East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-31

other portion of the American peopleG
He only asked that il might be con-
stitutionally done, and tlis require
ment is Of universal application to the
whole country. 1t means no more in
Georgia than il does in New York it
msans no more in Virginia than it
does in Massachusetts. 1t interpo-
lates nothing upon the practice OF the
0overnment under the Constitution
from tho day Of its birth down to the
day on which an inquisition was sued
cut in this House, in the shape Of q
Committee Of fifteen, in order 10 dis
cover some means Of adopting the old
British system Of colonial bondage.
But sir, il NAV, in answer to these
citations, be said that it is not within
the province Of the Executive depart
ment of the Government to determine
the question of representation in the
Legislative Department. But has not
| Congress itself made q record on this
subject which it can not ignore and
which the majority dare not face P
Has IL not officially, over and over
again, in both branches, assumed the
very position which it now seeks With
such fragrant assurance to repudiateY
The cry is now that we must look to
Congress for our policy of restoration
This place has suddenly become cit
adel of wisdom, power and dominion.
1t is city Of refuge, where all the
disappointed spectators, insane anaI-
chists, bloody Jacobins, promoters of
vengeance, disturbers of the peace,
self-consttuted saints who imagine
themselves in partnership with tue
Almighty to assist him in furnishing
the sins of the world, where law
breakers and revolutionists of every
shade and color now flee to escape
from the wise, successful and constitu-
tional policy of the President. "Io
your tents, y Israel p was the ancient
and legitimate cry of alarm. "Look
TO Congress, look to Congress !" now
rings out on the air as a call to
battle in behalf of chaos, disorder and
interminable woes. The populace OF
France tossed in q tumultuous deleri-
um Of hate, drunken with blood, de-
throning Deity and reverencing a har-
lot, shouted "Look to the Assembly,
look to the Assembly" where the
Mountain murdered the Girondists,
and where Robespierre, Marat and
Saint Just planned, i'll the name of
public virtue, the destruction OF hui
man life and of human society. But,
sir, if we must ''look to Congress"
let me show the wistful gazers pic
ture of Congressional action which
will fill their hearts with dismay, and
which Congress itself can not to-day
behold without feelings of huIniha-
ton and shame over its present posi-
ton.
Did not serve here in this hall
during the fury of the rebellion, when
the flames of war scorched the very
front of the heavens, with representa-
tives from the State of Louisiana p
Were they not admitted to the ''va-
cant seats" which invited their return
by the very men who now stand, like
surley sentries at these doors, and
answer their hailing sign of entrance
either with the response of dead
States" or Guarantees I" Was Ten
nessee destroyed or were her people
entitled to no voice here because of
tho ordinance of secession? Sir, her
name was called here during more
than half the period of war, and the
representatives of her people answered
Ia their names in both ends of the
Capitol The gentlemen who i'll vain
sought even recognition of his own
existence in this body, when the pres
ent Congress was organized, Mr..
Maynard, was then here with the
full sanction of the same politicul ma
Jority which now spurns him from the
door of its causus room, and drives
him from the protection which the es-
cutcheon of his glorious State, under
the administration of law affords its
representatives in Congress. Shall
we now assert that at that time Ten
nessee was portion of foreign gov
ernmentp Shall we then, as the next
step of supreme absurdi;y, declare the
President Of the United States him
self an unnaturalized foreigner, cap
tive to our lance and spear, entitled
doubtless to kind treatment, but in no
sense a citizen of the United States,
inasmuch as he never expatriated him.
self from the alien and hostile prov
ince Of Tennessee, and never acknowl-
edged himself subdued to the en-
brace OF the Federal flag as the SYM
Dol Of a separate nationality? L am
prepared to hear even this miserable
libel on American institutions assert
ed. Nothing is allowed to stand in
the way of tanaticism. Its purposes
are inexorable and its devotees often
deem themselves in truth and honesty
the philosophers of their age but
Frederick the Great made wise OBJ
servation when he said, IF l wanted
TO ruin one of my provinces / would
make over its government to the phi
losophers Their theories are al
ways in advance of their times and
in practical sense and actual utility
they meet neither the requirements Of
the past, present or future. The phi
losophers of Congress at least contra
dict themselves at very short stages of
progress, and give no evidence of
either ability or consistency. Why,
sir, the records of this body, as well
as of the Senate, will show that Vir-
ginia, too-Virginia-whose fiery and
lofty crest shown in tho very front of
tine rebellion, whose plains were its
battle fields, and in whose soil so many
of its heroes lie burried-was here n
State when the roar of her cannon
could be heard on Capitol Hill
Those who claimed to he her repre-.