Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-24
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YSp esninsyef keep Ststss Sqs " Oils. Union,
never, no, never II We do not like them,
We may, In the words Of the old proverb,
"iump them. IA The present distrusts Of flu
Itafs ststss or ofexisting ststes have no sub.
staatikl ground They are bsgotten Of mis-
erable, psrishiug fears and fao.ions. Cali
fornia was suspected of secret or ultimate
complioity with slavery. All the men In the
Union knew the hard feelings her people en-
tsrtained us free soilers, who were their most
earnest advocates. We gave her ten years
Of pro-slayery, Democratic, rule. The ten
years are now up and she Is calm, perhaps
distrustfuI Of some Of as yet, because We
arr willing 10 admit the States that have
sinned and repented az she did
= ffsverth thing OF keeping out States by
jeint resolution Of Congress could have had
any chance Of permanent success, that time
has passed away. No stats has ever been
hindered In coming into the Union except
upon questions growing out Of the system Of
African bondage. But African bondage has
now gone 70 the dogs, and they have made
sure finish Of II Not even enough Of its
shriveled skin Or diiointed limbs remain 70
sharpen tho cupidity of the race that were
oncs called slsysholdsrs, or VI that other
race which was known TO the country as
''dough-fsoss." No State, therefore. will
ever, hereafter, be hindered or delayed in
coming back into the Union upon the ground
Of slavery. You may thinkthat the ire
sistible tendency TO union which have de-
scribed may have somsthiug alarming In il,
This would DO grayeerror. i think no such
thing. iasi'ff.r ...- 10. gaa sstr -.4
The people in any Territory won't to be a
Stats because II 10 o PLEASANT, thing and 4
good hing 70 have tho municipal powers
and faculties which belong to State within
the American Union, and 10 provide by its
own laws for the maintenance and security
Of life, liberty and properly. A Territory
Wants 10 be State and q member Of the
Federal Union because IL 10 o pleasant thing
aud o good thing TO have its protection
against foreign enemies. and to possess the
privileges and iumunities guaranteed to
Skats BY the National Constitution. / there
fore would not consent 10 hold State in a
Territorial condition, or 10 deny 1t the ad-
vantsges Of fellowship in tho Union day
longer than should be compelled. Nor do
see anything calculated TO excite alarm,
anything transoending the political ability
Of our statesmen, in the present situation Of
the freedmen. In the beginning, practical
ly, every State in the Union had slavery.
We abolished IL in several States without
disorder or civil commotion, until slavery
raised itself in rebellion against the Govern
ment Of the Union Whom it took that atti-
tude, We abolished it out and out, through
and through, completely and effectually, for
sVsr. This is what the American people
have had the sagscity and the courage TO do
In . period Of ninety years.
These American people are q great deal
better and . great deal wiser to-day than
they were ninety years ago. Those Of the
generation that Is now crowding us will be
great deal wiser and great deal better than
We who are on the stage to-day. Do think,
therefore, that we shall lack the wisdom or
the virtue to 60 right on and continue the
work OF nslioration and progress, and per-
fect In due time the deliyerance Of labor
from restrictions, and the annihilation OF
caste and class. We have accomplished what
We have done, however, not with an Impe-
rial Goysrnment-not with Pro-Consular
or Territorial system. We have done il in
States, by States, and through States, free,
equal, untrammelsd, and presided over by n
Federal, restricted Government, which will
continue to the end the constitutional prin-
eiplss with which We so wisely began. They
are settling the whole case Of the African in
the West Indies just as We are, and it will be
done with the same results and the same be-
nehcsnt effects. ..
W. s"sn Poho"eo ~ '"eeo
marks 10 the CONNECT Oh opinion between tne
PRESIDENT and Congress IN reierenoe 70 the
bureau Tor tue reiiet OF the freeamen anu
Refugees That CONNECT Is, In It's eonse
qusnses, oomParatiyely unimportant, and
would excite mite interest ana produce niue
aiVision IL II STOOD alone. IL because II
has become the occasion Tor revealing the
dinerenoes that l nave already described that
IL mas attained the Importance when seems
10 surround II. both tue fIes,cent anu Con
grsss agree that, dur'nB the oriel trahsitlon
winch the country Is making from eNil war
70 INTERNAL peace, tne reeamen ana refugees
ought not 70 be abandoned 6y 3he nation 20
pefseeuuon or suuer,ng AZ W." tTs 'n,'
transition Penoa tnaI tue bureau OF fteeu-
men was e,eatee py oonsre1, anu was RePt
hna Is SUI keptih sIsctNe operation Detn
tne PRESIDENT anu congress, on Tue otner
mana, agree that when that transition period
shall have bssn tnliy passed and the harmo-
NOUS reianons between the states ana the
Union iuuy restored that bureau would be
not only unnecessary, put uncoasntnuonai
dsmoraiizing,, and dangerous anu therefore
that II shonia cease 10 exist
Inc PRESIDENT thinks that the transiton
stage mas nearly passed. anu tnat me orBhai
provision Tor the bureau Is AL that Is heoes.
sary 10 secure Inc END In View' wnne the Dill
sunmnttea oy congress seems 70 nun 70 give
~ indehnite extension IN time oil peace ana
restoration. he vetoed u for that reason
no aeciines 10 accept, rs UNNECESSARY ana
uneaiisd Tor, the thousand or ten thousand
agents, the increased powers ana tne aug