Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-06-27

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All This was within his own discrat ION 4
a. military commander. But it was not for 4
him to decide upon the nature or effect of
apv system of government which the peo- t
Me Of these States might seem fit to adopt. |
ms nower is lodged BY the Constitution /
IN the Conrr.ss of the United States. that
branch Of the Government in which is
vested the authority to fix the political re
latious of the STATE to the Union, whose
dutv il 1t to guaranty 10 each State n Re
puhlican form Of Government and to pro-
feet each anG ali Of them against foreign
and domestic violence, and against each
other. We cannot, therefore, regard the
various acts of the President in rela-
ton to the formation of local Govern
ments in the insurrectionarv States, and
the conditions imposed by him upon their
action IN any other light than as intima-
tions to the people that as Commanier~in-
Chief of the army, he would consent to
Withdraw military rule just IN proportion
as they should by their acts manifest a
disposition to preserve order among them
selves establish Governments denoting low
altv to the Union, and exhibit settled
determination to return to their allegiance
leaving with the law making power the
terms of their final restoration to all til cir
rights and privileges as states Of the
Union. That this was the view Of his
power taken by the President is evident
from expressions TO that effect in the com
munications of the Secretary of State to
the various Provisional Governors, and
the repeated declarations of the President
himself. Any other superstition iucou-
sistent with this, would impute to the
President designs Of encroachment upon
II coordinate branch Of the Governments
which should not be lightly attributed TO
the Chief Magistrate of the nation
Why CONGRESS DESIRED FURTHER !xFoRuA-
TON.
When Congress assembled in December
last, the people of most Of the states who
were lately in rebellion had. under the nd
vice Of the President, organized local GOV
ernments, and some Of them had acceded
10 the terms proposed Lv him In his
annual message be had stated in general
terms what lad been done. but he lil not
sec fit to communicate tue details for the
information Of Congress- While In this
and IN a subsequent message the I'resi~
dent urged the speedy restoration of these
States, and expressed the opinion that
their condition was such as to Justify their
restoration, yet it Is quite obsi3gs that
Congress must either have acte! LIjuIEy
on that opinion of the President or 1,r,-
ceeded To obtain the information requisite
for int ligent action on the subject The
improperly Of proceeding wholly on IL.
Judgment of any one man, however eyaf-
ted his station, IN a matter Involving the
welfare of the republic in all future time.
or OF adopting any PLAN coming from any
source, without fully understanding aIl its
bearings, and compromising IL fol! Ct
feet, was apparent The first step there
fara tn glt ri.a >.
ton. \ call was accordingly made ON the
President fuI the information I'm his nos
session as 70 what had been done. In order
that Congress might Judge for itself rs to
the grounds Of the belief expressed bv him
IN the fitness Of the states lately IN rebel
lion 10 participate fully IN the conduct Of
national gadIl :. This Information was
not immediately communicated when
the response was finally u~dr some aix
weeks after yoUr committee had been IN
actual session II was found that the ctI-
dencc upon which the President seems To
have based his suggestions was iucamulete
and unsatisfactory. Authenticated COMES
Of the constitutions and ordinances alsat
ed by the conventions in three of the
states had been submitted extracts from
newspapers had furnished scantv inform
alton as to the action Of one other state.
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