The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-03-07

J tuteS one OF the 1unQamentaL elements OF LnlS
Government. The representatives Of the States
and of the people should have the qualifications
prescribed by the Constitution of the United
States, and those qualifications most unquestion-
| ably imply LOYALTY. He who comes as repre-
sentative having the qualifications prescribed by
| the Constitution to fit, him to take seat in Ell
| ther of the deliberatiEe bodies which constitute
the National Legislature must necessarily, accor-
ding to the intendment of the Constitution, be 8
! loyal man, willing to abide by and be devoted to
the Union and the Constitution of the States.
He cannot be for the Constitution, he cannot be
| for the Union, he csnnot acknowledge obedience
to all the laws unless, he is loyal When the
people send such men in good faith they are en-
titled to representation through them.
In going into the recent Rebellion or insurrec-
ton against the Government of the United States
we erred, and in returning and resun1ing our re-
lations with the Federal Government, 1 AIN free
to say that all the responsible positions and places
ought to be confined distinctly and clearly to
men who are loyal. Ifthere were only five thou
sand loyal men in State, or less number, but
sufficient to take charge of the political ma
| chinery of the State, those five thousand men or
the lesser number are entitled to it if all the rest
should be otherwise inclined, I look upon it as
being Fundamental that the exercise of political
| power should be confined to loyal men, and re-
gard that as implied in the doctrines laid down
in these resolutions and the eloquent address by
which they have,been accompanied. -.
may say, furthermore, that after having
passed through the great struggle in which we
| have been engaged, we should be placed upon
| much more acceptable ground in Fesunling all
our relations to the General Government, if we
presented men Enthusiastically and unquestionably
! loyal, to fill the places Of power. This being
r. A. A. 5o1, &C.
confidently in reference to the great mass of the
American people( when they will determine that
| this Union shall be made whole, and the great
right ofrepresentation in the Councils of the ma
| ton be acknowledged. Gentlemen, that is the
| fundamental principle. mo taxation without
representation" waseone of the principles which
carried US through the Revolution. This great
principle will hold good yet, and if We but per-
form our duty, if we but comply with the spirit
of the resolutions presented me to-day the Ameri-
| can people will maintain and sustain the great
| doctrines upon which this great Government was
inaugurated It can be done, and twill be done
and think that the effort be fairly and fully
made with forbearanee, and with prudence, and
| with discretion and wisdom, the end is not very
| far distant 1t seems to me apparent that from
every consideration the best policy which could
| be adopted at present, would be restoration OF
these States and of the Government upon correct
| principles. We hove some foreign difficulties !;
| but the moment it can be announced that the
| union of the States is again complete, that we
I have resumed our career ofprosperity and great
ness, at that very instant almost all our foreign
difficulties will be settled for there is power
upon the earth which will care to have a con-
troversy or a rupture with the Government of
the United States under such circumstances. If
these States be fully restored the area for the
circulation of the National currency, which is
thought by some to be inflated to a. very great
extent, will be enlarged, the number Of persons
| through whose hands it is to pass will be in
creased, the quantity of commerce in which it is
employed as medium Of exchange will be en-
larged, and then it will begin to approximate
what We all desire, specie standard. Hall the
States were restored, if peace and order reigned
throughout the land !; and all the Industrial pur-
suits, all the aTocations of peace were again
resumed, the day would not be very far distant
when we could put into the commerce of the
world $3.50, ,000,000 or $500, 100000 worth of
cotton and tobacco, and the various products of
Southern States, which would constitute IN part.
a basis of this currency. Then, instead of the
cone being inverted, we should reverse the po-
siton and put the base at the bottom, as it ought
to be, and The currency of the country will rest
on sound and enduring basis. And surely that
Is result which is calculated to promote the
interests, not only of one section, but. of the
whole country from one extremity to the other,
Indeed, + look upon the restoration of these
States as being Indispensable to our greatness.
Gentlemen, L know nothing further that
could say in the expression Of my feelings on
this occasion and they are not affected more than
to add that shall continue in the same line OF
policy which pursued from the commencement
r 1t Ill; iOA hV of.
forts have been to preserve the Union Of
the States. I have never for single moment
entertained the opinion that a State could
Withdraw from the Union of its own will.
That attempt was made. It has failed. I
continue to pursue the same line of policy which
has been my costant guide. was against dissou-
ton. Dissolution was attempted. Ithasfailed; and
now Iesnnot takeEthe position that State which
ATTEMPTED to secede is out of the Union, when
contend all the time that it could not 60 out and
that it never has been out, cannot be forced
into that position: Henoe, when the States and
their@people shah have complied with the require
ments of the Government, / shall be in favor of
their resumiRg their former relations to this
Governments in all respects. I do not intend to
say anything personal but you know as we'll as
do, that at the beginning of the recent gigantic
struggle between the different sections of the coun-
".
were extreme men North. I might make use Of
homely figure, which is sometimes as good as
any other, even in the Illustrations Of great and
important questions; and say thatit has been a
hammer at one end of the line and an anvil, at
the other. t.f T.. 3
=, And this great government, the best the world
ever saw, was kept npon the anvil, and it has
been hammered since the Rebellion, and there
seems to be a dispestian to continue the ham,
merng until the Government shall be destroyed.
I have opposed that system always, and1 oppose
it now. The Government in the assertion of its
powers and the maintenance of the principle Of the
Constitution, has taken hold Of one extreme, and,
and, with the strong arm of physical power, has
put down the Rebellion. Now, as we swing around
the circle of the Union, with fixed and un-
alterable determination to stand by it, if we find
the counterpart or the duplicate of the same
spirit that played to this feeling and these per-
sons in the South, this other extreme, which
stands in the way, must get out ofit, and the
Government must stand mistaken and unmoved
on its basis This Government must be pre-
served will only say, in conclusion, that hope
all the people ofthis country, in good faith and in
the fullness of their heart Will upon the princi-
pies which you have enunciated here to-day, Of
the maintenance Of the Constitution and the
preservation ofthe Union, lay aside every other