The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-02-22

in the eloquent address by which they
have beea accompanied / may say,
furthermore, that after having passed
through the great struggle in which we
have been engaged, we should be placed
upon much more acceptable ground In
resuming all our relations to the Gener-
al Government If we present 10 men I'M
mistakably and unquestionahly loyal to
fill the places of power. This being
done, feel that the day is not far dis
tamil speak confidently in reference to
the great mass Of the American people
when they will determining that this
Union shall be made whole, and the great
right Of representation in the councils
of the nation be acknowledged.
Gentlemen, that is fundamen prin-
ciple . No taxation without represen
tation" was one OF the principles which
carried us through the Revolution The
great principle will hold good vet, and
if we but perform our duty, If we but
comply with the spirit of the resolutions
presented to me to-day, the American
people will maintain and sustain the
great doctrines upon which the govern
ment was inaugurated. 1t can be done
and it will be done, and think if the eff
fort be fairly and fully made with for
bearance, and with prudence, and with
discretion, and wisdom, the end Is not
far distant.
1t seems to me apparent that from
every consideration, the best policy
which could be adopted, at present
would be q restoration of these States
and the Government upon correct prin
ciples We have some foreign Difficult
ties but the moment il can be announc-
ed that the Union OF the States is again
complete, that we have resumed our ca
reer of prosperity and greatness, at that
very instant, almost all our foreign diff
fculties will be settled, for there is no
power on earth which will care to have
4 controversy or a rupture with the Gov
ernmcnt of the United States under
such circum stances.
If these States be fully restored, the
area for the circulation of the national
currency, which was thought by some to
oe inflated to very great extent, will
be enlarged the number of persons
through whose hands it is to pass will
be increased; the quantity of commerce
in which it is to be employed as a medi-
um of exchange will he enlarged and
then it will begin to approximate, what
we all desire, a specie standard. II all
these States were restored-if peace
and order reigncd throughout the land
and the industrial pursuits and avoca-
tions OF peace were again re5umed-the
day would not be far distant when we
could put into the commerce of the
world two hundred and fifty million dol
lars or three hundred million dollars
worth of cotton and tobacco and vari-
Gus products in the Southern States,
which would constitute in part basis of
this currency Thus, instead Of coin
being invested, we should reverse the
position and put the base IL the bottom
as it ought TO be
Gentlemen, | know nothing further
that | could say in the expression of my
feelings on this occasion-and they are
not atfected-more than to add that
shall continue in the same line of policy
which l have pursued from the com
mencement of the rebellion to the pres
ent period. My efforts have been to
preserve the Union of the States. L
never for single moment entertained
| the opinion that a State could withdraw
from the Union of its own will. The
attempt was made 1t has failed. /
continue to pursue the same line of poll
cy which has been my constant guide.
l was against dissolution. Dissolution
was attempted it has failed and now I
can not take the position that a State
which attempted to secede is ont of the
Union, when | contended all the time,
that it could not go out, and that it new
er has been ont. | cannot be forced in
to that position. Hence, when the States
and their people shall have complied
with the requirements of the Govern
ment. l shall be in favor of their resum
ing their former relations to this Gov
eminent in all respects.
l don't intend to say anything person
al but YOU know as well So | do that at
the beginning. and indeed before the be
ginning, of the recent gigantic struggle
between the different sections of the
country, there were extreme men South.
and there were extreme men North. l
might make use of homely figure
which Is sometimes as good As any 9TH
er, even III the illustration of great and
important questions-and say that it
has been hammer at one end of the line
and anvil at the other; and this great
GoVernm ent, the best the world ever saw
was kept upon the anvil and hammered
before the rebellion, and 1t has been
hammered since the rebellion and there
seems to be 4 disposition TO continue
the hammering until the Government
shall be destroyed. l have opposed that
system always, and / oppose it now.
The Government, in the assertion Of
its powers and in the maintenance of
the principles of the Constitution, has
taken hold of one extreme, and with the
strong arm of physical power has put
down the rebellion. Now. as we swing
round the circle of the Union. with
fixed and unalterahle determination to
stand by it. if we find the counternart
of the duplicate of the same spirit that
played to this feeling and these persons
in the South, this other extreme which
stands in the way must get ont of it.
and the Government must stand unshak-
en- and unmoved on its basis The Gov
eminent must be preserved
| will only say. in conclusion. that l
hepe all the people of this county. in
good faith and in the fulness of their