The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-03-11
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The robe Of ofiassbl constitutional
Limitation fhisssdas 4aAs gfiseino N.Y.
slfeulders.ii Ebe aifhiaetliafe Ell assumed
bed IN osuceess6F, FOR him tie for foG
beafRln1Gff9 eafRln1Gf9 an Sla4fE EE,ae of ssthe
A4menieaniHeopfe iAnalh lsis effort ito
| sadTninister theaeove11lmeist iRithinshe
pale of the federal constitution aare
sincerely Invoked. Is 3YSthotit a9fbiffi5il
to sratiffs part ocndg ff6 5 s,ibsefve
afThe sacrifice Of 4lie peaee aiid a kei-
fare of hseednft va y hyy earnest desire
| iaqosseea tRd C8hgt tieftion 6ffthe
! public gain fec69hfzed alftf 6bet ted as
the supreme 4Tw 81 tfle 7ahd and thez
whole peopleA no fali, South, east. and
wese ApFos porous and lisI uilsifcr aia its
wisepF6visiofis!1 III stiffend def1ifte ef1i otfie
high ofices4o whiehsf was e scaalfed four
years ago. at a'Iaehiofable and terrific
crisis is my privileges, te;ato Say
toothef people sofa the agfHdted Statesa
few parting words iis tE7fh fhifcaatio5hT a 5T 81
an otficiis ciisfc otfrsg So eSestttsa ggsfisd
and aspersed 81 iPsoFiticaf feadersa 70
whose plans and wishes ny policy to- to
restore the Union lhas been ofj1ioxious..'
ina befioaiof difffc1Ity and datu turmoil
| almost without precedent in III e Iiisff69-e s.
rysof ahyH ipeople, cohsequelit np6tdn
the closing scenes Of 4 great rebellion
and the assassination d ~ the fheh Pres
ideilt, it was perhaps too n uicli on my
part zto expect Of deF{5ted paftfisalIs,s Fl ans
who rode on the waves Of Excitement It
which at that time swept aif Before
them. that degree Of fo erationi rati IL and / al
magnanimity which [ sought 10 re-.
commend OF mend and enforce and Which l
helieyei f1 in good time would haze adj
vanceds rs Infinitely fagtlsers egI. on the
road e to peE1FFplaPent 1FplaeP peace ~ and i2Eeslyea;s
itY. than We, WeI,lhIagHTe bays thu aifags gensD
D}aolpYlbftlessfslhaa }alpYlf at 4teltfhe the yseaalaelE
m9appt 9flp Of ny .Xe9 term ii of safdee
lnlggiya Tlgg lent It's apoY so oF flfedi
them Ban to purposes and plsns outside Of
the fe confstitutions ft i. ana Fpeeofne an ip stEp
ment to schemes of cenfiscation and
Of general sIs3.9 and Oppressive disc fseq
tiPgni fgnisI 7 YYfonld Ven haYeo been hailed as sall
that q 5Yas y try stfpe loyal and fdeserYingsiias
the reliiable ia liaHd head Of party sl.ate Hen
might i hialY9Fe aye been afsah afsathe se4ecAtfK esef
i nation. rie1iYqpn Unwilling, showeve ae9
j j ceedde TO; propositions of sest aaistss
and p41,lrY77 bound 70 obey at every personal
hazard afE1tE Il my oath to defend the censti
! tHtii9on,i ! need pot, Fperhaps, be suFza
prE5iissfedlI pE5iisfedlI at having met the faaeQfsatbafg
4 whose only rewards for easpholains
4 constitutional cons F5tif9 rightsnand laws AaFel
beifflpP been the 9psnessf Of ohaBing gaate.
tempted to Dc their rsdsHy andrt1e aalnf
judgment qasisfm Of shistor6f1nb sta,s SIT 4s
rAAHttltlhile At lthe time 3 TpEsgt Providence
assigned dfoimee the efEc cedpfi REesid dent,
ei eYias, by rt5hre the telHBas Of the seastitntiea
4 the ,eopp1am ,eopp1amqianderzip-chiefa Of rdlearllsa
million iii f9 of 9lnsn pen -ipdeETaEn Qneasof
4 my Yy4fI 4fiIrst ff4 fff4ets MAS t91disbaH and icrer
sttora to j9st to the vocation eis lieoBtitis
immense mn hos, haoesgt, and and to diYestlnsaalf, as
4 far as !eppd idf Of the uppaEalleled Remz
erSaf Saf3 3thefp iilGi4dbePn Incident to the sefieefa fand
the hfs,tii ttiimlses' les Whether Or not IN. lis
step I was IS right rii5lh and AQHf how qE8if
ing Of tiittlhl the approbatiop sof, all the pep,
pie, all can now, on reflection, judge
when u sll,]2fql reminded Of the rninous condi-
4 tion on q, Pnlsblic affairs affair that must have
resulted sll from the eoptippapce iatAs
= military Illitta US ts9efYiceief
Of io men en- The CLOSE Of aony domestic
conflict found the e army eager foE dis
Z tilnggish llg1i1s itself linz in new field BIZ anef
fort to punish pflhl FEur FEurqpsaan, ri intervention
q in Mexico. By many it was believed
4 and urged, that aside from the assuni:-
ed t'isticc IT the pirocsedih2g4,..a .aa q for or:
4 eign wa, wa, in Which both sides would
chfpeee9ggfully beer unite TO yindicates lie ApRa
; or Of the national flag and .flgtheissil2
lufsff7fi29gttee 1ff7i9gte the II national proNEeas would
be the fs.s srTest an and speediest IFay Of
awakening va 5e99ila national enthusiasm reEiEs
. ing deyoti9n to ,the sIgIInjp sIInjpn, md csq7
Pyle, pE, aGl9 a1Alree eonaeeEping aYigp hiGh sglaHe
deenbts e9nlI e4fisffed, IS asf to itssYillin less;
81 after four years of ,aaetiKe enHlPaign7
ing at diTG once toI retqgr1ns g1s to- the pursuits
t Of Peace Whether these speGpl atiers
r we've true orlfalse, it.wiAll ibegeoaceded
that they existed and and that Rrsdi=
leqfiionsief thhe arm array sEEere fart fer h he time
t being, jnttlle direction sindica ted Ta Ii
ing adl7Yantage V nn9a Of that feeling 1t would
haalTa been Sc easssFias the EepR9 IL
chief Of the army II and snagsEo AZ ansaWith
al Vt the power and patronage the
Presi4dentI1allf res ntI IL office atYml oaisP esal 70
turn the ifoneentHat@sd m cd Il
81 81 nati9fn, against E5rench Interference in
q Mef4jeo MlffEjies b apatos inapggrats q a9 cement
which wlhliif would ha,Ye been aleseiHsd with
favor b8tIhqee1 tIhqe1 M maiil ilitarE apa l2rss poll7
~ tieanps on Of lthe'psepler shissuo Of einisgsi
ItigprepeGi iins in this tbs aQpJpaeti9n that
shagllfd fefFers eff tfp ihe falmaSt !lalinlited ed
additional ? oYeflfis rendered, tej the ex7
ecAtiEe hybtAs measures relating aatinle. Il siile
civil rights ifglhtt an and the freedmen bureau,
al Contrary to most preeedesaaats ips ,thle
+, experience of publiaIaea, the pow ers
], l4Hs P1aegq sRiaifh my sEsse !kers &C:
ehtd,h hasbgih al bgeihs sffHS6 Ii III tfd5H tfd5HoNie Nies con scp-
SfitHieh, daannSefpts "a tie GhSFIfies 8
tie apeoppiis, and ending e agska y:sts
. ratiier than iessen the diseords fiflfu: