St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-21

temple. crushing uu!er is pon,lerou:
wheels the very yit;(, q trua -An IN =
pu5.eaaisati-
D4r, MIR Speakr both $ Is. III south
cru and northern States. pretend 10 be
anx.oTs I feel coldient. under the CIR
cumstances N which they are placed, thu
southern States are willing ~ enter again
irsto the compact, and be suLicc. 70 rhe old
Constitution of the Eait2l Sra.es. Il was
not the Constitution they fell on. with, bu'
the pe1version Of it bv their northern asSo-
ciates and their persistent designs - viH-
la,e and destroy important rights which
we're secured by that Instrument. Thos'
rights have been destroyed and "an never
again be source If diseord between the
North aDd the South. Slavery has becu
abolished, and the seeded States have ac-
quicscei in it: and the negro Is placed in
the position which YOU desired hinf to have
when You provoked this war. L asonizai
YOU to think that he should be subjected
TO compulsory and uncompcn afed labor.
and your agony ha~ becn rcmored. The
idea Of the free white n5rtherucr> working
by the side of or III view of a negro slave
in The Territories of the Union, which
seemed to horrifv you, can row bavc no
place in your minds, and your people AMI
the free negro can min-le togethcr both
socially and politically, in manner to
suit your tastes This is the full extent
of your expressed desire; and why, when
you have all you desired when the war
broke out, do you now throw obstacles in
the way of reunion? You even protcssed
to go 10 war for the Union and now, when
! free ntgroism is obtained and union is Of
tered, YOU refuse it, and decide It to'bc
highly important to use the negro IN varl-
Gus otter phases for the purpose OF enab-
ling you still further aud still longer to
Cypress your brethren Of the South. You
wish to use him as lever IN order to in
crease and preserve your own overgrown
political power and diminish that of the
South without in the least cfecting any
improvement i'll the condition Of your pre-
tended pet You know your proposed
amendment of the Constitution cannot be
| adopted if the southern States shall vote
againstit, and l think you must believe
that it will never receive their assent.-
You eau never hope fer such result, and
they would deserve to be slaves should they
aid in Bringing it about They will reject
with scun the terms of your proposed am
nesty, and will await awhile the calm and
considerate action Of the people OF this
country to aid them in again honorshly
| becoming members of this Union. You
must answer to your people why it is -
What is to be gained, under the clrcum-
stances, by keeping those out whom you
are unwilling shah stay out, and who are
willing to come in? You will certainly
not try to humbug your constituents by
Pretending to any fear of the physical
strength 81 the South The eonfederacy
has not under its control a single cannon,
single muskct, or single round of ann
munlilon.
You will still further strive to allay the
desire of the rcopie for an early reunlon
by urging what suppose weighs most
/ heavily upon your minds If we lef m
the South, you urge, they, together with
our political 6ppouerts, the Democrats,
with VIXEN We fear thoy will unite, may
be in 4 majority in Congress, and may be
able to prevent we Republicans from pas
sing such laws as may suit our purposes,
and worst of all, may defeat our candidate
for the Presidency. If your constituents
to whom YOU urge these considerations
are as shrewd as they have the character
Of being they will soon penetrate the thin
mask thrown over your solhShness, and
! infer that the man who could urge such a
reason either expected to he President hn-
srlf or to hold some good fat Office within
his appointment Aud if, too, your con
itucnts are as intelligent and patriotic as
Won claim them to be, they would tel you
that if the people Of the southern States
when admitted, shall, with the northern
Democrats. be able to thwart your solilsf
and ambitious views in this respect, It VII
be in perfect accord Wi h the provisions o1
our Constitution and form OF government
and they will further say that the motives
| that opcra,e upon YOU. il carried int" prac-
tice. are a complete overthrow OF the iun
damcntal principle of our Government
that 4 majority Of the people should have
something to say in making or preventing
the making oflaws, or in elcctlHga presldcn
But YOU will further urge that IN sucI
4 condition of things they may repudlate
the public debt. 'FIIis your lnteiilgen
constituents will say is not a sufficient rea
son if tr~1e, because if the people OF TIM
country. in proper constitutionsl mode
shall declare that this debt shall not b,
paid, they have the power to say 50; an
it is not because the bonds are all hc''
North that they should not have ami exer-
else this right if they choose It Is no
the only debt by several that the peopl'
have repudiatets and are likely to repudI
ate Besides these bonds cost many he
hold them comparatively trittIng sum. :
Cannot the northern and southern people
he will say. with the view of living II
peace and good fellowship, put their head
tocctbcr and devise some plan by "hici
this evil shall be obyiated? The resource
of this country are enormous. Iro0ahi,
an increase OF the debt, with dlmlnutiol
of the interest, mi ght have tendency {
trengthen the security and improve tn