The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-16

NV. tAMNIlllllSS titil eo Will oo lii't1
will tond to strengthen the resources of
our country. I sympathize with you,
and I trust and hope your efforts will
succeed and extend as our country is re-
stored and peace returns.
10 these remarks Captain Ward re-
spondcd:
We believe, Mr.. President, that the
constant drain upon us and our resour-
ces is the vast importations that come
from England. We believe that that
drain will produce very disastrous re-
suits unless the present tariff is increas-
ed. So far as tho currency is concern
cd, if it is greatly reduced we believe it
will result in disaster and bankruptcy.
Mr.. Johnson: AS I have remarked, if
VIC restore the Government, and thus in
crease the demand for articles, our cur
rency will be placed upon q frmer ba-
sis. I think this does away with all ar
gument for diminution of the amount
Of circulation
But there is one thing of paramount
consideration. Let us have'a Govern
mcnt. Let us have q united people !;
then we have got a Government.
Mr.. E. B. Ward. Mr.. President, we
are all laboring under the belief that we
have q Government.
Mr.. Johnson. Then let us have a
whole Government. Then we have got
a wider area for everything to be carried
on in.
The several members of the Assooia-
ton were then respectively introduced
to the President by Captain Ward, and
Immediately thereafter retired.
TIE COMMITTEE FROM THE MEETING
HELD IN BALTIMORE.
The President was waited upon on
the 1st instant by committee of gen
tleman bearing the resolutions Of the
immense meeting held in Baltimore, to
sustain him in the general policy Of his
administration.
Lieutenant-Governor Cox addressed
the President substantially as follows:
We come sir, as representatives Of a
monster mass meeting assembled in the
city of Baltimore, through the almost
spontaneous act Of the people, on the
night of the 26th Of February, to en-
dorse your policy and sustain your
administration. In the State Of Mary
land all parties are merged i'll one
grand party to sustain the course of the
Executive, and we can give you full as
s1,rance that no State contains within
its borders more of your friends. In
credible as it may seem, unheard Of be-
fore as it is, without any preparation at
all, and at time only a few months
removed from the bloodiest civil war
on record, the people assembled i'll a
monster meeting, spontaneously, to en-
dorsc you.
1t was thought expedient- was
Thought necessary to give some such
public encouragement, through the
masses, that the President might be
strengthened. Loving the Unioll-re-
vering tile Constitution, we extend to
you cordial support believing that
this Government mover had q firnler
friend OF stouter champion than your
self Your theory Of the relation ofthc
States to the General Government, the
great principle that there should be no,
taxation without representation, your
firm and answering maintenance Of
the Constitution in its integrity-your
prompt and timely Intervention to pre-
vent monstrous measure being fast
ened upon the country-your thorough
ly American and patriotic differences on
the 22d February, each and all meet
hearty endorsement by the people of
Maryland. You, sir, proved yourself
''master of the situation" You have
performed deeds of lofty and noble he
roism, and are fully sustained by the
people. We tender, you, sir, the reso
lutions adopted by the meeting of which
we are the representatives.
The President then replied to the
Committee substantially as follows:
I can make no speech further than
say my policy is before the country. II
is not the result Of impulse, but the re-
suit of a conviction that it is the prin
ciple upon which the Government was
founded. It is before the country, and
it will continue to be. I say this to
give assurance that the Government
will be administered on that policy, and
I do not say it menacingly. It is be-
ieved that the safety Of the Govern
ment rests upon these principles. i am
not insensible to the compliment you
pay me by this visit. That mans heart
and mind must indeed be barren not
to be deeply impressed by such assur-
ances Of tiisS peoples support. This
compliment is peculiarly gratifying to
me. =. believe that the country will be
restored TO its normal condition of nros