Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-08
IMPORTANT Message FBOM THE
P0eStDAN
n rcopstruction Of virginia AMI N,s.Issip II

ReConstruction Of virginia aaf M's>tssipri
President Grant yesterday sent the fill " M
mesa, 20 botn HOUSES OF Oonsr-s-:
IL he C>ndfe and IgonsS e Repressafa ices.
While l am awsrr tnst the u ne IN which
Cousr.ss propose> now To remain a se-si On Is
very tiief, ard hat II IL IT, desire, 80 ar a. Is
n-tstent with the public interest, TO avoid Gu
t.IIbg upon rhs genera busioes> OF iegisiati n,
the IL one subject which con .-ros deeply
the welfare of th- country thU | de- AZ nv
duty to hrIng II b-tor- You / have no d,uor
thai you Will concur win me Ia tn- opinion
that n ~ d-sirabie 20 tore tn s. ties n
w-rr ~ gagged in The REBELLION u th-ir Or per
relations 10 the Govern meot aud the couI'r 4,
r>rly period a the p-opI- of thos- >rt'-s
shall be found willing TO be. ON peaceful AMI
o derby cOmmunitf.s, and to nd opt an IN ain.
Ia n -uch constitutions aud laws a. will effect
usIiv So ure tue evil and pol ticsl rights of all
persons within their bp,rder, The authority
Of be Y nl'ed >tst-s, hich has been ytndlc d
ted apo estabiisne nv Its military 10 x-r must
Ehdono'- Oily he as eItrd for The ah-oiut. pro-
tectiOn OF all its ciiZ-ns in the tn u enl yment
OF m freedom and So urItv which d. the o,i.ct
OF a reI uhlicsn government. But wheue yer the
people az Ten.ilou- Stat are r-a ~ to enter
In god falth upon the accomplIshmp Mt of this
OBJECT, III emit coutIrmIry with the C,u,.tru
ucnsl au' bority of Congress. it is c-rtaluiy de
sfap'r ihit All uses OF iIrItatIou sh nd bs
r'mov.T Ms promptly as possible, that more
p"rie M, n may be s'a ii-hed and the conn
~ be restored To peace snd JsperI'y.
The convention of the PEG lie o. Virginia
which met Ia Richmonh Monday, December g.
was ad pied by thr conv-niion on The TN of
AP'II, 1866; and resIr- resp ctiu Nv 10 I'll To.
attention of Con gress to the propriety of pro-
Nidins ny l'w for ih- holding ~ election IN
that Sist- al some time during tue months of
May and June next under tue d irrc ton OF the
military commando OF that districr, at which
the question of the ado.'tion OF that constitu-
ton shall b. submitted tue cItiZ-ns of thu
State; and II ~ should seem atvisabi- | would
recommend that a separa'- vote h ttk-n uoon
sneh parts as may De- thought exp.dient. AID
that at the same time, and under the same au
tnority there shall b. an election for be olhc rs
provided under such constitution, aud ID ~ h.
constitution. or suca parts the reof as nj have
been adopted by the p-opIa, ba submitted to
Congress ON the first Mond ~ in December
next for its co sid-raiion; that II tue sa,n-is
theh approved, the Becessary steps will nave
been AIKEN for the Restoration of the State of
N,reiDis !" ITS proper relations to the Uniou.
am led to make this recommendation from
the conndent hope and b-li-f that the people of
tnat Stale are now ready tn Cooperate with the
Naf1onal 6overumeDi IN b. Inging IL again into
such r-lafions TO the UnioB As il ough, as soon
as possible to establish and maintain, aud to
give TO ali its people thCs. equ Al rights urdar
the law which we've asserted Iu the Declaration
on dep-ndrnce IN the words Of one of its most
illustrious sens.
desire also TO ask the consideration of Con-
gress 10 the question whether there is not inst
ground for believing that the constitution
Trimmed by con vrntiOn Of the people OF Mlssis.
sippi for that State and once rejected. might
not be again submitted TO the people OF tnat
STATE in like manner. and with the probability
of the same result. y =. GIANT.
WAsHINsTos, ID. @ April 7, 1859.
After the message had b,pn read in the Sen.
ate, II was referred 10 the Committee on the
Judiciary, and Mr. TrumbnIl called a spacIal
m. e'ing of his committee this morning 70 con.
slider II.
In the House. as soon as il was read. MT
Butler essa we'd TO obtain the fioor to move its
reference TO the Committee on Reconstruction,
hut Mr. Brooks moved ITS reference ID the Ju-
dietary COMMITTEE B-fore action was taken
on the reference, the Hou>e adiDurnad. The
message Will probably Cause extension OF
the session for few DAYS