The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-08-31

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Nhethcf NE whole pStpH shAlI NJ teprSsen ted
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tion Of assuming Ne rebel debl fsr, ,nehoay
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ing .stsetsa iaonths, AHAaly sbssdcksd \ and
Saj6sfned HithoGt even daring v vote on The
simple quasaiDpsf quaaiasd Asgsoi suffrage h
%h3 District Of Oolumbia; 90 far did tbeiI
pcvesrnances fSli abort Of their professions
But We repeat that the great question and
The Only question q issue /, j., shall several
sai,hsasos Amseisano eitisens, whs srsr pay.
ing taxes md obeying the laws, have any
Representatives ia 0onsrcss ? Thst thssemen,
q aaAjority Of them, have once rebehed
Against the Government IL not at oil TO the
Point utess We enforce the doctrine Of once
q Fe6ef Always q rebel. They were con
ausrsd and subdued, and have submitted to
the authority ofthe government. II is idle
70 say that they are -still malignant ~ heart
and not ofops way Of thinking. In the hrst
phes,we saswenthnt they sre not aiI ma
lisnsnt q heart, there are thousands 'a Aie
thousHnds 81 men m the south VINO only
crave Tor peace and quiet that they may re
stsre their shattered fortunes and cultivate
again the prosperous arts OF peace. In TIN
second place9 what right have we TO ideman'
that they shall Be OF our way OF thinking n sing
They 90 not think as we DO, perhaps, IN ques
tiops ~ religion, or philosophy, or fne arts
e.anything else; no matter, 90 long as the!
obey the laws and submit to the constituted
antAbsili6s. Thh d ali that Ne have asked; al
that Mr. lincoln ever required; all that th'
wur WINS ever prosecuted fcr. And yet near
~ year and half has elapsed now sinc'
the close OF the war and the Union ia NJ
nearer. being restored, TO all appearances
than IL was the day after Lsx's surrender
whyi Because the essential element Of pc
liticsl life Is wanting-the element Of repre-
ssntation. yrlr, ..aelr.' go ale a. aaa . D.. . D..
II Congress had, Immediately on the oper
ing Of the last session, done what the countr.
expected it to do, and what majority Of tn
Republican party at that time desired to do
;.e., admitted all Representatives who coul,
take the test oath, does any sane man BIZ
lieye that the country would not to-day
in a far more settled condition, and incalcu
lably further advanced than it is on the wa
toward permanent reconciliation and nationa
prosperity But It was not so to be. The con
trolling minds in that party happened to, b,
radicals whose purposes could not be serve,
bv am immediate admission Of loyal mcr
from the South, and hence came the commit
tee Of fifteen, with all the other strategy b,
which the restoration Of the Union was post
poned, and the majority in Congress dra
pooned into the position which they neve