The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-08-17

Friday Morning, August II, lssG

We publish in another column &
synopsis Of the inaugural address oi
Gov. Throckmorton, Of Texas From
q corraspondence besween James n.
Bell, Secretary Of the Stats of Texas,
and Mr. Seward, which We And in
the National Es:esaigeacsr, OF Tuesday,
weiearn thas the assembling Of the
Legislatnre Of that State, and the in.
auguration OF the Governor, was by
the express permission and sanction
of the President of the United States.
In his reply to Mr.. Bells inquiries,
Mr. Seward says: .3es>.-=--
s'The President directs me 10 say
that the Legislature OF Texas win as.
semb1e and organize ON the 9Th of
August, without hindrance. The
Governor elect MIR. Throckmorton.
viii be inaugurated ON the 9th, With
out hindrance. When you have re-
ported the organization and inaugu-
ration to this Department, by teie-
graph or otherwise, the Provisional
Governor will be relieved, and the
Government win be*sansferred to Che
elected authorities Uf Texas"
And thus has the work been COM
pleted; thus the Presidents pro-
sssmne Tor restoration fully carried
out; and thus, thank God, has come
to an end the last provisional Go
vernment" Of the Southern States of
this Onion. Now let us examine
what, the people Of the Southern
States have . right to expect ct the
hands Of President johnson, they
having performed, in every respect,
all that he required OF them. For
this purpose. We refer to, that part of
his annual message To- Congress,
which presents t. that body his plan
for the restora6on Of the Union, and
the requirements be made of the
sonthern States to render Chat work
eoanplete. In the: State paper re.
fesred to, the President says:
eThe next step which I have taken
to restore the Constitutional relations
Of the States has been an invitation
20 them to participate IN the hieh
Office OF amending the Constitution.
Every patriot must wish for general
amnesty at the earliest epoch consist
ent with public safety. For this
great end there is need of a concur
renee of opinions, and the spirit of
mutual Cancellation. All parties in
the late terrible conflict must work
together in harmony. It is not too
much to ask, in the name of the
whole people, that, on one side. the
plan Of restoration shall proceed in
conformity with Willingness to cast
the disorders of the past into obi
Won; and that, on the other, the evi-
dence OF sincerity in the future main
tenance Of the Union shall be put
beyond any doubt by the ratification
OF the proposed amendment to the
Constitution. which provides for the
abolition of slavery forever within
the limits OF our country"
And again, speaking of the amend
ment, he says:
Indeed it is not too much to ask
OF the States which are now resuminp
their places in the family of the
Union, to give this pledge of perpe-
tual loyalty and peace. Until it is
done, the past, however much we
may desire it, will not be forgotten.
The adoption Of the amendments re-
unites us beyond all power of disrup-
ton. 1t heals the wound that is still
imperfectly closed; it removes slavery,
the element which has so long per-
picked and divided the country: it
makes OF US, once more, q united peo-
pie, renewed and strengthened, bound
more than ever to mutual affection
and support
The people have done all REQUIRED
Of them. They have given in the
ratification of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, which pro-
vides for the abolition of slavery for.
ever;" that evidence of sincerity in
thefutu- 9 maintenance of the Union"
which is by that act put beyond any
doubt, and which constitutes what he
calls 'fpledge of perpetual loyalty
and peace"
In the first sentences of the ex-
tracts We have taken from the mes
sage he says, in substance, that 8