The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-07-12
=, DEMOcRATlc ADDRESS 4
To the People of the Uni
~ ted States.
n HE neo,le of7tbe fIlited States !.

10 Me people y We UiiIeu DtubeS.
Dangers threaten. The Consti-
tuition, the citadel of our liberties,
is difectlyiaIsaied. The future iis'
dark, ,-unless-the' people will come.
to the rescue, In: this hour Of per-
il the National Union should be
the watchword of every true man.,
AS essential to National Union, we
must maintain, lunimpaired,, the
rights, the dignity and the equality
lof the States, including the, right
of representation in Congress, and
the exclusive. right of each State to
control its own, domestic coneerns,
subject only to the Constitution Of
the United States, After q uni
form construction of the Constitu-
tien, for more than half a 8 century,
the assumption of new and arbitra,
ry powers in the Federal Govern
Iment is, subyersive of our system
and destructive of libertysgnI III
4 free interchange of opinion
and kind feeling between the Git
zens of all the States lis necessary
to the rperpetuity. of. the Union.
AZ present eleven states are exclu-
ded from the, National c6uncil.
For seven long months the present
Congress has persistently denied
any right of representation to the
people of these States s3d oEV
Laws affecting their highest and
dearest interests have been passed
without their consent, and in dis
regard of the fundamental .princi-
pie of free government. This de-
NAL of representation has been
made to all the members from a
State, although the State, in the
language of the President H"pre-
sents itself not only in an attitude
of loyalty and harmony, but in the
persons of representatives whose
loyalty cannot be questioned unr
der any existing Constitutional or
legal testT .a5gbiilo ruo rGf eacs
The representatives Of nearly
one-third Of the States have not
been consulted with y reference to
the great questions of the day.
There has been no nationality sur
rounding the present Congress.
There has been no intercourse be-
tween the representatives of the
two sections, producing mutual
confidence and respect. yroTor
In the, language of the distin-
guished Lieutenan t-general, "Is, it
to be, regretted. that, at this time
there cannot, be a greater com
mingling between the citizens of
the two sections, and particularly
of those intrusted with the law-ma-
king power, This state oflthings
should be- removed = at once, and
forever. Therefore, to.preserVe the
National Union, TO- vindicate the
sufficiencydof our, admirable Con-
stitption;, TO guard the States from
covert attempts to deprive them of
their true position in the, Union,
and to bring together those, who
are lunnaturally severed, and for
these great national purposes only,
we cordially approve the call for a
National Union Convention, to be
held at the, city, of Philadelphia on
the SECOND Tuesday, the, 18th of
August-pext, and indorse the prin-
ciples therein set forth, logsro, To-
3 We therefore respectfully but
earnestly urge upon. our fellow cit
izens in each State, Territory and
Congressional District in, the Uni
ted States, in the interest, Of Union
and in a spirit Of harmony, and
with a direct reference to the prin-
ciples, contained in said call, to act
promptly in the, selection ,qf mod
crate. and eppservattive men to rep
resent them in said, Convention,
to the end that all the States shall
at once be restored to their, practiT
cal relations tor the Umqon1, the
Constitution, be % maintained, and
peace bless the whole country. .,r
W. E. Niblack, Anthony Thornton,
Michael g. Kerr, G: s, Shanllkzlliisal, nllkzllisal,
Garrett Davis, J James Guthrie, Il,
Grider, !! A; Nc cDougal, Thos, 3,
Krell, Wm. Radford, Samuel J,
Randall, S, s.. Marshall, Lewis, ".
Rose, Myr. Strouse, Stephen !Taber,
Chas. Stitgreave, j M. Humphrey,
S. E. Ancona, John Hogan, E. N.
Hubbells 3, N, Boyer, 3, 9, Ritter,
I, G. Bergen q. Harding, Chas''
Goodyear, AL. Glossbrenner,
Chas, H, WinfoId,t, E, r, Wright a.
II, Cofroth,o "a. J. Rodgers, Z, Hl,
Rousseau. III McUulIochn p. Hilliss,