VOLUME 3. COPPERJOHNSON CONVENTION. |t<>Molu(ions Adopted by the Jolm*on <'onve«lloii H* PhiladolplitH. 1. We hail with gratitude to Almighty God the end of the war and the return of peace to ai. alU.clcd and beloved land. [Applause] 2. The war just closed has maintained the uuh irity ot the Constitution, with 4111 the powers which it confers and all the restrictions which it imposes upon the General Government, unabridged and unaltered, [feeble applause accompanied iiy a slight whistle,J and it has preserved the t'nioii with the equal right', dignity, and tlie authority of the .States perfect and unimpaired. [Tremendous applause, during which the convcution rose iu a body arid cheered enthusiastically ] The Chairman rapped to order and re quested delegates to take their seats. A delegate stated that when such doctrine as that was announced ho could not help cheering The Secretary then proceeded : 3. Representation in the Congress of the United States and the Electoral Col lege is a right recognized by the Cotrsti tution as abiding in every State and as a duty iui posed upon its people, fundamen tal iu its nature and essential to the ex istence of our republican institutions and neither Congress nor the General Gov ernment has any authority or power to deny this light to any State or to with hold its enjoyment under the Constitu li >ll from the people thereof. [Great ap plau-e.] 4. We call upon the people of the United States to elect to Congress as members thereof none hut men w ho ad mit the fundamental right of representa tion, and who will receive to seats there in loyal representatives from every State 111 allegiance to the United States, subject to the constitutional right v i rnment, nor prohibited by it to the States, ate reserved to tho States or t.> the i eoplo thereof; and among the rights i litis reserved to tho States is the right l" 1 rcseribe qualifications fur the elective lraucliisc therein, Willi which light ('on- cannot interfere. [Applauso] No State or enmbination of States has the right to withdraw Irom the Uni m. [.Teat applause,] or to exclude through their netioii hi Congress i r ( therwise any otli or State or States from the I nion. (lie, lifiWi d cheering.) ihe I nion of these States is perpetual, and its Government has all supreme authority w'.t-Uin the re strict oris and limitations ol the Consti tution. (j. Such nniondnicnts to the Cwistiiu tion (if the Unite J State* may be made by the people thereof as they may deem expeiieut, \iut only ii the mode pointed oat uy i:.s provisions ; and in propo* iu ,-IK'II amcndnie its, whether by Congress or by a convention, and in ratify.ng the si me, all the Staes of llie Uni in have un i|Uu: and an indefeasible right to a voice and a Vote tliercjl. (Tremendous applail'C.) (The 7th resolution was omitted by the Sfccreiary, no doubt accidentally, an 1 was not read until after the series had been gone through with an 1 adopted, a sepa late vote being taken on it. We give it however in its proper place.) 7. Slavery is abolished and forever pro hibited, and there is neither desire nor purpose ou the pnttof ilie Southern Slate* ili.it it *h oild ever be vc established upon tlesiil or within the jurisdiction of the United States,and the enfranchised slaves in all the Sta es of the Uui ui sh iuld re eoivc, in common with all thoir inliabi tints, equal protection in every right of person and propelty. 8. While we regard as utterly invalid aud never lobe assumed or made of bind ing force any obligation incurred or un dertaken in making war agaunt the Uni ted States, we hold the debt of the nation to be saered and inviolable—and wc pro claim our purpose in discharging this, a< in performing nil other national obliga tions, to maintain unimpaired aud uniui peached the honor and the faith of the Republic. S. It is the duty of the national Gov ernment to iccognize the services of the Federal soldiers aud sailor* iu the contest just closed by meeting promptly and ful ly ull their just and rightful claims for the services they have rendered the na tion, and by cxteuding to those of them who have survived, and to the widows and orphans of those wdio have fallen, (he most generous and cousiderato care. loth and last. In Andrew Johnson, Presideut of the Uuited States, who in Jiis great office has proved steadfast in his devotion to the Constitution, the laws, and the interests of his country, unmov ed by persecution and undeserved re proach, having faith unassailable in the people and in the principles of a fiec Government, wc recognize a Chief Mag istrate worthy of the natiou and equal to the great crisis upon which his lot is cast; and we tender to him in the discharge of his high iud responsible duties our pro found resppct aud assurance of our cor dial aud sincere support. The Chairuiau. Gentlemen of the con ycntion, you have heard the resolutions. Those in favor will siy aye. A tremcn uous shout. Those opposed will say no. No one answered. They are unanimous ly carried. • Thomas 0. Me' lowcll, of Pennsylvania,, then proposed three cheer. 3 for Senator AMERICAN CITIZEN, Cowan, by whom the resolutions had been reported. The cheers were accordingly given, and were followed by loud cries for a speech. ID response to these calls Mr. Cowan rose aud said : " Gentlemen of the convention, I claim to be the host of the convention. One of my distinguished guests will now ad dress you by virtue ol authority unani mously derived from the Committee tfu Resolutions and Address—The lion Mr. Raymond." Applause, including cheers for Raymond. The Chair then announced that the Hon. Henry J Raymond, of New York, would lead the address, which had re ce ved the unanimous apptoval of the Committee on Resolutions and Address. Mr. Raymond stepped forward and read the address, ot which tiic following is a synopsis THE ADDHE6B Invokes the people of the United States to remeii.bcr th»t the war has ended, and that the nation is again at peace, slid to accept with all their legitimate conse quences tho political results of the war. first, it has established beyond all fur ther controversy, and by the highest of all human sanctions, the absolute su premacy of the national Government as ■iefiued and limited by the Constitution, and the permanent integrity aud indisso lubility of the Federal Union as a neces sary consequence. And, second, it has put an end finally and forever to the ex istence of slavery upon the soil or within the jurisdiction of the United States I lie Government of the United States maintained by force ol arms the supreme authority over all territory and over all States an ] people within its jurisdiction which the Constitution confers upon it; but it acquired thereby no new power, no enl aged jurisdiction, no rights either of territorial possession or of civil authority which it did not possess before the rebel lion broke out. '1 he. Constitution is to day precisely as it was before the war — the supreme law of the land—anything in the constitution or laws of the States notwithstanding ; and to-day, precisely as before the war, all powers not conferred by the Constitution upon the General Government, uor prohibited by it to the Slates, urO leserve', to the several S'ates or to the people thereof. During the war every Kxeeutive message and procla mati' II explicitly declared that the sole purpo.t of the war was to maintain the authority of the Coustitut on and pre serve ihe integrity of the Union, and Con gress ratified this solemn declaration.— Congress lias tince proclaimed that the Government has ttie right of conquerors to subject the territory conquered and its inhabitants to such penalties as the legis lative department may sec lit to impose Under this claim the clause of the Con stitution declaring that tio State without its consent shall be denie-1 equal suffrage in the Senate has been annulled, anil 10 Mt\ es are deprived of representation, al though ihe Federal courts are reopened and taxes imposed. This claim so co lored iuvuives as fatal an overthrow of tiic * > usii;u ion as that sought to bo ef 'ected by tin Stale* ■ u rebellion. The light asset to >1 is that Congress, iu formul l>. sse.-siin ol u' v l\u ity, may exclude any Stales from tepriseiilaliou until they comply with such conditions as they die tale Alter controverting radical doc ri:ies ilie address says: "We do not hesitate to atu that there is no section ot tile country where the Const tution aud laws ol the United States find more prompt and entire obedience than in those States and auoug ih >sc people who were i rely in a uis against them, or where is less purpose or danger of any 112 uture attempt to overthrow tlicir authority."— In clo-ing, the address alludes to the ap preach,ng congressional elections and says : '• i\ c call upon you in every eon gre.-sional district of tvery State to sc euro the election of members who, what ever other differences may characterize tlicir political action, will unite in recog nizing the right of every Sla!e of the Union to representation iu Congress and who will a ltuit to seats in either branch every loyal representative IV tn every Stale.n allegiance totheUovcrnnicnt who may bo found by each bouse, in the exer cise of the power conferred upon it by the Constitution, tj have been duly elect ed, returned, and qual fied for a scat therein. When this shall have been done the •Governtnent will have been re estab lished in its full supremacy, and ths Ameiican Union will have again become what it was designed to be by tho-c who fortyed it—a sovereign nation, composed of separate Slates, each, like itself, mov ing iu * distinct and independent sphere, exercising powers deffneil and reserved by a common Constitution, and teeing upon the assent, the confidence and co-opera tion ot all the States and all the people subject to its authority Thus reorgan ized and restored to tlicir constitutional relations, the States and the General Gov eminent can enter in a fraternal spirit, with a common purpose and a common interest, upon whatever reforms security of personal rights, enlargement of popu ular liberty, and the perfection of our republican institutions may demand." —lt is stated on good authority that cne of the President's organs in Wash ington is about to collapse for want of support. Being unable to pay for its news, the agent of the Associated Press has refused to furnish it anj more tele grams, and it made its appearance on Tuesday with tuch dispatches only as were published in tile evening papers of the previous day. Prom this it is evident that supporting Policy" is not a pay ing busiuess,at least at the National Cap ital. —This will do then ! "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our duty as we understand it"-- A. Liftoout BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1866. THE (SSUE. Great Speech of General Logan. At Chicago, Tnciday; G.vtnllt|, Ang 14 Major General John A. Logan had an enthusiastic reception nt tho Gycra House in Chicago, on the evening of the 14th inst. After the usual preliminaries, he spoke as follows : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN —I tender you my sincere thanks for the manner in which I havr been reie veJ in the city of Chicago by its citizens. It is not alto gether a eortipliincnt to myself. lam not vaiu enough so to consider it; but a com p'iment to the principles enunciated in the platform of that party which has placed me upon its ticket for Congress man at large. I look upon this as a great gn.und swell among the people in this partof the coun try, showing a true, pure aud patriotic devotion to loyal sentiment aud to the true interests of the natiou, ami that trea son has no interest in the hearts of the pc.ople of the great city of Chicago, [Ap plause.] On occasions of this kind we can better judge the feelii gs of the people in pefer enco to the qucstius that are presented before Ihe country, by the manner of their assembling together, by the interest they seem to take. And in eliscussing the questions that are presented by the par tics of the counlry to the people for their decision, I hope that I may be able to make myself understood; and that I may be able to present to this audience 'hose questions iu a fair, just, and ju'oper man ner, so that they themselves, t.s well as 1, may judge as to the right, and when we once form judgment as to the rijd:t, it then becomes, as is well known, ojr duty to perform it.and act in accordance with that judgment. There never has been a time when the questions presented to the people by the political partiesot the country were more easily understood than those that are now to be sulmitted, if they properly invest igate aud attempt to undeisiuud them. The question that we have to decide at the November election is nothing less than the great question we have been battling lor—the great issue we have bceu battling lor for the last, five years, [cheers] —a question that the loyal peo ple of the United States in their dreams, in their hopes,and in their beliefs thought 'tis the great question of liberty, of freedom, of the rghts of the loyal people of this country, aad of the forfeiture of the rights of traitors in this land (cheers] this great question they thought had bem settled by force of arms. We had thought this question had been submit ted tii the people of ibis country and de etded by wager of battle. We had flat tered ourselves that those great questions that we were battling for in this country were forever settled, and would forcvci >leep in silence. But lor some reason ui.kniwn tome, and I presume unknown to you, the same questions are now pre sence i iu a difl'cieut form. Heretofore they we; e presented to you by men in arms halt iing against the Hag of the coun try. trampling the Constitution undr foot, defyiDgthc authority of the people of the United States of Auicrisa. They were presented by armies in battle, by men associating iheniselvia together, forming what they called a government, aud for tho purpose of its destruction, for the purpose of establishing a form of govern incut to their own tastes and their own notions, aud intended for the destruction ot this mighty fabric. The manner in which it is presented to us is different. Then it was presented in the shape of battle, in the shape ol war. But it is presented now as a polit ical question for us to decide at the polls lor you and I to discuss, and for you and I to decide. It sometimes is well enough for us to enquire, how did this question again get before the people? We had fought for four years for this great principle of lib erty aud the integrity of the w hole Union; wc had fought against the right of scccs- against treason aud rebellion iu tl.is laud—for the purpose of showing that the men of this country must be obedient to law, must observe the Constitution, aud must bow down to the maucla'es of ihc majority aud the will of the people of this jjreut and mighty Republic.— [Cheers J And, too, as I remarked, ac cording to the laws us wc interpret tlicui aud t ho Cons'ltiutibn of the cauqtiy, those who rai.-ed the arm of rebellion against the Union ought to bo deprived of every right, \>oth civil and political, that they eujoyed under the Constitution and the law* of the land. And why, uiy friends? By their act ol treason, and by the crime* that are embodied within that act of trea son itself, they have not only forfeited their civil and political rights—all the rights that pertain to the people—but, having done that, they could set ap no claim to participate in the affairs ot the government. nor could they exercise any right, civil or political, except such rights ' as the people of the United States iu their estimation should decide to confer upon them, through their representatives at the proper time. If they decide to reclothe, to rehabilitate them, to reconfer upon them these rights, why it is within the magnanimity of the people of the United States, aud not under the justice or discretion of thbse men who fought against the Government, and thereby for feited their rights. (Cheers.) Having been taught this, aad learned it, having fought for it, and won the bat. tie; having fought for the country and saved it; having fought for the preserva tion of the Vuion and not only saved it; but planted it proudly aud defiantly in every town, hamlet and village, on every hill top and on every plain, from the lakes in the North to the Gulf iu the South, and from the Atlantic to the Pa cific ocean; the men who had done this, who had performed this great duty re quired at their hands towards the Gov ernment of the United States—they, when this duty was performed to th.e Government, had placed in their hands the right, aud the only right to decide in lelerence to this question and to dis pose of it. [Cheers ] Hut, unfortunately for the people of this country, in the selection of a candi dal! 8 for President and Vice President,at the last elcctiou, we selected a ma;i aud placed him ufion the ticket, who was elected Vice President. lie bceaiue President, and is now the accidental Pres ident, made so not by the will or the wish or desire of the loyal people of the Uni ted States of America, but made so by the bun 1 of treason, which lifted its bloody dagger for the purpose of destroy ing the life of this great nation. By that act aud that unfortunate occurrence, this apostate was placed iu the Presidential chair. (Cheers.) lie is an apostate Ju das to the Constitution of the Uuited States, who had kissed the cheek of lib erty that he might betray her into the bauds of treusou. [Prolonged Cheers.] He has presented to this country an issue lor you. uuu'me, aud the people of this country to decide, lie has again present ed the issue that wc bad thought forever decided and settled; and inasmuch as we have had the power to settle it by our own strong arms, by our own will, by our own power, and by our own strength, wc will again settle it by that same will, that, same power, and that same strength, and we will make it manilest so that the issue will remain settled forever. [Cheers. \\'e remember that during the bloody tragedy that was being enacted before the eyes of the civilized world, this man declared that traitors must be impover ished; that their lauds must be distribu ted among the loyal, lie declared, too, that loyalty itself did not reside in the heart of the white man; but iu the State ol'Tennessee, at bis home in Nashville, he declared that it lived in the bosom of each and every innn that loved hid. coun try, uo matter what his complexion, or station, or situation iu life was. [Cheers.] He declared, further, that he would be the Moses of the unfortunate men (laugh tcr) who had their limbs hung by the chains of slavery for centuries gone by; thar as their Moses lie would lead them through the lied Sea of their trials aud tribulations until they should be placed in a laud of safety—in a land of univer sal liberty—where they themselves might enjoy the privileges and rights of citizens, tliOsSame rights before the law as any body else; that he himself would take upon himself to perform that great, gi gantic job— if you might call its act. which is a preferable word; that he would take this duty, it beiug incumbent upou some man in the United States, ami he would assume to do it ou his own part. Hut it seems to me methinks, some liuies, instead of finding this man at the head of the unfortunate children, and leading them out from the bond age of their tyrants aud oppressors, that lie has missed his road, aud to-day he is lound at the head of the rebel hordes that have been lashed uutil they laid down their arms and were willing to beg tor mercy, and he has attempted to lead tlieui to the promised laud. [Cheers.] lieu lie was sworn in as I'residcnt oi the United Status in place of the tuau whose memory will ever live in the minds and hearts of the people of the Uuited States (cheers), and in tho hearts of the people of all civilized and christianized countries—a man of gigantic intellect, a man of great heart; the man who com passed all that was necessary for man t. do by his grfeat mind; who understood the wants of the people, the institutions ot the people; the man who understood what loyalty meant, what treason was; thcuiau who could interpret the laws and Constitution correctly, and had the nerve to execute and sec that they were faithfully carried out; the man who, when the whole couutry stood in awe and trembled before the mighty hests of this rebellion, when the whole country seemed as thuugh they were willing to give up the struggle and strike for peace, i mistake, not the whole "country, but a great portion > 112 the people, encugh to have alaimed almost ever., ma i- this man had faith in the flag of the country; he had faith in the Constitution; he had faith in God, and believed that in His providence »ll things would be brought about in the right way, treason would be Anally crushed and loyalty would tinally triumph. [Applause] Ive find the monkeys and the chickens, and the coon, and ;ho' poksum mid the bear, and everything else t ;'Jl in one cage. Well, you wonde™ why the bear don't cat up' the ehicktfKs, and the coon don't bite the possum, and' tho monkey don't fight the cats, and the: cats don t fight the rats, and nil that sort of thing;Jand if you ask the question why? the riug master will tell }ou that he ar ranges that mutter. Laughter. This man, Governor Orr, of South Carolina, as soon as he leaves tho rebel Congress becomes a candidate for Governor, and the people* down there elect him, and he* gets to be Governor of the great State of South Carolina; and this State, tjiat has ■i white population of 200,000 and has 400,000 negroes, sends Gov. Orr to the Philadelphia circus, or convention,l th>nk they call it. He makes a speech there, and lie talks to the people of Penn- : sylvania. lie says that he'hopes that the loyal people of Pennsylvania will de cide at the olection that theso loyal peo ple in the South shall be admitted into Congress, lie being one of them. Loyal men .' \\ ny, bir, thes