The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-12-06
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OF
THE PRESIDENT.


M hat his Message is a clear and can
lii .rgumrnt |c ask careful peru
s:l e the portion which we publish IN
to..ays' paper. We will give synopsis
ct the other reports uext week,
Er'i,o.cjti=ens ct tie Senate a.sd House
ct Representatives.;
.4tter A brief Interval The Con rcss Of
the United States resumes l's annual
legislative labors. An an wise anl mgr
rj,':l Providence has abtej Dhc pcstl
.nucc which visited our sh,lps, leaving
j.. ui'tmitous traces upon S,m, portions
Vi cur country. Peace, order, tranquil
itr, aul civil authority have been Tor
mails declared to exist throughout The
whole oE the Uuited States. in all OF
t}a States civil authority has suPcrse-
lcu ,be coercion Of arms, and the pao.
j,.., ~ their voluntary uc;iou, are main
taiuiGg their governments ln !uIl actiyl
ty and complete operation The en-
t>yccm,nt Of the laws is no lonIcr tab
structci in any State by combinations
TOO powerful to be suppressed by the or,
din.ry course Of judicial proce 1dings )
aud The animosities cngcudcrrd by the
war are rapidly yielding to the ben, Ii
cent Influences OF our tree institutions.
ard tc the kindly Effects OF unrestricted
social aud ccmmerclal intercourse, An
cut,gc restoration ct frd.crUat feeling
must re the earnest wish of every patrl,
o.ic heart and We will have accomplish
ID cur grandesc uationa; hi vemeut
Theu, forgetting the sad cvruts Of tH>
past, and remembering only their in.
i truclivc lessons we resume cur onwarl
career as a tree, prosperous, anl united
laople.
IA my message of the 4;h Of Oecem.
her 1865, Congress was informed OF
ihe measures which had been instituted
- ne Executive With view to the
4rauual restoration Of the States which
ina iusurrectiun occurred to their rcla
t.ol5 with the Geucial Goycrumeut
Provisional G0vernms had boen u',Duu.
,,d rnnror.;ons ooI,,l nnro,,-,,',
tcJ [c@isI.tnrrs ,..ambrod md Sony
.urs and Representatives chosen 10 the
Congress CT the Upited States. Courts
had been opened ior the enforcement Of
Irl LeaH remnve3 custom hnusss 70 ..
..lEyhoJ on3 tho ;ntarnnI ro1onuo I,ws
M. IN r,rce in or5or Thar tbo nco,,e
'oi.,ht con,ribnfe to rho nat;onI ,ncnma
T)o,t.i onor.,;ons h "A ha,o ranacnl
nd the afTnr,s wera hain,, mo,ir to ras.
+o~, thom +, lhrir farmer conIit;on ot
,%;o;oncr vl, S.ato, th,,,,1';yos h,I
hoan asked 70 take nort in the hiob tunc
.;.,, of o,ardinn tbo Constellation and
NJ tL,s sonc,i12,;ro +Le nyt;nct;,n #
D.. hr;oon s,orory as nno 49, ,bo Ia r;t;nata
,',,,,(., ~ o,,r ;nt,,n..;,o s,rr,r,r,o
T,s,;,l. w ,''.,,.,.a,,'l ,r,,. f.m 1ln pvo
o.,t;ro Il,L,rt7.,-n, E,r,l th,, !, L.I
.ao,mn,;,LnI ro,rly m ,h,t ,y.s w;,hin
tho anpno o( ire CONSTITUTIONAL ou,hnr;ty
a., tS!n,, b,uornr yot ro,,;,,l ?, Ia
,;,mo Lotnro tha ,nn,i, - rn.,,r,,i,n
non'd h, r,mnInta1 and thar w,s Ihp
o9m;.sior 70 ConTrass If lo,,,I rrr,tors
rai ranr,sontn.;y.s frnm INA S,.ras
'',i '",',,o ,,p,.lo h,I r,h.I,,I .,,:.,. tbo
fa,nf,; pp,,Pnr;,n af ,hn caa,"I - .,,or,,
.""n. This n1ost;am rnr.Jroi nno, tho
raSncc,;ro iInnsos which ~ tI'. r,1.
.ti,%,;nn aro ,ond,, thc ;,I ,". 81 ,he
ln.t;nna rot,rns ,,l no,,,i,,ri,ns nI.
,,;r own mn,ob,r,, AL II. .,naI.,I.
m NJ onrn cnga,ai tbn ofrrn,io, nf
.,nnr,sa
IN ,,,o wo,n,;m, ,ba r,,o,.,c. d..
.rtmnnt-no otnpr mn, h,y.u.r h.nn
.>ovo.oI hy r,nrrssl sl-c,,,i,,.I y. 81
80 ,, rorfact as far - y,,n.,.t.r,l,,a
q rostaratio, of tIa n.,,tr ro,l,,ao:
,,r,on tho c,tiz,n. ot ~, r..s,,..,fy,
oto, Tho l,,,as and ,hr i}r ,.,,i Goy
.n,o,ot ovtondinu fr,,o ,,.o.,. t,,,.
,he nnhi;c ;n,or.3,s s,.n..I., rsooiro
i,3icioI revonn, n,tn,.,,i.vss. .
~. H.. ro,otrv Win t,, -, 90 and
..,,so,, of ths Senate tbnror.ss.,ry. 81;
~ vera pnn,inted, ami the aour, ,nr,n
o.. i....