Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-01-23
WHOLE NUMBER 1890.


permitted to eseapesthe punishment they
deserve, are once more arrosantly olamol-
lag to assume control of the destinies OF
this great nation, how much greater cause
you'd We have for surprise had slavery
been permitted TO increase AID multiply
Boast as we may Of our material and
or moral victories, ye. is it not true that
there IS no such thing as Republican
government in the ten States that began
and carried on the war? There is not,
to-day, . despotic State in Europe where
the rights of the individual man are 50
defantly trampled under foot, as in the
sections which were supposed to have
been brought iato full submission to the
Government of the United States But
the disease has suggested It's Providcntial
cure.
The a5horrant doctrine, that defeated
treason shall not only be magnanimously
parloGed, but introduced to yet stronger
privileges, because of its guilty failure,
seems to have been insisted upon, as if 10
strengthen the better aad the contrasting
doctrine, that a nation, ha7ing conquered
its iIeedom, is its best guardian, and all
those who wera defeated in honorable bat
tic should be constrained to submit to all
the terI.s of the coa1ueror.
The vioia.o,s Of the most solemn obli-
cations, the perpetrators OF the most afro
cious crimes in the annals of time, the
murderers Of our heroic soldiers on fields
Of battle, and in loathscme dungeons and
barbarous prisons, they must not, shalt
not, resappear in the council chambers Of
the nation, to aid in its legislation, or con-
tro! its desJiaies. unless it shall be on con
| di;ionS whici viii preserve our institu.
tons from their baleful purposes and in
duence, and secure Republican forms
Of COVER nment, in their purity and vigo~,
in every section Of the country.
That they are indisIosed to accept such
conditions, is manifest from their recent
and even arrogant rejection Of the pro-
posed amendments of the national COnsti
tution-ameniments which are believed,
By many true and patriotic citizens and
statesmen, TO be too mild and generous.
They have, however, been fully consid-
cred by the people during the late cleo
tioas, and approved by majoTitia5 SO large
as to give them a sanction which it would
, be improper to either overlook or disre-
gard. And certainly in view Of this fact,
none of the late rebel States should be aG-
mitted to their former practical relations
to the General Government, while they
continue to oppose these amendments.
To the Congress Of The United States
the heartfelt symPath!es and oyerwhelm-
ing sufrages Of the people have been
generously given. They have fearlessly
proclaimed their uneqaivocal verdict
" Vel done good and .tadhtu SERVANTS"
Upon the de.iScrations and actions Of Con-
greSs our present interests and future well
fare all depend Ia its frmneSs and cour-
age the whole experiment Of genuine re-
publicahism is indissolubly ipvClved--
That this frmness and courage will be
fully exhibited by its controlling majuri-
ties, in the originaficn and adoption of
measures of wisdom and discretion, even
more radical aud decisive, if necessary,
than those Of the past, entertain no
doubt Such measures viii meet with my
cordial approval. And | may well add,
that while Pennsylvania will coufde in
loyal Congress, she will not hesitate TO
sustain it With her entire influence and
power.
That in the administration Of the gov
ernaent [ may err, is only what should
be expected from the iuiirmities Of the
human mind !; but as | enter upon the
discharge Of my responsible duties With
firm resolution to act with honesty and
impartiality, trust my errors will be re-
gagdcd with charity and treated with the
geBtleness Of magnanimous forgiveness.
And | earnestly hope that my inter
course with my fellow-ctizens Of the
Senate and House OF Representatives will
be so frank and cordial that our duties to
common constituency will be pleasantly
and faithfully discharged. Different bran
ehes Of the Government as we are, with
! distinctive duties. we are nevertheless
parts OF one organized and well regulated
system, and IS We CO operate or disagree,
the interests Of the State will probably be
promoted or retarded. Elected by the
people, desrous to promote the welfare of
every citiZch, mere party uiHeIeucts Shouiu
rot be allowed to interfere with the main
tenauoe of generous, true and COM
prehensiye public policy.
It was the illustrious Washington.
equally distinguished as warrior and 4
statesman, who gave utterance to the dec
laration, ''that the propiteous smiles Of
Heaven cannot be expected on a nation
tLat disregards the eternal rules Of order
and right" and Jefferson who asserted
that "wbatever is morally wrong cannot
be politically right" These utterances
express my deepest convictions of the
rules and principles which should per-
menate and control ali governments. Let
US, fellow citizens, adhere to them, be
governed by them, AMI our efforts will he
hapuilv united in surrounding the insti-