Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
Fciio'c. Citizens IT hc Senate and Housc o1
Representatives:

mas aoated tue pestl'ence which visited GU
"horcs leaving itS caia'hltous traces upon some
po.t.ohs " out country: ieace, order, tran
I"i'Cy aug c'v'l hnth"flty nave occn formally
ncc!arso 10 exist throu"hout the whole OF the
:, u''.ca oe'ees' In al, OF Inc states, clvil aA
'""''ty mas superccued the coercion OF nrms
""'i ING people oy ,he'r voluntary action, are
'''"t'''''n" 'nc'r uo.erh'hen1 M III luIl activity
".o co'npic'e operation me enforcement
q. .no laws Is no longer oostrnctcd III any
oIatc py combinations too powerful to oe sup
pressed oy tne Ordinary course OF Judicial pro
the 'S wT a"u '"n "s v;can a"sehasrea ,ha by
influences of our FREQ institutions nnI ,n IN,
kindly effects of unrestricted social and COM.
mercial intercourse An cntifc restoration Of
tratcrnal feeling must be the earnest wish If
every patriotic heart. We will have accom-
pisllcd our grandest national achievement
when, forgetting the sad events of tho mast
and remembering only their instructive los,
sons, we resume our onward career. MS n frcc
prosperous and United peoplc.
LII my message of the 4th December, 1865
Congress was informed of the measures which
had been instituted by the Executive with T,
view to the gradual restoration of the States
in which the instruction occurred, to their
relations with the General Government. Pro
visonal Governors had been appointcd, IN
vcntions called Governors elected, and Rcn.
rescnt,tvcs chosen to the Congress of the
United States Courts had been opencd for
the enforcement of laws long in abcvnpcc
the blockade had been removed, custom -Louscs
rc-cstablislcd, and the internal revenue mt
in force, in order that the people MIGHT con.
tribute to the national income; postal oocra.
tions had been resumed. and efforts were be.
ing made to restore them to their former con-
dition of efficiency The States had been
asked to take part IN the high function OF
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