The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

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difieunee bet&ecn tie two races "a
physical. mental aud moral character
isilos viii prevent an amalvsmatsun
Or Tucson q them together ID one hom-
agtuuss mass II tie inferior obtains
tie asccndency over the other. i, viii
govern with reference 20 is own inter
ess and ereate such a tyranny as tins cen
tsncut has never vel witnessed Already.
the uegroes are influenced ~ promises
81 couhscation and plumber. They are
taught 10 regard a. an enemy every
white man who has any respect for the
rights u his own race II this conhn-
ucs It mus, become worse aud worse,
until all order wlll be aub,erted, ali in
dnstry cease, and the fertile fields az
tho South grow into wilderness OF
all the dangers which our nation has
vet encountered. mono arc equal to
those which must result from the sue
cess Of the effort row making 10 Arr
eanize the bali 81 our country.
THE cosr or CONGRESSIONAL RrcovsrRuc-
Ton
/ would not put considerations Of
money in competition with justice and
right, but the expenses incident to re
construction, under the system adopted
by Congress, aggregate what | regard
as the intrinsic wrong of the measure
itself II has cost uncounted millions
already, and, if persisted in, will add
largely TO the weight Of taxation already
TOO heavy 10 be borno without Just
complaint, and may finally reduce tue
treasury OF the nation 10 bankruptcy.
We must not delude ourselyos-it viii
require strong standing army and
probably more than two hundred mil
lions of dollars per annun to maintain
the supremacy Of negro governments
after they arc established. The sum
thus thrown away would, if properly
used form sinking fund large enough
to pay the whole national debt in less
than fifteen years 1t is vain to hope
that negroes will maintain their ascend
ency themselves; without military
power they are wholly incapable OF
holding in subsection the white people
OF the South. | submit to the Judge
ment Of Congress whether the public
credit may not be injuriously affected
by system Of measures like this
With our debt, and the vast private in
terests which are complicated with il, we
cannot be TO cautious Of policy which
might by possibility Impair the conf
dence Of the world in our government.
That confidence can only be retained
by carefully intoxicating the principles
ofjustice andhcnor on hepopular mind
and by the most scrupulous fidelity to
oil our engagements Of every sort Any
rerious breach Of the orgonic law, per
sisted III for q considerable time, can
not but create fears for The stability OF
our institutions. Habituai violations
Of prescribed rules, NLire We bind our
selves to observe must demoralize the
| people. Our only standard Of civil du-
ty being set at naught, the sheet anchor
OF our political moralityis lost, the pub
lie confidence swings from its moorings
and yields to every impulse Of passion
and interest. Ii 1--WE rpudiate the Con-
stitution, we will not DO expected to
care much for mere pecuniary obliga-
cations. The violation Of such pledge
rs was made on the 22d day Of July,
1861, viii assuredly diminish the market
value of our promises; besides if we
now acknowledge that the national debt
was created, not to hold the Statee in
the Union, rs the tax payers were led
to suppose, but to oxpell them from it
and hand them over to be governed by
negroes, the moral duty 70 pay it may
seem much less clear. | say IL nay
seem 80, for ] do not admit that this or
any other argument can be entertained
as sound, bat its influence on some
classes OF minds in favor Of Reputation
may well be spprebended The fnan-
cial honor of great commercial nation,
largely indebted and with republican
form of government administered hy
agents of the popular choice, is q thing
OF such delicate texture, and the des-
truction of it would be followed by such
unspeakablo calamity, that every true
patriot must desire to avoid whatever
might expose it to the slightest danger.
The great interests of the country re-
quire immediate relief from these en-
actments. Business in the South is
paralyzed by a ense of general insecu-
rity, by terror Of confscatiou and the
dread ofnegro supremacy. The South
ern trade, from which the North would
have derived so great a profit under a
government Of law, still lauguis hes and
can never be revived until il ceases to
be fettered by the arbitrary power
which makes all its operations unsafe.
That rich country, the richest in natural
resources the world ever saw, is worse
than lost il It be not soon placed under
the protection Of a free constitution
instead Of being, as it ought to be, d
source Of wealth and power, it will be.
come nm intolerable burden upon the
rest Of tho nation. Another reason fol
retraeing our steps will doubtless b6
seen By Congress III The manifestation.
tot public opinion upon this subject
I We live in country where the popular
viii always enforce obedience to itsel
sooner or later It Is vain to think o
opposing it with anything short Of leg
islation, backed by overwhelming force
II cannot have aeaos,r1 ,-g.,,~ .44a.ty:e,