The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-05-08

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and the punishment of treason, but
by going into the courts and turning
the greatest Of The public tnaIeiactors
loose, aud surrendering all control ov-
or themby the restoration to them Of
their estates.
For this ho had abused the appoint
ing power by the renovation system
of merritoriOus public Offices fer no
other reason than because they would
not assist him in his attempt 80 over
throw tho Constitution and usnTp the
legislative power of tho Government.
For this he had invaded tho right
ful privileges of the Senate, by rofus-
ing to send in nominations of officers
appointed by him during therccess Of
that body; and after their adjourn
ment reappointing others who had
been rejected by them as unfit for the
places for which they had been recon-
mended. t4''a''
For this he had broken the priv
ileges and insultod the Congress Of
the United States, by yiustructing them
that the work of reconssfuetion be-
longed TO him only, and thatthey had
no legislative right or duty in the
promises, butionly torcgister his will
by throwing openitheir doors to such
claimants as might come there with
commissionsfron their pretended gov,
sernments that were substantially his
own. or i.5grh aW bsvnsnsey 8t iesm
IA For this, on their refusal to- obey
his imperial rescript helhad ARRANGED
them publicly as q revolutionary as-
sembly, and not q legal Congress,
without the power to legislate for the
States excluded, and as traitors at the
other end of tho line, in actual rebel
dom against the people they bad sub
dued. '''N'
For this he had grossly abused The
veto power BY disapproving every i'm.
portant measure Of legislation that
concerned The rebel States, in accor,
dance with his public declaration that
he would veto all the measures Of the
Iaw.mdking power whenever they
came to him. ''d '7A1 EaaI
For this be had deliberately and
confessedly exercised q dispensing
power over tho test oath, law, by apl
pointing notorious rebels to impor-
tant places in the revenue service, on
the ayowed ground that the policy OF
Congress in that regard WAS not in ac-
cordance with him. .t....,
For this he had INSTRUCTED the set
tlement Of The nation, by exerting all
his influence to prevent tho people
Of tho rebel States from accepting The
constitutional amendment or organ
izing under laws Of Congress, and
impressing them TINT Congress was
blood-thirsty and implacable, and that
their only refuge was with him.
For this he had brought the pat
ronage of his Office in ctnlict with the
freedom of elections, by allowing and
encouraging his official ietainers to
travel over the country, attending po-
litical conventions and addressing the
people in support of his policy. w
For this, he did not enact the part
of a a'Cromwel by striding into the
halls of representatives of the people,
and saying to one man, "You are a
hypoorite !" to another, " You are a
whoremonger;" to q third, +" You are
an adultorer;" and to the whole,
" You are no longer Parliament" he
had repeated the same part substan-
TALLY outside by travelling loter the
country, and in ipdeoent harrangues
assailing the couGuctand impeaching
the motives Of it's Congress, inculcat-
ing disobedionce to its authority by
endeavoring to bring ii into disrepute,
declaring publicly of one of its mem
bers that he was an assassin, Of anoth-
er that he was a traitor, and of the
whole that they were no longer u
Congress. 3fa-.tas'tl]t
For this in addition 10 tho OPP
preston and bloodshed that had
resulted from known par iality
for traitors, he had wiIked
at efforts encouraging tho murder Of
loyal citizens in New Orleans by a
mob, by holding correspondence with
its leaders, denouncing tho exercise OF
tho right Of political convention TO
assemble peacefully in that city as an
act of treason to be suppressed by
violence, and commanding tho militia
ry to assist, instead of preventing the
execution of tho avowod purpose Of
them. .aa 'r'ea.'
For thus il is not too much TO say
in view of the wrong and outrage, and
the cry Of suffering that has como up
TO us upon the southern breeze that
he had, in effect, reopened tho war,
anarchy, turned loose
onco moro the incarn0to devil of
baiiled treason and unappeasable hate,
when, as wo fondly Thought, our vic
tories had ovorthrOwn and bound in
chains ordained rapino and murder
from the Potomac to tho Gulf, and
icluged tho streets of Memphis, as
we'll as of New Orleans, and tho grocn
fields of tho South, already dotted
with so many patriot graves, with tho
blood of martyred citizens.