Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-12
THE SOUTHERN RADICALS.

To the LOytt ON1ontsts Of tue S0uN
The great issue is upon us The majority in
Congress, and it's supporters, firmly declare
that ''the rights of the citizen enumerated in
the Constitution, and established by the SUI
prcme law, must be maintained invioIate. y
Rebels and rebel sympathlzers assert that
''the rights of the citizen must be left to the
States alone, and under such regulations as the
respective States choose voluntarily to pre-
scribe.
We have seen this doctrine of State sover-
eighty carried out in its practical results until
all authority in Congress was denied, The Union
temporarily destroyed, The constitutional rights
Of the citizens of The South nearly annhilaled,
and the land desolated by civil war.
The time has come when the rcstrucure Of
Southern State government must be lad on
constitutional principles, Or the dcspotsm,
grown up under an arrocious leadership: be
permitted to rcmau We know Of no orhcr
plan than that Congress, under its consitu-
tional powers, shall now exercise its authority
to establish the principle whereby protection IS
made CO. extensive with citizenship.
We maintain that no State, either by its Or
ganic law or legislation, can make transgressIon
on the rights OF the citizen legitimate. We
demand and ask you to concur In demanding
protection to every citizen Of the great Repub-
lie, on the basis of equality before the law; and
| further, that no State government should be
| recognized as legitimate under the Constitution
in SO far as it does not by its organic law make
| impartial protection iuli and complete.
! Under the doctrine Of state sovereignty, !"
with rebels in the foreground, controlling
Southern Legislatures, and embittered by dis
Appointment in their schemes to destroy the
Union, there will be no safety for the loyal ele-
ment of the South Our reliance for protec-
ton is now on Congress- and the great Union
party that has stood and is standing by the ma
tionality, by the constitutional rights Of the
citizen, and by the benefcient principles OF free
| government.
For the purpose of bringing the loyal Union
lists of the South into conductive action with
the North, we invite you to send delegates in
goodly numbers from all the Southern States,
| including Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Maryland, and Delaware, to meet at lndepen-
dence Hail, in the city Of Philadelphia, on the
| first Monday of September next. 1t is prOpos
ed that we should meet at that time to recon-
| mend measures for the establishment Of such
| government in the South as accords with and
protects the rights of all citizens We trust
this call will be responded to by numerous del
egations of such as represent the true loyalty of
the South. That kind Of government which
gives full protection to all rights of the citizen,
such as our fathers intended, we claim as our
birthright. Either the lovers of constitutional
liberty must rule the nation or rebels and their
sympathizers be permitted to misruleit Shall
loyalty or disoyalty have the keeping of the
destinies Of the nation? Let the responses to
this call which is now in circulation for sigma
lures and is being numerously signed answer.
Notice is given that gentlemen at distance
can have their names attached to it by sending
a request, by letter directed to D. W. Bingham,
ESQ, of Washington, D. g.
". B. Stokes Tennessee; Jos. S. Fowler,
Tennessee; James Gettys, Tennessee A. j.
Hamilton. Texas; Geo. w. Paschal, Texas
Lorenzo Sherwood, Texas; Q. 3. Sabin, Tex
as; G. W. Ashburn, Georgia; Henry G Cole,
Georgia J. W. McClurg. Missouri; John R.
Kelso Missouri j. 7. Benjamin, Missouri;
Geo. W. Anderson. Missouri; John B. Troth,
Fairfax CO, Va; j. NJ. Stewart, Alexandria,
Va; VIM. n. Berkeley. Alexandria, Va ; AL
len G. Harmon, Alexandria, Va. Lewis Nc
Kenzie Virginia; J. ". Hunnicutt, Virginia
John G. Underwood, Virginia Bnrnham
Wardwell, Virginia. Alex NJ Davis Virgin
ia Byron Latin, North Carolina Daniel r.
Goodoe, North Carolina; Geo. Reese, Ala
bama D. Il. Bingham, Alabama; NJ r.
Saffold, Alabama; j. H. Larcombe, Alabama
ILL.,