New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-18
THE PENDING CANVASS.

SPEECH OF THE HON. ROSCOE CONhLlNG'
On the 18th inst. the Hon. Roscoe COIking opened
the campaign Oneida County N " addressing
crowd at Utica His speech was and elaborate argu
men upon the Of the campaign and created unbounded
enthusiasm Mr. Conng began by stating that ReeonstTuc
ton was an exaggerated question ardcay manufactured by
politicians and distortion Of reality The commercla,
the agricultural the material the social even tie political
prosperity of the South did and does rot depend at al
upon whether members OF Congress from the South commence
speaking and voting ~ months 2 months later
They had need to they had need TO n hy had heed
build they had need TO mend they lad need to neal e
nok Under the lust Of Offices the politicians nnfsed me Ike
construction problem and succeeded In capturing ne fre
dent So faT from benetng the South the whole effort has
Dder the feet Of the Rebels After portrayng the effect
The excitement on the North with regard the power Of Con-
IT Is alleged first that had the power
10 dispose Of the question did and second that would
have been wiser to admit the Southern states at once
not justify the Presidents policy. But deny
them both and maintain that Congress had
power and that less could not been insisted without
impeng OF the Union and trfug away the results
OF the war Let us begin with the question whether we hSd
the right 10 when and what terms communities lately
in rebellion should send their representatives, to participate IN
me PROPOSITIONS: Ffst-TLe Unien and dis
Ordinances OF secession did not take The States which
the Union because failed. We resored TO keep the
States in the Union and we n c5 dDoe on e
luton offered by Mr. Crtienden said just as the UnioR party
i voted for that resolution, and stand DY H.
SecOndThe right Of pesupposes mol Only he
Of State but also of constitutional state govern
ment republican in fom Without this there can be no repre-
senation single Congressional District however iauessH
be- be represented except through State govern
There must be Legislature competent to elect Sena.
tors and 10 provide for the election OF ana
there be State officers competent 10 execute the laws
the United States Third The governments which existed in
the Southern States before the Rebellion began over
State authorities made war upon United States and
Of subyert for the time being evil
laws under which elections could be held they Frustrated the
whole machinery Of evil government they finally cssoyed
was oberaed and s substance absorbed by usued power
When peace came II found living in these
by means of which representation could be established The
repTeseptatiyes had WITHDRAWN from Congress YEAR,
before and the laws under which they wee elected
laws Tor new elections, new representatives could
not be brought in. In short es MI Lincoln put IT, the
States were their proper practical relations 10 the
Union and they not get back without action
the part Of the General Government In regard 10 the present
State Government South, Mr. C. said that Congress alone
should Judge Of their validity and presented the following
euhOres Abraham Lincoln says IN bis proclamation Of
Congress any state shall be admitted to seats consu
10 tIteHt W me EIeeure year Iter IN DIS message
Of December 1864 Mr. LncoD IN speaking Of restoration
uses this emphatic language some certain ana other posi-
bic questions are and would be beyond e EIeers Po~ 70
ADJUST as for instance ne admission Of Members into
this point AID the Judiciary Committee Of the Senate
and Reyerdy johnson, whose great eminence as
politics make him authority among the disciples OF the
President In February 1862 Senators from Louisiana we're
applying admission aud the matter made the subject
OF an elaborate report from the Judiciary Committee coDcured
Revedy johnson AID senator Hendricks. who
ablest at tho Philadelphia Convention, and
adopted by the Senate think without dissenting voice.
Here what they say: The persons possession Of the local
authorities Of Louisiana having rebeed against the authority
States and her inhabitants having been declared
be Of nsurrecon IN pursuance OF law passed BY
the two Houses Of Congress your Committee deem improper
for this body admit Senators from Louisiana m by
some Joint Of both HOEs there shall be recognition
an eEng acting in harmony 9th The GOrH
enf United Sirtss and recognizing IFS auh0rf Did
the President honestly believe that he had anything to do with
il honestly believe that lie Is acting uprghy
making upon Congress by such means he empoy
Let lis own record tell whether he honest In pretending to
believe that this question belongs the President and not
Congress On the 9th Of July ls6j be eeaped Shakey
his Provisional Governor in Mississippi he GopHmtnto
piH be provisional oHiy until ne er authorities shall be
restored pih The approval Of Congress Meanwhile military
tborty cannot be withdraw. On the 18th II September 1865
he writes Marvre Provisional Governor Of Florida IN
Loprer be distinctly uHdsoOd that the VAioh your
proclamation rts uiH be subject the decision of COHgre
Mr. conkng then advocated the adoption Of the Cons
tuiioDa GmeTdme. a basis Engagement aud closed after
speaAing Ior three hours