The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-22
EDITOR.


view. This time FEB. 10TH he was Wis
tied by a committee of the Senate ant
House Of Delegates Of the State Of Wiz
GINA The committee recommended
themselves, and constituents, to tn
President in the highest tcrms-not On
~ a. gentlemen, philanthrop.sts, ans
christians, but rs persons eminently ii
to take charge of the social, political ane
moral welfare of the freedmen. The
President accepted their recommends
tons, and after expressing his saiisfac'
ton on receiving visi, from them. he
recommended himself to them sat.stac-
torily.
This is all right. We have no doubt
but that these virginians were men Of
high standing, and we have never 9ues-
toned the patriotism and honest states
manship of the President. bus We are
unable to see how they can by mutual
admiration Or coincidence hasten the
admission Of southern Representatives
TO Congress. We think they will be
compelled, before long. TO observe tina,
Congress exercises very extensive jur-
isdiction in the work Of reconstruction.
The President made some very forci-
bic remarks during the interview, but
there arc some things in the conclusion
Of his remarks to which we call particu-
Lar attention:
"Gentlemcn, I shall continue to pur-
sue the same line of policy which have
pursued from the commencement of the
rebellion to the present time. My Efforts
have been to preserve the Union Of the
States. Inever for a single moment in
dcrsed the theory that State could
withdraw from the Union Of its own
will. That attempt was made, and fail
ed. shall continue to pursue the same
line Of policy that has been my constant
guide, and l cannot take the position
that State which attempted to secede is
out of the Union, when l contended all
the time it could not go out and that it
never had been out. ! cannot he forced
into that position. Hence, when the
States and their people shall have COM
piled with the requirements of the Gov
crnment, shall be in favor Of their re-
Stunning former relations.
II do not intend to say anything per-
gigantic struggle between the different
sections North and South, there were
extreme men North and extreme men
South. This great fault was kept upon
the anvil hammered during the rebel
lion, and it has been hammered since
the rebellion, and there seems to be q
disposition to continue hammering until
the Government Is destroyed. / have i!
opposed that system always. l oppose
II now. The Government, in assertion |
of its powers, and in maintenance of the
principles of the Constitution, has taken
hold ofone extreme, and with the strong
arm of physical power has put down the
rebellion. Now rs we swing around the
circle of the Union. with fixed and unal-
terable determination to stand by it, we
find counterpart, or duplicate of the
same spirit. This other extreme which
stands in the way must get out of it. !
The Government must stand mistaken
and unmoved upon its basis. The Gov ,
eminent must be preserved.
hope that all the people Of this
country, in good faith and in the full l
ness of their hearts, will fix upon the
principles which you have enunciatcd )
here to-day, of the maintenance of union j
lay aside every other feeling for the F.:
goou OF our common country, and, with
uplifted faces to Heaven, swear that our
goods and our alters and all shall sink in
dust together, rather than that this glo-
rious Union shall not be preserved.
l am gratified to find the loyal senti-
ment OF the country manifcsting itself
IN these expressions, and now that the
attempt to destroy the Union has failed
At one end Of the line, trust we shalt 70
on determined to preserve the Union In
It's original purity against all opposi-
ton"
We DO not claim to know just what
the President means by "a counterpart,
or duplicate, Of the same spirit" Does
Ae mean that those in the North who do
not agree with him in his policy Of re-
construction must get out of the way ~
we DONE see how they are to be got out
Of the way for more than two-thir.ls of
Congress take different view from that
here expressed by the President. l,
would be well for the President and the
delegation to carefully Investigate and
estimate the means they are able to
bring to bear for the accomplishment Of
the end indicated in the above quotation.
We hope we misunderstood the Presi-
dent; but the language seems plain.
Yet how can he regard peaccable men of
the North as counterpart or dupli-
CATE Of those who have defied the Gov
eminent, lighted the fires Of civil war
and clothed the land III mourning?
p The Legislature has taken a recess
.of u week, which results, practically.
IN recess of ten days. The recess was
ior the purpose of visiting Dubuque to
attend the Mississippi Navigation Con-
vention. Thc'object OF the Convention
is good one anuthe different parts of the
State should have been Well represented
but the Legislature was not elected for