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Mr. Seward's Organ on Southern representation — again. The New York Times stands up to its advocacy of the President's policy, thus giving the South good ground to hope that Mr. Seward (and if he, Mr. Johnson,) will not abandon the position he has taken. We have room for only the following detached paragraphs: "The popular approval of the sentiments and policy of the President's message can come from nothing but calm sense and good feeling, and should be a mark to guide every step oMr. Seward (and if he, Mr. Johnson,) will not abandon the position he has taken. We have room for only the following detached paragraphs: "The popular approval of the sentiments and policy of the President's message can come from nothing but calm sense and good feeling, and should be a mark to guide every step of Congress toward reconstruction. It is the duty of Congress to have primary regard, in all that it does, to the spirit of conciliation with which the message was pervaded, and to which the popular heart everywhere has so warmly responded. Our Representatives could possibly make no greater mistake than to disregard this popular feeling, and fall in with the policy of obstruction and delay which some extreme men are laboring for with great persistency. "It ought never to be forgotten that
iescence in the authority of the General Government throughout the section of the country visited by him that the mere presence of a military force, without regard to numbers, is sufficient to maintain order. The good of the country and economy require that the force left in the interior, where there are many freedmen, should be white. He further remarks: "My observations lead me to the conclusion that the citizens of the Southern States are anxious to return to self-government within the Union as soon as possible, and, that, whilst reconstructing, they want and require protection from the Government." The report is very interesting, and furnishes many favorable facts in regard to the condition of affairs in the Southern States, and shows throughout a friendly feeling towards the South. [second Dispatch.] Washington, December 19. --Secretary Seward has addressed letters to the Provisional Governor and Governors of Georgia similar to those sent to Alabama.
en, of North Carolina, relieving him of that trust, and expressing the President's acknowledgment of the fidelity, the loyalty, and the discretion which have marked his administration. [We omit the letter, as it is word for word the same which Mr. Seward addressed to each Governor previously relieved.] The following telegram has been received from Governor Holden: Raleigh, N. C., December 23, 1865. --Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State: Your dispatch of this date, relieHon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State: Your dispatch of this date, relieving me of my duty as Provisional Governor of North Carolina, has been received. It gives me pleasure to be relieved of the responsibilities and labors of the office. I will at once transfer the great seal, the papers and property of the State now in my possession, to the Hon. Jonathan Worth; the Governor elect. Be pleased to convey to the President my sincere acknowledgments for the honor he has done me, and the confidence reposed in me, in calling me to this position. With the expression o
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