Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-03-08
Tue Presidents Veto.

The President's Veto.
W.. j. lie e-ioFa..el policy Of the President
II the following extract from letter of Hon. Hor
ace MAYNARD OF Tennessee. in answer to an inyi,
tation 10 address, his fellow citizen. at Nashville
gives Us correct idea Of that policy, we are free
say that notwithstanding the hard icOrls given
AMI t.s,n by The Executive and cue Or two radi
c.s, there Is not only need 9. divorce between
tie Caief Magistrate and .oya, Congressman, but
every reason Why trey should seek points Of
agreement, rl;hsr than those OF difference. Who
will Join in the slogan Of this gallant Tennes.
sean. Let the Prtsercers OF the Nation be its
Ra!cT,.' BE-. acre Is the extract;
Is u .inelf, slso, 10 express our approval Of
what JON correctly say 10 now universally know as
the restoration policy OF the President. For il is
widely misunderstood, 1t least strangely misrep-
resented. We in Tennessee, friends and ioes,
can hardly fai! - comprehend Is. As the Military
G0SeFEoT VI our State, he adopted il with admit
tad success AL remember his scheme for the
county elections in March. 1864, the presidential
election IN November, and the constitutional cleo
tioI J.: February following. They we're he'd upon
the simple principle that the political power of the
State and the control Of the Government belong
ri-htfllly 10 The loyal people, and to them alone
a peruS,l OF his several preclsmaions would be
ies,ractive. From his IFpeaIed uIterances of this
semiaal principal oil political growth, ne may Sc
icct almost at random lin caii.uS 4 convention
10 restore the State, who shall restore aud sstab
lsh i'll Shall the man who gave lis means :nd
influence 10 destroy the Government Il lie to
participate in The great work Of reorganization
Shall he who brought tbs misery on the State be
permitted control its des;nicsl" Again. lie Says
'WhT ali his blood and caraaSel I; Was that
treason nigh, ve nut doan and traitors punished;
therefore, siy iraiielr should take back seat in
tle work of restoration. Ii .seTe should be but
Ave thou. lid men loyal 10 the COns.tution. loyal
10 freedom, loyal To justice, these true anu aiihiul
men sholiJ control The work o. reorganization IA.
reform alton, sbsouteiy" Sill more emphatic, il
yOss:ble, are his declarations made this very day
80 Committee from the Legislature of Virginia.
THE representatives of me States and of the
people should have the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution Of the United States. and
those qualifications most uneucstonaby imply
lcya!iv. lie who comes as representative, having
the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution.
70 i him 10 take seat in either of the deliberate
bodies with constitute the National Legislature,
rsIs. necessarily. according 10 the intention of the
Constitution. Re loy-i man; willing to abide by
All je devoted to tie uniec and the Constitution
o! Tie States"
L. going into tie recent rebellion or !nsurrcc-
zion &c inst the Gov Of the United STATES
you erred; and in returning and resumins our
lstc1, with The Federal Cos eminent. am free TO
cay That all the responsible positions and places
,xgtI ;s be eeasdrd distinctly aud clearly 10 men
who are loyal. IL there were ssiy Ave thousand
Loya. men In State, or q less number, bQt Egfi-
eient 10 take chIrgeef the political machinery Of
State; those FIVE thousand men, or a less number
are entitled TO il, if all the should be other
U.ie inclined, look upon j. as being fundamental,
that tie exercise OF political power should be con
1lei 70 the loyal men" After this there can be
no dispute as 20 rhs the Presidents policy really
10.
His language is neither ambiguous nor obscure
lis. in fact tie same policy adopted BY the North
Carolina fathers at the close of the revolutionary
~1- While they were enacting that ''all manner
OF treason misprisi'n Of treason, felony or INSIDE
-nesnors committed or done since the fourth day
OF July. IN the year Of our Lord seventeen hundred
and seventy six. by any person or persons rhatsv-
c.; be psrdoned, released and put into total obliv
!on;" they ~ the same time provided, al:o, that
nothing herein coSiaiE.e1 shall enttle any person
by his law 10 be received. to elect to be elected
90 say Office, civil or military" Maryland, and
perhaps some others Of the old thirteen dealt on,
similarly restricted generosity to their tories.
The condition Of the loyal Union people is little
better than under the drspa'-sm Of the Southern
CoEtedcracv. What that was, 20 ask our friends
81 Est Tennessee, East Tennessee il!uStrioIs in
her sorrow and the blood of her martyrs. Go to
the prison cells. where hundreds pinned in vr,:ch-
eincss, rather ,hin polute their souls by swearing
allegiance 10 power they condemned. Go TO the
CT bets. where the patriots Haun and Harmon. the
father nd the son, and Henshie and Fry, passed
.Ipwari along the shining pathway to glory.
There see wha: treason did in the pentituds Of its
power and what !. wants but the opportunity TO do
again Yes. by all means, let heartily, and
uthou. questi on, indo.se the Presidents policy,
and repeat his fundamental axiom that the exercise
at political power should be confined to loyal mer.
Gni,i ihe sounding words shall be echoed from eve
~ SaioG Mans hearth stone and rooi-trec in the
AMI Let tie rTeservers Of TIE nation be Is re-!
ere.
lacy sho Tor !CGr years conspiIei 10 destroy tie
'GcyernE-rst. If they sincere, will cheer
fuliT accept the measure of liberaty accorded 10
their North Carolina ancestors. They vii, volun-
farily. in the Ssngai.e of the President. "takc
ekek scat Les them have the benefit o! equal
laws. but take freza ..em, at once, the power and
temptation 20 rencv their assault upon the life Of
the:r : Ir:r--