The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-08-22
HoS. ". 9. WINTHROP.


Tie Hon. ". G. Winthrop. Of Massa-
chusetls. being unable 10 attend personal.
IL. wrote to the chairman Of the State Con-
,enton which elected him rs a delegate.
tho following admirable letter, endorsing
the objects ot The Philadelphia Consen-
ton:
Breoklyn, August .. 1866.
Hon. L,wren SdiionasH.
My DlAR sal am sincerely sensible
TO the h.nor conferred upon me yesterday
by the meeting ii Faneuli Hall. over wbIrA
YOU. presided. IN placing my name al The
mead u The delegates u large to the Ma
tiunal Union Convention. but, as | had
previously intimaied 10 ui0re Than one 81
our friends. II will not be in my power 70
20 IL Phlaarlphla next week.
am quite unwilling. ho~rsrr, 70 de-
cline the appointment without distinct
expression u my hearty concurrence % The
general views 81 hose BY whom the Con-
yennon has been called, snh oil my earnest
hupe that is deliberations may cvnduce -
the earliest practicable restoration VI all
the states OF the Unlon 10 the exercise oi
their constitutional powers. and 10 the en-.
l"yment Of their constitutional privileges
ia the national government.
can add nothing, | AIN aware, 10 the
arguments winch other, have already pre-
scented on this subject, aud gladl, avail
myself Of the language Of Judge Curtis ~
his late admirable letter: = Ip suppose
that the Government oi Inc unlteJ States
can. III 4 slate VI peace, llghliulIy hold aud
exercise absolute aud uniInilcd power usef
part u - territuf, and peopl. Just -
iung A. il may clpuse 10 10 80. appears 10
me unMarrsnlrd " an. rules ~ public
Ia., aDhufrrnt 70 right reason. ard tncou.
,lstcnl Viii tho nature u our government. !
Miu, Judge IuItis, luu, hull the vpln
luu--. li,at the Southern States ate non
= rgplluIiy, aud should d - etlevtuall,.
III tic Uuion A. they we're belVte the HAD
ness u their people attempted y carr.
them cut.
Aios happily. Congress did MI adjourn
without anmittng u their seats the Sens
tuts aud Representatives Ot Tennessee !;
out that very act has rendered II al the
mprc d,lhcult " discover anything Ol
constitutional punclpIr, o. n,tlling oI
true national pulley, 10 ~ persistent dc
ial ~ all representation u The othrr
southern States. Congress has ample
means u protecting Itself, and VI project.
ing the country iro.n Iae presence u dls.
lio!al men IL tue bali, q Legislation. w
the simple exercise VI IL powers Ot decid.
tns Oh the qualification u is own mem.
Dcfs. Had the case Vi each individual Sc
natof Or Representative elected from ten
states, lately 10 rebellion, been taken Up
BY lfsrli aud fairly considered Oh us own
merits. agreeably 70 The wise supposition,
Of President Johnson, no one could have
complained. whatever might have been the
result, but know not how either branch
could have consented, as IL mas done. 10
compromise Us constitutional independence
by submitting any question a TO lts mem
beers either 10 legislative or executive DIS.
cretion.
This great question Of representation =
not a question which concerns only the
Southern States, who, 4 know, are regard
ed by not a few unrelentIng men as having
forfeited all rights which the N,rthera