Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-03

ththt tubt tno UTeehuoio teuuency to
union which I have described may have
some, hing alarming 10 II. This wuuld be
a grave error ihibk no spcb thing.
The people in any Territory want TO be =
State beeasse II Is q pleasant thing end q
good thing TO have The municipal powers
and faculties which belong TO a State with.
10 the American Union, snd 10 provide by
It's own laws for the maintensnce and secu-
ri'y OF life, liberty and property. A Ter.
| ritory wants 10 he State and o momber
OF the Federal Uoion becsuse II Is q pleas
ant thing and . good thing TO have it's
| protection against foreign enemies, on
10 possess the privileges and immunties
guaranteed to a State by the National
sent 10 bold q State In o Territorial con
dition. or to deny It the advanto oges of fel.
lowship IN the Union o day longer than
should be compelled. Nor do / see
anything calculated TO excite alarm, any
thing transcending the political ability Of
our statesmen, in the present siiua,iop Of
the freedmen. In The beginning, practically.
every State in the Union had Slavery.
We abolished II 10 several State. wirhou,
disorder or civil crmmo,ioD, until Slavery
rsi,ed itself 10 rebellion against the Goven.
ment OF the Unlon. When II took that
attitude, we abolished it out and ont.
,htouph and through, completely and
eftc,ually forever. This ia what the A N.
ericsn people have bad the ssgacity and
the courage TO do 10 q period of ninety
yeaIs. These American people are great
deal better sDd u great deal wiser to day
than they we're ninety years sgo. Those
Of the generation that is new crowding us
will be q great deal wiser and great de al
better than we who ore on the stsge to.
day Do / think. therefore. thatwe shall
lack the wisdom or the virtue to 90 right
on and continue the work OF melioration
and progress. and perfect in due time The
deliversDce Of labor ficm restrictions and
snuihils,ion Of caste and class. We have
accomplished what we have done, however,
not with an Imperial Govcrnment--no not
with Pro-Consular or Territorial system.
We have done il in States. by States, and
through States. free. tqusi, untrsmmeled,
and presided over by Q Federal, restricted
Government. which will couiinue to the end
the constitutional principles with which
We so wisely began They arc settling the
whole case of the Afaican in the West
lrdies jnst ss We are aud il will be done
with the same resuls and the same benefi
cent effects.
have not given prominence in these &c.
marks TO the couhict OF opiuion between
the P'esid,nt aud Congress 10 reference
to the Bureau for The relief OF freedm
and refugees. That conflict is, in its con-
sequence, cowparsti sely unimportan,, and
would excite little interest aud produce lit.
tie division IL il stood alone. 1t is because
il has become the occasion for revesiing
tbe differences that have already described
hat it has attained the Importance which
Sc ms to surround it, Both the President
aud Congress agree that, during the brief
transition which the country is making
from civil war TO Internal peace, the freed.
men snd refugees ought not be sbandoued
by the no lou TO persecution and suffering.
1t ives for this transition period that the
Bureau Of F. eedmeu was created by Con.
gress, and was kept ard is sill kept in Il.
feciive operation. Both the President and
Congress on the other hand, agree that
when that transition period shall have
latiODs between the States and the Uni on
fully restored. that bureau would not only
be unnecessary but unconstitutional, demor
slz'ng and dangerous, and ther efore that it
should cease 10 exist. The President
thinks that the transition stage has nearly
passed, and that the original provision for
the bureau is oil that is necessary to
secure the end in view while, the bill SUBJ
mitted by Congress seems TO him to give
1t Indefinite ex cDsiOD In time of peace aBd
restoration. He oed il for that reason.
He declined TO accept, es unnecessary and
for, the thousand or ten thousand agents.
the increased powers aud the augmented
treas re which Congress insists on placing
10 his hsnd.. Congress. on the other haLd
thinks that the Freedmeb's Bureau is not
adequate, aud that more patronage, more
money and more power. would. like Thom.
pson's door plate, purchased at auction by
Mrs. TOodies. be u good thing TO have in a
house. / Iogree with the President in the
hope that the extraordinary provisions
which The bill makes will not be necessary,
but that the whole question may lie sim
pii6ed by a simple references 10 the existing
Law. TIE law Of March 3, 1865, which
created the + eedmeu's Bureau, provides
that It shall eOntiDue 10 force during the
wsr Of rebellion and u full year thereafter.
When does that gear expire In tbe
Presid snt's judgment, as l uDderstsn the
matter, The war Of the rebellion has been
coming aud 10 still coming 10 on eud,
bot is not yet fully closed. II is on this
ground that be main, aims 40 army, continues
the suspension Of the writ OF habeas corpus
and exercises martial law, when these
things are found to be necessary in rebel
S ties. The existence of The rebellioo was
legally annOnnced by Executive proclama
iisn in 1851 The emo of the rebellion
ought TO be. snd may be expected TO be,
aonouGcdd by COMPETENT declaration OF the
President, aud Of Congress, or Of both.
For oil practical purposes, The rebellion
will. In Law come 10 an eDd if the President
or Congress. one or both, oficially 40
1Ounces its termination. Now, suppose this
announcement to be made by the Presideu,
aud by Congress, or by either Of them,
10 morrow. 10 that case, the Freedmea's
Bureau 10 continued by virtue of the lin.
itstion prescribed in the act Of March 3,
1865. one year after such proclamation
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