Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
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out Michigan, and then tried very

ing in; We would not let her con- in anyhow. But
here they all are-Texas, Missouri allfornia-al Of
them loyal, and all of them dutifu except Texas,
perfectly duuiul. We have brought in lew States.
eRerR eRe RGf fgt 9 f9P Fe as as d ri m Eye
rushed through state of pupilage into the Fec, ,ral
Union as fast as they could get in. Every State west
from France and from Mexico, including the whole
territory. We wrangled whether they should come in
as provinces or States. and very soon they III
"as States. and here they all are now.
Tell your neghbors and friends that so far as to
keeping States out OF the sUnion when they
ganized that you cannot keep yourselves from get
ting States in without trying. If it possible
that wehould get provinces north of the frontier
in Mexico they would be incontnentIy perfect full
complete States. We cannot go further west without
getting into the ocean, and therefore do not extend
in that direction. 1t is the necessity of the American
people and nation of the people of this continent
far propinquity neighborhOod will allow, not to
make other territories or provinces according to the
rules of Washington, but States. A state does not
| Ike to have deputy government and State when
It has got to be State likes to be member of the
fe9eral Gn9n because 1t wants the commerclal, the
social and other advantages and to share in the ma
| honal Tenown, and therefore it is our destny-it
seems indeed as if the Lord Almighty in his wisdom
had hurled all these States, Mexican French Span
n. white people, slaves, free, native born aliens
burle them INTO the Union spite of the will of the
nefcJh viii that We here in this continent of
North America sh.H Hu not be many nations, but one
Citizens have hus far sadnothing of the
feelings of morality of freligio and OF patriotism
do not propose to raise them here confess that the
regu uatOns of Scripture not in uese IaIter DAYS
accepted intalibe guide of faith Huch Iess an
infalible guide of practice and therefore 20 ASK
you whether We ought not, since the prou4 gai mas
abandoned his and hisviews and has ret rneq
and is on the way to meet the parent at the door.
do not ask you whether ought not or whether we
ought to kill the fatted calf and invite this rebel
this speaking matter OF worldly penitence and
not df Christian faith or doctrine. that when i've
wears ago ths prodigal abandoned and attempted
10 null the house down over our heads, we soemnly
resolved we wouiG pursue and BRING back that prod
ond as renentant that we wOuld compel him to take
his seat at his fathers table, wow, what FAY Is We
have done just exactly that thing ,.,...-,.,.
We bave reduced him; we have hGm,iia tea nlmv
we have brought him to penitence ana eentrluon,
and sorrow and loyalty and to beg for his place ne
rejected in his pride and fplly-hs seat at the tamy
r.pusion. There are no controversies about
slavery There was no cause OF embarrassment pug
made finish OF IT.. They have not left hair of its
! skn or disointed bone, or fragment to cumber
ne -rond, to sharpen the euPidity OF those sinners
called stockholders or to awaken the hopes of that
mistaken cia.t Of men called dough faces. There
is no longer any tnntroyersy about slavery to gye
you an excuse for keeping these states out OF the
| Union They are all free States, well you may say
that after ALL destiny that seCt so fixed as this
such an irresistible procFyity of States to come to-
! gether-show an impossibiGty to keep them out: 1
tell you my good friends we have noticed what TINS
country mas done for period OF ninety years 1t
! had slavery then not only in the rebel St2tes but
| partially in every State
| saw the people abolish it, State after State and
| proceed to educate and elevate the emancipated
| freedmen until slavery, finding that its time was
| coming organized itself into a rebellion, and then [
saw them take it and tear it in pieces and cast down.
| This has been done by the American people in 80
| ytgr4 Uncle Sans position has been done by our
selves IL this generation Th Mel don't you give your
one hundred wiser than they were 100 years ago.
and they have given proof OF 1t; and after the next
hundred years they will e ;Oio WISER a '5n ian
STAGE will be rs much wiser as . are thah tnose My ,
went before Us. When see this, ask now al TINS
has been done Has the United Sta tes. except as q
military necessity, ever abolished slavery! NO, nut
| the States have abolished it and have e1ectually
abolished the whole institution. 1 had the great
privilege the other day of certifying that slavery was
abolished in the United States Of America from one
| end of the land to the other: Cheers;
| Do you thiZs that certified that President Lin
coin abolished it by proclamation? No such
thing What / did certify, and what the record is,
that there are 50 States IN the Union, of which IL
were rebel and slave States and tw9;thirds Of the
whole number including a considerable portion OF
that 1l-not the President, not tho Congress not the
army, but the States Of this UnioE loyal and DIS
los yal-atogepher abolished it. LArplause.l And
now know that this has been done b. the Ameri-
can people, and not done by Congress, rot ny the
President, but by the States, and by all the citizens
of the States in obedience to the eXactons OF moral
ooinon created in the States by the loyal citizens of
| the States. | entertain no doubt and apprehel.-
| sion that this work of meioraton, of progress, of
the removal of the restrictions from labor of the de-
struction of classes and caste in the United States is
| sure to be accomplishments going now-and from
this hour and will be until you or your children may
hope to read the Declaration of Independence as g.
fact that all men are free and equal. Cheers
| L have retrained, thus far, from speaking of the
| difference
| of opinion between the President of the United
| States and Congress about the Freedmens Bureau
bill. | will say upon that subject that duly con-
sidered and alone it is not matter of sufficient mo-
ment to excite the attention which it has received
tho interest which has been conyerged upon it. Both
The Con ress of the United States and the President
- no H. We are in transition state from war to
| neoce thar we ha VIC many freedmen and refugees
that they are destiL ana sunerngi ana that II IS
tbza Nh yCro The 1irtins in the attainment of its
success. Roth Congress and the PRESIDENT haye
agreed to provide by law for the ond n Oe
gees and freedmen during the waT % ;dot OHe ad geaI
absr e @ bS GPPEsss psssa and 5m hs RT5 RF
state of peace, that the malntalnence OF the mn
mems Bureau would be unnecessary, unwise. uL- IN
constitutional and, therefore, neither Congress -D'l
the President de3ire that that shatt be the case.
There is in them tliE difference OF opinion between
the two The President looks to the admission OF
the ses into the Union according to their organl-
zation and that their transition state has nearly
| passed The Congress is annullng That they shali
come in, and seeking - postpone THINKS that the
transition period is to be prOt-acted, therefore, Con
gress thought it was wise to have she new bill con-
tanning the Freedmens Bureau bill indefinite as the
The President thinks it is unnecessary. Now if you
will refer to the old bill creating the FreeGmens Bu-
reau you will find it is limited by the laws oF enact
ment to the war of the Rebellion and one year there
after. Is the war ended Practically It is. Hos
tilies have ceased. Is peace restored? NO. pracn-
cessy tol military force. The peace has not abso-
lutely come. Coming. but not come, the President
The proclamation of 1881 announced civil war;. A
proclamation of the President will announce that
the is at an end. Now. il &Ee rlght IN TINS tne1
peace in a legal sense will to be IN the United
States just at the day when the PrSslqeht issues
proclamation, or Congress passes law 3eciaflng that
peace has come, and not before. II the proclalna-
ton should be made to-day, then by the term Of the
| act creating Freedmens Bureau, we will have one
| whole year thereafter. At the end of that time the
| President says shall have the benefit of expert
| ence. If We need continuation OF the freedmen $
Bureau Congress NJ @ 9eR @ Se a N Sa1S So 70 gnfs f6sm
| the 2zd IF February will be a good day, the most
glorious of all days, for proclamation that the Re
bellion is ended, that the freedmen OF this country
are restored to their natural rights Well, this
being the case what is the course of duty? What is
the difference between the President and Congress
| TIM President says: Il have got 10000 men and /
do not want any more-I can execute the duties OF
the FTeedmen's Bureau have got eleven mil millions
more L can administer the Freedmen s Bureau with
eleven million of dollars, and have got 5VO agents
military and civil With their salaries they are sui
csnt to execute the administration Of the Freedmen
Bureau. don't want any more agents. congress
| comes alopaI and SAYS Mr. President, you are en-
| trely mistaken, Feu want more money, you wan, Want
more men, you want more agents, you want IuGVO
President of the United States in the house of his
! friE.Ids Why fellow citizens, tbs powers offered to
the President tuight tempt Maximillan, Louis
Napoleon. Pardon me, friends. they are lnsutlclent
to benefit Andrew Johtssen. Cheers. -
l really do not believe there is one mat IN the
United States that would take the postioni required
to take it with such powers and privileges ana II
there IS know he s the only one ana therefore 1t Is
safe. There is no other country in the world where
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| success. When the time shall come that therS shals
| he in the White House a President of the UrfseG
States who besides 50,0o0 men which he does need,
will take So 600 more that he does not need, and IN
addition to Sl,00)0O0 will receive S25,OoOOO0 more
from deficient Congress- then tell you that the time
will have arrived for the rolling of an Imperial throne
into the White House and surrounding 1t with I'm
peIial guards. Applause.
| Ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio, and Postmaster
General, was then introduced and made brief
speech declaring his belief that there is no necessity
for permanent difference between the President and
Congress- on any really practical legislation relating
to the States lately in rebellion and eulogizing the
President for his devotion the best interests of the
country adding that he had executed and is ez-
ecuting in good faith the essential features of Mr..
Lincolns programme for the restoration of the insur-
gent States--a programme sanctioned by every mem
ber of his Cabinet
| SPEECH OF HENRY J.R RAYMOND.
| In answer to loud calls the Chairman then intro
duced the Hon. Henry s. Raymond who spoke al
length, lamenting the extraordinary powers confer
! red on the Reconstruction Committee. and saying
that on Monday last he knew that majority of the
House were in favor of the admission of the Iennes
see delegates; bit in consequence OF the malice en-
gendered by the Presidents veto, they had since re-
| fused to admit any of the Southern delegates
-Jennison, the Kansas jayhawker, 1t is re-
ported, has become a brgadier in the Fenian service