gafitFOf Me freedmeH reminding
ougreas hat whIleh he had nodOubt
that the General Governments aOnldl
not extend The elective franchise, Il
IL equally clear TINT good laith re-
lbs ind Alla pr
right 70 lhbor aud uieiF
claim Aust return for tliel b0r
and observing further ihAtthG e8nn-.
try Il IN need of labeB aud that tho,
freedmen are in need Of eHptoyr
ment and protection. IRconnsctiOht
with tie subject, the Rrdsfdeht fur
ther remarks that slavery was Gs-
senfiallya monopoly Of labor. and
as such leagued the States where IL
prevailed against the incoming Of
free industry.
"The free laborer wac the proper
ty of tho capitalist while the mah
was excluded from employment or
had but the second best chance Of
finding it, and the foreign emigrant
was turned away from the region
where his condition would be so
prOcariOus, &c. These views Of the
President In relation to fhe freed
men receive aud continue 10 re-
! ceivC my hearty concurrence. They
have guided the action 0ft6e War
Department, and were Substantially
} advocated Id its annual report ms
what | believe and honestly desire
TO conform to. q,
"a bill was passed by Congress
regulating the Frecdmens Bureau
but the provisions Of tho bill did
not meet the presidents approval.
He believed the power conferred
upon him, and upon agents to he
appointed BY him, TO be unwise and
unconstitutional concurring In the
object of the bill, aud regarding the
power rs temporary, and would be
safe in his hands. | advised its APP
proval, but 1t having been returned
to Congress with the Presidents
objections, and having failedrto get
the needttl support il is no lOhgera
. Twin: m.asure, nor the subject OF
j oi. y. O, a difference Of opinion.
p. n e. congressional mahsnrc.
c.4pu SO civil Rights Bill, has
bren t.o uujeet Of conflict. That
bill, am a Jaw, has for It's object
the sccuril Oh civil rights In the in
surfcctioaary states. IL was we'll
observed by the President, in bis
annual message, that peaceful emis
! grafton To aud from that portion OF
the country, the Southern States, Is
| one Of the bOst means that can be
| thought Of for the restoration of
! harmony. Its possible interference
with such emigration was the clief
objection 10 military rule, aud By
some II is thought that the inhuchcd
Of class legislation in favor Of slave.
holding monopoly, heretofore OK
listing in the Southern States, would
be strongly excited to prevent the
peaceful emigration into these
States, aud would exclude the 10
boring population of the North
from that soil of exuherant fertility
aud friendly climate OF that pro-
duCtive region embracing eight or
nine States nearest the Gulf Of
Mexico, and that hence civil rights
In these States should be Vigilnnlly
protected by Federal laws and Fed
cral tribunals. Although the Meas-
ures enacted by Congress for this
purpose failed to receive the kxecu-
tive sanction, yet, having been adj
hGrcd TO by IA twO-thifds vote In
each House, they have now passed
To tho statute book, and ceased to
he u subject Of debate.
"Auother measure, or series of
measures, Ofprime importance, now
pending before Congress, merits a
briOf remark, namely, tue plau OF
restoration, or reconstruction, as Il
is sometimes called. TO the plan
reported by the joint committee |
have not been able TO give my vs.
sent. II cOntemplaIes an amend
mcnt to the Federal Constitution,
the third section of the proposed
article being in these terms. tQuO-
ted. II is urged by the abettOrs OF
this plan that this third section is
the vital que, without which the
others are of no value, lts eFclu7
sive action will, nodOubt, commend
Il to tie feelings Of many as u wise
and just provision, but lam HIlable
SO TO regard 1t, heeause for fOHr
ycars It bids Congress to exclude
from voting for Representatives of
the Presidential electors all persons
who Voluntarily adheied to the late
Instruction, giving II aid aud com
fort, .'... .5..
I mo matter what may BIZ the con
ditiOn OF the country, nor what
proof Of present aud future loyalty
NAV bo piyon. an absolute bar is 10
be erected for four years against II
large class of persons. Change OF
circumstances and condition often
works a rapid change IN party aud
political sentimenlA, aud nowhere
with moro marked result than In.
tllc South. II Is believed that the