Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-03-23

T..n H..... I.II. ...I.I .I r.HE.'.
ffIu..r H......l |.... NH.
NphUf lUIuHIf .I.Ir# Die HH.U. I
yaHur Hrt It fHHI".H .II..I
Mr rItaituf 600. H|iH ..rI.U'.
Nrr1nIIf.uu tfii. country r.H IHrHf .I.
tu zoe ttflHs.HnuItlsH "..rH Hf..N
thtir drht ofttrusHuaHHu H fI.s I.ir
that want words 40 DUua lNH Wow
that hhysuitril'HOl IsffIi nf.0| Uts.
cnt condition ilUr HIr eui.Il.l fHr.T. .sfu.
talon. liut tit t0r-Irss ui ODE luirl
ftaits. from che i.ruI, ri'.u ui Doe rebellion
o. the Pre- eul time. harc taken '.I0uui
view and have lost on luIr NJ tr..HF
them ut any early day. fiat amy day. via
ihe consent OF tuullr-ar It,u- ..',l Zoo their
original condition, besides lhe Interest
the vital Interest which doe people ui iAr
South necessarily have iu ihr present state
Of things, the interest ui llr other States o.
almost u- great, As long ms be continues
more or less will the Igpu'1iion Of ihr oonn'
Try suffer aud more ur less viii i's maiell-
al interest suffer, have been, therefore
from the first, ready 10 agree 20 any pro
positicn which believed would result IN
bringing the Southern States back, however
much may be opposed To the conditions
which may be eSactrd Of them, Nothing
can be worse Than the stale Ia which they
arg now plaoed dessclaiion Rrouni lhemi
all rights denied them Of u political char
meter; aud ON the floor Of the Senate 10
say nothing of another branch Of the Gov
crnment their character as men has been
nspersed in terms which have caused me
nothing but the deepest regret, think
know that they are not deserving Of such
aspcrslou. think know that tue de
seendans of the South who ulru So many
occasions baIlled on the Gcld Tor honor and
glory of the country, aud contributed so
much to the success Of our civil government,
cannot be such men as some of the mem-
beers OF Congress have designated them. !
wish them here in our midst, tp show by
their presence that in all Particular, moral
and political Intellectual and Christian
they are our equals. The very battles which
they have waged in seeking to destroy the
Government exhibited deeds Of Valor OF
which Rome in her proulest days might
lave boosted. III had nay own way, /
would at once receive them in this Chamber,
with heart full of conviction that tlcy
would be true TO their duty to tie country,
and that they would promote its pcrmenant !
interest.
But have not my way. ! AN obliged
therefore TO acquiescc in the decision OF the
majority Of Congress, however erroneous or
unjust | may believe that decision to be,
provided believe thntit will end in COM |
paratiyely short timein restoring the South .
ern States to the brotherhood Of States. ]
am unwilling that this Congress shall adj |
.iourn without tie adoption Of some mcssure .
that holds out hope, however distant, that .
this may be the result Of our deliberations;
and believing that this will be done by the
adoption of the measure ms it now stands
before you, shall give ii my vote, not be-
cause approve oft in the abstract or in
the particular, but because | think | see in
it mode of rescuing the country from the
perilous predicamcnt in which it is now
placed.
Mr.. President, if there be n feeling which
should animate the heart of every Ameri-
can, it should be one Of generosity, mag
nanimity, and charity for the men who al
though they sought to break asunder the
cords of the Union, are now looking with
solicitude to their being restored. If there
be feeling which should animate every
American citizen, it is that we should be,
and at the earliest period, u people one and
indivisiblc, demonstrating TO the world that
however alarming the few last years may
hove been, and however they were calculat-
cd to cause the lovers os constitutional
freedom to desponl, the time has come,
when the feeling consequent upon that eff
fort will have subsidized, and we shall be
brought together again, and be seen in the
undisturbed exercise Of the duties imposed
upon us, and exhibiting to the world a poo
pie great ir war, and people capable of
being in the end, the war tcrmipated, as
great in peace.