Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-03-30

hi. Union must contain 20 make X TePuohcaT
MEASURED by such standard. how few Of n
STATES nov composing he Union have repubi
can constitutions! r. in the exercise OF It
constitutional guaranty thai Congress shall Sc
cure 10 every State republican form Of govern
tmeut, universal suffrage tor blacks as well q
whites il sine qua non, the work OF reconstrGc
( tim NAV as well begin in Ohio as IN Virginia
! in PsnnsyIvan a as in Moth Carolina.
When | contemplate the million, Of our fel
low citizens of the South, with no alternative LEI
but 10 impose upo., themselve, this fearful AM
un RED experiment OF complete negro eniran
ch,seL1ent and While acknowledgements, 1t may
he almo t as complete, or submit indefinitely t.
the fieor of mtrtlal law, without a single auri-
butte Of freedom deprived Of all the sacred guar
antics OF our fed ra constitution, and threatened
with even worse wrong, il any worse are posi-,
bic, il seems TO me their condition is the mos;
dc pIorabe 10 which any people can lie reduced.
II is true that they Nave been engaged IN rebel.
lion. D. that. their object being a separation oi
the States and dissolution OF the Union, there
was an obligation resting upon every loyal cti-
zens 10 ire al them as enemies, and 10 wage wsT
against their cause.
1nfe1ibIv opposed to any movement imperi!-
the enrgrity of the government, did not hes.
tate to urge tie adoption OF a measures neces-
sary for the suppression OF the instruction
After long and terrible, struggle the efforts Of
the government were triumphantIy successful,
and the people Of thu South, submitting TO the
stern arbitrament, yielded forever the issues OF
the contest. Hos ilites terminated soon after 1t
became nv duty TO assume the responsibilities
OF the Chief Executive officer OF the republic.
and al once endeavored 10 rePress and Control
the passions which our civil strife had en5ender
ed, ard, no longer regarding these errIpg NIL
lions as enemics, again acknowledged them a."
our frian and our counlrymen. TIE war had
had accomplished us objects The nation was
Sd we'd. and that seminal principle OF mischief
which, from the birth OF The governmen', had
gradually but inevitably brought on the rs5'!
Ion, was .otally eraJcatcd. Then, il seemed 10
ne. was the suspicious time TO commence the
work OF reconciliation then. when the people
sou. ht o9cc mefg our frlrnj-h = and protection,
/ considered It cur duty generously 10 meet
them in the spirit Of charity AMI tcr9IveneSS' ana
10 conquer them even mure electuaiy by Tie
Of the nation than by The force oil
It's arms
Iyet believe that il the policy of reconciliation
than inaugurated, and which contemplated an
early restoration of these pr,PIe to all Their po-
ltical rights, bad received = e support OF Con
s,ess every one OF these ten States, and all then
people, would al this moment he !eSt ahchHr'd
in the Union, and the goat work which gave
the war all It's sanction, and made it juSt and
holy. would have been accomplished. heh,
10 all The vast and fruitful reg oms OF the South
peace and its blessings would have prevailed,
while now millions are deprived oil Tlgh's guar
anteed by the constitution 10 every Ct lZeh' aho,
after ne ,ly TWO years Of legislation, find them
selves placed under ali absolute military deSPo-
ism. "A military Irpublic-a governments
formed on mock elections, aud supported only
by the swOd." WINS nearly quarter OF cen1u'
~ since pronounced by Daniel W ebser when
.peakics OF lhe South American Stairs. IS 80
mo,rmsmt indeed, 5ut retr2g'aje aud dlSas-
uous movement, from the regular and oldiash-
loned monarchisl systems and he added
"iC mcn would enjoy the blessings Of rcnuh-
bean government, they musI govern them 'eI'''
10y rca.on, by mutual counsel anu consotta
by sense and feeling OF general interest. and
by the acQuiesccnce Of the minority IN the VIII
Of the MA iority, properly expressed and, ebo's
all. the military mus be kept, according to the
nation 10 The civil authority. " Wherever this les
son is not both learned and practiced, there cai
be no poll ral freedom. Absurd, prepostnTouF
Is it, a scrft and satire on fee i"rms OF conSh
,utional liberty, for forms Of government to te
prescr ibed by military lie 'ders and the Hgnt OF
suffrage to he exercised at the point Of the
sword
confidently believe that time will com"
when these taeS will again occupy their hu'
positions in the lnion. The barriers which
now seem so obstinate must yield 10 the force
af an enlightened and just putiic opinion, and
sooner or later unconstitutional and oppressive
LEGISLATION will be elIaced from our statute.
books. When this shall have been consumated'
| pray God that the errors Of the past may be
forgotten and that oEce more we shall be nap
py. united and prosperous people. onI mat az
last after the bitter ard evenIful experience
through which the nation has passed, we shall
all come 10 know that our only safety is IN The
of our federal constitution, and IN
according to every American citizen and to eve
nv Stale the rights which that constitution Sc
cures. ASDREw JOHNSON.
Washington. March %, 1867.
The bill was Immediately passed over the We
10 IN the House og vote OF ia 10 80 "'ho"'
debate, and in the Senate by vote Of 40 to Z,
and is, there ore, now q law.
u The Lsdy's Friend, for April, 81. has
be n received aud here is something Ut lie out
OF the usual way in the finely executed o'eei
Engraving which leads The April number OF
this CHARGING magazine. |, is picture at two
children gaz ng With wondf and awe upon q
suit of CO "pete steel, such a. some ancestor
doubles. wore upon many a bo'Iy contested
field. The Colored Fashion Plate is, as usual,
elegant aud etined. The olher illustrations are
Of ChiJrens Fashions, Promenade Dress, White
CRANBERRY Gauze and Silk Dresses, Marie Stuart
Bonnet. Spring Paletot &c, &. As u 'hS Ut.
srsry contents, we have conlinuaion. Of the al
trsetlvt stories OF "OTIlle College by the au.
thor Of East Fynne." and How A Woman