The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22
.0PINI0NS0F THE PRESIDENT,

His interview with tho Virginia Delegates -
Correct report OF his remarks Tho Rightt
Of Southern Loyalists Extremes to b,
Avoided Loyal mon to bo protected ant
Encouraged.
The highly important response o
the President aud the resolutions oI
the Virginia Legislature was so man
glod in its transmission to us by tclo
graph, as to be, in parts, nearly unin
tclligiblc We therefore reproduce
the report prepared for tho National
hHeiliyoaccr, by Mr.. MuRrnY, of6ciaI
reporter for The United States Senate
Tho President in rcply, said;
GENTLEMEN In rcply to the reso
lutions you have just presented to me
and the clear, and forciblo, and cou.
else remarks which you have made i,
explanation of the position of Virgin.
ia, | shall not attempt to make u for.
NAL speech, but simply enter into u
plain conversation in regard to the
condition Of things in which we stand
And rs premise to what | may say,
permit me first to tender You my
thanks for this visit, and next to OK.
press the qualification feel in mcc
ting 80 many intelligent, responsible
aud respectable men of Virginia,
bearing to me tho sentiments which
have been expressed in tho resolution,
of your Legislature, aud in the re
marks accompanying them,
They are, 80 far as they refer to tn
Constitution Of the country, tho sen
timents and the principles embrace,
in that charter OF the Goycrnmc -
Tho preservation of the uuioa la
been, from my entrance into publ
life, one Of my cardinal tenots, A
the very incipicncy Of this rebellion
| set my face against the dissolution
of the Union of the States.
}, | do not make this allusion for tn
purpose Of bringing up auythin
which has transpircd, which may b
regarded as of an unkind or mpleas
ant character, but believed then, u
: | believe now, aud MS you have mos
: Enthusiastically Indicated, that the Sc
(. curity and the protection Of the right
, Of all the people were TO be found
the Union that we were certainly 81
Ter in the Union than we were out OF ]
T. Upon this conviction based M
,0 opposition to the efforts which wei
. made to destroy the Union. | ha,
~ leontlnued those efforts, pctwithstan,
w (,AS Ms perlls through which | ha'
'0' lt%seSVu, ava yoa are not unaware tn
ne Vlh has been n severe ono.
when opposition to tho voyornmo
came ieom one section OF tho corn,,
ana and that the section in which w,' !,
will had been passed, and with which =
the interests were identified, | stood n
,or. stand now, eontending for the Uni
and assoyorafing that the best !
mrest way 20 obtain our rights
iran TO protect our interests was To
tro. main in the Union, under the prot
= oc tion Of the Constitution.
The ordeal through which wo h
""u passed during the last four or
OIL years, demonstrates most conems
and ly that that opposition was right,
to-day, after the experiment has /
made and has failed afor the den
q stration' has been most eonolusi
ii is afforded that this Union cannot
the dissolved, that il was not designe
into bo dissolved, il is extremely graf
ing to me TO meet gentlemen as il
hgentand as responsible as yoursel
five who are willing aud anxious to acc
the aud do accept the terms laid dow
ives the Constitution, and in obcdienc
the laws made in pursuance there