Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-04-06

THE PEs1DEsTs PRocLAMATIos.--O the I'd
instant, President JOHNSON issued his procla-
nation, declaring that the war is at an end
that the authority of the General Government
is restored-and that the Southern States are
entitled to political equality with the rest
This document is an additional proof that the
President is endeavoring to rescue the gov
eminent and the liberties OF the people from
the grasp OF such destructives as Sumner,
Stevens, and their uDprincipled followers. it
consists of various proclamations of President
Lincoln, declaring that the States named in
them were n a state of Instruction, and call
ing on the people to restore the authority of
the government in those States. 1t recites
several resolutions passed in Congress, set
ting forth the views of the government in re-
lation to the war, one Of which, passed by the
House of Representatives, on the 22d of July,
1861, is in these words: That the present
deplorable civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disunionists of the Southern
States, now in revolt against the Constitu-
tional Government and in arms around the
Capitol. That in this national emergency
Congress, banshing all feelings of mere pas
sion or resentment, will recolect only its duty
to the whole country. That this war is moi
waged, on our part, in any spirit of oppres-
sion, nor for any purpose of conquest or sub
jugation, nor for the purpose of overthrow
Ing or interfering with the rights or estab-
lished institutions of these States, but to de-
fend and maintain the supremacy of the Con-
stitution, and to preserve the Union, with all
its dignity, equality, and rights of the several
States unimpaired; and that as soon as these
objects are accomplished, the war ought to
cease"
The President then states that there is no
armed resistance to the government in these
States that the civil law can be easily en-
forced, and that the people are well and 10y
ally disposed toward the government. In
view of this state Of affairs, the President
thought it his duty to proclaim the war at an
end, in spite Of those peStilent factions, who,
for their own purposes would keep the coun-
try in continual turmoil and disorder.
In his proclamation the President takes oc-
casion to make some excellent remarks, which
show his partially to the doctrines Of the old
Jeffersonian States Rights party. For in
stance, he says, ''that the Constitution of the
United States provides for constituent COM
munities only as States and not as terrific
ries, dependencies, provinces, or protecto-
rates" And again, he says, Standing ar
mics, military occupation, martial law, mill
tary tribunals, and the suspension of the pri-
vilege of the writ Of habeas corpus, in times of
peace, endanger the public liberty, are incom-
patible with the individual rights of the citi-
zen, contrary to the genius Of our free insti-
tutions, and exhaustive of the national re-
sources, and ought not, therefore, TO be al
lowed except for cases Of actual necessity, for
repelling invasion or suppression of insur-
rection or rebellion"
But what shall we say of the Radical faction,
who now oppose every measure tending to
Union and peace During the war Union
was the cry with which they stimulated the
people to give up their lives and fortunes to
sustain the Government. Scarcely an address
of any kind was made to the people that was
not filled with love for the Union; but now,
when Union is offered on their own terms,
they scoff at and reject it But the truth is,
these Radicals never did wish for Union, as
our forefathers made it; they wish to destroy
1t and to plant in its place despotic govern
ment of banks and manufacturing monopolies,
which would enable them to plumber the
earnings and ride rough shod over the labor
ing classes.