MN (frit serber. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1806 FOR aorazrow, HON. HIESTER CLYMER, OF BURKS COUNTY Tits Grand President of the Grand Council of the Loyal League in Illinois has gone over to the conservatives. Great is the wailing arming the Radicals in con- sequence ' I TilS K E NTUCKY ELECTION.—The elettion of the Democratic candidate in Kentucky by a, majority that . will reach in the near neighborhood of 40,000 has excited the Radicals, and they are announcing the result as ri' ., "rebel" triumph. The Philikelpliia Age declares that "This is not true in any, sense. Roth the candi dates were Union men, and pledged to the support of the restoration policy of President Johnson. Both of them were honest, competent and efficient. The fact that Mr. Duvall was elected by sp large a majority' is a i'mtlicient refutation of .the Radical allegation, - that his rote V7P3 made up 4 entirely ot:' rebels and rebel rympa tinmq Kentucky could not, nnr would not, havee maintained her attitude of de votion to the - Union with a majority of forty thOnsand of her people in favor of ' secession and war upon that jssun.' Tile unscrupulous nature of Radical prints is so great that if one were to un dertake to correct a tenth of their false hoods, it wnu'd eihnuat nll bi-, time. Here is a fa'orite sentence of" the Tribune's, from vfhich it is copied by all the petty orgqtis of the Radical faction : Mester Clymer—who determinedly opposed the war for the Union from first to last." Now we unhesitatingly assert that there is not a word of truth in that sentence. Mester Clymer never opposed the war for the . Union. lie never refused to vote any rtslcessary means fer carrying it on. He never refused to lend, his encouragement to all measures essential to its success, and from the first day of his existence dowii to the present period, he has been a truer, firmer and . more self sacrificing friend of the Union than the _wt iter of the above. It is uselesJ, though, to conttatliete any of the slanders the Radicals fulminate.— Wrre - they proved false evefy tminute of t14.-ctv, they would continuo to repeat them with ne impudent a mannoe on if un truth \ , .tts a part of their natures, and the nobla, t course in lire was to misrepresent one's ,fe l low men. Gxear visited the town of York laso-, t eek, and • made a speech, which is re`pated by the Philadelphia Press. The following is an extract : "When I look around this assemblage and feel that around me are fellow-sol diers who have' boree arms with me from •• the first battleltt 1301 l Run, not one or two from a regiment, as was the case at:Har risburg a few days, ago, shysters and cow ards; skulkers and hospital bummers—l know such is the fact, for I have driven them from the army myself." The soldiers to whom he iapplied these insulting phriteee are thosp who met in convention last week at the State Capital. The;Harrishaqg Patriot justly slys that "this remark - proves Geary to be a con . - - o..lsamarges proies him z lo be a liar. Whencver a bratiesoldier:lnywhere in the state re fuses io - vote for this military humbug— this ignorant, vdnity- bloated peacock— this palitiCal bummer—that soldier is at once'imarkvd out by Geary -for personal defaMation, falseVaod and slander."— "Shysters, cowards, skulkers and hospital bummers," indeed. The soldiers who weresepresented in the convention will remember the lsngunge, and it it does not inspire them to redoubled efforts f ,- ,r the election of Mr. Clymer we are much mis taken. . THE Dispatch, under •the heading of "Death Bed Itspcntancp," Las this para graph "The CcpFerhcads, in the exhaustion which precedes final collapse, have taken incontinently to eating their own words. HeOrge ,H. Pendleton said, at Reading, mu .3 ngaluni tile! Federal government ; " ales ! she did';" and that, "Seduced by the fanatics of the Smith ,* * * * unwisely ahe took.up arms to reaist: the execution of Federal_ laws 1" A few weeks ago a Congressional Democratic Convention was held at New Albany, Indiana. Voorhees and McDonald spoke: and a,series of re solutions was adopted. one of which de clarei that "the war was 'just and neces sary to prevent the disruption and over; throw of the Constitution." " The instances which - the Diepatch cites [sight be interesting if the premises with which it Starts were correct. During the entire war George If. Pendleton never uttered a• word in contradiction to the ill() view expressed by him at Reading, that "the South unwisely took up arms to resist the exectition of Federal laws:" He. was for the war throughout thti whole re— bellion, and only differed from the Dis patch in relation . to the-mode in which it should be conducted. Messrs. Voorhes and McDonald were both supporters of the war, occupying the same position as Mr. Pendleton.: In all their public acts and utterances, we defy the Dispatch to fit d an expreesion ineon sistent' with the resolutions adopted at the 4neetina referred to. The statement that these genii/emen have taken to "eating their owil words," therefore not a true one and we trust our _cOtemporary will do tLx the justice of withdrawing its unfair remarks. IT having been deemed necessary for the interests if the Radicals to repeat the old game of "bleeding Kansas" in order M humbug the Northern voters at the coming election, a number of riots are de, aired at certain prominent points at the South, such as 11:almond Mem phis, and New Orleans. If twenty or thirty negrues martyrs of liberty, can be killed at each cf ,these places, ao Much the better for the Radical cause. For furthel., particular=, terms of compensa tion, apply to Old Thad. SCavens cr any other member of the Iteconatruction Committee. Tut Cincinnati Commercial predicts that Republictui: victories in Ohio will not he ro successful always, for Vallandighab cannot live forei•er.—D'apatch. • t The death of Vallandighapt or the two Woods would be the greatest calamity that could happen the Iterublican-party. We are at a loss to conceive what .that organization would do for shug-a-boo in uch an event. W 001240 TILE IRISH. The organization which goes before the country and the world under the false but thin guise of the "Union party." bas been; from the very beginning, under all tlia Many names by which it has been known, the constant, bitter, envenomed foe of Irishmen and the Irish character. Hatred for the Irish ie the one distinctive feature that characterizes it from all other political parties. Its usual mode of en mity, is.made manifest through falie char ges, through vile insinuations, through degrading comparisons, through contemp tuous and insulting allusions, ar).d through every species of mean and malibious oppo- sition that their ever active bate and op position prompts them to bring into exer- All INl o4 !.he Rsdical Republican leaders know as ell as any one. But they think they see an opportunity now to pander to the feelings cf some disappointment and some anger against the President, owing to his action on the Fenian question, which they hope to fan into animosity and antagonism to the Democratic party, which sustains him in his policy.for the .preservation of the Union, and on that grOund mainly. The daring to mko such an attempt is the beat evidence that could be adduced Of the low and contemptuous opinion they enter:ain of the Irish char acter. To suppose that they could sue cesafully cajole the Irish-American voters is to suppose that the voters of that class, like mean cure and whipped spaniels, can ..a made to lick the hind thiV smites them, and to fawn upon the wretch whose disposition is to degrade and outrgo them. It ii to suppose that a long ssries of offences and enmities against that peo ple, es a maas,can be atoned for and wiped out by a condescending smile which is be stowed upon them for a selfish, if not treasonable, purpose. The a&tempt to manufacture political' - capital oat of a temporary and net wid& spread alienation from President John son and the principles he represents, is worthy only of the party that made the attempt. No other would hare had the unblushing impudence to do so. For Irish-Americars to,cote for the Rtdical traducers of their tcla..s, would be like throwing one's self bodily into the jaws of a hyOna. It would 'be' a sacrifice the most infatuated that slne_men were ever guilty of. The Radicals and the principles they represent are the natural enemies of eve- thing that is cal'ed Irish.. They hold u. the negro as their superior. They put the Irish against' him in comparison, that they may justify their course of high lau dation of the negro, and they hare here tofore omitted no o•.plrtunity to load them with opprobrium and scorn. We have no fear. though, that this last trick"of the demagogues who control the Radical wing of the so•called Republican party will meet with any considerable de• gree of success , . The Irish people know where their true ink ieg s ta lay ; they know who represent the principles they hold dear, and they recognize the Democratic pitsity as the exponent of those principles; ard sp long 45 it is true to itself,, so long will the 'great body of Irishnkraerictins abide by and sustain it. TuAtgfiehl Republican endeavors to appease some of its Radical readers by assuring them that although the last Con gress left undone many cots which they wished adopted, it will finish up the work Co their taste at the next session. It re minds them that tome thirga which the tali elections. Among these is negro suf frage, of witich it speaks as follows "Congress did not dare to make the true issue just yet, but re elect the mem bers and see if they do not !decree that no Southern State shkll rettirni to the Union until it has given suffrage to the negro. This may be called the in-fei•ential or im plied issue to b 3 used in the fall c-lections in the districts where the people favor equal suffrage. In districts opposed to equal suffrage the constitutional amend ment is exclusively the issue. All this is pitiable, but true." Truly it is pitiable, that a party claim ing to be the representative of "great moraLidens" should thus be continually deceiving the people, in order to retain power. The I?epul!ican's statement of the issue is true to a dot. Let the people sustain the Radicals, and they will not only force negro suffrage on the South, Lut endeavor to foist it upon every North ern State. IT may be 'a matter of curiosity to see he chvnges which have taken place in he definition of the word "loyalty" with n a few months. Under the late admit:- stration it was as follows : Loren.—To approve of everything the President, who is the government, says or does, right or wrong. Since Mr. Johnson's access on to the Presidency the defioitionhas asaumei a very material alteration. It is now de scribed thus : LOYAL —To disapprove of everything the President. who is 'not the govern ment, says or does, right or wrong; to denounce him in the vilest terms, and to' •st ilik bred on to I k offices throughout the coun try, cm the 013 means of continuing the Radical suprem cy and power. . • A dictionary of Radical phrases and definitions at various periods of the last five years, would be an exceedingly valu able literary curiosity. I ' IF the full Dam - tore-tic vote of the State is polled, the Philadelphia Age contends, Iliester Clymer will be elected. Governor, as surely as the second Tuesday of October comes. That must be done. In order that it may be accomplished, there must be the moat organization of the party: It is ti every township in the State had a well arranged business, organization; Let every Dsmocrat who reads this article go to work at once. With a proper effort on our part we cannot be defeated in the coming election.. One grand united struggle will enablo•us to overwhelm dis unionist. and to bury Radicalism in Pennsylvania forever. Shall it be done? It rests with you, reader, to say. You must do your duty, your whole duty.-- You must work hard from this hoar until the election ; and you must begin at once. Will you do so? - MAJOR GENERAL BANKS, in a letter le specting the Louisiana : Constitutional Convention, s : "It was a peaceful and lawful asseml4." Another Major General —commonly called Phil. Sheridan--in a dispatch to General Grant says: " The leaders of the convention were political agitators and revolutionary men, and the • t i tion of the convention was liable to produce breaches of the public peace. I had made up my mind to arrest the head Men if the proceedings were calculated - 4o disturb the tranquility of the Depart ment ; but I had no cause for action until they committed the overt act." TUE NEW OULE sNB RIOT. The Lieutenant Governoi: and Attorney General of Louisiana and '-the Mayor of New Orleans have sent a communication to the President detailing' the history of the late riot. They show that the object of the convention of 1 1864 was purely rev olutionary, anti that the intention was to stir up the blacks to insurrection on the of securing imaginary rights, in order to elevate white deMagogues to places of power. By the inflammatory speeches of its members at the meetings on the nights o the 27th and 28th the designs of the revolutionists to overthrow the State authorities ~were made. clearly manifest. The convention itself numbered but 29 members (out of a whole number of 150), and although lacking thirty-seven of a quorum, the original President, Who did not sympathise with the contemplated revolt. was deposed and a negro suffrage Radical was elected pro fem. The report complains thaqten. Baird refuied to co operate with the; civil and municipal au thorities in prove4ing the meeting of the Convention or ifs guarding against a riot, and that he released the rioters who had been arrested ' before an investigation coul.l be had. It charges, also, that the negroes were armed and prepared for bloodshed, and that they commenced the fighting. Twenlyseven rioters were killed and a number wounded. Fosty-two po licemen and a number of ciiizena were killed 'or wounded. quhzrtnes3 now pre calls, showing that Hie 'lesson although severe, was necessary Tun New York World argues that a strong reason for treating the South with lenity hi furnished by the doctrine of State Sovereignty as it was interpreted by their statesmen and accepted by the great body of their people. If it were true that tL'e first allegiance of the citizen is due to his State, and only through his State to the Federal Government, the Southern pee- Ple would • have been morally bound to accept the ctdinaacrs of secession. TI. at they 'believed this doctrine is unOestion able; and 'some 'respect is duo to a people who loyally accept the consequences of a mistaken belief. There is nothing in mere error cf judgment to impeach the probity of men's moral character. That they were 'misguided in their opinions was their mis fortune. To minds which have not peen them refuted, the arguments in favor of the Southern view are so plausible as to command tenacious belief. At any rate,_ a theoretical error is excasable in a nom muuity who. have never seen its refute Lion, especially . when that error was .eerned the clearest truth by minds so lf•ge as Jefferson's - and eo acuteas- Cal- Lioun'i. The secessionists acted on the belief in which they have. been educated, and if they thereby incurred the guilt of treason; it was only technical, not moral. 'lt was consistent with the pthst motives, the strictest rectitude, the most self-sacri ficing loyalty to what they believed to be duty. To pursue such a people with ven geance after they have given up the con test, is alike unjust and inhuman. • A rebellion in a tea-pot has been devel oped in the city of Brotherly Love. The quonditm Collector of the Port there re fuses to ho removed from office. He writes an impudent letter to a meeting RE mer chants, in which he declines to yield the . office until there has been a change in the expression of the will of the people or the Senate in the premi,,..41.114,41115 tArgIP sire for change by electing him to the Presidential chair? Rd they constitute him the appointing power ?" By these questions he has proved .his unfitness to occupy any officifil position under' the Federal government. A man who thus exposes his utter ignorance of the Con stitution of the United States is unworthy to occupy any position under it. Mr. Thomas will, ere long, find that the Presi dent of the United States is the appointing powei, and that all the H idle:ahem of the Senate cannot help his removal from an office for which ho has shown himself totally unworthy. - - Tun Worcester 'Palladium no doubt utters the opinions 'of a considerable per: tion—the best portion--of the New Eng land people, when it says: " What cur industry needs is a policy that promises stability ; so that' the people can adapt themselves to that policy, whatever.it and not be kept in uncertainty and per., turbation .by continual projects and move ments for modifications and change. New England men can. accommodate them selves to almost any circumstances; but then they Want- these circumstances to have a character that will be stable and permanent. But it is much against their inclinations and interests to be forever running' the gauntlet of Congressional prs ? jects, that are enlivened . by nothing more agreeable than sectional whips in the hands of sectional men." Tut strictest observance of constitution al forms is our only source of safety.— +here is nothing 'which the people: of all parties, should so pertinaciously insist on; nothing which all lovers of liberty should eo jealously demand. Jf those on one side tolerate, for their own purposes, viol ations of the Constitution and the laws, they will have to see them violated in the interests of their 'opponents. We shall presently come to the sad pass where, as in Mexico, the party in power will claim the right to do what it pleases, regardless of Constitutiodand o laws ; and where onr liberties will fall prize to the first am bitious and unEwupulous leadzr who chooses to snatch them and offer a Wearied nation peace and order in exchange for freedom. • Tpa Radicals every day are makiog themselves more ridiculous by their whining and whimpering over the loss of '•the loaves and , fishes." The Phila delphia Prets:, last Week, published the following: Moat PRoscairmorr:—President John son has ordered all the government ad vertising to be taken from the Pittsburgh Gazelle and given to the Pittsburgh Re public, his organ .in that city. The Gazette has been constant and faithful in its rebukes of the recreancy of the Execu tive. These are the fellows who turned out the Postmaster of the Senate, because he was understood to support the ad• ministration, and cut off Minister Har vey's salary, because be had written a let ter criticising the acts of Congress. . -Fon NEGRO SUFFRAGE —ln a speech de livered by General Geary, near Harrisburg, last week, he came out openly forinegro suffrage. Here is his language: 'When the question of negro suffrage comes Up, as it will probably in three or four years. I saux as mar To, it= IT, AND WILL BAY I AY NOT PREPARED TO DENT TffAT MOAT TO um COLORED• max." . The man must be ho a ninny indeed, rrho after this ex. , pression can doubt thit Geary is commit ted to the policy of placing the- ballot in the hand of the negro. The Great Philadelphia Convention., THE FIRST TRULY NATIONAL AS SEM.BLAGE SINCE 1.61. AN ENOUMOUN ATTENDANUE. VALLANDIGRAM AND WOOD DECLINE TO: PARTICIPATE Every State In the Union Represented. As eeri l y as the middle of last week delo gates and attendants upon the National Con vention commenced pouring into Philadelphia from every dia:ection. The crowd 'kept in creasing until Tuesday, when it was swelled to a degree never before seen in the Quaker City. Every hotel and boarding house, and hundreds of private residences were over crowded. Thotisands of persons were unable to obtain -comfortable accoinmodatious, and obliged to obtain lodgings in remote parts of the city. tte! delegates to the Convention numberover twelve hundred, ieoludiog rep resentatives from every State in the Union.— In point cf talent and respectability, all re ports agree that the convention.surpastcs any previous gathering. The lowest estimate of visitors ,on TueSday, the day when the con , vention assembled, sets them down at fifty thousand. Among the prominent Republicans at the convention are Postmaster-General Randall, Sena t or Cowan, of Pa., Senator Doolittle, of Wis., Senator Norton, of Minn., ei-Senator BroVrning, of 111., Henry J. Ray. mond, ex-Gov. Johnson, of Pa., John Quincy Adams, of Mass., Thurlow Weed, Gen. Dix, Gov. Swann, slid., ex-Senator Ewing and ex-Congressman Campbell, of Ohio. The Democracy are represented by .naoy of their ablest men, including ex• Governors Packer Bigler, and Porter of this State, Judges Black, Woodward and Lewis, Rebt. C. Winthrop, Jas. E. English', of Conn., Dean Richmond, Washington Mint, James Brooks, S. S. Mx; James P. Bradt, of New York, Gov. Parker and Senator Stockton, of New Jersey, Revertly Johnson and Senator Crisfield. of Mtryland, Senator McDougall, of California, Sena4rs liendrie'ss and Fitch, of -Indiana, Senators Guthrie and Powell, of Kentucky, Geo. 11. Pendleton and !Wm. Allen, of Ohio, and host. of others distinguished for their talents and p trioti•m. Titoarmy is largely represented, some of its loading ofilooro belig delegates. Of these we notice the names of General. Conch, Sottoni Ward, Cochrane,, Wilson, Runyon, Davie McCalmont, Wallace, Custer, Stevens, Steadman, Frank Blair, Hent-on, -vt Warren, r.nd Colonels, Majors, and Captains, withournumber. The South is represented by many of her ablest men. Virginia sends Wm. B. 'Urea, Alex. 11. li. Stuart, and Thos. S. Flournoy ; North Carolina, Wm. A. Gra ham ; Georgia, 11. Stephen. and Iler- Isobel V. Johnsim ;Alabam., Lewis Person,, IGeo. S. Pareone, and Benj. Fitzpatrick; Tea m, David' G. Burnett, and W. B. Ochilti.ee..4.— T.hese are a fair indication of the general charsater of her delegates. Most of them have been eeleCted for their conservatism and with a dr regard to their etandingln the North. Previous to the assembling of the convention, meetings of, all the State delegations were held, and arratigemets adopted to avoid any, difficulties after the eonvention hed convenia, At several of these speeches were made by prominent Soiitherners, who all agreed in raying that their people accepted the results of the War, including the abolition of slavery, and were aniious to become faithful members . • would bo r madoia handle cf by the Radicals, he would not talte part in its proceedings. • At 12:30 P. M. on Tuesday, Mr. Randall, of Wisconaio, opened the convention by say ing, " Gentlemen—l have now to announce that the delegates from Sonth Carolina and Massachuretts will now come. nem in arth, into this convhntion." This announcement was greeted with great applayee, the -entire audience risieg to their feet, and the band playing ..The Flag of Our Union." Hon. John A. Hogan, from the stage, when quiet ness bad been restored, reposed three cheers foi the thirty-Six States of the Union 7 all loyal—which was enthusiastically given.t— This wee followed by tremendous cheers for President I otinion. air. Itandall—The con vention will please come to order, and for tho : - purpose of effecting a temporary organization of this convention, I propose the name of General John 4. Dix, of New York, as Chair inan of this Convention. [Applause.] General Dix came forward and said: Gentlemen of, the Convention and Folio, Citize t ns of the whole Union—[Applause.]'. I return to you my eincere thanks for the honor of choosing me to preai le temporarily over your deliberations. I regirdit a distinction of no ordinary character, not only on account of the high social and political standing of the gentlemen cempheing this convention of the people of alq the States Of the Union. [Ap plausej And because we cannot doubt, if its \ propeedings are conducted with becoming and good judgment, that it will lead to most important results. [Applause.] It may be truly said that no body of men have met on this continent td consider events so momen tous and so important since the year 1787. [Applause.] The yea4when our ancestors assembled in this oily to form a better gov-. ernment for the States which composed the old confederation—a government which has been confirmed and made more enduring, we trust, by the fearful trials which it. has en countered and overcome. [Applause.] The Constitution which they same here to frame we are here to vindicate and restore. [Ap plause ] We are hero to assert the suprem acy of representative government for all who are within the confines of the Union. [Ap plause.] A government which cannot with- 1 out a violation of its fundamental principles be extended over any who are not represented in it. [Applause.] Over those who by vir tue of that representation are entitled to a voice in the adm'nistration of public affairs. [Applause ] It; was such a government that our fathers formed and put in.operaticet it is slob a government which - we are bouod by every principle of fidelity, Aind justice, and goad faith to defend and' maintain. [Ap plause ] Gentlemen, sici are now living under snob a government. [Applause.] Thirty-six States have for months been governed by twenty-five States. Eleven States have been wholly with out representation in the legislative bodies of the nation. , The numerical proportion of the represented and unrepresented Stated has just been changed by the, admissien of the delegation from Tennessee. A unit taken from the smaller has teen put to the larger number. But tea States are still denied rep reeentation in Cingrese, to which they are entitled under the Constitution. .The Presi dent, not in pursuance of any. constitutional power, had called on the Southern States to accept conditions for their admission to the exercise of their legitimate functions as mem bers of the Union. The ratification of ' the amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery, and the• repudiation of- debts Lcon tracted to overthrow the governm at, were' these conditions. , They were met a d accep ted. The exaction of newlconditi a is un just, and a violation of the faith of the Gov ernment, subversive of the purposes of our political system and 'dangerous to the public prosperity and peace. [Applause.] Each house of Congress may, as the judgeref •the qualification of ill own members, reject indi viduals for just eons; but the two bodies act ing conjointly catinorexclude an entire dale-, gation without'an unwarrantable assumption of power. Congress has not only done this, but has gone further; it has incorporated new • conditions with amendments to the Constitu tion, and submitted them for the ratification of the States. There is no probability that these amendments will he ratified by three fourths of the States of this Union. [Ap plause.] To insist on the conditions they contain is to prolong indefinitely the exolu- Nod of more than one-fourth of the States of the - Union from their right to be represented in the. legislative bodies. They had s right under the Constitution—they had a right une der the resolutions passed by both houses of Congress in 1861. Those resolutions were not concurrent; but they were substantially idea tic.4l. Moreover, they, were entitled to be rep resented .on other grounds, of fairness and goad faith. It is this wrong which we bare come here to protest against, and as far as in ,us lies, redress it. [Applause.] When the President of the United States declared that armed resistance to the authority of the Union me over, all the States had o right to repre sentation in Congress. [Applause.] Is this the government our fathers fought to eetab , lish I' [Cries of "No."] Is this the govern ment we have been fightins to preserve? No."] , The President has done all in. , Mil , power tp correct this wrong. Ile has done Mlle his power to' restore. the rights. f the Steles in the legislature of the country by giving to each section its full Status. Legisla tion without representation is an anomaly 'in our political system. Under any other form of government it would be but ansther name for. usurpation' and misrule. Gentlemen, 1 trust that in our deliberations beta ire shall confine ourselves to our main purpose, that of redressing the wrong to; hich I have referred. There is much in the odminietration of the government which needs amendment. Some things need to. be done, and others need to be undone. There are commercial and financial reforms which are iedispensible to the public welfare. But we shall ' not have the power to carry out the•e until We change the political complexion or, Congress. [Applause.] This should be oni first. and immediate aim. [Applause.] It it, in the congressional districts that the rOal contest is to take place.. The control of ono body will enable us to prevent partial, unjust and.pernicious legielation. The con trol of both Henna, with the power to intro duce and carry out sanitary reform to bring the government back, in, the language of Jefferson, to the republican track, will come later: [Applause.] By wise harmoniem and judicious action on cur part, and the part of those we represent, that peeled need not. be long delayed. I believe that public opinion is ripe, and that it is only necessary to pre sent to the people clearly the issues between and-the other party which controls the ac tion of Congress. And, gentlemen is not the object for which we are contending a consuce motion worthy of Our highest and most de voted efforts—[applause]—to bring back the republic; purified and strengthened by the fiery ordeat through which it hoe passed. t 3 its ancient proisperity and power to present to the worßan example worthy of imitation.— No Utopian vision of good government, but the grand old reality of the better times, bringing up the memory of our tethers' and the recollections of the past, and with the poet and the future, inseparably intertwined, one country, one flag, one Union of equal States. Long and continued applause 1 Gen. Dix then'annotinced that the proceed nge would be opened bY prayer Rev. J. Il.,llclionaldimade the prayer, in which thanks were retUrned to Gcd for the bleseings which the nation enjoyed, more par ticularly in having been preserved in the Jean trouble!, also for the assemblage of this con vention to consult for the public good. Ile prayed that the Members might take - action as brothers, and as friends might lay aside all selfish 'motives and all unworthy personal and sectional eonsiderati , re, s^ that the Union of the States might be fully reetoired and render ed perpetual. [A loud "amen " from a dele gate.] lie prayed that God Might manifest his especial favor on the President of the United States, and lasting Ilessing to the country. [Another loud amen."] And he prayed for the maintaineno of the Union inviolate under the Constitution ad •pted by our father's. . . The convention, after adeptir.g rules for its government, including one to !refer all redo• lutions to the committee, withOuCtlebate, and selecting committee; on credentials and rr genization, adjourned' to meet ion Wedneedliy at 12 o'clock. !II!COND DAY.I The convention reerssemtiled at neon in the Wigwam.built for ita' se ssiohs, which had beenjully completed. I Its proceed ings were opened With prayer. The cora- President, with a Vice President Mid Sec retary from each of the 3d §tatee in the • i Union. lion. Asa Packer is the Vice President for Pennsylvania! 'Senator Doo t little on taking the chairl spoke as fol lows : Gentlemen of the ConveLtion and fel low citizens of the United States: (cheers) For the distinguished ho or of being called upon to preside over the delibera 4ionspf this Convention, I sincerely thank you. I could have wisheti that the re sponsibilities had fallen on!. another, but relying on that courteous it i and genermis confidence which has cane -me to the Chair, I enter at once cir its duties with' an earnest desire fc l r the success of that great cause • icy vrhich we are' now engaged. Among tini great events of' our own day, this convention, in my opinion, will prove to be onFt of the great est, for pence bath her victories not less renowned than war. I(applause.) This cone notion is one of her ~i ctferies. May I not say a crowningvictory i [Cheers.) Per the first time, in six years a national con vention, representing all the !States is now assembled. Six long, wearycyears ! As I look back, oh! what an inlerval it is of blood, and of gore and tears I During that period we have been mimed in the most guilty civil war the world has ever seen, deluging it thousand b=attle fields in fraternal blood, and carrying to fraternal, graves our fathers, our sons,ird our broth ers by hundreds of thousan 3. . r is i l over. (Cheers.) Peace, blessed peace, has come. The assurances whirl' we here witness, tell us that peace his come, and come to stay. Oh 1 that my rellow citizens of the whole people of the Vnited States could see what we now witness ; the North and South, the Etst and Were, joining In fraternal association ant friends and fellow citizens. p, * r Our work would be already s j tone (cheers) if they could have seen, as e saw, Massa chusetts and South Carolina,thy their full delegations, coming arm in arm into this great Convention. (prthusiasiic applause.) If they could have seen this body, greater in numbers and in weight of haracter and brain, than ov. r has 'MOMled on this continent under one roof, zee ting to tears of joy and gratitude to.witne 9 this ) com mingling, there would be struggle at the polls in the coming ele tiocs. (Ap plause.) ! When I remember thatassachusetts and South Carolina -in the) Convention which, framed the Constit tion, voted against the abolition of the ;slave trade ; that it was Mithsachusetts, in 1793, which, through seine of her men, taught the doc trines of nullification which loath Ctroli na re-asserted in 1833, and in the form of secession, again rreassertedin , 860 ; wheat i t I call - to mind that South reline firetil the first gun in this contest a dthet Mas sachusetts poured out the ft t blood in the struggle; and when I call to mind all these memories, and these me time ask the people of this country to look in on this Convention ' and see these, two old States of the .Union cominglin fraternal. embrace, approaching - the common altar of a common country, ready to make sac rifice for the good of the whole, I say again, could the whole peciplenf the Uni ted States witness all this thesis would re main no further work for us to perform. (Loud cheers.) .i If the people of Masaabhusetts herself could have witnessed it, not a single Mem ber would'be teturned to .Congress from that State until he had given a most sa cred pledge that he would lo all in his power to recognize the equality and dig nity of all the States under tlinConstitu thin, including the sacred and 'inalienable right . ' of every State under the Constitu tion 'to representation in boli heusea of Congress. . Gentlemen of the Convention, I shall go into no argument on this occasion. [Cries of "Go ort."] The distinguished gentleman who preceded me [Gen. Dix] said all I would desire to say,rmuch bet ter than I could say it. I endorse, and take great pleasure in endorsing, all 'that be hes Said, sentence by sentence, 'word word by word. • Fellow