Maryland free press., 1866-08-23


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INV us 9. AM hostility on the fsrt ofPe
r,s,,, -e Ae'Ss$s Vi TUG nauoh"i goSefH-
e Suncusrens assiimony o. tl!9se oes; as
-. .e soauiteH. Oh SoeIiS " 'aae ahe
That of rs renresan,a,;sas z l ,;s sen iag
ht4blisles theAr thrf i,. .rrsat ma I ae, gIsfi
ern peoi,le accent .s;.k as FIJI ana s;.asra s,.l
mission as do fine nco,is ~ tLe 49, S,a,.s a.
re.est,.liisbeJ al s
ty, and arc prep,r.l In te n,ns, in,ai sn;r;, ana
With a Peal ouirL.nc ILL., h,, sh.:
their bride td co.oncra,a will oihor So, onJ
s. ctions In whatever MAY Inc nccess.rv "a a,.s.aJ
tit rights 'ienfain tbe honor md ggrro IN ,e
welfare of our ,urnnon' country g tt-,'-S
II .ITistSy hffatd{ Az ;ostsncs ,brt oooc,;,l, 10
powerful in pumbers in reso,,rcss and in p,n,;s
spirit, after war so long lir lis dufation, SO de-
;trucii,c in lis ,roor.ss 90 az Jr.r.D =; e..
issuc have n .cttT dsiso, a,,S Il, cas
with SO iliuth Of road e,;ih Ne bsT narf'S he
conduct Of The people iatsly IN ins,irreciion A
gains, the unitee si,ttts. Beyond ali alleetion.
this has been largely due 10 Tho wise oensrosity
with which their enforced surrender Wa accepi.
cd by the President cf tip Ifniicd States and the
generals in immediate coIpmapd of their armies,
and to the lii eral measures Which were afterwards
taken TO restore order, tranquility and law to the
States, wherea had for tlie time btc ov rthrown
No steps could have been better calculated 10
mand he respect, Tie eonlidtuec, revive the
PATRIOTISM, and secure the perniatert apd affec-
Tomato ailsStise bf'tha people Of the South to
the constitnlion nnd laws of the Union than
those whien haye been 50 firmly taken and so
stead lastly pursued by The President,of the Uni
ttd StHtes 'His" .;i',''H '''i u ,ti1"." <',.'l4
And If that confidence, and loy4lty have been
since impaired II the people Of Inc South are 10
day less cordial in their legi ince than they were
,,immedieteiy upon the close Of the war--we be-
lieve it is due to the changed tone of the lcpis!a
tive d. partnlcnt Of The general government to-
wards them; to the action BY which Congress has
cndeavored to suppant miii defeat The Presidents
wise and 6enehccnt policy OF restoration; 10 their
exclusion from all participation in our common
government; 10 the withdrawal from them of
| Fights conferred and guaranteed by the constitu-
ton, and 10 the evident purpose of Congress, in
the exercise ola usurped and unTaYfu! authority,
to reduce them from the rink of free and equal
members Of republic Of States, With rights and
disnitics unnpaircd, to'thc condition of conquer
cd provinces and Il conquered people. In all
things subordinate md subject, to the will OF
.heir eonquerors-free only to obey laws in max
| ing which they are not allowed to share =
No people has ever vet existed whose Iorss,.,
| and filth such Treatment LONG cont;nnod 49,,
not alneate and impair. and The ten n,iii;ons If
| Americans who live in Tie South would hs mn.
worthy citizens o. free count y. degenerate SON.
OF an heroic ancestry, nnlt ever 10 become en,,r.
dams of the rights and liberties beoueahed to nc
| BY the fathers and founders of tLis rennllic Il.
/ they could accept, with nncomplain;ng smhr,;s.
SION the humiliatons thus SOUGHT tn he ;nn.ass
cd upon them. Resentn,{n, of ipiustice Is aws..
and everywhere essential to freedom. and Nm
spirit which prompts the States and ,s,,,s o,.ir
in Instruction, but inslreent now M lnnear !,
protest againt The imposition of unins, and dS1
grading conditions, makes them alI tho NO.
worthy 10 share in The goyernmsnt IF a srso
commonwealth, and Gives sim iirmer sssnrsnc.
OF the future power and freedom of ,h. rs,rI,l;s
| For whatever responsibility the San,herp .n"o'
! pie may have incurred irresistinc The anihar;,y
Of the national government ani In taking nm
arms for its oye. throw, they may be held 70 an M
sw.r us individuals before the judicial tr;hnnai.
of the land, and for that sonduct as societies and
organized communities thew have already maid
the most fearful l,cnaItieytl can fall ON off,d-
ing States, in the losses, the suferinas and bu-
mutations Of unsuccessful war. -.
But, whatever may lie The guilt mr. tho nnn..h-
nett Of the conscious authors Of the nsurreetion
! candor and common Justice demand the con,ss,
| sion that tho proot p,,,s ,,c al, -. - 1890