Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-01-13

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Important Message Prom the Presi-
dent,

In Tie United states Senate, on the 18th
Dee, the following special message Of
the President In r,sponse 20 resolution
calling for Information as To the condition
1T the Slacs lately In rebellion, and the ac-
commuyirg report Of Lieutenant General
Grant, on the state Ut things in the South
were received and rcad
10 ne SHaie II he THiifd States;
In reply tn tho resolution adopted by the
Senate on the nth instant, | have the
hnnor TO state that the rebellion waged 10y
portion Of The people against the properly
constituted authority of the Government of
the United States, has been suppressed;
that the United States arc in possession of
every State in which the instruction cx-
listed, aud TINT, as far as II could be done,
the courts Of the United States have been
restored, post offices re,cstNblisled, and
steps taken to put into effective operation
the revenue laws of the country.
As the result of The measures Instituted
10y III Executive, with the view Of induc-
ing u resumption of the functions Of the
States, coiuprehcmdcd in the inquiry Of the
Senate the people of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee have
organized their respective State Govern
mcnts, and fare yielding obedience TO the
laws and Government of the | nitcl States"
with more Willingness and greater prompti-
tudc than under the circumstances could
have been anticipated. The proposed
amendment of the Constitution, providing
for the abolition Of slavery forever within
the limits Of the county, has been ratified
hy each one Cf those States, with the en-
ception Of Mississippi, from which no Off
cial information has been received, and in
nearly all of them measures have been
adopted o" are now pending, TO confer up
on freedmen the privileges which are es-
seniial to their comfort, protection am Sc
curity. In Florida and Texas the people
are making CommcndGble progress in res
doub. is entertained that they will at an
carly period be in condition to resume
all OF their practical relations with the
general Government.
In "that portion of the Union lately in
rebellion" the aspect of affairs is more
promising than, in view of all the circum-
stances, could well have been expected
The people throughout the entire South
evince laudablc desire to renew their al-
lcgiancc 10 the Government and TO repair
the dcvastations of war by prompt and
cheerful return to peaceful pursuits, and
abiding faith is entertained that their nc
lions will conform to their professions and
that in acknowledging the supremacy of
the Constitution and laws Of the United
States their loyalty will be unrcscrvedly
given TO the Government whose leniency
they cannot fail to appreciate, and whose
fostering care will soOu restore them to n
condition of prosperity. It's true that in
some Of the States the dcmoralizing effects
Of the war are to be seen in occasional dis
orders but these are local in character,
not frequent in occurrence, and are rapidly
disappearing as the authority of civil law
is extended and sustained. Pcrplexing
questions are naturally to be expected from
tic great and sudden change in the rela-
tons between the two races: but systems
nrc gradually developing themselves under
which the freedman will receive the protec-
ton to which lie is justly entitled, and by
means Of his labor, make himhelf n useful
and independent member Of the community
in which he has home.
From all the information in my possess
ion, and from that which | have recently
derived from the most reliable authority, |
am induced to cherish the belief that Sec
tonal luminosity is surely and rapidly
merging itself into spirit Of nationality,
and that presentation, connected with
properly adjusted system of taxation, will
result in harmonious restoration of the
States to the National Union.
The report Of Carl SAhurz is herewith
transmitted, as requested by the Senate
No reports from the Hon. John Covode have
been received by the President. The atten-
ton of the Senate is invited to the accom-
panying report from Lieutenant General
Grant, who recently made a tour Of inspec-
ton through several of the States whose
inhabitants participated in the rebellion.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, Dec. IS, 1865.
GENERAL GRANTS REPORT.
lIEADQ'Rs ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, |
Washington, D. c., Dec. Is, 1865. !
His Ercelleney 4. johnson, President Of the
United States:
Sr:-In reply 10 your note Of Ihe 10th
inst, requesting report from me, giving
such informa ton as may be possessed of,
coming within the scope Of inquiries made
by the Senate of the United States in their
resolution of the 18th inst, have the hon
or to>submit the following:
Withyour approval and also that of the
honorable Secretary Of War, | left Wash
ington City on the 9th of last month for
the purpose Of making tour of inspection
through some of the Southern States, or
States lately in rebellion, and to see what
changes were necessary to be made in the
disposition of the military forces of the
country, how these forces could be reduced,
and expenses curtailed, etc., and to learn
as far as possible the feelings and inten-
tions Of the citizens of those States towards
the General Government. The State of
Virginia being so accessible TO Washington
City, and information from this quarter,
therefore, being readily obtained, / hasten
ed through the State without conversing or
meeting with any Of its citizens. In Raj
cigh, North Carolina, spent one day; in
Charleston, South Carolina, two days; Sa.
vannah and Augusta, Georgia, each one
day. Both in travelling and whilst stop
ping, | saw much and conversed freely with
the citizens of those States as we'll as with
officers of the army who have been station
ed among them. The following are the con-
illusions come 10 by me:
am satisfied that the mass of the think
ing men of the South acceptthe present state
Of affairs in good faith. The questions
which have heretofore divided the senti-
ments of the people of the two sections
slavery and State rights, or the right of q
State to secede from the Union-they re-
gard as having been settled forever by the