Evening star., 1867-03-23

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m y NJ n most 4 n to IT sremit tndaH-
.t~iv TO he For Of mart / law, g,tnou a
'ihglr attribute of freem i.pr y-d of All ,he
q st.T'd guarantees OF our F'adr' al '',nstitu,on
a. : hrrhttnrd wititve worse WI 'ngs ifauy
worse are 'ssIbls. ,"suns q me their con
Ion l. 'br NEST depl IrabIe to W lich any npo-
P'e Iah OF rrouced - fua tt tbey I'VE
"h tie esgeo IN reb - nd "a, their Or
Je,t tehs separation OF the Stat and a dis
luton of the Union, tn - .us an nhl,e,ti
rreIhg upon every ioya CT izeu 20 treat rEam
A. eh' mIes, and 10 wage war against their
cin.P.
lnf' Y bly, opposed , anv movement impsr
Hing the mtg OF the Go vprn uent d,d
II h-sItatete urge adoptio OF al measures
-,essary for th- supprrssi OF the insu rec
| u. After long and t,rrib q struggle IN. ef-
f5lts OF the Gov, ,rnment W re ir,umphsntiy
81 &C, ssful, ana the pc pile sf he South, sub.
mitiIng 10 the stern arbitr .ment yielded for
minated soon after il beea ne nv duty to as.
suRe The rfA pons nIIti of the Chief Executive
Omeer of the Republic. and at once eudeay.
ORC to repr ss aud control the passions which
our civil strife had engendere d. and. no ION
regarding these erring millions as enem es,
again ACKNOWLEDGED them us our fciends
piished It's objects. The nation was saved.
ana tnat seminal principe OF mischiaf
which, from 'he birth OI the G. ,vsrnmen : had
sraduslly ont inevitably brought on the rebel
III,
TO me, was the auspicious time to commences
the Work OF reconciliation; then, when the
people sought once moIe eur friendship and
projection, cons dered IL our duty generous
ly 70 met them In ihe spirit of charity and for
eiv-ness, and to conquer them even more ef
ie, tusiIy by the magnanimity of the natisn
tnAn by the force of its arms. / vet heIIeve
that il the policy Of reconci ia,iou then inan.
eurated. and which contemplated an early
restoration OF these people to all their no.
lItif al rights, had received the support Of
and all their people, would at this mo-
ment be fast anchored in the Union aud
the great work which gave the war All its
sanction, and made 1t Just aud holy, would
nave been accomplished. Then, over ali tha
vast and fruitful reg ions OF the South naare
and ils blessings would have prevailed, while
now millions are deprived of rights guaranteed
by the Constitution tc every CITIZEN, and, after
nearly two years of legislation find them.
selves placed under an absolute military des.
potism- ''A military Republic-a Government
formed on mock elections and su pported oniv
by the sword" was nearly quarter of a cen
tury since pronounced by Daniel Webster.
Wnen speaking OF the South American States,
as ga movement indeed, but a retrograde and
disastrous movement, from the regular and
added N nc
''If men would enjoy the blessings of ren,h
lican government they must govern them
selves ny reason, by mutual counsel and con.
sntauon, by sense and feeling of genera;
interest and by the acquIesceuce of the minor
lty In the VIII OF the majority, properly ex
pressed; and, above ALL the military must be
Kept according TO the language of our bill of
rights, in strict subordination to the civil
authority. Wherever this lesson is not both
learned and practiced, there can be no political
freedom. Absurd, preposterous is H. a scof
and satire on free forms OF constitutional
liberty, :or forms OF government to ba pre
scrloed by military leaders, and the right of
suffrage TO be exercised at the point Of the
sword - -o
confidently believe that a time will come
when these States will again occupy their trua
positions in the Union. The barriers which
now seem so obstinate must yield to the force
OF an enlightened and just public opinion. and
sooner or later unconstitutional and oppras-
sive legislation will be- -ffaced from our sratute
DOCKS. when this shall have been cousum
mated pray God that the errors of the past
may be forgotten, and that once more we shall
be happy, united, and prosperous people
ann that at last, after the bitter and eyentfuI
through which the natIoo hss
passed, we shall all come to know that onr
or ~ safety Is in the preservation of our Fed
eraI constitution. and in according TO eyarv
American citizen and to every State the rights
which that Constitution secures
ANDREW JOHNSON
Washington, March %, 1867