The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-01
The Union Parry in PENNSYLVANIA

A county convention Of the so.called
great Union Party" was held in Pitts
burg last Tuesday for the nomination of
candidates. 4 nomination on the Repub-
lican ticket in Allegheny county is
equivalent ts an election, the majority
ranging from four to eight thousand
Under these circumstances, tho eOnven-
ton felt at perfect liberty to frame a
platform expressive IT .he real senti-
ments of the party ana Dot intended to
lure to the support Of t&a tickctthe men
who stand by Tho President the votes Of
none of this class being urc..od They
could therefore atfud 10 De honest and
declare what thoy really tlink and what
is the true position vi the so,called
Union party. We commend the platform
adopted at that convention to the a,tcu-
tion Of the "UIion Genital Committee"
in this State and suggest that the next
address they put forth be mad 30
embody plainly the principles adhered
to by their party in Pennsylvania 1t
might be we'll also for our neighbor Of
the IRtelHgCacer to devote few edltor-
as to the medication of the ideas CON
tanned in the Allegheny comfy platform
They would materially assist the people
in determining whether he is fish, flesh
or fowl in relation to the great national
H,tactiNnu a ig-ua % g-,I,lp,
which the colt ms @. the IRieIligcgccr
have thrown very li5tlo light during the
past six months The Ailegb eng county
convention resolved, aU0ug 9ther things:
That the people OF Allegheny county
will sustain the course OF their rcpIvu-
tatives in CongIass upon She question Of
Reconstruction, aud that the action Of
the Republican majority IN Congress up
on that question aud III ,he passage OF
the Civil Rights bill ~ ets with our
hearty concurrence
Will The ''Union Party 10 West Vir
GINA say as much! Will they openly |
indorse the Congressional plan Of recon +,
st.uctiou and the passage Of the Civil |
Rights bill oyer the Presidents veto |
Their political associates do it elsewhere. |
will tle party dare to do so in this Statol
If they do not, they are either at war
with their party in Pennsylvania, or
they are guilty Of oowariice AID decep,
ton.
The next resolution is as follows:
ReSolred, That we heartily endorse the
declaration of AGdrey johnson that
treason is a crime, that it is the highest
crime known to the laws and oug,t 10
bepupished as such" that traitors ought
20 take back seats and that treason
ought to be made 1GiouS These uatri-
otic u5terances aud conduct al the
time in accordance with them, caused
his name 10 be inscribed honoTably in
fhe history OF the Republic, and gained
TO- MN inc admiration aud confidence
OF all genuine patriots.
This resolution is, OF co~,sa s;r,,Ir
historical. 1t relates entirely +, the nasf
and could, with eqnh proprietv, he !
adapted by any convention Of anr nor
ty concerning any past act or expression
of any public man. 1t afirms uo,bing
concerning the present and promises
nothing for the future. It don't even
come sup to the "uudiminiShed COAT.
dence" resolution of the West Virginia
radical clique, which really meant moth. ,
ing at all.
The next resolution, which, more than
my other, reveals the sentiment of the c