Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-02-16

Will De increased, the quantity OF commerce
in which tits to be employed as medium of
exchange viii be enlarged; and then it will
begin to approximate, what we all desire, a
| specie standard If all tie States were re-
stoied-if peace and order reigned through
out the land, ~ re industrial pursuits,
| all the avocat were again resum-
ed-the day be far distant when
we could put. r. pmerce of Id
$3.50 ,ouo, a. loco, coy Pof
cotton and ,21thc various, IS
tute in part.a basis |currency Then
instead Of the cone beng inverted, we should
reverse the position, and put the base at the
bottolal< nlght to be, and the currency
5 52s2 h. ;15,d,s q 'a, result
not only # one section but Of the whole
country from one extremity to The other. =
Indeed look upon till restoraton of these
States as being indispAnsablvto ali our great
ness.
THE souGuEhN STATES NoT CUT OF THE UNION
/ know nothing further that
& 5e expression Of my feelings
on 9 and they are not effected
-molgQ - 10 add that | shall continue in
the same line of policy which have pursu-
ed from the commencement of the rebellion
to the present period. My efforts have been
to preserve the Union of the States. new
er for single moment entertained the opin-
ion that State could withdraw from the
Union of its own will That attempt was
made. It has failed I continue to pursue
the same line Of policy which has been my
constant guide. | was against dissolution.
Dissolution was attempted. It has failed.
And now l cannot take the position that
State which attempted to secede is out of the
Union, when I contend all the tine that it
could not 90 cut, and that it never has been
out I cannot be forced into that position
Hence, when the States and their people
shall have complied with the requirements Of
the Government, shall be in favour of their
resuming their former relations to this Gov
eminent in all respects.
| do not intend to say anything personal,
but you know as well as | do that at the be-
ginning, and, indeed, before the beginning
Of the recent gigantic struggle between the
different sections Of the country. there were
extreme men South. and there were extreme
men North / might make use Of a homely
figure, (Which is sometimes as good as any
other, even in the illustration of great and
important questions,) and say that it has
been hammer at one end Of the line and an
vii at the other; and this great Government
| the best the world ever saw, Vas kept upon
the anvil and hammered before the rebellion,
and it has been hammered since the rebellion;
and there seems to be disposition to contin-
ue hammering until the Government shall
be destroyed. I have opposed that system
always, and / oppose it now.
A SLAP AT THE RADICALS
The Government, in the assertion of its
powers and in the maintenance of the princi-
pies of the Constitution, has taken hold of
one extreme, and with the strong arm Of
physical power has put down the rebellion.
Now, as we swing around the circle Of the
Union with a fixed and unalterable determi-
nation to stand by it, j re find the coanter-
part or the duplicate Of the same spirit that
played to this feeling end these persons IN
the South, THE other ertrenaesp,sich stands IN
the ray mast ger out Of At. and the Govern
ment must stand mistaken and unmoved on
IT'S basis. The Government must be pre-
served
will only say, in conclusion. that hope
all the people of this country, in good faith
and in the fullness Of their hearts, will, upon
the principles which you have enumerated
here to day, Of the maintenance Of the Con-
stitution and the preservation Of the Union,
lay aside every other feeling for the good Of
our common country, and with uplifted faces
to heaven swear that CIR Gods an] eur affairs
and all shall sink in the dust together rather
than that this glorious Union shall not be
preserved. Great applause. / am graft
fed to find the loyal sentiment Of the country
developing and manifesting itself IN these ex-
pressions and now that the attempt to des
troy the Government has failed at one end
Of the line, trust we shall 60 on determined
to preserve the Union in its original purity
against all opposers. I thank you, gentlemen,
for the compliment you have paid me, and
respond most cordially to what has been said
in your resolutions and address, and l trust
in God the time will soon come when we can
meet under more favourable auspices than
we do now.
INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMITTEEMAN.
Mr.. Baldwin then resumed as follows:
Mr. President As an assurance that
we represent the sentiment of the State, I
beg leave to introduce to you the members
Of the committee, and to name the parts of
the State from which they. come, in order
that you may be certified that this is a fair
representation Of all parts of Virginia. |
introduce to you Mr.. Keen, the Senator
from Pittsylvania; Mr.. Joynes, the Delegate
from Petersburg; Mr.. Carter, Senator from
the county of Russell; Mr.. Marshall, Dele
gate from the county Of Fauquier; Mr..
Gray, Senator from the county Of Rocking
ham; Mr.. Pendleton, Delegate from the
county Of Giles Mr.. Grattan, delegate from
the city of Richmond. We claim this to be
fair and equally distributed representation
of the people of Virginia.
CONCLUSION OF THE INTERVIEW.
As the several members were introduced,
the President took each one by the hand
and then added as follows, in manner