Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-02-28

,oro.,od had not been permitted to he
heard. The principle is firmly fixed IN
,he minds of the American people that
hero sbould he no taxation without rer-
Great burdens are now I"
be borne by all the country. and we may
best demand that they shall be borne
without a muimur when they are voted
BY majority of the Representatives, OF all
the people. would not interfere with
the nnqaestionable right of Congress to
Judge, each House for itself. of the elec'
ton returns and qualifications of its own
but that authority cannot be
as including the right to shut
out in time of peace any State from the
representation to which it is entitled by
the Constitution.
DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE
COUNTRY
The President of the United States
stands towards the country in a somewhat
different attitude from that of any mem
Der of Congress, chosen from single dis
trict or State. The President is chosen
by the people of all the States Eleven
States are not at this time represented IN
either branch of Congress. ltwonld seem
to be his duty. on all proper occasions, to
presen. their Just claims to Congress.
There always will be differences Of .opin-
ION in the community. aud individuals
m y be guilty Of transgression Of the law
but these do not constitute valid otjec-
lions against the right Of State repre-
| would in no wise interfere
with the discretion of Congress with re-
gard to the qualifications of members but
| hold it my duty to recommend to you,
in the interests OF peace and in the inter.
ests of the Union. admission of every
State to its share of public legislation.
However insubordinatc. iusurgent or re-
bellious its people may have been, it pre-.
sents itself not on y in an altitude of 10y
atty and harmony, but in the persons of
whose loyalty cannot lie
questioned under existing constitutional
or legal tests.
1t is plain that an indefinite pcrma-
nent exclusion of the country from repre-
must be attended by spirit of
disquiet aud complaint. 1t is unsound
and dangerous to pursue course Of meas
ures which will unite any large section of
the country against another section of the
40 matter how much the latter
may predominant, the course Of emigra-
ton the Development of industry and
business aud national causes will raise up
al the South men as devoted to the Union
as those of any part of the land but if
they are excluded from Congress. in a
permanent statute they are declared not
to be in full constitutional relations 10 the
country, they may think they have cause
to become unit in feelings aud senti-
ment against Government. Under the
political education of the American peo-
pie the idea is inherent and Incredible
that the consent of majority of the
whole people is necessary to secure will
ing acqniescence in legislation The bill
under consideration refers to certain
States as though they had not been fully
restored in all their constitutional rea.
tions to the United States. If they have
not, let us at once act together to secure
that desirable end at the earliest possible
moment. 1t is hereby necessary for me
to inform Congress that in my own Judge.
ment. most Of these States so far at least
as depends upon their own action. have
already been fully restored and are to be
deemed to be entitled to enjoy th'ir Con
stitutional rights rs members of the Union
Reasoning FROM the Constitution itscl
and from the actual situation of the coun
try, | feel not only entitled hut bound tc
assume tn It the Federal courts restored
in the several States aud in full exercise
Of their functions, the rights and inter
ests of oil classes of people will with tn,
aid of the military in cases of resistarc C,
to the laws, he essentially protected
against unconstitutional infringement anc
violation. Should the expectation unbap
PLY fail which do not anticipate, then
tho ava,.ntiy. 10 n rn,Iy orn,al ,v;,l Al