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CARLISLE, PA.,
Thursday Morning, An gnat 33,1806,
FOR GOVERNOR,
HI ESTER CLYMER.
OF BERKS COUNTY.
Democratic Comity Ticket.
FOB CONGRESS,
Hon. A. J. GLOSSBRENNER, of York Co.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
PHILIP LONG, of Newburg.
• FOB ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
HUGH STUART, of South Middleton,
THOB. P. BLAIR, of Shlppensbnrg.
FOB PBOTHONOTABY,
Capt. JOHN 'p. BRINDLE, of Middlesex.
FOB CLERK AND RECORDER,
SAMUEL BIXLER, of West Pennsboro’.
FOB REGISTER,
Uoj. JACOB DORSHEIMEB, of Meclinnlcsburg.
FOB COMMISSIONER,
MaJ. M. G. HALE, of Southampton.
FOB DIBECTOB OP POOR,
JOHN PAUL, of, Monroe;
'• . FOR AUDITOR,
Cftpt. P. G. McCOY, of Newton.
Election* Tuesday, October 0,1860.
DEMOCRATIC fi CONSERVATIVE
MEETING!
FRIENDS OF THE UNION t
THE CONSTITUTION 11
AND A
WHITE MAN’S GOVERNMETT,
TURN OUT!
A meeting of tho Democratic and. Conser
vative citizens of Cumberland county will be
held at the
COURT HOUSE,
IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE,
On Monday Evening,
A UO UST 271/1, 1866,
A> which are invited all who are opposed to the RADI
CAL and REVOLUTIONARY course of Vie pres
ent Congress ; all who are opposed to giving NE
GROES THE RIGHT TO VOTE, and placing
tfiem on. an equality with WHITE MEN; all who
are Opposed to TAXING THE WHITEEREEMEN
OF TH&LAND to support the Negroes in idleness ;
those who are in favor of sustaining PRESIDENT
JOHNSON in his PATRIOTIC STRUGGLE TO
RECONSTRUCT THE UNION UNDER OUR
GLORIOUS OLD CONSTITUTION.
. The meelitig will be addressed by HON, SAMUEL
HEPBURN and other able speakers.
.THE GREAT CONVENTION.
In .the number and character of the
men who composed it, and the import
ance of its results, the National Conven
tion wlaich assembled at Philadelphia on
the 14th ’lust., if second to any, was sec
ond only to.those two great historic bod
ies—the Congress of 1776 and the Consti
tutional Convention of 1787. There were
Dix j.nd Couch and Ouster and M’Cook
and Crawford and Steedman —men
who illustrated the valor of American
soldiery oh many a bloody and well con
tested field,. There were Doolittle and
Dixon and, Raymond and Cowan and
Blair and Browning and Randall—
long recognized as-leaders of the late Re
publican party. There were Reverdy
Johnson and Hendricks and Bigler
and Packer and Porter and Black on
the part of the Democracy. And there
were Orb and Perry and Stephens and
Dick Taylor and Parsons and Graham
and Randall Hunt, on the part of the
South. They wore not there as party
men, or in the advocacy of selfish or sec
tional interests, but they came as the rep
resentatives of the people —the whole peo
ple—impelled together by a sense of com
mon danger and love for a common coun
try. The scene was one which can never
be forgotten—so solemn and impressive
that at times , hundreds mingled their
tears, and joined in silent yet devout and
earnest prayer, to the God of Nations in
behalf of their unfortunate and misgov
erned country. It was such a scene as
only occurs once in a generation; and
well did the President of the Convention
remark that if the whole people of the
United States could look in upon that
vast audience bowed in tears around the
altar of a common country, the work of
the salvation of the nation would be al
ready accomplished.
The overwhelming magnitude of the
issues at stake seemed to impress every
delegate with the vast responsibility atr
taohed to his individual action. There
was an earnestness in every word spoken,
a dignity and decorum in the proceedings,
and a unanimity of sentiment and feel
ing, such as perhaps was never before
witnessed in so immense an assemblage.
The declaration of principles and the ad
dress to the people of the United Slates,
were adopted without a dissenting voice,
amidst the wildest enthusiasm. Those
documents set forth in clear and eloquent
terms the true principles of our govern
ment and the policy which ought to con
trol its administration in the present crit-
leal condition of affairs. They need no
vindication at our hands, for they wil
touch a chord in the popular heart ; which
. will thrill with a responsive echo wher-
ever there are men who love their eoun
try and appreciate the inestimable bless
ings of constitutional liberty.
The results of the deliberations of this
body will be as far reaching as time itself.
The 16th of August will hereafter be
. known as the second birthday of Ameri
can Independence—as the day which res
cued the nation out of the hands of its
enemies, and Started it on in a new, a
higher and a nobler career amongst the
nations of the world. The line lias been
so distinctly drawn between the friends of
constitutional liberty and the advocates of
a centralized despotism that he who runs
may read. There is .no middle ground
left for the. hesitating and doubtful to
stand upon. He that is not for the Union
is against it. He who does not support
the administration of Andrew Johnson
in its wise and statesmanlike efforts to
restore that Union with the dignity,
equality and rights’of the States unim
paired, and who seeks to perpetuate dis
cord and alienation, is a disuuionist and
a traitor. The. Convention has declared
that the union' of these States is perpetu
al, and that while no State or combina
tion of States has the power to withdraw,
no combination of States has the right to
exclude others from the Union, It lias
declared that the national faith shall be
held Inviolate and that tho confederate
debtshall never bo paid. It has put upon
record the solemn asseveration of all the
States that slavery is abolished and shall
never he reestablished within the juris
diction of the United States. Could any
Convention have done more ?
There are those who affect to despise
the Influence of this Convention—whoso
■ignoble souls cannot rise to the level of
its unselfish patriotism —whose mean and
shriveled aspirations never lift themselves
above the mire of partisan politics—but
let them beware: “ Whosoever falleth on
this stone shall be broken to peices, but
upon whomsoever it shall fall it will grind
him to powder.” The petty politicians
who so miserably fail to read the signs of
the times, as to imagine that this sponta
neous uprising of the people—this reaction
in favor of the immutable principles on
which the government was founded—
means nothing, and will prove a wretch
ed failure, will learn, when it is too late
to save themselves, that below all their
political vagaries there is implanted in
the hearts of the American people a love
for the Union of our fathers and a rever
ence for the sacred provisions of the Con
stitution, which in times of peril will re
assert themselves at every hazzard. Aye,
let the traitors desist from their infamies,
for tho cup of popular indignation is at
last full to tho brim. The language of
the resolutions and address adopted by
the National Convention is but tho over
flowingof thatpopular indignation, which
tells us that Time is hastening in Ills
course to “ set all things even.”
STARTEING EXPOSURES.
Wo invite attention to the final Re
port of Generals Steedman and Fuller
ton, the two intelligent and reliable offi
cers who were detailed some six months
ago to visit the Southern States for the
purpose of making “an inspection of the
operations of the Freedmen’s Bureau.” —.
We ask our readers L one and all—and
more especially our Republican readers —
to give this final Report of those distin
guished officers a careful perusal and
calm consideration. After doing so wo
feel satisfied they will agree with us in
pronouncing this Freedmen’s Bureau the
greatestourse and most corrupt institution
that was ever concocted or tolerated in a
civilized country. It is used as a money
making concern by as remorseless a set of
villains as ever disgraced the form of hu
manity.
It will be seen, by reading the Report,
that the creatures in the employ of the
Bureau have been guilty of crimes that
should consign them to the penitentiary
for life. They have usurped power and
held mock courts for the trial of crimi
nals ; have tortured the freedraen and
worked them almost to death, and appro
priated the proceeds of their labor to
themselves; have imposed fines upon
whites and blacks, and put the money col
lected in their pockets; have destroyed
the papers and vouchers belonging to the
Bureau, to cover up their villainies; have
made reports to the head Bureau at Wash
ington filled with false statements and
misrepresentations; have sold the Gov
ernment horses, mules and rations,; and
failed to account for the money collected;
have sold the negroes at 55 a head; have
reported hundreds of schools in operation
and sent in enormous bills for conducting
the same, when in fact only two or three
small schools had been organized ; have
stolen tens of thousands of dollars belong
ing to the Government; have worked ■
plantations with negroes, paid those ne
groes in Government rations, and then
stole the proceeds of the plantations. In
fine, these Freedmeu’s Bureau gentlemen
have been guilty of every conceivable
vice that ingenuity and villainy could
suggest, and the Chaplains of the concern
are prominent as the greatest rascals in it.
Let our readers peruse carefully' the
startling exposux-es made by Generals
Steedman and Fullerton, and as they
do so, let them remember that the reason
the Radical disunionists are so hostile to
President Johnson is because ho vetoed
the bill enlarging the operations of the
. Bureau. From the hour the Px-esidont,
sent into Congress his veto of this infa
mous measure, the radical hounds have
been on his track, and the wlffets at his
heels. Will not the people who have to
make up by taxation every dollar stolen
from the Treasury, stand by the President
and sustain him in his effbi'fs to protect
the Government, and to choke off the
thieves who, like leeches, are suiififfag the
life-blood of the nation ? We will see.
GEARY AND THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.
It is the solemn duty of every voter of
Pennsylvania, who intends casting his
ballot for Cion. Geary, oh the 9,th day of
October next, to inquire whether lie is in
favor of maintaining the Constitution of
our fathers. It is further his duty to know
whether Gen. Geary endorses the acts
ot the late Congress, in its attempt to
amend that sacred instrument, thereby
striking at the very heart of our liberties.
This Constitution framed in 1787 and rat
ified in 1789, by the people of the United
States, has stood the test for 77 years, an d
lias been adequate for every emergency.
It was good enough for a Cray, a Ben
ton, a Douglas, or a Cass, but in these
latter days, when such men as Gen. Gea
ry, Thad. Stevens, and John W. For
ney live, the Constitution is pronounced
a nullity.
We have said, that it was the duty of
every voter, to inquire how Gen. Geary
stands on this great constitutional ques
tion. Wo say, and we defy contradiction,
that John W. Geary : by allowing him
self to bo made the tool of the Disunion
party,'is opposed to the Constitution, op
posed to the President of - the United
States, and in direct sympathy, with the
Radicals. He has : frequently said that
he endorses the actions of Thaddeus
Stevens, and cordially approves of the
measures passed by the 39th. Congress.—
But a few days ago, at his home in New
Cumberland, ho told a young man (a po
litical admirer of course) that his (Gea
ry’s) platform, was the “Constitutional
'Amendment.” What is the main feat
ure of this amendment, which was the
production of a committee of fifteen, and
recently ratified by the sham Legislature
of Tennessee? The first section rends ns
follows:
“ All persons born or naturalized In tho United
States, and subject to tho Jurisdiction, thereof,
are citizens of the United States, and of thq Stale whcre
in they reside, and no State shall make of enforce any
law which shall at/ridge the privilege or immunities' of
citizens of die United States. 0
This amendment declares emphatically,
that negroes are citizens of the United
States, as well as citizens of the State in
which they‘reside. This, voters, is the
amendment which Gep. Geaby tells you
is his Platform; Can you as freemen .of
Pennsylvania, conscientiously,vote for a
man who avows that-he recognizes the
negro to be a citizen of the United States,
when the Supreme Court, declared only
eight years ago, that he was not, accord
ing to the sense of the Constitution ?, Gen.
Geary would have tho Constitution
changed, so that it would make the ne
gro eligible to hold office, sit as judges
and enter the jury box. For the life of
us, wo cannot see how Intelligent white
voters of Pennsylvania can support a
man for the highest office within their
gift, whom they know to bo pledged to
tho support of" the party who controlled
the Congress which has made itself infa
mous by passing acts, resolutions, and
amendments which have deprived thocit
izensof eleven States of the Union of thoir
constitutional rights. Yct'ln. the.face of
all this, Gen. Geaby has the audacity to
tell the people that ho approves these vil
lainous proceedings, and, at the same
time, ask them for their support in eleva
ting him to tho Gubernatorial Chair. —
“ Oh! "consistency, thou art a jewel.”
The Herald, noticing some stric
tures we made on a speech delivered be
fore the “ Geary Club of Carlisle” by J.
R. Smith, Esq., says—"lt is not truo
that any abusive language was applied to
Mr. Bbatton.” ■ We learn, too, that Mr.
S. himself denies having assailed us per
sonally. We therefore, with pleasure,
withdraw, the remarks We applied to Mr.
S. two weeks since and sincerely regret
that wc made them. We were led to
speak of Mr 8. as we did because we had
been told by several that ho had made an
unprovoked attack upon us In his speech.
We had our information from Republican
and Democratic sources, and did not sup
pose that those who pretended to quote
Mr. S’s remarks wore deceiving us. With
us personalities are not relished, and we
have made it a rule for many years not to
indulge in this kind of warfare except in
self-defense. If assailed we will strike
back, not because of any pleasure it gives
us, but in discharge of a duty. We make
this explanation in justice to Mr. Smith
and to ourself.
RESTORATION!
0»[ COUNTRY, ONE FUG, ONE
UNION OF EQUAL SHIES,
Meeting of the National
Union Convention,
AJjXt THE STATES OF THE UNION
IN COUNCIL.
A Harmonious Assemblage.
WITHDRAWAL OP YALLANDIG
HAM AND OTHERS.
Fraternization of South Carolina and
Massachusetts—Organization of tlie
Conversion.
OEN, »IX, OF NEW YORK, XEJI
PQRARY CHAIRMAN. “
Senator Doolie, of Wisconsin
Permanent Chairman.
DECLARATION’ OF PRINCIPLES.
Tho National: Union. Convention began
its-proceedings on Tuesday, lit the clty.of
Philadelphia, but owing to the unfinish
ed condition of the Wigwam, adjourned,
after effecting a temporary organization,
till nooil on Wednesday. Tho organiza
tion was harmonious, Maj. Gen. John A.
Dix, of How York, being elected tempo
rary chairman, and the customary com
mittees on permanent organization, cre
dentials, and for other purposes being ap
pointed. It was a significant circum
stance, and we hope emblematical that
hereafter peace is to reign throughout the
Union, that tho proceedings wore opened
by the entry, arm-in-arm into the hall,
of the delegations of Massachusetts and
South Carolina, the procession being led
by Maj. Gen. Couoh, of Massachusetts,
who foughtin the. Union army, and Gov.
Our, of South Carolina, a participant in
tiie rebellion. Fernando Wood, Clem
ent L. Vallandigham, George Fran
cis Train and H. C.Dean withdrew from
tho proceedings of the Convention. Their
withdrawal gave great satisfaction to all
the delegates, both North and South, and
is regarded by them as the removal Of
tho greatest obstacle in tho way of pacific
action in the Convention.
Tho Temporary' Organization.
At eleven o’clock the /delegates and
those having tickets to the gallery com
menced to arrive. In consequence of tho
doubt in regard to theassembling of the
Convention at the Wigwam, the attend
ance in this portion of the building was
not so large as anticipated; There were,
however, at least five thousand people
present as spectators. The delegates came
in rapidly, after eleven o’clock, and the
time that Intervened between the arrival
and the organization was pleasantly spent
in an interchange of civilities and in be
coming acquainted',with each other. A
few minutes before 12 o’clock, the mem
bers of the Executive Committee of the
National Union Johnson Club, headed by
Governor Randall, appeared on the plat
form. The scene at this time was ti busy
one.
The main floor was filled with dele
gates, all talking in low tones, while the
chairmen of the various States were re
porting to the Secretary. A band of mu
sic stationed in the gallery gave the na
tional airs, while the spectators kept up
a constant conversation in regard to the
appearance of the distinguished men pres
ent to take part in the deliberations.
A Novel Scene.
Shortly.after the. Executive Committee
were seated, a novel scene took place, the
like of which has not been witnessed since
the first agitation of the slavery question,
.The Hon. A . W. Bahdall announced that
-the delegates from those two ultra sections
of the Union, Massadhusetts and South
Carolina, would enter the building arid in
arm. The effect was electrical. Tho.dele
gates, rose to,_thcir feet, and sent forth
cheers iipon cheers, making the welkin
ring with their huzzas.
The delegates alluded to entered and
marchediarm in arm up the eastern aisle
of the Wigwam. The youth Carolina del
egation was headed by Governor J. L. Orr,
and the/.Massachusetts part by General
Couchi.'/Amid the most tumultuous ap
plause tliese gentlemen took their seats.
The band then struck up a national air
which was greeted with great applause af
ter which the air so popular with the Reb
els during the war, “ Dixie,” was perform
ed, when the entire delegation vociferous
ly applauded. General Custer led the ap
plause when " Dixie” was. played. Mr.
John Hogan, of Missouri, then rose, and
in stentorian tones proposed three cheers
for the : thirty-six United States, which
were given with considerable vim. Some
delegate then proposed three cheers for
President Johnson, which were met with
a rather spirited response, and these were
followed by three- cheers for the Union,
and also three cheers for the Red, White
and Blue.
When the name of General John A.
Dix, of New York, was proposed as tem
porary chairman the late Rebel General
“Dick Taylor" rose.and proposed three
cheers for him, which wore given with,
considerable zest.
The deliberations of the Convention
were opened by a speech from General
Dix, after he occupied the chair. The
speech was very conservative in its char
acter, and was delivered with great em
phasis and expression. A number of the
sentiments uttered by the General found
a ready response on the part of those as
sembled, and ijo was frequently interrup
ted with applause. The General is a very
finished speaker, and he was listened to
with great attention.
The scene during the prayer that fol
lowed General Dix r s speech was very
impressive. The entire assemblage rose
to their feet, and a deathlike stillness pre
vailed, while the clergyman, with a clear
voice and distinct enunciation, invoked
the blessing of the Almighty on the de
liberations of the Convention.
GENEKAL DIX SAID:
Gen Hemal of the Comention and Fellow-Citizens of
the Whole Union ;—I return you ray sincere thanks
for the honor you hnvo done me, in choosing mo.
to preside temporarily over your deliberations. ,
I regard It ns a distinction of no ordinary charac
ter—not only on account of the high moral and
political standing of the gentlemen who compose
this Convention, but because It la a Convention ;
of the people (cheers) of all the States of the
Union, and because it cannot fail, if its proceed
ings are conducted with harmony and good
Judgment, to lead to the most Important results.
Xt may bo truly said, that no body of men has
met upon this continent Under circumstances so i
momentous and so delicate, since the year 1787 -
(applause)—the year when our ancestors assem
bled in this city to frame a better government of
the States than were united under the old Con
federation—a government which has been made
more enduring, we trust, by the fearful perils
and trials It has encountered and overcome.—
The Constitution they came hero to plan and
construct we arc here to vindicate and restore. —
(Cheers.) Wo arc hero to assert the supremacy of
representative government over all who are
within the coniines of the Union—a government
which cannot, without a violation ol its funda
mental principles, be extended over any but
those who are represented In It, and "who, by
force of that representation, are entitled to a
voice in the administration of its affairs, f Ap
plause.) It Was BiioH a government our fathers
framed and put in operation. It la the govern
ment which we are bound by every consideration
of fidelity, justice and good .faith, to defend and
to maintain. (Applause.) ,
Gentlemen, wo are not living .under such a
government. Thirty-tslx States nave for mouths
boon governed by twenty-live. Eleven States
have been wholly without representatives in the
legislative body. The numerical proportion of
the represented to the unrepresented has been
changed by the admission of the delegation from
Tennessee—a unit taken from the smaller and
added to the larger number. Ten States are still
denied the representation in Congress to which
they are entitled under the Coiistitutlon. It is
this wrong which wo have come hero to protest
against, ami, as far as in us lies, to ro'dross.—
(Applause.)
When the President of the United States do
clarcd.that armed resistance to the authority of
the Union was over, all the States had a right to
bo represented in the legislative -body., (Ap
plause.) They had the right under the Constitu
tion ; they had the right under resolutions passed
by both houses of Congress In 1801, (those resolu
tions were not concurrent, but they were sub
stantially identical;) moreover, they were enti
tled to bo so represented on other grounds,
on those of fairness and' good faith. The Presi
dent, notin pursuance of any constitutional pow
er, had called on the confederated States to ac
cept certain conditions of their admission to the
exercise of their legitimate functions os menbors
of the Union—the ratification of the amendment
to the Constitution abolishing slavery, and the
repudiation of the debts contracted to overthrow
the government. TUeso conditions were met
and accepted. The exaction of now conditions is
unjust—a violation of the faith of the govern
ment, subversive of the principles of our ,politi
cal system and dangerous to the public prosper
ity and peace. (Applause.) Each House;of,Con
gress may, ns the judge of the qualification's of
its own members, reject Individuals for Just
cause; but the two bodies acting conjointly can
not exclude entire delegations without being
guilty, of an unwarrantable assumption of power.
Congress has not only done this—it has gone
further, it has incorporated new conditions into
amendments to the Constitution, and submitted
them for the ratification of the States, Thera is
no probability that these amendments will bo
ratified by three-fourths of the States of this
Union. To Insist on the conditions contained in
theih is to prolong indefinitely the exclusion of
more than one-quarter of the States from their
representation in Congress. (Applause.)
~ is this the government that our fathers fought
to establish ? (“ No,” “ no.’-’) Is this the govern
ment wo have been fighting to preserve? (“No.”)
The President has done all In his power to cor
rect this wrong (applause;) to restore the legisla
tive body to its full proportion by giving to all
the members of the Union their proper snare in
the public councils. Legislation without repre
sentation Is an anomaly.under our political sys
tem, Under any other form of government it
would be but another name for usurpation and
misrule, and the President ‘la entitled to the
thanks of the country for the firmness with which
hohas opposed a policy so demoralizing, so di
rectly at war with all the principles' of our politi
cal organization.
I have referred to the condition of the Federal
. , Legislature, under the aspects of right on the
onchand.and on the other—the right of the States
to ho represented, and the duty of Congress to
representatives.’ On the score of policy nothing
can he more unwise than to prolong the present
anomalous relations of the States to each other.
It is'calculated to embitter on both sides animosi
ties nud resentments, which it is our duty, by all
ust measures, to soothe arid to heal. It disturbs
the action of the government; it deranges the
application of capital and labor; it impedes the
development of our Industry; it impairs our
creditand good name at home and abroad, and
it retards the march of the country to prosperity
and power.
Gentlemen,! trust' that in our deliberations
here we shall confine ourselves to one main pur
pose, that of redressing the wrong to which. I
have referred. There Is much in the admlnlstm- ’
tlon of the government that needs amendment;
some tilings to be done, and others to be undone,
There are commercial and financial reforms
which are Indispensable to the public welfare;
but we shall not nave the power to carry out these
until wo change the political Con
gress. [Applause.] This should ho our first, our
immediate aim. It is in the Congressional Dis
trietthattho vital contest is to toko placed The
control of one body will enable us to prevent
partial, unjust arid pernicious legislation; the
control of both houses, with the power to intro
duce and to carry out salutary reform, to bring
the government back, in thfc language of Jeffer
son, to “the republican track,“ will come later.
But with wise, harmonious and Judicious action
on our part, and on the part of those we represent,
it need not be long delayed. I believe that public
opinion is right • that it is only necessary to pres
ent to the people clearly <tho issuc.bofcwoen us
and the ultmlsm which controls tho action of
Congress. Ah, gentlemen, Is not the object for
which we are contending ' a. consummation
worthy of our highest and our most devoted eff
orts? It is that of bringing back thellopiibUc, of
purifying It, and restoring It, after the fiery orde
al through which It has passed, to Its ancient
prosperity and power (ApplauseJ. of presenting
to the world an example worthy of imitation —no
Utopian vision of good governmrnt, hut tho
grand old reality of tho bettor times [“good”]
with which the memory of our fathers, the recol
lections of the past, ami all our, hopes of tho fu
ture are inseparably entwined—one country, ono
Hag, one Union of equal States. / , •
After such a speech, it was thought lit
to adjourn, and an adjournment was car
ried.
Second Way’s Proceeding:^
.Long before the hour of opening the
proceedings the Wigwam began to 1111 up
with an audience, whose enthusiasiu
demonstrated that they had lost none'bf
the fervor'which characterized the .first
day’s proceedings. The audience at nopu
completely jammed the immense build
ing and many were unable to get seats. —
Certainly not loss than 12,000 people wore
present.
The national airs, as on Tuesday, were
received with tremendous demonstrations
of applause and so were the representa
tive mop of both’sections. It was noticed
that as before the Southern men were par
ticularly enthusiastic over the music,
which the liudicals say they so thorough
ly detest,
A cnv.uica jrMtoA’S'rw.vrioN.
Hon. Hie.ster. Clymor, upon entering
the building and taking a seat, was greet
ed with tumultuous cheers. He bowed
his acknowledgments, but could hot bo
induced to make a speech.
OPENING.
The Chairman pro tern., General John
A. X)ix, opened the exercises by.saying—
“ The Convention will be in order,”
Order heingobtained, General Dix said:
Gentlemen—the Rev. Mr. Holsinger,
of Tennessee, will open the proceedings
W 'The’audience then rose to their feet,
Hon. Montgomery
Blairf Chahmau of the Committee on or
ganizatiou, reported the permanent off!
oars, consisting of Hon. J.
of Wisconsin, as permanent Chairman,
and a Vice President and Secretary trom
each State and Territory:
■The Chairman then came forwaid,
amid loud cheering, and spoke as follows:
‘ SPEECH OF SENATOR DOOLITTLE.
Gentlemen op the Convention and Fellow
Citizens op the United States (Gient ehcci
Idk)—For tho distinguished honor i
upon to preside over tho deliberations of this
Convention, I sincerely thanlc you. I could have
wished that Its responsibilities hud falkmnpon
another; but relying upon that courtesy nnd
generous confidence which has called me to the
chair I enter at .once upon Its duties, with an
earnest desire for the success of that great cause
in which we are now engaged. Among the great
events of our day, this convention, In Mopln
lon will prove to bo one of tho greatest; foi
“ peace hath her victories no less renewed than
■war” —(applause)—and this Convention is one of
’ her victories; may I not say a crowning victory?
(Great cheering.) For tho llrst time In six years,
a national convention, representing all tho States
now assembles (applause) six long, weary
years. .As wo look bach, oh, what an interval oi
blood, and agony, and tears. During that period
wo have been engaged in tho most gigantic civil
war tho world has overseen; wasting our re
sources, drenching a thousand battle-fields in
fraternal blood, and carrying to premature graves
our fathers, our bohr, and our brothers by hun
dreds of thousands. But, thanks be to Almighty
God, the war Is over. (Enthusiastic and long
continued cheering.) Peace, blessed -peace, has
come. And the assurances which wo hero wit
ness tell us that peace has come to stay. (Vehe
ment cheering,) Oh, my fellow-citizens, If the
whole people of tho United States could at this
moment look in upon this Convention—if they
could see what wo now witness—the Norm and
tho South, tho East and tho West, Joining togeth
er in fraternal association as friends and fellow
citizens, our work would bo already done.—
(Great cheering.) If they could have soon, as we
saw, Massachusetts and South Carolina by their
civil delegations, coming arm-in-arm into this
great Convention—(cheers)—if they could have
soon this body—greater in numbers and in weight
of character and brain than ever yet assembled
on this continent under olio’ roof—molting to
tears of joy’and gratitude to witness this com
mingling there would bo no struggle at tho polls
in tho coming elections. (Renewed cheering.)
When I remember thatit was Massachusetts nnd
South Carolina that, in the Convention which
framed tho Constitution, voted against the aboli
tion ol tho slave trade; that it was Massachusetts
In 1812, which, through some of her men, taught
the doctrines of nuliiicatlon which South Caroli
na reasserted In 1833, and in the form of secess
ion again reasserted in IB6o—when I call to mind
that South Carolina fired tho first gun in this con
test, and that the veins of Massachusetts poured
out the first blood in tho struggle—(applause)—
when I call to mind all these memories, and at
tho same time ask tho people of the country to
look in on this Convention and see these two old
States of tho Union coming here in fraternal em
brace to approach a common altar of a common
country to make common-sacrifices for the good
of the whole—l say again, could tho whole peo
ple of the United States witness all this, there
would remain no further work for us for the fall
elections. (Tremendous cheering.) If the people
of Massachusetts herself could have witnessed it,
not a single member would bo returned to Con
gress from that State —(cheers)—until he had giv
en a most sacred pledge that lie would do all in
his power in Congress to recognize the equality
—(cheers) —and dignity of all the States—(enthu
i siastic cheers)—under the Constitution—(chqers)
—lncluding tho sacred, inalienable right of every
State under the Constitution to representation in
both houses. (Enthusiastic applause.) Gentle
men of tho Convention, I shall go.into no argu
ment in this Convention. (“ Go on, go on.”)—
The distinguished gentleman who'preceded me
J sald all that I would desire to say, and much
bettor than'l could say it. (Cries of “go on, go
on.”) I indorse, and take great pleasure In fully
indorsing all that ho said—sentence by sentence,
■word by word. (Great applause.) Fellow-citi
zens, unfortunately, it may bo, tho whole people
of the United States are not here to witness what
is now transpiring; therefore the greater work
still rests upon us from this time till the elections
for the next Congress. We should be untiring in
our exertions to see to It that the next Congress—
if this shall continue to refuse this sacred right
of representation to equal'SLatcs—that the next
Congress shall recognize them, When that Is
done the Union is restored; and when the Union
Is restored we shall be prepared, in my Judgment,
to enter upon a higher and nobler career among
the nations of the earth than has over yet been
occupied by any government upon which the
sun of heaven ever shone. Wo 'shall stand In the
vanguard of civilization, of liberty; wo shall lead
the way, by the light of our ovample, for all the
other nations of the earth. Gentleman, without
detaining you longer, I shall enter at once upon
the duties of the Chair. (Loud cheering.) The
gentlemen who have been chosen as Vice-Presi
dents and Secretaries of the Convention will
now please to come forward and take their seats
upon the platform, on the right and loft of the
chair.
APPOINTMENT OP A COMMITTEE ON KESO :
LUTIONS,
Hon. Edgar Cowan, from Pennsylva
nia, then arose, and, amid great applause
at the announcement of hia name, and
calls to take the stand, said—lf you will
exouseme for this time, we will now pro
ceed to business. Mr. President, I beg
leave to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed
from each State to prepare resolutions ,for the
consideration of this Convention.
Under this resolution, a committee,
consisting of two members from each
State, with Hon. Edgar Cowan as Chair
man, was then announced by the chair.
TELEGBAM FBOM PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
The chair bogs leave to state that the
following telegraphic despatch has just
been received from the President of the
United States. (Great cheering.)
To the Hon. 0. H. Browning, the Hon, A. H. Han
(toll, Convention at Philadelphia:
I thank you for your cheering and encoura
ging despatch. The Anger of Providence la uner
ring, and will guide you safely through. The
people must be trusted, and the country will bo
restored. My faith Is unshaken as to the ultimate
success. Andiiew Johnson.
Hon. Edgar Cowan announced that the
committee'on resolutions would bfe pre
pared to report on Thursday at ten
o’clock, after which the Convention ad
journed until that time.
Thursday’s Proceedings
were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Reimensnyder, of Uewistown, Pa.
After the conclusion of the prayer, Hon.
Mr. Cowan stepped upon the platform
and said:
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the com
mittee who were appointed to prepare
resolutions and an address, I desire to
state that the committee have given very
careful and elaborate consideration to the
subject during all of yesterday and a good
part of last night, and I beg leave to re
port a declaration of principles, adopted
unanimously by the committee, (which 5
the Secretary of the Convention willread,)
and .ail address to the people of the coun
try, which will be read by the Hon. Hen
ry J. Raymond, of New Y ork. [Applause.]
The Secretary then read the following:;
Declarnlion of Principles.
The national Union Convention, now assem
bled in the city ot Philadelphia, composed of
delegates from every (state and Territory In too
.Union, admonished by the solemn lessons which
for the last Xlvo years it has pleased the Supreme
Baler ol the Universe to give to the American
people; profoundly grateful for the return of
peace; desirous as are a large majority of tlielr
countrymen, In all sincerity, to forget and to
forgivei the past; revering the Constitution as It
opines to us irom our ancestors; regarding toe
Union in Us restoration as more sacred than ov
er ; looking with deep anxiety into the future as
of instant and continuing trial, hereby issues and
proclaims the following declaration of Principles
and 1 urposes, on which they have, with perfect
unanimity, agreed;
First, Wo hall with gratitude to Almighty God
the end of war, and return of peace to an afflicted
and beloved land.
second. iiio way Just closed has maintained
the authority of the Constitution, with all the
powers which it coufers, and all the restrictions
which it Imposes upon tuo general government,
unabridged and unaltered; and it has preserved
tJ w, Ul H on ciV itll the equal fights, dignity and
[A le P ei 'icot and unimpaired. ’
Third, liepreaentatlon in the Congress of the
United states, and in the electoral college, is a
right recognised by tho Constitution os aolding
in every state, and os a duty Imposed upon its
people—fundamental in its nature and osseutial
to the existence of our republican institutions:
and neither Congress, nor tho General Govern
ment, has any authority or power to deny this
right to any State, or to withhold Its enjoyment
under the Constitution from the people thereof.
[Loud cheoriug.J * *
o Fourth, Wo call upon tho people of tho United
auates to oleot to Congress, as members thereof,
none but men who admit this fundamental right
ot representation, and who will receive to’seats
therein, loyal representatives from every State
in allegiance to the United States, subject to the
constitutional right of each House to judge of the
elections, returns and qualifications of its own
members. (Applause.] • • • ■
Euili. Tuo Constitution of the United States
and the laws made in pursuance thereof are‘‘the
supreme law of the land, anything in tho Consti
tution or laws of any State to the contrary not
withstanding,' All tho powers not conferred by
the Constitution upon tho general government
nor prohibited by it totheStqtes avo ‘‘reserved
to mo Statcsor to tho people thereof,” ami among
the nguis this reserved td the States is the right
to prcscribo qualiUoation for tho elective fran
chiso therein,'with which right Congress cannot
interfere. [Long continued cheering.! No State
or combination of Slates has tho right to with
draw irom tne Union, dr to exclude, through
L} . • ct A OJ I U* .congress or otherwise, any other
aw r °f Whites U'Qifi the Union. [Great applause.]
be dissolved^ ClOBO SJtRtGa la perpetual and cannot
Sixth. Such amendments to the Constitution
?hnrJ2^ 4 dtatos “W be «Wide hy the people
ffiwcof as they may deem expedient, hut only In
tho inode pointed out by its provisions; and In
rtrnnoalnE such amendments, whether by Con-
Srassor fiya Convention, and in ratifying the
aamenlltho States of tho Union have an equal
and aif Indefeasible right to ft voice and a vote
nvnrhora-cstabllshod upon the soil or within tho
fnrlsdlcUon of the United States: and the enfran
chisedslavcfi in all tho States of t\m Un lon should
receive, In common IV'lth all their Inhabitants,
igual protection in "every right of person and
pr EfdltS! "fnSFo tve regard ns utterly Invalldnnd
never to bo assumed, or made of binding foico,
nuv C obligatloa Incurred or undertaken In ma
klim war against the United States, wo hold the
debt of the nation to bosacrecl and Inviolable, and
we proclaim our purpose, in discharging this at*
in norformlng-all otlior national obligations,.to
n"a\maln unimpaired and uniropeaehed the bon
or and the faith oftho Uepubllo . v • •
Ninth. It la tho duty of tho national cm
ment to recognize tho services ofthe Fodorai sol
diers and sailors In the contest Just closed, by
meeting promptly and fully all their just and
rightful claims, for the services they have render
ed tho nation, and-by oxtonding lo those of them
who have survived, and to the widows and or
phans of those who have fallen, the most gonor
ous and considerate care. [Loudeheers.J . ■
Tenth. In Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, who in his great office!^ t .P™vod
steadfast In his devotion to tho Constitution, the
laws and interests of his country, unmoved by
persecution and undeserved reproach-having
hilth unassailable in the people and in the min
ciplc of free government—wo recognize a Chief
Magistrate worthy of the nation and equal to the
great crisis upon which his lot is cast; and wo
tender to him. ini tho discharge of his high and
responsible duties, our profound iwpoct and assu
rance of our cordial and slncer/j support.
[Tho reading of the last resolution elic
ited shouts of applause, which continued
for some minutes. Men waved their hats,
ladies their handkerchiefs, and the Con
vention presented a scene of enthusiasm
altogether indescribable.] . .
The Chairman then put the question on
the adoption of the resolutions, and the
response from the Convention was a most
earnest and general “aye.” The Chair
man then said; “Those opposed to the
resolutions will say “ no.” Not a single
negative response was.heard;- and the
Chairman declared the resolutions unani
mously adopted. The result was greeted
with a universal cheer, .and the'band
struck up “Hail Columbia.” The har
monious action of the Convention caused
a general hilarity of feeling; and it was
some minutes before business could pro
ceed.
After the adoption of the resolutions,
Colonel Thomas C. McDowell, of Harris
burg, rose and proposed throe cheers for
the Hon. Edgar Cowan. .
The cheers were given with hearty
good will.
Mr. Cowan, in acknowledging the com
pliment, said;
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention;
I claim to bo the host of this Convention (laugh
ter), anil one of my distinguished guests will now
address you by virtue of authority unanimously
derived from the Committee on Resolutions and
Address; I moan the Hon. Henry J. Raymond;—
[Cheers]
READING! THE ADDERSS.
Mr. Raymond, of New York, then pro
ceeded to read the address. Parts of it
were received with considerable applause,
so that tlie Chairman appealed to the
Convention to withold such manifesta
tions until after the reading should be
concluded. One of the sentiments ex
pressed in the address was, however, so
congenial to the feelings of the members
that, notwithstanding this request, they
broke out into tumultuous applause,
whereunon the Hon. Reverdy Johnson,
of Maryland, arose and requested that Mr.
Raymond repeat the sentence which had
been applauded. Mr. Raymond thereup
on read as follows: ■
• “No people lias ever yet existed whoso loyalty
and fafth such treatment, long continued, would
not alienate and Impair; and the ten millions of
Americans who live In the South would ho un
worthy citizens of a free country, degenerate sons
of a heroic ancestry, unfit over to become guav
dalns of the rights and liberties bequeathed to us
by the fathers and founders'of this republic. If
they could accept, with uncomplaining subrais
sivenoss, the humiliation thus sought to be im
posed upon them.*’
The members of the Convention rose,
clapped their hands, and'Cheered.-, most
lustily, after which'Mr. Raymond pro
ceded with and concluded the address. :
The extreme length of this address pre
cludes the posibllity of our publishing it
this week. We will endeavor to lay it
before our readers as'soon as the crowded
condition of our columns will permit.' , .
After'the reading of the address-, a Com
mittee was appointed to convey a certified
copy of the proceedings to the. President,
as well as a natioal executive Committee,
a resident executive Committee', and a
a Committee on finance.
The Mjh vuntion then adjourned with
cheer upon cheer for Johnson and the
Union. Hours passed before the great
crowd passed out of the Wigwam, and
thousands remaihed arouad the building
during the entire day. Thus enued the
thlr and last day’s proceedings of the
grea national Convention.
Fit 031 WASHINGTON.
President Johnson, And the . National
Unlou Convcntlou Committee.
Washington. August 16.—The Com
mittee appointed by the National Union
Convention to wait upon the. President,
for the purpose of presenting to hirn ;T an
official copy of the proceedings of the
Convention, helda meeting this morning,
and postponed until one o’clock the time
for so doing.
It was originally intended that 10 A. M.
should be the hour at which their recep
tion would be had. , - ‘
The Committee, followed by the Dele
gates to. the late Convention, and after
them the citizens, will form in regular
order at half past twelve o’clock, and pro
ceed to the Executive Mansion. . i.
Preparations for the reception had been
made in the East Room, and soon after
the arrival of the procession, the Presi
made his appearance, accompanied by
Secretaries Welles and McCulloch, Mr.
Randall and MrJ Browning. ■
Hon, Reverdy Johnson, as Chairman
ofthe Committee, addressedthe President,
as follows:
Mr. President— We ato before you as a Com
mittee of the National Union Convention, which
met in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the lltu Inst.,
charged with the duty of presenting you with an
authenticated copy of the proceedings.
Before placing it In your hands you will per
mit us to congratluto you that m the object
for which the Convention was called, in the en
thusiasm with which every State and. Territory
responded to the call, in the unbroken harmony
of its deliberations, ip the unanimity with which
the principles it has declared were adopted, and
more especially In thepatribticand constitution
al character of the principles themselves, we are
confident that you. and the country will find
gratifying and cheering evidence that there exists
a public sentiment which renders an early and
complete restoration of the Union, as established
by the Constitution, certain, and inevitable. Par
ty faction, seeking the continuance of its misrule,
may momentarily delay it, but the principles or
political liberty for which our fathers success
fuuy contended, and to secure which they adop
ted the Constitution, are'so glaringly, inconsis
tent with the condition in which the country has
been placed by such misrule, that it will pqt he
-permitted a much longer duration," “
“ We wish, Mr. President, you could have wit
nessed the spirit of concord and brotherly affec
tion .which was manifested byovery member of
the Convention, Great as your confidence ever
has been. In the intelligence and patriotism of
your fellow-citizens, in their deep devotion to the
Union, and in their present determination to re
.inutateand maintain it, that confidence would
pecorae a positive conviction.
“ if you could have seen aadheard all that Was
done and said onthe .occasion—©very heart was
evidently full of Joy. every eye beamed with pa
triotic admiration, despondency gave place to
the assurance that our late dreadful civil strife
was ended: that the blissful reign of peace, under
the protection notof arms, but of the Constitution
and Jaws, would have sway, and be in every part
of our land cheerfully acknowledged and in per
fect good faith obeyed, you would not have doubt
ed that the recurrence ofdaugorous domestic.in
surrection in the.futuro are not to bo .apprehen-
‘lf you could have seen, air, tbo men of Massa
chusetts and South Carolina coining into the Con
vention on the first day of its meeting, hand in
hand, amidstthe rapturous applause of the whole
body awakened by heartfelt gratification at the
event, lining the eyes of thousands with tears, of
Joy, which they neither could nor desired to sup
press, you would have felt as every person pres
ent lelt, that the time had arrived when all sec
tional or other perUoqs dissensions had ceased,
and that nothing would be hoard In the future
hut the voice of harmony, proclaiming devotion
to a country, of pride in being bound together by
a common Union, existing and protected by
forms of government proved by experience to be
eminently fitted for the exigencies of cither war
or peace, - - . •
“In the principles announced by the, Conven
tion, and la the icellng there manifestedrwcnihy
have every assurance that harmony throughout
our entire laud Will soon prevail, wo know that,
mi in former days, as was eloquently declared by
Webster, the nation’s most gifted statesman,
Massachusetts and Bquth Carolina went shoulder
to shoulder through the Revolution, and stood
iVr t . hand around the adthlnistratlou of
Washington, and .felt his'own great arm loan on
them for support,,' 80, will they again, with like
unanimity, devotion and jjowor, stand round
your administration, and em,„„
you may. olso Jean oriihornffi^ 0 " to
In.tho proceedings, Mr to‘Mott.-
are to place In your bands v^ sU '">t, t
Convention performed the S.! 1 111 »6J
upon them by their knowlcffif? 14 "!?
to the Constitution, the of -'W
your country, as illustrated bv'™" 4 *«
dontlal career of declaring tlm/? uta «
cognize a Chief Magistral! wto" Sot
and equal to the great crisis of ft
is cast; and In this deolaratton}? Y hlc s’
sal pleasure to add wo nrecm,tl t 8 v «r
yon Mon hay& but spoken the S'l 'b
trlotlc sentiment of the count™ ge ’
bio to tho low Influence whloK7T !Vc
more partlsian, and governh I „f cn >
off opinion of constltuMonift 1 !? 1
rights and of the duty of loSk „» bll t
true Interests, safety and hnn™ ng Wl
Snob a class is Incapable ifSr?? lh
bailor popularity at the «S' ,ri 0 E (
“ In tho measures which vnn »,
tho restoration of tho Unldn°!}.!j?- Vc
only a continuance of tho I '' 0 ?'
same purpose, was Inaugurate,iLT l
ale predecessor. His ro-elootlmV'
after that policy had been r£n T b X
had boon made one of the issue,V
ot h*> political friends who arc
for sternly pursuing It, forectfni °i
the opinions which their So}. 0 !
tlon necessarily Involved 111 '
“ iioing upon tho some ticket wk
lamented publlcservant, whoso f™
touched me heart,of tiro civilize
grief and horror, you would ha™
obvious duty If you bad not endea™,
out tho same policy: and Ol
poslte one wlich eongressTttS'l
Sora and patriotism are vlndkalcff
that Congress has but continued a toi
by keeping ten of the States hi wM°"
the Insurrection existed as far aain?*
compllsh It, In tho condition ,of s 2
ymoes. denying to them tho righS
tod whilst subjugating their n V™
sp .?Pni CS lo e lsltt s l on> lucludiig B
" That such a state of things 1, S
very genius of.our government,mi .
every idea of political freedom aSS
ous to the peace and safety of tiini!™?. 1
fleeting man can fall to' believe Coa “''
“ Wo hope, air, that tho proceeding
ventlou will cause you to adhere H
oven greater firmness to tho couK
are pursuing, by satisfying y ou K
are with you, and that the wish JM
est to their heart Is that a perfect Si
our Onion at tho earliest momc /ft;
aud a convlotlon that the result«»
obmpllshed by tho measures nki lS
suing and In tho discharge of
these Impose upon you, we, asOftSS,.
of tho Convention, again for oumiwffl, 1 ,
ally louder to you our proffered tcsK
■ suranoe of our cordial and slnccreiS?
' 11 With are-united Union—with
freeman's treading, or permitted toims
soil—with Industry renewed-with si
faith pledged forever to a strict otaemr
Us obligations—with kindness and ft.Si
everywhere prevalllng-tho desolation
will soon bo removed, its sacrllleesotliri
they have been, will, with Christian real
be preferred to a providential purpose t
our beloved country on a Arm aud eudurl
which will forever place our liberty am
ness beyond the roach of human peril
“Then, too, and forever, will our sin
challenge tho admlratlln and receive I
of tho nations of the earth,and bo m
of any efforts to impeach our honor
~ “ And permit me, sir,lu conclusion;toil
great as your solicitude for tho rcstoratloi
domestic peace, and your labor to that t
have also a watchful eye lo tho rights ol
' tlon, and that any.attempt by an assura
tual foreign power lo enforce an illegal
against the government or citizens of 11
States, to use your own mild, hut ci
words, ‘will bo disregarded. l
■ “In this determination Xam sure you
ceive the unanimous approval of your
citizens. Now, sir, os the o’lialrman of till
mlttee, aud lu behalf of the Uonventlon,
the honor to present you with an authen
copy of Us proceedings."
When Mr. Reverdy Johnson hi
eluded the President said;
Mr. Chairman and GentljEuks ofu
mitx'ke : JOaiißuage is inadequate to exp
emotions arioleeimgs produeed by tillsc
Perhaps X could express more by pccml
lonco to speak, and you to infenvhatlii
ought to say. I confess that, nolwliL
tho experience X have had in public Itfo,.
audiences i have addressed, this oceanic
tnls assemblage are well calculated to 1
overwhelm me. As I have said’, I have ’
giiago to convey adequately my present
and emotions. In listening to the oM
your eloquent and distinguished dial
j ast delivered; the proceedings of llieCoi
as they transpired recurred to my mini
ingly I partook of the Inspiration that
in the Convention, when I received a
sent by two of its distinguished raer
veying in terms tho scone which bai
described of South Carolina and Mas
arm. in arm, marching into that vosto:
and thus giving evidence that the twe
had come togocnor again, nudthat, fori
they wore united, as they hod been ur
for the preservation of the Union.
When the dispatch inlormcd mo that,
vast body of men, dlstiugulsned for Mel
wisdom, every, eye was suffused Wittt teai
holdlrig the scene, I could not-linlsli reai
dispatch to one.associated with mo mu
for ray own 1 feelings over camo mo. lA|
X think we may justly conclude that we
vlng under a proper inspiration, and tuai
not oe mistaken that the linger of nnoy
and unerring Providence Is in u iiBl^ a f;
nation is in peril." We havojnstpassed I
a mighty, a hioody,, a momentous pmm
not yet dnd ourselves* free » tom
and dangers that at «raJ, surr “"?,S'
While our bravo men havopoifoime
ties—bath officers and men, Itumlng
Grant, who stood at his nghtp-white
won. laurels imperishable, tjieie arc si
and more important duties toperfonv
we have iiad*. their cooperation tau«.
now need their support in our effortetc
ate peace. [Applause.] So
Department of the government is cone
etfoct has beep! made to• restore tUoUttj
the breach, to pour oil'into the wour
were consequent upon the struggle, um
in common phrase, ,to prepare, as tne}«
wise physician would, a plaster neon
deter, and co-extensivo with tho wm
plauae.l * Wo' thought, and yet think, w
partlaliy succeed Cd. ’ But as tho woncp
os reconciliation seemed to'be.ta»uo«.
the country becoming united, we lounc
ing and marring element'.opposing us
-ding to that element, X shah go noia
did your Convention and the disUtgit
Ueman has delivered to me tnerc
proceedings. .1 shall .make, no reicrci
'X'hat. X do nbfbelleve, the time auu.w
Justify.' ,\Ve:have witnessed hi onoae
of the government every effort, twit we
vent tho iestoratiohof peaedandhawt
Union,.. Wp have seen hanging upon y«
goyeVnmeht. oa it were, a DOdy caiieur
assumes t-dhe, the Congress of the um ,
but in fact a Congress of only part oi u*
Wo have seenthis Congress ass umo ana,
to be for the Union, when'its very *
tended ’to perpetuate disunion and mw*
motion of the Spates- inevitable. XnsMwi
mofcing reconciliation' and harmony, l^
lion has partaken!of .the character oipi
retaliation, and/reVtsuge. ‘ VtUa
course and policy, of onq departmeniQty
ornmont. i'ne durable JnmWduaJ wto
addressing.you Stands the represencotw
other department of the,government,
her in wuich. ho was called appn
position I shall not allude to on tms
suffice it to sdy'that he is here under u
tution of the country, and' bolii* here
of its provisions, he takes his stand uj
charter ©four liberties, 113 the I
civil and religious liberty,
Having,' bean thught ihhiy 6h r ly hi
sacred, and .having practiced upon!l d
whole public career, X shall evoicoi
reverence the Constitution of my iu u
make lb my guide. [Hearty aPPIamM
I know it has boon said, and l mas
ted to.indulge in the remark, that ww«
Department of the government has oet
io and tyrannical! Dot mo ask tWj
distinguished gentlemen around m.
to point to a Vote I ever.gavo, to a spe
made, to a single act of my wMle piituo t
has not been against tyrauuyauci a r
What position have I everpcoupled
have lover assumed, where
charged that I failed-to advocate
tlon and elevation of the erf at "}
try men 7 [Cries.of “ Never, aj'UJfJoi
So far as ohafgos of that Irlnd aj'“ K
will say that they are shnply laton “ W
and delude the public mind into t »
there is some one in power who IS 11
trampling upon the rights and P. „»
principle.! of tho Constitution. J^? r „ oS 6«
who makfe'such charges lor
lug thelr own acts. [Cries OX . TS? 'SmUat
piause.] I have felt It my d“ty, m w ul ,i
principle and tho Constitution of “jJ w'::,
call attention to those P ro ®°f„ „s,dii| Ur
come to examino' who has baaa.P Spoil®
rant, by-whom do wo Hull iJSeiime 0
been exorcised?,iAs to .myself, t 0 ono i
my nature, Che pursuits of my me. jr
me, either Winy feelings or m my U
grosslvo. ‘ My nature, on the ccuuiw j
defensive la Its character., nut r >
having taken- my stand .upon taeu
pies of liberty and the constitution, a (l
power enough on earth to drive v :r
[Loud and prolonged applaua&l Th#vs ,
myself upon that broad puuform, a
awed, dismayed or Intimidated. M,“ n orf
or enoroaobmonts, hut have stoo lw
Junction with patriotic spirits, so a i n t
-sin of alarm wnen'l deemed tiue o y ,
[Great applause.] I,saldou apf®* na «
and repeat now, that all that wa li: id
this great struggle agalnst tyrai sUl j (
tlsm was, that the struggle s ll “}l u Lr| l oari
audible for the Araerloau pooP 1 ?
derstaud. They dld.‘hoar, and u (
seeing who tho contestants were. “ ( | iej
struggle was about, thoy detoiia a
question on the thLiu’iii
tlon and of principle. [Cries of. Hr
applause.] C proclaim hoai ■
■ other oeoaslohs, that my faith »
great moss of tho people. {“ ‘LmDiIH* 1 ,
glo, when'theolouaa-seomod Wh? loom*
my faith. Instead of givlna iffid I
through tile dark flloud tar
that ail would be safe 1“ 'that la ft
My eomitrymen, wo all h l - 1 , 0 ,pu1”
gauge of Thomas dottorsou.
tlsm oven can ha exorcised ana. 'i, o . v<
feothally by the many than by ™“ cU8 top r
seen a Congress gradually violate, 11 '
upon constitutional rights ah a ,,, a filiuW
day and month, after month 0 f
prluolplqs of tho government, to n ft o>
so," and applause.] . Wo °wa s “ Co I
thatseomedm forgotithatthere w ffaB «
, tlon of the United: States-that min u> w
to the sphere and scops 01 'I
soon'a Congress in a mluoLtyaWfUilot'
powerswhichytt [I
result In despotism
siastlo applause.] This is ttht. 1 or opot ‘°„
ors as well as myself have seen P
to the patriotism and r O P in U*?,!
country, wo have been
terms. Slander nponslauder, v> ow
vituperation, of-the -mostvliu^^
has made Its way through the prt jyi
tleman, has been your and. [ny e Iw iUß
been the qnusepfoKroffemUhS 1 ■