Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-03-27


sell. When deprived IT this prcrugl
alive, the States will have no pow.
er worth retaining, ell will be- gone,
and they will be subjected a. the as
hitrary will of congress, The Goy.
eminent will then be centralized, II
in conflict with The original design
. huence, OF an amendment diVellV
the adoption, through partisan In
not By tho passage of laws, then by
Of tho Constitution. This proves
how necessary il is that the pcoplO
should require tho administration
of the three great departments 0f
the Government strictly within the
Limitations of tho Constitution.
Thoir boundaries have been accura
tally defined, and neither should
hc allowed IN trwpnss npoD Ito
other, nor, above all, 10 enrroaeh
n,.nn tho reserved rights Of tho pc6
pie and the States. The troubles uf
the past four years will PROVO 10 thd
nation blessings If they produce 50
desirable a result, No.. dl"
Upon those who became young
men amid the sognd Of cannon and
din Of arms, and quietly returned
to the farms, the factories, aud the
schols of tho land, will principally
dcvolvc the solemn duty of perpn.
tuating tho Union Of tho Stnisc, IN
defence of which hundreds of thois.
ands of their comrades expired, aud
hundreds of millions of Irrational .oh.
legations were incurred. a manly
people will not neglect the training
necessary to resist aggression, but
they should bc jealous lest the civil
bo made subordinate to tho military
element. We need To encourage, 10
every legitimate way, q study of tho
Constitution for which the war Sns
wagcd, n knowledge ofandrcvcrcnco
for whose wise checks by those 30
soon to occupy the places filled by
their seniors will bc tho only lapo
of preserving the Republic. Tho
young men OF the nation, not yot
under the control of party, must re-
sist the tendency to Capitalization
an outSrowth ofth great rebellion
and be familiar with the fact that
the country consists of United States,
and that when the when tho States
surrendered certain great rights for
the sake of more perfect union,
they retained rights as valuable and
important as those which they rclin-
quishcd for the common veal. ..t
This sound old doctrine, far dif-
iercnt from the teachings that lc
to the attempt to scccdc, and q kin
drcd theory that States were taken
ont Of the Union by tho rash acts
Of conspirators that happened to
dwell within their borders, must DO
received and advocated with tho
enthusiasm Of early manhood, or
the people will be ruled by corrupt
combinations Of the commercial cen.
tres, who, plcthoric from wealth.
annually migrate to,tlc capital of the
nation to purchase special lcgisla
ton. Until the representatives Of
the people in Congress moro fully
exhibit the diverse views and inter
osts of the whole nation, and laws
cease to be made without full dis
cussion at the bchcst of some party
leader, there will never be n proper
respect shown by the Iaw-mal.ing
power either to the judicial or cxo-
cutive branch of the Government.
The generation just beginning t@
uso the ballot box, it is believed,
only need that thcr attention should
be called to these considerations to
indicate, by their votes, that they
wish their Representatives to oh
sorvc all the restraints which tho
people, in adopting the Constitution,
intended to impose upon party OK
cess. nn t'1G ro
Calmly reviewing my ndminis-
tratioh Of the Government. i feel
that, with scncc of accountability
to God, having conscicntiously en-.
dcavorod to discharge my wholo,
duty, | have nothing to regret.
Events have proved the correctness
ofthe policy set forth in my first and'
subsequent messages; tlIes woes
which have followed the rejection
of forboarancc, magnanimity, AMI
constitutional rule are known. AMI
dcplored by the nation.i oi'. -
1t is matter pride and gratifca-
ton, in retiring from the most exal-
ted position in the gift ofa free peo-
pie, to feel and know that in IL long,
arduous, and eventual public li:s,;
my action has never bccii influenced
by desire for gain, and that Il can
in all sincerity inquire, "Whoaa
have | defraudcd? whom have Top.
pressed? or of whose hand have T.
received any bribo to blind my eyes
therewith?" No responsibility for
wars that have been waged ofblood
that has been shed rests upon me.
My thoughts have been thoss of
peace. and my effort has cvcr. been
to allay contentions among my
countrymen. "''
Forgetting the past, let us return,
TO the first principles Of the Govern-
ment, and unfuriing the banncr of
our country inscribe upon it, in in
effaccablc characters, "The Consti-
tuition and tho Union, one and in.
scpasable."
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WAsHTyGToN, ID. c.. March 4, 1862
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