Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-18
The Pres!aent's Message,

its manly vihdicnlion .nf tho rr"a
principles Of Constitutional liberty
forms u fitting ctnso to tha series q
admirable publc.. Messages, whicl
havo re f"ctcd lustre upon tho prescr,
administration. Il" d,sgrucefui CON
trasL with the temper Of THIS states
manlike document, was the cxtrao
d'"ary disc"u.rts-3. which ma'l1:d i,
,oeeptionin Uorh Houses If Congress
The Senate after hslcning to Il few
ra.raphs, refused 10 hcor it read
and she House, instead of ,cfe"rin
it AZ us.al to tho Commi,,eo IF ,h,
whole, co"e'Hned IL 10 tho rubbi IN n:
the Speakers lahlo. What w:;s ,hrr,
in ,hv 'aracter Of i, cumcnt cma-
ing +, ON the Constitutional advise,
IF Congress, and delivered in rnrsu-.
ance OF duty Imposed hy tho Con
+, stu :ion, TO prov ko this cxIib,io,
Legislative wrath? Tho NJ, ssago il
temperate in language and subdnon
IN tone, but it prcs,.n,s some unpluu-
SAINT views. and ,elst some urpsIu,n
bic truths. I, asserts the indcpcnd-
= once OF d coordinate department ot
the Government refuses 10 Recognizes
The supremacy OF Congress, and pre-
sumes TO critic 20 rtc' details If is
p"l;cy of Reconstruction. L. denies
the rights and exposes the 'impblIc
OF Congressio, recons,rucliun. |
asserts that, With Mr. Stu,e q 'him-
self Was rOady 10. Unit, tha, q n
Ercsa had Ieyi-la'cd "ou:siLc of t,.v
Son-tituLion," und that in giving III.
negro "."ll,t:as ascet darcy il. tho
souh, Congress had cstruaycd tho
b"o races, delayed Dcc'us,-uc,i"n.
and Inflicted great i"jary upon every
secli"n Of The country. The Presi
dent owed it to himself, to his udm,n.
is.rstion, und to the ;great rffico, whose
2r.roga,ices it is his SWORN duty t..
maintain and d.fond, TO utter his la.
protest aguinst rhoso acts Of nncon-
s.itu ional usurpasion. lie has don.
Ed body. frankly, and forcibly, and
,Als 'xi'osrs ,ho disastrous results u
which t4cy have lea: 0
by the application "f the simple
yet etfortivo, pro-isi'ns of tho Cuu-
n,i,u,io", tho Executive DcIartmcn,
with The v"!ui.;ary aid OF Tho State.
had t.r'uyhL ths Ho:k Of c-,ora,inr
lib near complexion as @as within IT,,
eoopo OF It's authority, and the nnt,n,
was encourased. bt' ,ho prospect Of at,
carly a"d sA'i-fa, tory adjustment "I
sll lis difficulties. Congress, howove'
'"tereened, and, refusing to po,f.c
tho work so nearly consu IN mated, 4
cliped to adm't members from the u,
represented Sla'es, adopted scric- II
mesaures which arrested The pro-: rvs>
OF os,orati"n, frustrated ill thal hat,
been so successfully uccvmpl shed, Il, d
after thrco cars Of ngita;i.D und
strife, has left tho country far,hc.
from thu atta,nmert Of union ard
fraternaI feeling tran at The incep,io,
Of tie Congressional plan Of rco,n-
struction. II nerds no argument T.
-h"w that lrgisIution which haapro
buced such ba"efaI Consequences
should be anrogatcd, or e!so ihado .u
conform to the gchuine principles OF
republican government" q. '.,,'.,!
In those few brief wor de, is prescn.
ted . co elusive Condemnation cf ,h,
policy of Congress-, deriving ,its + rec
snd Pu"gcncy from the Conscious, ess
IT it's truth. II VAS rcce'y, d a. mig,
have been EXPECTED, Of 4 bysy ) Ihiyh
in the passage oi The Tenure OF. cSi~.
Aot hsd depfiveh tie President f The
edptrol Of his owp Cabine!, and ! bIicl.
m the appropriation Act Of Aarct,,
1867, bad deprived him OF bis Con-
.:itptiopM functions US C.mmandst
ih:chitf OF tho army, The i,lrIy uppea,
however. is .naae 70 ttbe s6be- saS; seco,: q
thought o., his contemporaries y.d ~
The judynsns T pgs4r'ty, and vii
nos 'e 'ra'usss. ci, a,E;..grss,sx sxs,.s
The Rresident urgys.a yetrepeha1sn. !
q: tho prnfuse Expenditures :, Of The
gayeramept and thus eonlrastas Them
~'.b those Of sarlier ysars,.ss,5 ~. / .
""By comparing tho pubic diahprst-
msnla 81 1904, us, ..osli ma,edi, swit, /.
tbose Of, 179l, twill bssesnthat ',heE
pcroase Of. f.expeniaprp siacs .hs be:
kinnjng Of thes G 4veHnrasn. has Isa !:
elSht ,h4usand viz ,hpedrsd aad Sigh
teen E'or csntam yshils ,tboiisarxsssor
ibe population for, ..hss aanos. peri, al
vaa anly eight. ahnpdpd. essd5 sky
eight 1sS csDtsin. n.s.,Agsin ,shs,. AZ
si!e"sss at tbe Goysrn nsat IL. .lssp. .slhsi
) ear Of poaoe Immediately rsesdinxs
tho wa'-wereunt$ $rsxtyvtbrce millions;
<ss'Ie In. 1904 thssJar frsseo 4,,rosf I
, aars af.sr tho war, is II "ss.imased
alhn"