Mr. JOHNson came into it, and he had pardoned and appointed throughout the North and the entire country the men who had been chiefs of the rebellion, turned out the men who had electedhim, and appointed their unrelenting enemies, what would have been your denunciations? Sir, I know the denunciations on this side of the House are mildness in comparisonwith the terrible denunciations which would have been hurled at this apostate and usurper by the men on that side of the House. And they would not have stopped with denun; ciations; he would have been impeached and deposedbefore today. Sir, Iall ask, and all the loyal men of this countryask who have sacrificed so much in bloodand treasure in putting down the rebellion, is that in the restoration of these States care shall be taken that the national Government shall not again be imperiled by a counter revolution, in which the apostate President shall be the leader, aided by the late rebels and their northern allies. Hence I am in favor of From.ptand vigorous action by this Congress. that these governments set up by Mr. JOHNson are illegal, and I want them declared illegal and void before this Congress adjourns. I do not care if for a period of 60 days or more or less, as Joby the Gentfrom NewYork, [Mr. RAYMond,) there should be an interregnum in which there would be no local civil governments in those States. If . had been loyal men in NewOrleans and emphisduring the late massacre you would havewelcomed anarchy, anything, instead of the governments which planned and executed the murders there enacted. I would rather haveevery man stand upon his own responsi bility as a man than to have governments which exiled me from my home, confiscated my property, or murdered me or mine with impunity. In this city there are men today who have been exiled from their homes, not able to return, because of their fidelity to the flag of the Union, and the Government of the nation which they served during the war refuses them protection in their homes. What I want is not oaths; I have not much faith in oaths. I would trust some men on a simpledeclaration, such as I quoted in a speech on this subject at the last session, much sooner than I would trust those who hesitate at no oath; such a one, sir, as was made by a distinguished gentleman in NCarolina, Mr. Reid, who Presided over their recent reconstruction convention, and who had been himself a rebel. His declaration was such that when I read it in California I said in my heart there is a man I can take by the hand and wel come back to the old family mansion. Bad menwill take any oath under the advice and lead of unscrupulous politicians. We, have witnessed its fatal workings in Maryland, I want peace, I want unity, I want the governmentrestored, but I do not want the men who conquered the rebellion proscribed and the governments of the rebel States carried on by?. men who have been waging bitter war against us for the past 4 years. I utterly Reepudiate the assumption of the President that he can parole armies and then authorize these paroled prisoners of war to form constitutional State governments for the loyal men in the Statesrecently in rebellion. I know very well if gentlemen on the other side had been in power in the case supposed by me a while ago what they would have done. There would have been no let up on their part. There would have been no such mercy as we have shown; no such mild terms of restoration submitted as we have proposed. There would have been no such forgiveness. But they would haveproscribed, and proscribed to the bitter end. They would have maintained their party organization in every rebel State against any and all attempts to overthrow it by those who d so recently been their enemies and the enemy of the nation. I say we are ready to forgive the great body of the southern people, we are anxious to forgive them; but we are determined, by the grace of God, that these rebel State organizations shall not be recognized, come what may; that disloyal RePresentatives shall not appear upon this floor, nor shall the electoral votes of such States be counted in any Presidential election until constitutional governments have been organized and recognized by the Congress of the U.S. Here the hammer fell]