The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-21
AssKMpLA0E N AlIITY.

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For the first time after six long years OF
alienation and of conflict, we have come to-
gethcr from every State and every section
OF cur land, as citizens OF aicoinmon cotln-
try, under that flag, the symbol again of q
common glory, to consult, together how
best to cement and perpetuatc that Union
which Is again the object Of our common
love, and thus secure the blessings oflibcr-
ty to ourselves and our posterity. ~
J. In the first place, we invoke you TO re-
member. always and everywhere, that the
war is ended, and the nation Is again Mt
peace. The shock of eontending arms no
longer assails the shudderipg heart of the
Republic. The ipsurrectiop against the
supreme authority of the nation has been
suppressed, and that authority hhs been
again acknowledged, by word and act, in
every State and by every. cltizenlwithin its
jurisdiction. We are no longer required or
permitted to regard or treat each other as
enemies. Not only have the acts of war
been discontinued and the weapons of war
laid aside, but the state of war no longer
exists, and the sentiments, the passions, the
relations OF war have no longer lawful or
rlghtful place anywhere throughout our
broad domain. We nre again people of the
United States, fellow -citizens of one coun-
try, bound by the duties and obligations of
Il common patriotism, and having neither
rights nor interests apart from a common
destiny. 1..f .... ..-i.,...
DUTIES OF PEACE
The duties that deyolve upon us now are
again the duties Of peace, and no longer
the duties of war. We have assembled 10
take counsel concerning the interests of
peace-to decide how we may most wisely
and eifcctuaIly heal the wounds the war
has made, and perfect and perpetiiate the
benefits it has secured. and the blessings
"a h. A Va ign nd hafaf
dence, have sprung up in its fiery track.
This is the work, not OF passion, but OF
calm and sober Judgment; not Of resent
ment for past Oifenses prolonged beyond
the limits which justice and reason pre-
scribe, but of liberal statesmanship,
which tolerates what it cannot prevent,
and builds its plans aud its hopes for the
future rather upon a c0mmunity'of inter
est and ambition tlran upon distrust and
the weapons of force, '..a .. ,s.iH
POLITICAL RESULTS or THE wan.
3. In the next place, we call upon you to
recognize in their full Significance. and 10
accept with all their Legitimate conse-
quences, the political results OF the war
just closed In two most important par
ticulars the victory achieved by the Ma
ttoial GOvernment lI.ts been final and de-
oislye. First, IL liAs established beyond All
further controversy, and by the highest Of
all human sanctions, the absolute suprem-
acy of the Nationals Siov6rnment as defined
and limited by the Constitution OF the
United States, and the permanent Integrity
and iudissOlubility OF the Federal Union
as necessary consequence; aud, second
Il has put an end finally and forever 10 the
existence of slavery upon the soil or within
the Jurisdiction of the United States. Both
these points became directly invoked la
the contest, and CONTROVERSY uDon both
was ended absolutely aud fibally by the
result. i Hni Hf w.. o.
PItUiIs or vIcroRY.
3. In the third place, we deem il OF the
utmost Importance that the real character
or the war and tho victory by which it was
closed should be accurately yYunderstood.
The war was carried on BY the Government
OF the United States In maintenance of its
own authority and IN defense OF its own
both OF which were mcnaccd by
the ipsurrebtloti whichit sought 70 SUP
press. The suppression OF that insurree-
ton accomplished that result. The Coy
crIpnent Of tire United States maintalnod,
by force OF arms, the supreme authority
oyer all the territory, and over all the
States and people within Us inrisdiction.
which tho Consultations coufefs upon it
but II acquired thereby no new power. no
enlarged Jurisdiction, no rights either of
territorial possession OF OF civil authority
which It did not possess before the rebei-
lion broke out. All the rightful power IL
can ever possess is that which Is conferred
upon II either in express terms, or by fair
and necessary inplieatfOn hxT tha 49,,