Year: 1862




the establishment OF the power of the Union is the
end shall gain Ia victorious contest with its
eIcmies; the reconstruction Of the UHion according
10 its anc mt idea and In its original spirit is the task
which will require anxious counsel and patient labor.
We have demonstrated the determination Of the peo-
pie of the North that the whole territory hitherto
braccd within the jurisdiction of the Federal Govern
nent should still continue under its authority ii yet
remains for the people of the North, and the Federal
Government to bring back 10 loyalty our former but
now aenaicd bretnern That vast territory, which is
fitted by nature aud waiting for the occupation and
possession OF people, and one only, will bc ored
To the authority of the Republic; shall We again
il inhabited by people one in heart and mind, still
and united under the government OF the constitution
which protected them so long2


know that upon this subject arc rather dis
posed TO doubt than 10 be hopeful There are many
who have no expectation that any consid rable por-
ton of those who are now within the limits OF the
rebcllouS States ever be brought to quiet sub
mission and cheerful loyalty to the Federal Govern
ment There has been apparent unaninaity Of all
classes of the Southern people in the rejection Of the
national au hOry and in the armed resistance which
has required such display aud exertion of Northern
power 10 overcome. There has med to be a hos
tty 10 the Federal Government so deep-scated and
persistent as 10 leave little room for hope hatred
OF the North so malignant and bitter to have cxn
guished every spark Of the old loyalty, aud set a
wide impossible gulf between the two sections OF the
country And those who bell, that this unanimity
is real and permanent, and this hatred neradicanle'
rightly conclude, that when the war Is ended nothing
will have been accomplished except the torcible oc
cupaton of the rcv0ltcd States and That To hold and
possess them by permanent military authority will be
a necessity which cannot be avoided


Speaking my own deepest conviction, on an occa-
sion when every man who speaks should endcavor to
offer To his fellow citizens wise couuscs and sober re-
hectOns, | cannot Ray that | am among those who
doubt that the Union will be stored in fact as well
in namc in spirit and feeling as well as in jursdc-
ton aud authority. look for the time when the hat
rcd which now seems to burn with such a fierce and
incxtneuishable flame shall give place To the frater-
nal a; cton OF former days. when the people Of the
North and the people of the South shall lie one in-
deed acknowledging one government of the Union
claiming again the protection of the same banner OF
the Union and reaching forward to the same destiny
as a free, united and happy people.


Even ii il that there was at present real
unanimity of the people of the Sou II in hostility TO
the National Government, the expectation OF the re-
suit have mentioned would neither be unreasonable
or unwse. Ltt IL be conceded that no considerable
number of our former brthern, would in their pres
ent state of MUD, willingly return TO submission to
the Federal authority that there are more to be found
in the rebel ious States who retain, in any degree a
love for the old Union. Even then need not dis
pair of the future. Bitter and persistent as their
present hostility may be, can il he doubted that the
utter failure OF all their enterprises OF revolt, their
entire and overwhelming defeat the successful and
VICTORIOUS or tile ndLufIai IN tile sup
preston of all their attempts TO weaken overthrow
il, would biting back that calm reflection which would
at last result in cheerful subuussion2 Government is
thing of choice, and the complete failure of every
attempt at revolt against authority where then has
been real justification prctcxt for II beon, must
produce actual il not willing submission. And that
| submission made can it be doubted that time
would bring back the old appreciation of the benefits
and protection which had been enjoyed in the Union
and renew the former oyaltyl We might doubt, il
the rebellion had originated in any wrongs inflicted
by the authority of the Union, if those who had
risen in revolt could complain justly of the Govern
mcnt they sought TO overthrow. But when, com
PEELED to yield 10 the power Of the Union, the inso-
ience of rebellion rcbuk,d by thr overwhelming pat
riotism Of the loyal the pr,entious scheme of hos
tile Government overthrown and destroyed when the
rbelious La become convinced that revolt is useless
and rashness gives place to reflection, car the people
of the South fail TO preceive even though all had
shared in the delusion that their enterprise would be
success full that ont of the Union there nothing
in store for them but disaster and ruin, within il
p ace, prosperity and happiness. Wondt they not dis
! cover when they had abandoned the deusive dream
that they could successfully continued with the powe
of the Government, that all their rights and privileges


had been fully protected by the Constitution that tC
4 give up the Union was to surrender the most ample
and permanent guarantee of strength and strablity
and to launch upon an unknown Of anarchy and
troubles Aud would not reflection like these and
the healing influence of time, and the just and bene
icent operation of the Government restore again the
loyalty that once peryaded our whole extent of ter
ritory


But am not of the number Of those who believe
that the apparent unanimty of the people of tn,
South is real and decided. Every day and every ad
vance of our arms adds to the evidence that tho
ablishment of the rebel government usurpatior
in the beginning, and has been maintained by its un
prnciped and ambitious leaders IN 1agrant disregard
of the wishes of large masses of the people. Ii
every State where the Federal authority has been re
stored arms have been welcomed by vast number,
whose voices and whose loyalty have been long sup
pressed by the foucst tyranny, and who demonstrate
their love for the old Union by the gratitude and fer
vOr with which they hail their delivcrance. We hav,
heard from the nsoent boastings Of those leaders
the rebellion, that they were supported by the unani
nous approval Of those whom they claimed to repre-
sent that the whole people OF the South were deter
mined and united In their devotion 10 the rebellion
that they would endure all the terrors and sacrifices
of complete sul,ugation and even utter cxtermna
ton that they would desolute their territory befor,
the advancing armies of the North, and sooner thar
submit To the Government the people would involv,
their possessions and themselves IN common destruc
ton Have these assurances b. en- verified In wha
State of all those in which the authority of the Gov
ernmcnt has been re- reetabShed, in What city of nj
those which relied on confidently by the rebe
leaders do not evidences of Union sentiment
and hear the outbreakng welcomes of the nationa
auhoryl There sections of the South, rcQaincC
by the Federal arms, where the return of the Fedora
authority welcomed, but which we have been dis
gracefully compelled to abandon, and have given
again to the infamous oppression of the rebel gov
ernmeat, those who hailed our protection with uncon
cealed rejoicing And remembering what the Unio
loving men of these sections have been called to
dure from the vengeance o their oppressors we mus
forget the Influence of these instances ia reprcss
ing the expression of To- al sentiment until the peopl
of the South shall be sat SIZED that the power Of tn
Government is completely and permanently re-estab
lishcd among them. And have wc not evidence tina
there ars large numbers, IN all the revoed States
who have a alhered TO the Union, and still large
numle ers who, being drawn away for the time by tn
deces and misrepresentation and constraint of th
} leaders Of the rebellion would now gladly return
their al giance7


| How then, shall we accomplish this great work