Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-07-07


able withdrawal from Congress an,
by hagrant rebellion and war for
feited all civil and political rightl
and privileges under the federal con
stitution, they can only be restored
thereto by the permission and au
thority of that constitutional power
against which they rebelled and by
which they were subducd
FUth-Thesc rcbcllious armie.
were conquered by the people Of the
United States, acting through all the
coordinate branches of the govern,
ment, and not by the Executive De-
partment alone. The powers OF
Congress are not 30 vested in the
President that he can fix and rcgu.
late the terms of settlement and
confer Congressional representation
upon conquered rebels and traitors,
nor can he in any way qualify ene'
mics Of the government to exercise
its law making power. The author.
ity to restore rebels to political pow.
er in the Federal government can
be exercised only with the concur
renee of all the departments in
which political power is vested, and
hence the several proclamations Of
the President to the people of the
Confederate States cannot be con.
sidercd as extending beyond the
purnoses declared and can only be
regarded as provisional permission
bv the commander-in.c chief of the
army +, do certain acts the validity
whereof is 70 he d,tcrmined hv tho
constitutional yovernmcnt and not
solely by the executive mower.
.sirth-Tbe question before Con.
oress il then whether copouered
enemies have tn. riyht and shall be
p.rmitt,d Mt their own nj, asurc ard
on their own terms to nor.ic,pate in
mukifg laws for their conouerors
Wh,tLer conouer.d rebels may
ch.nso ,h.ir thr,,r. or o,.rotions
from The battlefield where thev we're
defeated and ov.rtb rown to the halls
of CONGRESS and throuoh this rem.
resept,tior ..;,, rnn, tbo oovern.
men, which thnv snnoht to destrov
Wh.th.r the n,tion"i t.s,surv tTe
ormy ~ tho n.t;nn ia NV ;ta
Enr,S and nrsonoIs ito whnls civil
adw;n;strat;on H.. .rod;t ;to nen
S;onars ,ha w;dnws and ornhops of
those Who ner;sbet IN tho war tho
nuhI;c bon6r noacn ,,,yI 40 n.tv shall
bo % tmrnad ouar TO- to tha L.nn;nS Of it's
reoan, enemies w;thnut doIor and
w;tLonT t.on;r;no su"b cnna;t;ons
as IN the oninion of Concress the
sccuritv Of the countrv and ;ts in.
stitutions NAV demand
,Sereuth--The history Of mankind
exbibi,s no examvle Of such mad
ness and folly. The instinct of self.
preservation protests against it. The
surrender of Grant to Lee. and by
Sherman to johnson would have
been disasters of less mapnitude: for
new armies could have been raised.
new battles fought. and the govern.
ment saved. The anti.coercive pol-
lev which. under the Dretext of
avoiding bloodsbed allowed the re.
bellion to take form and gather force
would be surpassed in infamy by the
matchless wickedness that Totild
now surrender the halls of Congress
to those 80 recently in rebellion. un.
til proper nrecantions shall have
been taken to secure the national
faith and the national safety.
Eiohth-It has been shown IN
this renort and the evidence sub.
m;ttcd tbat M nroof has bccn af
torded to Congress- of a constituency
in anv of the so.called Confederate
Stotas vn,ess wo nxconttba state of
Tennossae qualified tn elect Sena.
tors and Ranresentot.ves in Con.
orass No State constitution nor
senondraUt 70 state const;tnt;on
hos had the sanction of tho nconle
All All tha E sn M ooII.d ,on;0,n,;nn nt S,.to
and lsyislatures han
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