, 1864-09-17
Chicago Gribn11e.
READ IT,

aEAD If.
Let 70 one fail o reid the stirriar m,
patriotic appeal Of the National Union Cum
m't.ee Published herewith. It Is an Invly
Grating cocnmect. It brsathes tho spirit o.
Union and freedom. It viii awaken echoes
Ill over the country. Read 1t and hand II ~
your e1lug Democratic netghbor.
SAUL AMONG THE PaoPHE ts:
Tue Chtcaso Times has had v'slon o. 1uoR-
meut It is making stxuals OF aistee8s. tass
d,a1oval and hardened sheet, whose nit r
snccs far thrce years past hare glsddened all
rchrldom. came ont yesterday in the garb Of
1nn,tltstiop. With ashes on its head asl with
lana column Of Republican doctrine In its
mouth. Bear It.:
~Whcn Democrats assemble to morrow. Il the:t
IT them n.x forr<i that tie C,stttt.tIoa hae{f u
,3rotest fQ,NK daftnton- 1t grpw rum tbs neera-
e,ues ot iooRety. .jUined confederation whose rtc-
civ oipnw uare 1t a government hrt IN name.
Ia the sublime words o! Its preamble. II aAs osisa
III "a IN order to form NuRE F3KFEtT TSIrN:
It ~se Intended to be that glorious mean mhlea
should Ut once leayc the uuno*t power rn.,ble 10
St-1ee. and yet tecure to The central Eoreernaeas
sEf3rient str pGth make t,se operative and ct
fcc.us Il oid not leave each s;ste N eaarr1y Ia
6olld8teo government any uvse povers thAn were
itnA Arst'vely Ii eded to ansHar The end tns Whl.h
that gover4ment wss formed Tno po~ess- u
6tste Z or7Gipste In the people; the power IT the
Ft1lefa1 Gpvert ment odylna.es in the Ss3t-t Aed
NJ tho people surrender some O. their psUess II
forming S ates. 60 do tce S:s.as tt.senecs scA9et
Their poWete IN rne formation ct tet Eeeeea. tfJv~
eminent. THIS II 4 Eecesti:y ot & sesseca.e&%s ;
any eo.e1pm nj is to tact e1Epy The eassee1~ sA@
henoc Il - an sbsurdry to argue za< caazvsss .e.
trcicntv of The fcdtF1duAe e- s:v >.sfs ns:h haa
thus yielded W portion otis F~:~ss< ru:se~pes.
the Constitution does DO: Sc shas3us.; II s.sy
tscenct ~ 'nosr perfect rG:a, s+s4 Aal eeu..ai.ts
fr 1ts Violation. arr lot 1ocs5 II ss.u.nts4.4 III ii
1swfu' attcn p:* have fstlec- |
We 1clicltutc ourselves. >us- b.as2sses:ya
aas net becn without esse:- We eave h4s /
sn abdurate pagan to deal With, ect Ese
unon line and precept upon pstce?s hare =:
last began to do fheiz work We ase aot I
without lspc that the reform 80 hopaf1ny
begun may ripen to full conviction Of sin |
Therefore, We PROFOUND another lessen, I
which nc deem exactly adapted to conyerts t
who lave arrived 1t tha hopeful state eyl- =!
dcncsd By the 1fmes. It is this: The Hon |
Hunt offered the folio wing reso.
luton to the Chicago Convention:
Rcso fsd, That the fu.ure, a. III the past. W
will adhrr- with unn~ervipg ddeaty to the Union
and Constitution. md tn<ttt on 0.atata1nin9 ne
etst b, security and happiness a. people. and
u frsmc~ork o1 government equally conducive
to the welfare and prosperity Of ali the StAses,
tpth Northern aud Ho1thtsu.
Tka Convention adopted al Of this resolu-
tion verbatim, excerpt the words "aud insist
On maintaining our national unity" In
other words, tha Democratic party refused
,,oiut blank to lpsist nron maintaining the
"morc perfect union,' which, the 1smes
fays, ID the very essence Of the Constitution.
Therefore, the 7imrs sught to resudi&te the
Democratic party and 60 for Lincoln, whose
rist,orn dec!arcs tbst the "more perfect
unlon'' mutt q. eh1ll be preserved.