The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-28

we have no fear that the South can eV-
er overthrow the Federal Government,
or ever disturb it's career of power and
glory. They will be the last of the
States to rebel and if they shall again
rise in insurrection, the loyal people
can and will subdue. and, if need be, de-
stroy them. The Government has as,
serted it's power of selfpreservation !;
and the devastation and misery of the
South proclaim, to this generation at
least, the crime and the terrible penal
ties of treason Beholding their woes,
and contrasting their weakness and our
strength, we could afford to show the
confidence and courage of magnanimity.
We might well let our vanquished OPP
ponents arise, and, ika James Fitz-
James at Coilantogle Ford, staunch
their wounds and forgive their treason.
But we are not asked to be magnani-
nous, but only consistent and just.
This we cannot refuse to be, without
violation of the Constitution of our
country and risk of its overthrow.
We seek, and will have, no association
in political action with men, North or
South, who are not avowedly, and. IN
our opinion, sincerely faithful to the con-
stitutional principles for which we
| fought. Bnt if men who have taught
or practised treason now openly re-
ncunce their errors, and maintain with
us the true principles of our Govern
menu, we shall not reject their coopera-
ton. When the restoration of the
Union and the preservation of our form
of government are in issue-however
much we regret to sever cherished polit-
ical associations and to cooperate with
former enemies-we must prefer to act
with those who haze been wrong and are
now right, rather than those who were
fright and now are wrong.
Believing that our government is
again in peril, we appeal to yon who
have fought to save it, and who hold it
dearer and more sacred than all party
ties, to come to the rescne. Let the
soldiers and sailors agreeing with us in
sentiment, but who cannot in person at
tend, send delegates through the action
of their societies, or oflocal conventions.
Let us meet i7e force at Cleveland on
the 18th of September-the anniversa-
~ of the dav when the Constitution
was proclaimed by our forefithers-and
let us aid in restoring the Union it Gre
ated. and the liberties it was ordained
to secure.
G. A. CUSTER, Major Gen. .. S. A.
A. Med. McCooK, Major Gen. U. S.A.
L. III Rousseau, Major General,
GEORGE CROOK, Major General,
S. MEREDITH, Bvt Major General,
THOMAS Ew1NG, Bvt. Major General,
Committee on Address.
Washington, Amgust l9, 1866.
We cordially approve the call for the
Convention. and recomend the holding
of local Conv ventions to cooperate in the
movement
Major Generals John A. Dix, James
B. Stecdman, Frank p. Blair, Fl. w.
Slocum, Daniel E. Sickles, Gordon Gran
ger, John A McClernand, D. y. Couch,
W. w. Averell, H. f. Davies, Jr., Or
lando b. Wilcox, Alpheus S. Williams,
Fitz Henry Warren, John S. Clark,
Hugh Ewing, Theodore Runyon, Thos.
kiIby Smith, VIM. B. Franklin, Thos.
L. Crittenden, Marsena r. Patrick, AL
vim G. Gillem, J. J. Bartlett, G.. X.
Warren, JEFF. c. Davis, Joseph +.
Knipe, John Lane, G. c. Walcott.
y. H. Markland, Supt. Z. S. A.
Mail.
Bvt. Maj. Generals NJ. T. McMahon,
II. H. Heath, John NJ. Oliver, VIM. 7.
Ward, Henry A. Morrow.
Brig. Generals George P. Easte, c.
c.. Maxwell, Anson G. McCook, Geo.
Spalding, J. B. Sweitzer, w. w. III Da-
vies, Walter c Whitaker, John L. Crox-
ton, E. B. Brown, J. G. Parkhurst,
Geo, III. Hall, r. A. Vaughn, James
Craig, Morgan l.. Smith, James G.
McFerran, Joseph w. Frizell, VIM.
McCandless, A. b. McCalmont, Samuel
Beatty, VIM. Hartzhorn, J. S. Fullerton,
Thos. FL. Benton, Ferd. Van Derveer,
Lewis G. Hunt, James III. Ford, Thom-
as Curley, E. S. Bragg, Charles Ewing.
Bvt. Br. Generals Chas. G. Halpine,
Henry S. Commager, H. G. Hobart,
II. G. Dunlap, @. 0. Loomis, Cassius
Fairchild, Henry Bertran, Chas. w.
Blair, James K. Mills, Chas. Black,
Durbin Ward.
Colonels John Leverance, Quinn Nor
ton, David Murphy, John NJ. Richard
son, Marcus Boyd, J. o. Broadhead, w.
B. Rogers, James Peckham, Thomas I.
Crittenden, Samuel r. Mott, II. +. Ba-
ker, p III. Allback, James Mum, Henry
Barnes, Richard McAllister, Seth +.
Moe, d. w. Bliss, Surg. U. S. ", John
Atkinson, Col. Graham, M. H. Fitch, A.
NJ. Wood, VIM. B. Sipes, L. D. Camp
bell, J. Patrick, Henry Starr, VIM. d.
Oscar F. Moore, Levi A. Harris, Geo.
Gray, w. III. Ent, John H. Linton, Jas.
George, John Hancock, John II. Ward,
w. b. McCreery, H. n. Bulkley, G. D.
Pennibaker, Jos. G. McKibben, John F.
Phillips, Miles X. Green, John NJ. Clio
yer, Jonn E. Phelps, M. Flesh, Colonel
Byrne, Geo. A. Wood, Z. B. Fouke, E.
McCurdy, J. M. Connell.
Lieut.. Coils J. G. Lane, Walter Bar
rett, J. r. O'Beirne, Farnham Lyon, J.
l.. Trainor, Jas. Ketner, Hugh Gamer
on, VIM. H. Ross.
Majors H. J. Sleeper, w. Jones, J. Fl.
Steiger, Saml. Montgomery, Henry
We'll, r. H. Newton, H. Tompkins, Au-
gustus Ward, o. E. Davis, w. Tomp-
kins, b. F. Dale, VIM. Lusk, L. Pritch-
ard, NJ. A, Talby, Frank J. Porter, e.
A. Clark, Saml. Smith, S. Nj. Curran, J. !
Ely, j. G, Green.