The New York herald., 1866-02-23

law IL would seem that every member who
Ioes Tor must know cannot be enacted without the
residents approval which cannot be consistently given
view OF the Opinions that he is known TO entertain
This last concurrent resolution then Is not plan for
sv h .h ou. ,:' ,naeunte pos'ponsment ana de-
yress know that the srptural instruction Is not al
Ways accepted infabc guide OF faith and practice
these latter days don't therefore ask you whether
he United States government ought not to slay /
he fatted calf and invite prodigal brethren 70 90
INJURIOUS feast; but do venture TO say that when
ibis nation became five years ago by flagra
secession and rebellion did determine 10 humble Il
rebels and bring them back again TO their CONSTR the
seat at the family table know that we have seoual
lhem and have brought them back with .nen,bied
aud repentance suing for restoration It namaiation
Congress convened ana wnsn en- 'nc aow shat when
saI sxnectaton that without =, opeiar voice. It
table would be and That .nsecessary delay that
my x hosrs In the nan As seen would be received
nation and to my brethre 81 tho love have to this
after me- Irote God and tSo you that am
Cheers There bel she prodga from the family table
what the so ent dn ho
tioabe in is 9, sh have referreds 1t is as imprnc
read INC hss cter as think IL is vicious If have
,hoso INV, lcrv OF the country correctly II has settled
Of the = siisgs-Frs,, Stat, can keep itself out
Uusr e os or keep itself in territorial condition
urn he Union. In the very beginning -four States
@ ID TO enter; with wry faces they all cano In after
h" ro-:maKing the whole number Of States thirteen
.nsteS u the nine first ccnscnt;ng All the region east
the Mississippi rushed rapidly through bref terri
tor'al ar viege into the Union We bought provinces
r. @ sa Ss ssv ~ Mss'D gOm the
rushing with railroad speed. after brief terri
tofisl existence, as States into the Union. II it
nerth or south You cannot easily 90 further
west Every province that there might be gained whc.
would be Immediately rushing as with railroad speed as
States into the Union Axother thing which national
cannot be as. or kep. @ cut % Of Its limits and has @
great lesson Of the rebellion The third thing which this
eventful war teaches us Is that the States which in
the Union cans;ot keep States that outside from
coming in Congress s habually pcned to this expert
ment 1t hesitat d about Michigan and Missouri; II
reoed and staggered efore Texas and Cal ornia and il
convuscd the nation resist ne Kansas; yet they all
in the Unen all loyal and most Of them cheerful
and happy How many commttc Of conference did we
have, Eow many 1cint committees did not have,
this msmentous'gnestionY How many joint rosou-
tons denying that Congress would to tho
adm issiofi Of such unwelcome n,rudersP How many
couproa ses securing guarantees for freedom, securing
for slavery wcre brok on ard sctteref when
after the other these States came in, by head
long thrnst and hurled by Almighty Providence who
determined that the people of this continent shall
be not many discordant nations but one united and
harmonious nation. entered Congress in 1S49, when
the joint committee OF fifteen was skfuy, and it is
but just honestly framed to obstruct thu admis
sion Of Cali oriia until the majority of the nation
should compromise and silence forever the debate
California for period Of eight months and
no longer, and eventually obtained, broken
fragments, the compromises which it sought That
promise WAS by s terms to be perpetual. Tho compro
mise OF 1850 fingered however, just four then
persisted, giving pia to the incipent happily
consummated adiustm mt sf the slavery question: by the
co!nnstc and universal abrogaon Of that Institution
left Congress in 1861 when committee and convention
clustered In and around the Capitol demandrg siipna
tions (Which Congress reased that feer should put
upon New Mexico. n vada and Colorado You can never
KEEP States Of this Union no. never Ir we
do not he Thea we may, in the words Of the old pro-
vcrb lump thcm The present dttrusts Of future states
or of exspr States have substantial ginund They
begnttcn Of miserable pcrisliag fears aud factions. Cali
fornia susp ced OF secret ultimate with
slavery. All the men In fhc Union knew the bard feelings
har nntn ,tap la
ther most earnest advocates We gave her years o.
pro-slavery democratic rule The ten years up
and she Is calm, perhaps disrustful Of Of yet
because willing to admit the States that have
snncd and rcpented she did. II this tn ing of
have had any chance Of permanent success ha, time has
passed away. No State has been hind com
ing into the Union except upon csons growing out
bondage has new gone to the dogs. and they |
have made fnish Of 1t. daughter and ap- |
plause) Not even enough Of its. shrivclcd skin or
disjointcd lirEbs remain sharpen tho cupdity o.
tho that called siavohoiors Of that
''ioagbfaccs" No state, therefore, viii ever 6cre.
aftcr be hndc-od or delayed in coming birk INTO
s. uPSn S 1e o. slavery %
have doscribad may have somethspg alarming In IT.
The o M aay Tsory want nSf % e0 susn thing
cause IT. is pleasant thing and good thing TO have
the municipal powers and faculties Which belong \
State within the American Union, and TO provide by
its own laws for the maintenance and security of fe
liberty and property Territory wants to he stat
u
pleasant thing and a good thing TO have its pro
lection against foreign enemies, and TO possess the
the nat onal constellation therefore would not con-
sent 10 hold State In territorial condition or 10
deny the advantage Of fellowship in the Union day
longer than should bo compelled. Nor do ! any. |
thing calculated 70 excite alarm anything ending
the pol cal ability OF statesmen, the present si,u
alton OF The freedmen IN the bginnns practically,
oysry state in the Union had slavery We abolished IL |
n sevcral States without iis,ncr civil romniotnn
until slavery raised Itself in rebellion aga us the vcrn
"A Ind We
abolished u out and ont, through and through, rom.
prtcy and clrctusliy forever This is what lie Amen
can people have had the saacity and the &c do
IN PERIOD ol ninety yeaTs Taese American people
ercat deal better aud great deal wiser to-day Lan
That Is now erowdlng u VIII be great nl wisr ,
and n great deal better than we who are on |
The t''se today, p9 ! .hink, iherciorc, tat We
snail lack the wisdom the virtue 30 righ. on and |
continue the work of Moderation and progress md per
feet In due time the delveraucc OF tabor from slrc
toNs anil he a.nisa'icn Of caetc end ciIsa7 We
zee mpshcd what VIC have dane however, not with IN |
imperial goYemmcatnot with pro-coasYlar terri
toria system. We have done 1t IN satcr b, Sb.t ald
through ia rs, free, equal unirainucrt an presided
over by federal, r'ccd govUt1 mcn' which viii cn.
tuuc 20 the end the constitutional rrnc witt VIII c
" 80 wisely began They sltlin. the whole q.
The Alr can IN the West Indies just are and viii
be done with The rcsllts and the bonclcen
10 Tue conflict of opinion between the Pr fdent aud
onsr4s IN reference To the bureau for Tie relief Of
lr'ednen and refugees That conf Ct is, in IL
~ nccs comparatively unmIorgni, and would excite
liie Interest and produce ltte division IL IL stood
alone. Il because ID has iccomi the occasion for
vcang the differences that have already described that
II has alta ned the Importance which seems to surround
H. foh The PRECEDENT and Congress agr,c that during
the brei transition which The country IL uaklnr from
Cvil war u internal pence the freedmen and ugees
O ght not To be abandoned by the perecuion
OF suncrng II Was for this ;rapst,on erioa tba hc
Bureau OF Freedmen vas created by Com ress and
Kept and is sti kept In effective upcfat on both tho
President aud Congress, tn other hand, agree that
when that transiuon period shall have be n fully passed
and tie Harmonious relations between tie ard the
Union fully restored thnt bureau would be not orly
but Unconstitutional d. mOraiizlnc and
dangerous, and therefore that Il sholld exist
The President thinks that the transition stage has L
Dearly passed. and that the original prov son Tor the
bureau all that ~ necessary to the end view
While the bill submitted by Congress seems TO him
20 give indehne extension IN me OF aud
ration. He vetoed for tbs, reason. lie declines o.
ne e 40 unnecessary and uncalled Tor the thousand or