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The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Assembly of Virginia. (search)
laws in the Southern States, and especially after the evidences of their loyalty, they were entitled to representation. Mr. Raymond, of New York, (Republican,) took issue with Mr. Stevens, denying that the South was to be considered as having been a belligerent Power, and that the States had placed themselves beyond the pale of the Union. It is true that the ordinance of secession contemplated a severance from the other States, but the Southern arms having been defeated in the field, these ordinances, were ineffective. He declared himself opposed to the confiscation acts, which were not only oppressive, but unchristian. He was disposed to do everything that a patriot should to restore peace and harmony between the sections, and would gladly welcome back representatives from the Southern States; but, as a preliminary, would require new guarantees, including the abolition of slavery and the repudiation of the rebel debt. Both Houses adjourned until the 5th of January.