American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-07-07

u W AohlNUlON, oulN Ollie dG-
!. ureSs issued by tlie Democratic mem
Ders OF Congress Is as follows;
To the People of the United States
Dancer threatens the.Constitutiop
: The citadel of our liberties is directly
| assaiIed. The future is dark unless
] the prople will come to the rescne.
In the hour of Derij. " National
Union " should be the watrhword of
every tnIe man AS essential ia tbe
Natio,aI Union. we mist maintain
: uninpaircd the rights, the dignity.
and The equality of the States. in
Guiding the ricbts of REPRESENTATION
in Con greSs, and the executive RIGHT
of each State to control it's own do
nestle concerns, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States.
After Uniform construction OF the
Constitution for more than half
century, the ASSUMPTION of new ana
arbitrary powers in the Federal Gov
eminent is subversive of our system
and destructive of liberty. A free
Interchange of opinion and kind ieel.
ing between the citizens of all the
States is necessary to the pelpptuity
of the Union. AT present eleven
States are excluded from fbe Nation.
al Council, For seven long months
fbe present CONGRESS- have prrsist.
emily denied any RIGHT of renlpsprta.
| ton to the De0pIe of those States.
Laws affecting their HIGHEST and
dearest interests have been PASSED
without their consent. and in disrc.
card of the fundamental urinciplcs
i free government. This denial -
.epresentation has been made to ~
ne members from a STATE. a}roougl
ne State, in the Iauouuoe Of 1II, !
President presents itseif nor only If
an attitude of LOYALTY and harmony
ont through REPRESENTATIVES, whn,
LOYALTY cannot he Questioned nnd.P
any existing constitutional nr leoa
iest. THE CONSERVATIVES OF nparn
,nc-tl,;rd of the States have NOT hpei
onsulted with reference to tl,r. yr,...
question Of fine day. There has h,e,
20 nationality surrounding tbp n,ns
ent CONGRESS-. There has been No
intercourse between fine rpprespp,a
lives of the two sections. prodncjp,
numal confidence and rasnocf /.
rhp lanollomp of rbp distinrni.bnr
Lieutenant General if is to he 10
Yrptted that at tbis time tbara can.
,ot he uraqt,r rnr,,rir,oIi,r
between the citizens Of thn Tvn an|
ions. and particularly OF tI,.a er.
-ruStpdfwith the Iav.raI;for ,,ovpr.
This So f. of thiros shou!d he re-
at once and forever. There.
fore, to preserve the National Union.
10 vinl:ratr the suGirinu,,- Of our ar
mired Constitution. 10 ouard r,r
States from cove't attempts to de
priye them of Their tue position in ,
the Union, and to bring together =.
those who are unuatUatly severed, {
and for those great national pnr
poses only, we cordially apprpyr the G
ali for National Union Convention, 81
10 Ne held at the city of PHILADELPHIA. s
IN the second Tuesday, the 14th of \
August next, and indorse the princi- d
)lrS therein set forth. We. there Il
Ore, respectfully, but earnestly URGE 8
upon our citizens in each State, Ter f
'itory, and Congressional District in
he United States, in the interest of
he Union and in a spirit of harmo.
~, with direct reference to the pyin-
iples contained in said call, to act
promptly M the selection Of wise,
moderate and conservative men to
epIeSentthem IN said convention,
o the end that all the States shall Il
t once be restored TO their practical