The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-06-28

tnoH-pAi OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 70. 1850.
WHY THERE rHOur.D nv A COW.
vENTION or NATIONAL low.
ALIsTs.
We have been asked by what right and for
what reason National Union Convention
has been called. We answer; bv the right
which lies at the foundation Of individual and
governmental action, and which is. no less
applicable now " political safety-the right
Of seIfpreseypation. The same right which
the nation has TO resort to extremeties--
that deliberate bodies have to call extraor-
binary sessions in order to accomplish some
great public good or avert some impending
peril-now impels and sanctions the Union
men Of America to come together in ma
tional attitude to save the Union party, il
possible. from rushing headlong to destruc-
tion; at any rate to prevent the reckless and
INSCRIPTIONS leaders Of that party from
hurting the country into new dangers and
fastening upon Il a new instalment Of trials
and disasters, The Union party is being
perverted from the noble purpose Of it's ORR
gin and the sublime intentions to which
its life has been devoted. The LOYAL
people mean TO stop this perverson
The Union party was created TO limit the
advance Of human slavery and to DESTROY
the political supremacy Of the slaveholding
interest; IL was solemnly pledged to the
support Of the Constitution and the main
tenance Of the Union unimpaired; for six
years past it has been sustained bv the
American people because il was battling 10
uphold the authority Of Government, to
stand by the chosen officers of the nation 10
put down goddess rebellion against the
laws Of the land, and to prevent disruption
OF the Federal Union. All il sought to do
has been accomplished, and more Slavery
has not only been limited; it has been ami.
hilated. The political power Of shareholders,
as such, has been utterly destroyed. The
shareholders rebellion has been suppressed
on every inch Of American soil; but the
Union Of States, for which the sacred blood
and costly treasures Of the country have
been lavishly sacrificed, is still unrestored
and unadjusted. The bloody attempt of
treason to separate the Union failed but,
by the pets Of the very men who were put
in power to save the country from disruption,
the Union is now kept divided and dsunited.
We maintain that this course is in direct vi
olation Of every doctrine taught and every
principle advanced by the Union partc. and
1t is to protest against this abandonment of
the cherished convictions Of the Union party,
to demonstrate against the misuse Of power
delegated by the loyal people to their repre-
sentatives, to rebuke the base attempt to
foist strange issues and unheard-of conditions
upon the party without authority, that the
convention is called and will be held.
Denying the right Of Congress to bind to
its unwise and unsanctioned legislation the
members Of the Union party, because that
legislation Is contrary to the understanding
and verdict Of the people as rendered in the
s:sst national canvass, those who still adhere
10 the Baltimore platform Of 1864 are to
meet and condemn the selling out and sur
render Of that platform. Believing that radi-
calism is destroying the foundations Of Amer
lean government; that il is now doing the
fatal work Of secession and treason; that it
is operating like adblight upon genuine peace
and the promises Of prosperity We people
are determined TO stem this mad torrent, and
TO say to the baneful influences of radical
ism, /" hitherto hast thou come, but no fur