The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-10


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questioned lnicr The existing run
.twcfion Of loynl tests, II is plain
that nn i%ndthuiiem permanent e,rlu
ion u any part Of The country from
representation must lo attended hy o
pirit NJ disquict and complaint II.
\ mnWisr and dangerous lo pursue o
course which will unite any lnrgc
.cction Of the country against another
section, no matter how much the lat-
ter mas predominant. The coursc Of
immigration, the development Of IN
lu-try and business and natural
cause- will raise up ut The South
people a. devoted to the Union as
those Of any part Of the land but
IL they are still excluded from Con-
gres- If IN permanent statute they
are declared not to be in full lonsti-
tutional relations to the country, they
may think they have cause to become
alicnatcd in feeling and sentiment
against the Government. Under the
political education Of the American
T people, the idea il inherent and irra-
! dicable that the consent Of the ma
iority of the whole is necessary TO IN
! sure a willing acquicsccnce in legis.
lation. The bill under consideration
refers to certain of the States as
: though they had not been fully re-
: stored to the United Statcs-and il
5 they have not, let rs at nee act to-
: gcthcr to insure that desirable end at
5 the earliest possible moment. II Is
/, hardly necessary for me to inform
G Congress hat in my own judgment
/, most of these States, 80 far as depends
, on their own action. have been fully
!, restored to the enjoyment Of their
: Constitutional rights rs members Of
: the Union. Reasoning from the con.
! stitution itself and from the actual
, situation of the country, ! feel not
only entitled hut bound TO assume
] that with the Federal Courts restored
= in the several States and in the full
{ exercise Of their functions, the rights
l and interests of NIL classes Of people,
! with the aid Of military in cases Of
I resistance to the law, will be esscnti.
u ally protected against unconstitutional
: infringement and restriction. Should
!. this expectation unhappily fail, which
| do not anticipate, then the Execu.
}, tive is armed with the power o
March, 1865, establishing a freed.
mems bureau, and thereafter, as here
toforc, he ran employ the land an'
naval forces Of the country, tn sup
d press instruction and 10 overcom'
distractions to the law.
b / return the bill to the Senate, il
earnest hope that a measurcinvolyin
Is questions and interests so importan
to the country will not become a law
, unless upon deliberate consideration
f. Of the people il should receive tn
n sanction Of enlightened public judg
ment.
re (SigncdD ANDREW JOHNSON,
p President.
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