The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-07-21
Address to the People Of Ten.
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Our deep interest in the present un-
settled political condition Of the coun.
try prompts us, O portion of your duly
elected Senators and Representatives
to the Congress of the United States,
to invite your special attention to the
call that has been made for Q "Nation
al Union Convention" to assemble In
the city Of Philadelphia on the l4th
day Of August next.
Since the first Monday of December
last we have watched with intense solic-
itude the progress of political events
in Washington, and have witnessed,
with profound regret, the opposition
made by the majority in Congress to
the wise and beneficent policy Of the
President Of the United States.
Believing, as we most sincerely do,
that under that policy the Union Of the
States would be preserved, the integri-
ty of the Constitution maintained, and
the inestimable right Of the people of
each State to representation in Con-
gress distinctly recognized, we feel that
the occasion demands such Conven
ton, having in view the consolidation
of all who are opposed to extremists
as we'll at the North as at the South,
and who, ignoring all past political diff
f%erences, are willing to unite in oppo-
sition to the sectional action of Con.
gress, and in favor of the speedy res
toration ofall the States to their prac-
tical relations with the National Gov
eminent. IL
Deeply impressed with the impor-
lance of this common object, and cor
daily approving the political truths en-
bodied in the call, we earnestly appeal
to yon to take such measures as will
insure your representation in the Con
vcntion.
In making your appointments we
cannot too earnestly impress upon you
the necessity of selecting your best rep
resentative men--such as will reflect
credit on your choice, and who do in
good faith Loyalty accept the national
situation cordially endorse the patri-
otto principles set forth in the call, and
are attached in true allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States, the
unison of the States under it, and the
Government established by it. "a
The people ofthe State of Tennes-
see have a peculinr interest in the OBJ
jects for which the Convention was
called. Seven months have now clap.
sed since the assembling Of the Thirty
Ninth Congress, and they are yet denied
the Constitutional right of representa-
ton.
The admission of your Senators and
Representatives with no other condi
tons than those prescribed by the Con
stitution and the laws has been repeat
edly, but vainly, urged by the Presi-
dent, and a protracted session is about
to terminate without even the privilege
of being heard having been accorded
to your representatives duly elected
and acknowledged to possess the requi.
site legal qualifications.
In addition, you are nov gravely
called upon by the majority in Con-
gress, and his Excellency the Governor,
to sanction an amendment to the Fede-
raj Constitution which, if ratified by
the States, will deprive you of your
recognized political power, and lessen
the number of your representatives in
the national Legislature, unless you
shall at their bidding clothe the negro
with the right Of suffrage.
This We are unwilling to do under
any circumstances.
w care well assured that you will not
sustain a party which would thus at
tempt further to humiliate our noble
State, and endeavor to throw a cloud
over the patriotism of Andrew John
and that you will frown upon
who would subvert the Constitu.
ton of our fathers for mere partisan
purposes; and that you will cheerfully
cooperate in a movement whose only
object is the preservation of the rights,
the dignity, the equality, and the union
of the States.
DAVID T. PATTERSON.
EDMOND COOPER. 4 ~
WIN. B. CAMPBELL.