Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-04-27

civil rights Bill is denounced as an agrarian
law to plant the black race, and sIpplant
the white, and make a new government,
with an army to enfol ce it, over the pros,
trate States of the South. a~
The following are the concluding para.
graphs of the address. 81
1t is obvious from the course of Cong
ress, as already manifested, that it means
to maIntaln its powers now held over the
National Government, and tyranny over
Fthe South, by the new use to which the,
African population is to be converted
Mr.. Seward made this evident when he as
serts in his speech tLat giving them the
franchise would defeat the weight Of the.
South III the Government 1t is clearly
the design Of the measures already broach-
| ed to subordinate the South to the North,
as Ireland is subordinate to England. by
the distractions and hostilities that inevita-:
bly, arise between two distinct nations,
brought to confront each other in the same,
state ard government, asserting an associ-
alton on terms OF an equality which the
nature, habits, preiudices,. the very FORMS,
complexion, as well as the education and
st0tns OF the races In the Government,
from its origin to this hour, render incom-
patlble. Eng land has her Orangenen and
Irlshlnen III eternal strife, and arbitrates.
between them with the sword It is the
policy OF our rump Parliament to produce
the same reactions between the two Sec
tons OF our country, instead OF the happy
Union which Lincoln and Johnson have
iabored to renew
The Congress is now revolutionary
convention. The Presidents comment on
the scheme it proposes is as Just as that in
which be rebuked Davis and his followers.
when they abandoned the Senate to broach
the extinct rebellion. He raised his warm
Ing voice then against their designs in the
speech which he made Ia the presence Of
the conspirators. He characterized their
crime by the name with which the whole
world now brands it. The johnson Club,
now inaugvated, predicated its political
action on the princi pies and policy avow-
ed In his messages, and on his views of the
schemes of enemies of the Governm ent
disclosed in his speech of the 22d of Feb-
which may be considered prophecy. He
says:
The rebellion is put down by the strong
arm OF the Government, but we are hard
~ out of the rebellion before we are al
most in the midst of another rebellion.
There is an attempt to concentrate the
power of the Government iu the hands,
of few. and thereby bring abont CON-
so]idation which is equally dangerous and
objectionable with separation. We find
that in effect, by an irresponsible central
/ directory, nearly all powers Of Govern
ment are assumed, without ever consulting
the legislative Or executive departments
fefthe Governnsent,b by resolutions reported
4 by. the committee upon whom all the
'|legislative power Of the, Government has.
been conferred That principle in the
Constitution which authorizes and en-
powers each branch of the legislative
department to be jadged of the election.
and qualification of it's own manners has
been virtually taken away from those.
! departments and conferred upon a COM.
tnittee, who must report before they can.
!, act under the Constitution and allow
members, duly elected, to take their seats
/ by this rule they assume that there must
!, be laws passed that there must be recog-
i milton in respect to the State in the Union
with all it's practical relations restored, be-
ffore its representatives are admitted. =
!. stand to day prepared, SO far as I can,
i tosresist these sencroachmeats npon the
4 Constitution and Government. t's~i1 v,si.
fI e~.'s = MONTGOMERY BLAIR, ,-9as.s
4 sd y'a .se ssssTsS - s'a = President. SO
! CHAs. MAsoS, Corresponding Secretary.
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