The weekly Butte record., 1866-12-08
Presidents Message.


FIIIsw CITIZENS or THE SENATE AND House Q, RfYzz-
After bri-f Interval the Congress of the
United States resumes its auDua legislative AboFs An
alwise aud ercui Providence has abared the pssteDoe
which visited cur Shores ieasips It's esisn'"o tr-
upon portions Of country Peace, order tran
guilty AID civil authority have been formally declared 50
throughout the whole of the United staes.eis sn
thority has superseded the coercion Of arms and tue %
pl. by their voluntary action, mantainng her Gov
orlmsnt 10 fall activity and compste operation The en-
frcsnsnt Of the longer obstrnce in any place
by combination. powerful suppressed by the
insry Of judicial proceedings The aniuoses
engendered by the rapidly yielding TO the heneh
Of free institutions ana to the kindly
ELECTS Of unrestricted socal and commercial nteTcoul
entire restoration OF atsrna feeling mns. be the
with Of every patriotic heart, and will have
accomplished grand st national achievement when,
frgsssinz the sad events OF the pas. and remembering
only their instructive lessons onward
reer free, prosperous and united people.
RESTORATION
Of the 18th of December. 1865, Congress
informed Of tie measures which had been Instituted
BY tbs Executive with view to the gradual restoration
States in which the instruction occurred to their
relations with the General Govsrument. Provisional
Governors had been appointed Conventions called, Gov
eected Legislatures assembled and Senators and
Representatives chosen the Congress of the O. States
and Courts had been appointed for the enforcement of
long in abeyance The blockade had been removed
Custom Houses rsestbished and the Iut.rnal Revenue
laws put force in order that the people contrib
ute she national income. Postal operations had been
renewed and efforts being made restore them
their former oniition sod efficiency The States Them
seve, had been asked take part in the high Of
amending the Consti luton and Of thus sancionng the
extinction of African Slavery of the legitimate
suits OF struggle. Having progressed thus the
Executive head ou Ind that it hsd accomplished nearly all
that within the of its constitutional authority
One thing however yet aimed to be done before the
work ofretoration could be completed and that the
admission Congress of loyal Senators and Representa-
tives from the States whose people had rebeled an.
the lawful authority of the General Government This
question dsvolved the respective houses which by
the Constitution made the judges of the election
and qualification. of thAir members, and its
consideration engaged the attention Of Congress
In the meantime the Executive Department, no other
ri bapn hy mod It's
efforts to perfect far prlcc bile the
of the proper relations between the citizens Of
peetve States the States and the Federal
extending from ts to time as the public interest
ed to require to the Judicial and postal
OF the country. With the advice and consent of the
Senate the necessary officers were appointed and apro
priatons made by Congress Tor the their
ssaries The proposition to amend the Federal Consttu
fon As to prevent the existence eff slavery within the
United Stass, Iace subect to their Jurisdiction
was ratified by the requisite number of States. and
the 18th da, of November 1868, il officially
to have become valid part of the Constitution of
United States All the States In which the
sVsed promptly taer Constitutions so a. to
make them conform the great change effected in
the law the land They declared mil and void
all ordinances and law. of secession repudated ali
tended debts aud obligations created for revolutionary
purposes OF the Instruction and proceeded in good faith
to the enactment Of measures for the proec
iorntion of the condition Of the cooed Congress-
however yet hesitated to admit any of these
represe and it not until close Of
the eighth month of the session execution was
made IN favor Of Tennessee by the admission Of her SEN
ators and Representatives.
EXCLUSION SOUTHERN
deem it subject of proou regret that Congress has
thus far failed to admit to seats loyal Senators and Rep
resentatves em the other States whose inhabitants
those OF Tennessee hal engaged in the rebellion Ten
States than fourth ofthe whole humber remain
without representation. The fifty members Of
the House Of representatives and of twenty members In
che Senate yet vacant not by their consent
by fue of election but by the refusal of Congress
receive their creden tails Their admission is believed
would have accomplished much toward the rene al and
strengthening Of our relations as one people, and
ed serious of discomfort the of the nhAb
of these States 1t would have with the
principle enuncated Declaration of American
Independence that people ought bear burden Of
taxation and yet be denied the right OF representation.
1t would have been in with the expires. pro-
visions of the Constitution that each have at
least Representatives, and that mo State without
coesent shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the
senate These provisions intended secrre to
every State and the people OF every ase the rxht of
rosentation in each House of Congress- mror-
tant deemed by the trainers the Constitution
that the equality of the should prese we'd that
not even hy an amendment of the Constitution any
State. without its consent, be denied voice that
branch of the national legislature 1t is been
assumed that the existence Of the States
by rebellion and the acts Of their nhabtants that
the insurrec'ion having ben suppressed they were
tsenceforward to be considered merely ter
riiores The legislative. executive and judicial depart
ments of the Government have however with great dis.
tncntss refused to sanction an assumption ncompat
ibie with the nature of our republican system
protested objects of the Throuehout the recent
session OF Congress the undeuiale fact made itself app
rent that the ten political communities nothing less
than States of this Union. At the very commencement
ef the rebellion each House declared with unannity AS
remark able as il significant that 1.-THE war was NOT
wiged upon side in parts, spirit of oppression
nor for purpose Of conquest subugaion nor for
the purpose or with the
established institutions Of those States but defend
and maintain the supremacy Of the Constitution and all
laws made in pursuance thereof and preserv ethe I'm
ion withail the dignity equality and rights several
States unimpaed and III these objects were
accomplished the ought to cease In some instsn-
co. Senators were permitted to continue their legislative
functions, while in other instances, Representatives
elected and admitted to after her had for
mAly declared the right to withdraw from the Union
and were enieas ong to maintain that right by
All of the Ststes whose people were Ia Insured
States included superintendent of the
twenty millions Of doll 4rs sunuay l.i nm
the United States by the Act approved the 5th Of
August 1861. Congress by the Act Of Msrch 1862 and
by the superintendent of reprssention Hereunder
recognized their States the Union they
have for Judicial purposes been divided districts as
States alone be divided The same recognition an.
pears in the recent legislation in reference Tennessee
which evienty rests upon the fact that the functions Of
the State not destroye by the rebellion but merely
suspended, and tia principle is applicable those
States which like Tennessee attempted their
plates in the Union The ac,on of the branch
Of the government upon this subject has been equally
dchnts and UNIFORM. and the purpose of the
specifically stated in the proclamation issued my pre-
decessor the - day of September 1862. 1t ives then
soemnly proclaimed and declared that hereafter a,
heretofore the will be prosecuted for the object of
practically restoring the constitutional relation between
the United States and each of the aud people
thereof, in which States that relation su,
pended or disturbed The recognition of the States by
thejuiics department OF the has also
Slater, md the Supreme. Ccuit and District Courts
oUAuFIcATIaNs MgMBsRs.
In the admission OF Senators and Representatives. from
and all ct the States there be just
apprehension that persons who sioya will be cicth
ed with the of legislation. this not hsp-
zen when the Constitution and the laws
sisant and faithful Congress- Each house is made the
Judge OF the election returns and qualifications
members, and may with the concurrence Of two thirds,
expeia member When Senator Representative pre-
his certificate Of election he may once be admit.
ted rejected should there he any question as TO his
eligibility his credentials referred .or investiSa-
tio 10 the appropriate committee admitted to seat
1t must be evidence satisfactory house Of
which he thus becomes member thSt he
right constitutional and legal Qualifications II refused
admission rlsaber for due allegiance 10 the
Government and returned 10 his constituents
admcnished that none but persons oysl the United
States will be showed voice in the legislative
OF the nation aud the political power the moral in
duenee e Congress thus effectively
terests Of 10y stNto the Government and fidelity
Union Upon this question, vitality affecting
toration OF the Union and the psmsnency our present
form OF Government my convictions
have undergone change. but on the contrary their
correctness has hsea confirmed hy reflection time
the admission Of loyal in the respective
hosees OF Congress wise sud peieut a.o is
Is ne less wise and expsient If anomalous
enasssien Is right and if the
these States al the time lawful exclude
them from representation do that the nuestion
tthese States remain they ara right Of represen
tson viii he re stronger. the right o. exclusion will he
no weaker The Constitution Of the United States makes
u the duty Of the President mend the c1si-
ration Of Congress such he shall
essSry or e1peiisnt know ef rare rer-