Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-04-13


. annexation of the Republic is not de
E sirable, every department of the Gov
eminent ought to aequiesce in that de
cision. In again submitting to Congress
q subject upon which the public senti.
ment has been divided and which has
Z been made the occasion of acrimonious
debate in Congress as well as unjust Ia
persons elsewhere. may, / trust, be
INDUCED in a single remark. No man
can hope to peri irm duties SO delicate
and responsible as pertain to the Presi-
: dental Office without sometimes in
curing the hostility of those who deem
their opinions and wishes treated with
insufficient consideration; and he who
undertakes to conduct the affairs of a
great Government as faithful public
servant, if sustained blythe approval of
his-own conscience, may rely with
confidence upon the candor and intelli-
gence of a free people whose interests
shehas striven to subserve, and can bear
/ with patience the censure of disap-
/ pointed men. fass.- lsr.f * Z II {
r. lSigned] s U. S. GRANT.
Il =ExEeUiIvE MANSION, April 5, 1871.
a aMR. BINGHAM closes an eloquent
speech in the House on the 31st ult up
on the resolution for the enforcement
of the l4th Amendment, with the fol-
lowing eloquent peroration -.
Mr.. Speaker, in this discussion Ihave
been necessarily compelled to speak of
the powers of the National Govern
ment and of the powers of the States,
amt have only referred incidentally re-
to the provisions Of the Constitution
gtRrantying rights, privileges, and i'm
mtnities to citizens of the United State
i pray, Mr.. Speaker that the House
will not misunderstood me as placing
the Government, either National or
state, above the citizen. | ask the
House when they come to deliberating
upon this great question not to forget
the elmperishable words of our great
Declaration, "AH men are created equ-
al and endowed by their Creator with
the rights of life and liberty" ask
gentlemen not to forget those other
words OF the Declaration, that stto pro-
te6 these eights'' mot to confer theml
governments are instituted amOdg
men. !" ia ask gentlemen, further, when,
they come to deliberate upon this ques-
MOTTO forget the words incorporated by
ltS makers in the Constitution of our
common Country, by which it is declar-
ed that to Oestablish justice and to osecure \
the blessings of liberty, ''We, the peo-
ple0f the United States, do Ortiain this
Constitution G! gal yaas
Liberty secured by law, is notlicense
LiberfNs OurOwn American Constitu-
tionaE ElibertX, is the right .'to know, to
argue, ana to utter free y according to
cOnsaepee,, 1t is the liberty, sir, to
knew Your duty. and to do it,. 1t is the
Liberty, sir, to work in an honest CALI
ing and contribute by your toilrin some
sort to the support of yourself, to the
support OF your fellow-men; and to be
secure in,the enjoyment ofthe fruits of
your tOil.o Justice, sir, to establish
which.the 4 Constitution was ordained, |
the people themselves being witness,
is to give eNery.man his due. The JUS !
tice to be ahlished by the Constitu, |
tiOn.is the attribute of God; as tosdo jus |
ftcess the perpetual obligation of men
and nations. Let justice for all, by the !
power and majesty of American law be t
for all, so that the poorest |
man in his howell ON the frontiers of |
your widely extended domain, bearing
Shlors ,H;Idou, ., tssita.,o, ala laying IN 1ne
" mnnvaoIth nu ho ,saoa VI new co'i-
h;S n"rSon ~ ard may Oe tnaue t as sec'.le N
poiooa ar aa tIla ao Sae pl.aice IN
T pc pai "naI y, o,d ,aG a n o ;,s.: .le tnrolIe.
,;shod J thnt uat al,u eAaeU Jusoiie oe estap--
o,,n, S,,a. <insca ii may oecoIhe tne /
IF ihn ~ an f sin n'f'.' oa ,e tie wore