The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-26

an arowed enemy, il is @ pretty sure
sign that he is on tho wrong track
And tho same will apply equally well
to conventions. For no one but AL
idiot will pretend that the South arc
tavorably disposed to this Govern
meut, and havo renowned in good
faith the heresies Of State Sovereign
ity, accession, and even the fesh.pots
Of slavery. Docs not even A. II.
Stephcns-who, it is claimed, vas q
good Union q man, even while ice
President Of the Contedcracy-con'
tend that all laws aud doings Of Con.
gross during the war arc null a"'l
roid, because the rebel States were not
represented! And he WIS delegate
to tho Philadelphia Convention,
whose action the Cleveland Conven
ton endorses. And rs even PrcSi.
dent johnson has limited rs much,
what guarantee have we that slavery,
the cause ofthe war, is abolished! We
repeat, then, that these men who un.
dertook, through the Cleveland Con-
vention, to congratulate the Union
soldiers and sailors, are not recon
structed nor rcpentant. They have
been defeated on the field, but, vii
as the fox, they hope, by fattery and
friendly pretensious, to be restored
to power. where they can gain that
by tho ballot which they failed to
achieve by the sword. Will you, then,
loyal and brave defenders Of your
couutry-will you be congratulated"
by your bitterest enemies You have
the same class Of men in your midst ;
you know them but too well. Then
answer at the October election, when
every Union vote will be counted as al
emphatic no. to admitting traitors to
power, and every "conservative"
vote will encourage Andrew johnson
to resist tie peoples determination
that rebel States shall furnish guaran.
tees Of their sincerity, in the alop'
ton Of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment, before they shall he al
mitted to Congress, and then they
shall only be represented by loyal
men.
You are too sensible to allow the
representatives" to scare you out BY the
cry Of niger" 1t is a recognized
principle embodied in the Consti,u'
ton, that the regulation OF suffrage is
(and it always has .beeu) left entirely
with the States, and there are not five
hundred men in the State Of West
Virginia who would vote for bestow.
ing the right to vote upon the negro.
We have repeatedly signifed our op.
position to it, and hooted the idea Of
''niggcr equality" All we have 70
say on this latter question is, that the
negro will DO equal to any man ,cho
Iputs himself on a levsl acit4 the
negro. We are not afraid of his be.
ing our equal.
But We will notice one other mat.
ter connected with this soc0Iled'
Soldiers and Sailors Convention Of
Cleveland, Uhe recL and true one as.
semblcd in Pittsburg yesterday AT.
ter modestIy calling themselves "the
Union soldiers and Sailors" and ell.
dorsiug the Philadelphia Convention.
they passed q series Of resolutions,
one OF which is as follows:
2. That our object in taking up nTms t,
suppress the late rebellion was to defend and
maintain the supremacy Of the constitution. aud
to preserve the Union with all the dignity
equality, and rights Of the several States
unimpaircd, and not in any spirit of op.
preston, nor for ony purpose Of conqurs,
ind subiugn,ion, and that wherever there
shall I've any armed resistance TO the lawfully
constituted authorities Of our National Union
either in the South or 10 the North. in the East
or in the Wcst, cmulating the scf-sncrfcng
patriotism Of our revolutionary forefathrrs, ",
will again pledge to it. support our lives, our for
tunes, and our sncrcd honor.
This was intended to sound very
patriotic, but the resolutions, &c,
being CIT and d.ae2 in this Convcn'
ton, just as they were in that o.
August 18th, at Philadelphia, and
no debate being allowed, VIC fear very
many ofthe delegates, even, did moi
fully understand its hidden meaning,
which is, undoubtedly, that ifCongress
shall not submit to" My Policy" aud
the President shall, in his madness,
become liable to, and be impeached by
that patriotic body, that they will
take up arms to sustain the President
This is the true meaning Of the above
resolution, and is, undoubtedly, the
wire-working OF Andrew johnson
and "My Policy" has become q
logged determination to rule or rain
this glorious Union. Has it come to
this-that a President has, or can,
receive encouragement to become d
dictator! Soldiers, consider well the
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