Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-07-26

schuyler CullaX was sefcnaded at the Ma
tianal Hotel last night After several
choice airs by the b,nd. the honorable gen
ueman came to the balcony and respond
cd asfoi!oWs, being frequently interrupt
cd with loud expressions Of approval
FELLOW CITIZENS There are two
Kin Is OF serenadcs in ashington-tllc first
when members arrive to cutter on the DIS
charge OF their duties, and the last hen.
after the close of their lahors. they are
about to start to their hoMes. A. Holy
Writ declares that he who takctli eff his
a.,nnr has mere right to be proud than he
who putteth iton, value this mark OF you'
cyard more highly because your work be
Jag completed, you mean by 1t, "Wcll
done, good aud faithful servants AP
plause' Congress sincerely desired to
avoid this Midsummer session. They pass
ell the Military Reconstruction bills last
March. The President vetoed them on
the explicit ground that ,icy made the mil
itary commander supreme and absolute
over the people the late rebeilious States.
Congress accepted his construction OF them
ana repasscd them over his veto. They
were cordially indorsed by the loyal peu-
lle of the North, and acqnlesccd IN lnorc
readily than had been expected by the peo-
pie o! the South. Soon it became appar-
ent that under them loyalty would triumph
in most of the Southern States, aud then
the President vetoed his own veto. and
promul gated dec sion OF his Attorney Gen
c!al that under these laws the military
commanders were mere policemen, subor-
dinate to the Provisional Government over
which tLey had been placed the army but
II posse comltGtas, 20 enforce the DEGREES OF
The Rebel Governors anl Mayors. and ;hat
every Rebel was to be his own register.
The people surprised at these DECISIONS.
appealed to the Congress. i'll which they
placed such deserved confidence, to teas
semblc, and from Maine to California they
came hithrr to resume their legislative an
thoritv, and to so declare the meaning of
their legislation that no legal Sophl>trcs oi
any Attorney General could mystiiy it
Vetoed again. they repas$ed itby vote OF
four to one. and it has gone Oh the statute
hook as one of the laws which the Presi-
dent. by his constitutional oath. must take
care to have faithfully executed. Some. |
know, condemn Congress for having done
too much in its past legislation. and some
for having done too little ; bnt | think 1t
has struck the golden mean, firm and ye,
prudent, courageous without undue excite
lnent, intiexible and yet wise. The Presi-
dent in his last veto denoances this militia
" despotism, as he calls it. and declares
that Congress has subjected the South to a
tyranny must intolerahle. We have heard
these charges OF military despotisiu before,
during the war, from the party which SD
bitterly opposed bis election three Years
ago. Every act tending to strengthen the
Government, such as the suspension OF the
haJeGS cofpaS. trials by court martial, &c.
was denounced as military despotisn
tut the people rendered their verdict. and
it could not be reversed. Instead Of tyr
amy, the keynote of the Congressional
rolicv is protection to all and the yindica
tiol aad triumph Of loyalty, and God help
ing us We shall stand by it until it is crown
cd with triumph. App!ause.l | VIII
Use no word OF disrespect toward the Pres
ilent. for although differing with him in
policy as wide as the poles. respect the
slice which he fills. aud prefer argument
so invectiye. When listened yesterday
to Mr.. Mcpherson. the Clerk of the House.
AS he real the bold and defiant message
sf the President. l could not but feel that
in the whole OF it he arraigned himself far
more than the Congress which he addrc Il
ed. All parties agree that he spoke cnr
gectly when. III his North Carolina procla
nation of May. 1865, he declared that all
the civil governments OF the South had
been DESTROYED by the Rebellion. lie then
without calling Congress together, went
on with the work OF reconstruction in the
absence Of all law upon the subject Has
Congress made State governments subnr
Ginate TO the military power so did the
President. Bat he ordered conventions
by his executive fiat, and recognized their
constitutions without their being submit
ted to the people. Congress required til
people. the registered voters, 10 call the
Convention themselves, and then to APP
p.ove or reject their work by popular vote.
Applause Has Congress required the
ratification of a Constitutional Amendment
So did the President. Has Congress es
tablshcd test-oath! So did the Presi
dent. Our crime is, | suppose. t.iat we
provided that those whom the nation had
made free should have the freeman's bal
lot tor their protection, while the prcsi.
dent did not. But the results of his policy
s.rikingly contrast with the result of ours
The nation looked ON to see what fruits
would result from his action, and what they
were. In nearly every State the Rebel
power resumed its authority and became
t.eNutiNtf
and ldiclal departneuts-the yagrant and
labor laws virtually re-ensaying the
emancipated, followed by murders, out
RACES, riots, and massacres, crowned the
wIo.e. LOYAL men were under foot, and
the reyivi6ed spirit Of rebellion Was tri
umphant. With our duty to our country
and on our oaths we could no: affirm and
legalize this policy and hence the legsla-
fivu actinn we have since takon
eApproved in the past we have been. !
cannot doubt even Il more triumphant in
dersemeut hereafter. Applause. The
President appeals to the hallot-bex so do
we, and by its decision We arc willing to
stand and fall. In 1862, in the dardest
hour vi the war, amid disaster and reverse
theballot box sustained us, and returned
Republican majority to Congress. In
1864 we were compelled to accept all the
edium of conscription. the heavy burdens
of taxation necessary for our national
credit, and to keep our flag flying in the
field. the charges OF onr enemies that men
were being drafted from their homes to
free negroes, and the denunciations against
the war as a failure; but with the simple
motto of Our Country" under the lead
Of our nahle President-would To God he
were a living to-day-we won magnif-
cent triumph. Applause In 1867. when
Presiden. johnson turned his back on the
party which elected him, traversed the