Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-15

menus vi oaIe movement appear 10 Oc
taking shape.
| Governments stocks are quiet nj the
Board prices and were about / lower, and
j.20s and 1:3Os but subsequently the market
recovered after the Board met Old
DOS were 9tWl09s. Issues OF 1864 and
| 1865 1861
Gold opened at 149t closed at 1904.
The Philadelphia National Cmlon Con.
vemtion.
| PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA AT 12 so, =.
NJ, Mr.. Randall opened the convention BY
saying: Gentlemen, | have to announce
that the delegates from South Carolina and
Massachusetts will, arm in arm, enter this
| convention.
| This announcement WAS greeted with
great applause, the entire audience rising To
their feet. and the band playing The Flag OF
our Union.
Hon. Jno. A. Hogan, from the stage,
when quiet had become restored, pro
posed three cheers for the 80 States Of the
Union, all loyal, which was enthusiastically
given. This WAS followed by tremendous
cheers for President johnson
Mr.. Randall-The convention will please
come to order for the purpose of eticcting
temporary organization of this convention.
propose the name Of Gen. John A. Dix,
ON. Y as temporary chairman Of this con.
vention. Gen. DIX said Members of the
Convention and fellow citizens Of the whole
Union Applause l return to you my sincere
thanks tor the honor you have done me, in
choosing me to preside temporarily over
your deliberations / regard it ms distinc.
tiOn Of no ordinary character, not only on
account OF the high social ana political stand
ing OF the gentlemen who compose this con
ventiOn, but because 1t is = convention of
the people, Of all the States Of this Union,
lapplausel and because We cannot doubt, ii
its proceedings are conducted with becoming
and good judgement. that it will lead to
most important results. lApplause1
1t may he truly said that no body Of men
have met on this continent to consider events
go momentuous and 50 important since the
year 1776. Applause. The year when
our ancestors assembled in this city to form
a better government for the States which
composed the old confederation. A govern
mcnt which has been confirmed aud made
more enduring, as VIC trust, by the fearful
trials aud pcrils which it has encountered
and overcome. tApplausc. The constiiu.
ton which they came here to frame, We are
here 70 vinditzstc and restore. Applause
We are here to assert the supremacy Of rep
Sesentativc government. We all who are
within the confines Of the Union fapplause1
\ government, which cannot without vie
iation Of it's fundamental principles. be ex
tended over any but those who are repre-
sented In II (spplAusel over those who. by
virtue Of that representation, are entitled to
fairs (Applause Il was such . govern
mcnt that our fathers formed and put In OPP
Grafton. 1t 10 such government which We
are bound by every principle OF fidelity and
justice, and good faith, 10 defend and main
tain. Applause. Gentlemen. We ere mot
now living under such . government, lap.
plAuse1 " states have for months been gov
crned Oy 25 States; lapplause1 II States have
been wholly without representation IN the
legislative bodies Of the nation. The nu-
merlcal proportion Of the represented and
unrcpresented States has just been changed
by the admission o! the delegates from Tenn.
The unit taken from the small has been
put to larger numbers, but ten States are
still denied representation in congress. to
which they are entitled, under the constitu
tion. The President, not 10 pursuance Of
any constitutional power, called on the
Confederate States to accept conditions for
their admission 10 the exercise Of their L.
climate functions as members Of the Union |
The ratification to the amt ndmcnt 10 the |
constitution ab0lishing slavery. and the re- |
pudia,iOn Of debts contracted 10 ovGythfow |
the government, were these cOdoltiOns |
they were met and accepted. The exaction
OF new conditions Is unjust and violation o. |
the faith Of the government, subversive of |
tho purposes Of our political system and |
dangerous to the public prosperity and peace. |
(Applause) Each house Of congress may, |
~ the Judge Of the qualifications Of its own |
memhefs. reject individuals for just cause, |
but the two bodies acting conjointly cannot |
exciude an entire delegation without an IN |
warrantable assumption Of power. Zap.
plause.)
Congress hes mot only done this II has |
gone further. It has incorporated new con-
ssttutiOns with amendments 70 the cuo6ei. |
tuition, and Submitted them for MITIGATION |
II the States.
There , no probability that these amend. I
ments will b. ralillc<i By thrue fuFths of the
aeatcs Of this Union, [AppAusel 70 insist on
the conditions they contain, b 10 prolope
indeanitely she exclusion Of more than one.
eoarth Of the States iron their right to b
!sp!esestsd In Tie legislative bodies They
30 right under u Constitution. Thar
- night under Tie resolutions passed |
9th House Of Congress 10 1854. lApp1ause. III
lneee resolutions were not c0neusCod. bos
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