The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-07-28

quorum in the Legislature, and said the
President was opposed to their whole
proceedings and would put stop to
them T,1 ,g r.I---s s aru
Chicago, July 10th.
The following official correspondence
was published: -
/ ~ ~ Washington, July 18th.
SIR II have the honor to tender you
herewith my resignation of Post Master
General, to take effect upon your notify
ing me of the acceptance. In thus with
drawing from your Cabinet it is proper
to say, that do so chiefly because of the
difference of opinion between US in re-
gard to the present amendment of the
Constitution, which | approve, and the
Convention to be held at Philadelphia
on the 14th proximo, to which / am OPP
posed. My confidence in the patriotism
of the Union Republican party and the
convention that upon its permanent con-
I troll of Government depend in a large
measure the peace and happiness of the
country, will not permit of my holding
an equiyocal attitude in respect to it.
Assuring you of my personal apprecia-
tion of the uniform courtesy received
from you, am very respectfully yours,
etc. w. DENNlSON-
! To the President.
! Executive Mansion,
Washington July 10Th.
SIR Your resignation of the Office of
Post Master General. rendered in your
letter of the 18th inst, is hereby accept
ed, fully appreciating your kind assur-
ance of personal regard. | am very re-
spectfully yours. ."n
ANDREW JOHNSON.
The letter of Senator Doolittle to the
members of the Cabinet, demanding
their views concering the new party
movement, is Not published, but the fol-
lowing are the replies elected; "
Secretary Welles writes,
Washington, July 18th.
| SIR Your note of the 10th inst was
received yesterday. cordially approve
the movement which has been instita-
ted to sustain the Administration in
maintaining the Union of States, and |
recognize in the call which you have
sent me the principles and views by
which the Administration has been gov
erned. The attempt made to destroy
the national integrity by secession or
voluntary withdrawal of the States from
the Union, has been defeated war has
forever eXtinguished the heresy of Sc
cession. On the suppression of the re
belllon measures were promptly COM
menced TO re-establish those fraternal re
lations which for years had been inter
rupted. The policy indicated by Presi-
dent Lincoln to restore the national du-
ty was adopted and carried forward by
President johnson. The States which
| lid ufs0n III rebellion were under this
benign policy resuming their legitimate
functions; people lrun i.-lI DOWN .I.io
arms, and those who had been in insur-
rection were returning to their allegi-
ance The Constitution had been vindi-
Gated and the Union was supposed to be
restored when check was put upon the
progress to national harmony and pros
perity thus dawning upon the country.
In the assembling of Congress all efforts
towards Union and nationality became
suddenly paralized, and the measures OF
reconciliation which the President had
from the time he entered upon his du,
! ties pursued with eminent success, were
assailed and their benefcent purpose, to
great extent defeated attempts were
made to impose conditions upon States
before permitting them to exercise Their
Constitutional rights; loyal Senators
and Representatives of new States which
had been in rebellion, were refused ad
mittance into Congress; the people were
denied the rightful Constitutional repre-
sentation eleven States were and are
excluded from all participation in the
Government these proceedings which
conflict with the fundamental principles
on which our whole Government system
is founded are generating and consolida
ting sectional an!mosity, and if long
persisted in, must eventuate in perma
nent alienation. l Irejoice, therefore, in
the movement which has for its object
the Union in one bond, of love of the
people, of our common country, anG
which invites to the councils and to polit
cal action the citizens of every State ant
Territory, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf
centralizing theory that the loyal ant
qualified Senators and representative
from States shall be excluded from Con
gress, and those States and people o
those States shall not participate in tn,
Government is scarcely less repugnan
than that of secession itself The pro
positions to change our judicial system
in such manner as to destroy the indie
pendence of the States by transferring
to the Federal tribunals all question
relating to life, liberty, the property o
the citizen and to change the basis o
representation, which was one of tn
difficult and delicate compromises of tn
Convention of 1857, when no States wer
excluded from representation, to chang
the existing and wisely adjusted di
| tribution of powers between the differ
f ent departments of the Government b,
) transferring the pardoning power in Gel
, tain cases from the Executive, where i
) properly belongs, to Congress or tn
, Legislative branch of the Government
| to which it does not legitimately pertain
. to incorporate into our Constitution
: which is to stand through all time,
: prescription of citizens who have ere
| and are liable to penalties under exis
: ing enactments, by disqualifications pal
taking of the nature of es post fact