The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-12-05
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Presidents Message
wTlW PresidentS ssa Which
VS. lead to C6hg ss W day..i9
publ He'd in full II c III 10 apef III
thisAfcrning. Nop FL WI j N iss
seMson Of the RssolMs,.s less

~ sIS0sceHOe0k lMPQktepc0 Of the
viii be sufficient excuse for
caaiisg yonr Attentio1 - some Of the,
rsasons which, shsye 70 str61gly, in,
fasnced my own Judgment. ! The
hppe that We may ~ 6nAlly concur
in. = mode of seettlemept consistent 81
once with eur true interests and with
daties 10 the Cons titution.,
is tso nstural,an too just 10 DO read.
lily rclinqsished." ~
Z The President after reviewing shia
own planlof construction, adds
q. Being sincerely convinced that
these views are correct, I would BE-
unfait hfal 10 my duty i'll did, not
recommend the rcpeAl Of the acts of
Congress which place ten, Of the
Southern States under the dominion
of military masters. If calm reflec-
ton shall satisfy y. majority Of your
honorable body that the acts referred
to are not only y violation Of national
faith, but in direct conflict with the
Consultations, / dare not permit my.
self to doubt that you will immedi-
ately strike them from the statute
book. d tn demonstrate the unconsti..
tutional character of these acts, 1
ncel no more than refer to their gen.
eral provisions. 1t must be seen al
once that they are Nut authorized to
dictate what alterations hare been
made. to the C Constitutions of the SOW
eral Statea; TO contrularthe elections
oflState Legislatures and State efil-
GERS, members of Congress and cleo
tors OF President and Vice President
BY arbitrarily declaring vwho, shall
vote and who shalt be excluded from
that privilege; todissoIve q state leg
'isIaturo, or prevent them from. assem-
bling; to dismiss Judges and other
civil fanctioparies Of, States and ,sp-
pointsothers without regard TO State
law to authorize, and ,operate all po-
litical machinery ofFA State to reg
ulate tie whole administrAtiont .of
their domestic and local affairs &C
cording to tho mere w.ll OF strong
and irresistible agents sent among
themsf0 that purpose. These are
powers not granted to the Federal
government or toany Of its branches.
On the question OF Negro Suffrage
the President 'exprssses himself %
follows: s1i a99raFag@ !sDs
"The plan Of putting the Southe7.
States wholly and the Federal gov.
ernmcnt partially into the hands Of
negroes, is proposed At q time pecu.
.Iisrly unpropilious. The foundations
OF society hare been broken up by
civil war. Industry must ha. .raos-
ganisod; Justice established public
credit maintsi ned, and order through.
out the length and breadth Of the
country. To accolnplish these ends
would require all the wisdom and
virtue Of the great men who formed
our institutions originally. i conf
IDENTIFY believe that their descendants
will DO equal to the arduous task be.
fore them j hut it is more than mad.
ness to expect that negroes will per-.
form IL ~ certainly. We ought not
ask their assisLance until We dcspaiI
Of ous own competency. The great
difference between the two races in
|physical, mental and moral chsrac.
|teristics, viii prevent an amalgsma-
ton and fusion Of them together in
one Homogeneous imass.n If the info.
rior obtains tho ascendency over the
other, it will govern with references
entirely to iss own interests, for il
will recognise no common interests
and create sacha tyranny % this
continent has never yet Witnessed
Already tho negroes are influenced
by promises Of confscation and plum.
der. They are taught to regard as an
enemy every white man who has any
respect for therights Of his own race.
| II this continues It must become wOrs
and worse, until all order will be sub.
vertedI and all industry will cease and
the fertile fields Of tho South grow
mp into 3 wilderness. Of all the dan.
gers which yonr nations has yet en-
c0uDtefed, there are mono eqnal to
these which will result from the suc.
cess of the effort now making toedis.
ffancAise half ofyour country. ]
The President refers to executive
only ~ follows: Sc a9ggsslt 81. sek
'tHow far the daty of the Presi.
dent % preserve and defend tho CON
|stitution, requires him TO- "a, lin OPP
posing IN InconstitutiOnal act o1
Congress, Is . very. serious and inn
lportAnt question on which / have
deliberated much, and felt extremely
anxious to reach . proper conclu-
sion. Where On act has been pass-
cd according TO the forms of the con.
stitntion BY tho Supreme Legislative
authority Of the country, especially
in times Of high pssty excitsmsat,
would - likely TO prodaoe i violeai
collision between The Irrespective
adhehents Of Tho i've blaachss ofithu
government. This would b simply
|eivis war, aud civil war saust ~ 70.
sorted - sniy . the labt rsmedy for
tho worst Oftkom. WhAtevef asixkt
tend % occasien Il, should be mort
isafsshliy avei4etE I A. fAdtAfal and
eonScisntioas I 1laki1efs4s will con-
'seds very much Is honest error and
connecting cvef - DefYefsee maiioo