The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-04
MES SAGE
...~ OF TIE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
,ro the two Houses OF Congress- at the Com
nacnccmcnt of tho Second Session.
C1t,scss Of Senate and House Of Representa-

arms and the people, by their voluntary action are
their Ge IT M @ I l and com
er obscted in any State by combinations opowerfnl
e De a he pq e
are rapidly yielding to the beneccnt influences our
social and intercourse An entire restoration
Of fraernal feeling must be the earnest wish of every
grande national achievements when forgetting the sad
events Of the past and remembering only their instuc
prosperous and united people 90, - -
In my message Of the 4t December 1865 Congress-
by the EXECUTIVE with the gradual restoration
Of in which the insurrecton occurred to their
Governors had been appointed Conventions casd Cow
elected Legislatures assembled Senators ana
States Courts had been opened for the enforcement Of
laws long in abeyance The blockade had been removed
laws pnt In force IA order that the people might
ute to the national income Postal operuons had
their former condition Of efficiency The States them
selves had been n asfsa t. part i The = high functions
the extinction Of African slavery as one Of the legitimate
results OF internecine struggle III: N 81
Having progressed thus far the Executive Department
however yet remained to be done before the work ef
restoration could be competed and that was the a1nis
rom The states whose people rebeed ts
lawful authority Of the General Government This cues
ali sos shaE q aen ans f. M
ct gfss
plan having been proposed by Congress- its
ton Of the proper relations between the ctzens Of the
respective States the States and the Federal Govern
eats seem require, the judicial revenue and postal
systes Of the country With the advice and consent Of
appropriations made by Congress for the payment of
their salaries, The proposition to amend the Federal
the United ssa:ss or "a any place subject to their
6rTof the 1avyn nnoo ohnr oce
officially declared to have become valid as part of the
United States An Of the States in which the rebellion
had existed promptly amended their Constitutions 60 as
to to I them m t9 the great thus
tended debts and obligations created for revolution
ss Of the % and pr il good
] Of tne Sono9 Of the coorea
to and It was not un aRy o1
close Of the eighth month Of the an exception
vas made IN fvor OF Tennessee by the admission Of her
has qSem ma -, subject of y Congress-
REPRESENTATIVES from the other states whose ihabit
ants With those Of Tennessee had engaged the rebel
assaa; 5 sas ZEE
bers 81 ae..ss s
their consent not by failure Of election but BY the.
refusa of CONGRESS to accept their credentials
toward the renewal and strengthening relations as
people, and removed serious cause for disconent on
have accorded with the great principle enuncated in the
Declaration Of American Independence that no people
the rehtof repsesen alton. It would have been in con-
sonance with the provisions Of the Constitution
and 'hat State, without it's consent shall be deprived
Of its equal suffrage In the Senate These provisions
were intended 70 secure to State and to the people
OF every State the of representation in each House
Of Congress; and SO important was it deemed by the
trainers of the Constitution that the equality Of the
States in the Senate should be preserved that not even
By an amendment M OF Of the Constitution State
without It's CONSENT be denied voice in that branch Of
the National Legislature "'
States WIS Terminated by the rebeous Of their IN
habitants and that the insurrecon having been sup
pressed they we're thenceforward to be considered
and Judicial Departments of the Government have how
refused to sanction assumption 30 incompatible with
ne ns1re Of o. or republican system and with the
on Congress- the undenabs faet makes itsef aaaa
rent that these ten political nothing less
the rebellion each House declared With naa;tS
as remarkable 80 it was significant that the was not
E g1 upon osr Rast in spirit Of
m pose Of o;yertheowing or interfering with the rights
lend and maintain the supremacy Of the Constitution
and an Laws made in pursuance thereof and to pre-
Of the several statee unpaire; ana that as sooS as
gnese objects were accomplished the ought to cease
their legislative functions while In other instances Re-
Rresenaves we're elected and admitted to seats after
arax rom the Uno enaeavorng to enan oe ntsh
that right by force Of All Of the States whose peo
pporonent Of direct Of tWeny inaTd9a d9a II the
Lars annually laid the United States by te act an
proved 9Th August 1861 Congress BY the act Of March
4, 1851 and by the apporHonent of there
1nder also recognized their presence as States IN tha
On1on and they have for judicial purposes been dvid
same recognition appears in the recent legislation IN re
ference to Tennessee which evidently rests upon the fact
that the functions OF the State DESTROYED bv e
reneon but merely suspended; land that ie OF
course anphcabie t those States which ike Tennessee
attempted TO renounce their places in the Union,
The achon Of the Executive Department OF the Govern
nent upon this subject has been equally definite and
nnlo1n and the purpose Of the was specially stated
m IN me PROCLAMATION Issued by my predecessor on the
cId Gay o. septeber 1882 It was then solanly pro-
war viii be prosecuted for the object OF praccay re-
storing the constitutional relation between te United
states And each Of the States people xhereoY ri
which that relation is may suspended or is.
The recognition Of the States by the Judicial Depart
ent ct Government has also and conclg
i've IN al affecting them as tes had in the
Supreme, Circuit and Dstii 1T Courts. isi. 80
IN the admission of Senators and Represenatvesh from
any ana .! OF the States there be just ground of
clothed with the powers Of legaaon for this could
not happen when the Constitution and the Laws ara en-
forced by vgiant and faithful Congress- Each Bo1se
1s maze the Judge Of the elections returns and uual-
caaons o. sts own members and may, "With the con-
tor or presents his certificate Of election
he may at once be admitted reeced or should there
be any question as To ha eligibility credentials may
be reterred for to the appropriate commit
tee admitted to seat It must be upon eyidece SAT-
ber that he Possesses the requisite constitutional and
legal qualifications. l91-.71S5--- IN - -
refused admission as member for want OF due a,le
glance 10 the Government. and returned to his