The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-12-11

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SION SAP ~ De eeaE
Jb, fiuIiuu ol Tia United atat
mako itthc duty 3 the .Psoaa,attprc
ommend to the consideration % Con.
4fes ach measures IS he ahaIl iudgg
nece saly gr eXpgheut ! know q no
measure upgutNelydemauu
every consideration Of national interest
sound policy and equal justice than tic
admission 81 loyal members from tht
now unrepre euted states This Would
cous1mmate thevNk 81 uo-torlou,aud
ezeti q most saluatory influence Ia the
establishment d peace, harmony md
iraternal feeling Ii would tend great
~ 10 renew the confidence Of the Amer
icAn people III tic igor and Stability %
their institutions Itwoudb bind is more
closely together as . nation, and enable
us to show to the world tic inherent and
recuperatiye power ct q Government
founded upon the viii of the poople,md
established upon thoWinciplesof liberty
justice and intelligence. Ouriucreasud
strength and enhanced prosperitvwould
iTeiUgably demonstrate tie ialluey Of
the arguments against free institutions
drawn from aur na ational disorders by
She enemies OF republican government
The admission Of loyal members from
the states now excluded from Congress.
by aHaying doubt and apprehension,
would turn capital, now awaiting an OPP
pmtuuity for Investment, into the cham
nels Of trade and industry II would
alleviate the present troubled condition
OF those states, andby inducing emigra-
ton, mid in tho settlement Of fertile rc-
gious now uncultiyated and lead to an
increased production Of these staples
which have added 80 greatly TO the
wealth of the nation and the commerce
of the world New fields Of cnterprize
would beopened to our progressive peo-
pie, and soon the dcyastatIons of.war
would be repaired, and MI traces Of our
domestic differences eilaced from the
minds Of orr comtrymen.
IL om efforts to preserve the unity
Of government which constitutes Us one
people, by restoring the states to the
condition which they held prior to the
rebellion, we should be cautious, lest
having rescued cur nation from pelil8 Of
threatened disintegratiou We resort to
consolidation and il the end absolute
as q remedy for the rccur-
renee Of similar troubles Tie war hay
ing terminated, and with it all occasion
for the exercise Of powers Of doubtful
coustituti0nahty, we should hasten to
bring legislation Witllin the boundaries
prescribed by tie Constitution, and. to
return 70 the ancient landmarks estab-
hsGcd hy cur fathers for the guidance Of
generations, The Consti-
tuition which ut any time exists, until
by an explicit and authentic act
Of the whole people, is 8acredly obGga-
tory upon all 'If, III the opinion Of
Tie people, tie distribution OF modifca-
ton Of the constitutional powers be, in
any particular, wrong, let it be correct
elby an amcndmentin the way in which
.he Constitution dcsimates. But let
there be no change by usu1pation; for
1T is the customary weapon by which
lcc governments are destroyed " Wash
ngton spoke these words to his coun-
rymen, when, followed by their love and
gratitude, ,heyuluntarily retired from the
ares Of public life 10 keep in all
.hings within the paIc Of our eoustitu-
ional powers, and cherish the federal
Union as the only rock Of safety, were
prescribed by jefferson as rules Of ac-
ion to endear TO bis "countrymen the
rue principles OF their Constitution and
lromotea union of sentiment and action
.qually auspicious otheirhappiness and
saiety" Jackson held that the action
# the general government should AZ
Ways be strictly confined To the sphere
If its appropriate duties and justly and
oreibly urged that our government is
lot tobe maintained nor our Union pre-
gyed "by inyasions Of the rights and
ioYcrs Of the several states. In thus
to make ON gcucralgoycIu-
mont strong, We makcit weak. IFS true
Uength consists 81 leaving individuals
nd states rs much as possible to thcm-
elves; ia making Itself felt, not In its
,ower, but ia It's bencfcience lot in its
ontral but IN its protection not iu
lnding tie states more closely to tle
entcl, but leaving each to move mol
tuuctcd ia rs propcr constitutional @-
.it These ala fhe teaebirae ef mon