New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-23

ia State can Eo ont of this Union by TIE Way ut
reacsahle nor hy ths of Mn
bossar fe dp ill., Mil n. said II remained " son
ssder otlly lid ether which tor pfeSsty 4 as
oald cali With nu disrespact 70 ias ~
friend the 4 nIaneh u, I'M II
tie Al f1a 9 s9ls,
MONIES upon xhe III III 1aksn
oceasion ID announce hfs theory 81
easss sas a ths rebeI States
asS III shsn It'll States 10 be ii
EtKa linton arder Hill Constitution and inquired
wnas n nss nass tneY
/ haVs sIs1Sn Hixt II the lew Of the public law,
81 III he more clear than that State does
S{ EgSsi5t iii form of its government, that's
ai4f 81 hi edents, that may be democratic,
iaag hHsrApnht can, despotics OF monarohical It
Have Been one df these forms, or mixed one,
Set it III State ii may change its govern
years AZ 4 tree cuts on its foliage that
fx5e no mere consists Of its form of government
than man consists of the garment with which he IS
ca0thed, VI State Is not destroyed BY the declara-
tou 0f martial law ID nor by Wal, unless CON
|lueged by foreign power 1; II dlsm inferred ~
fev0intiOn To he invaded does not destroy it, II it
pel tAte invaders, tn be torn BY civil war, and
even be jfAssaked Iii fraternal blood does not de
strpy III unlass the final issue Of arms shall
/ Nh mn course III lis argument, Hi. Doolittle
IEaid TINT Congress not only empowered but re-
ths Rreaid dent I'd perform n tW0fold duty
/ ono M ilaka war and the other to stop making
L ~ Hill the end IL rsac hed and make peace. The
4 Hut pf these rsst duties king war rested
aisaiY upon resident Lincoln. The second
/ Id ling peace rests mainly upon his succe ssor.
4 Thank God Mi. DIN was permitted to I've
the trat great work Of crushing tl1e rebellion
Mas almost done, and the second hardly less ana.
/ Hui tanf work, TINT Of reconstTuction Was well
IL begun. Viii ssSg VII Il. HI
! hare already called your attention 70 his
/ ast public speech Just before his assassnat q
A ID which he explained defined and enforced ms
policy "a reconstsFc lion. II WAS ~ such a mo,
\ inent of exaatation when the prayer of his soul
was ansTered and he fell hy the assassin 4 hailu
This great Presdsnt proyidsn ,a tsll
Representatives,. AN know TINT Tue armed forces Of
trebellion hare surrendered, and It IS the Presi-
Il dents second great duty Of making peace and
4 then disbandnE the army 4 as q. sa
faan iIlion men rpon The rolls of the army and
At df tha rebel srmes were still in the field.
s then il most p0rtant, and, just at
moment psrhaps the most practical question
H 81 I'M Pyesident iin closing the VAT ana
psacs, which must precede The disbanding
" sFiat iefns, be asked, had tie President right
! NJ demand Al conditions precedent to peace and
II Hid withdrawal of the army First, and before
II S unqualified submission to the Constitution 81
TIL United Statss and ALL laws of Congress passed
\ III pursuance thereof; second, the amending Of
i made ~ prosecuted war against the United
\ states third, the acauisse ence il the situation
which The war has brought upon them, including
lab0lition of slavery, for and on account of which
they made war. f0r tie sincerity of such acqnies
4 cenee, and " prime test 81 its government
I the adoption Of the constitutional amend
Il Inent.
Il Iiaese I'D Tie conditions, ID substance, which
i Lincoln three years ago announced as III,
I terms of paeifcaton, and to which be pledged th
EaHpp0rt Of the government. These are in sub
II skaace the terms offered BIZ President johnson
n Several of the States. or the people of several
&he States, hare accepted them, and offer now ii
resume All their practical duties as States III thi
ii Unions md practically enjo their rights as such
He stated other considerations in support of th,
81 Presidentss policy, including that Of finance ami
II industry. Let I'D man misund erstand bis position
II With the guilty leaders who melted the people o
q these States 10 revolt bic had and could have nj
sympathy. From the beginning and from befor,
II States was impossible. Under the old confedera
i tion the Union was made perpetual, and the con
Bfitntiun was formed to make more perfect Union
Therefore, either the right Of the States to Sc
4 Gade, OF the power of Congress TO expeI them
4 wolld have to be 70 admit into our system ii
prneiple Of aelfsdestruction, and the Constitution
every part os II and spirit which gives 1t life
Ii against peaceable secesson.s He said, further
II Tint every aet0f the President, every law Of Cor
gress, every blow We struck, every shot fred an
a every drop Of blood shed was not 70 overtime,
Il, these States, not to open the way for them to 6
out nor ID reduce them to territories but to kee
II them al States and in the Union and to compe
themt0 remain as States under the Constitution
4 under the Constitution and flag Of our country
Il which bears thirty six stars, az the emblem .
thirty six States that thirty-sx States constitute
Il dc great Republic which the world calls Unitet
IL States of America. w III