Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-23
phtladelphi. Convention.

Pn1laQolpU16 SoAv0AsAoas
 At noon. Tuesday the Convention met in the temporary building prepared for them. Gov Randall of Wisconsin came forward and said eGentlemen have to announce that the dele pates from Massachusetts and South Carolina Will come in "arm in arm.' The delegations from those states headed by Gov. Orr and Gen. Couch accordingly came forward and took their seats. After much applause and three cheers for the thirty six states Gen. Dix was appointed chairman and made speech reported as follows by the New York Post He said that he received the honor confer red upon him with great pride, and especially recognized the importance of this convention. "No body of men have met on this continent to consider events 30 momentous to the coun- try since 1776.
 "Ws are to vindicate and restore the cons titution which was then framed-to render firm and indisseluble the government which our fathers formed and put in operation-to defend and maintain it. We are not now living under such government.
 "Eleven states have been unrepresented in Congress. Tennessee has at length been al- lowed representation, but ten other states have as yet no representation in the Legislation of the country. It is this wrong we have come to protest against, and to do as much us is in our power to redress it.
 "When the President of the United States had declared that the war had ceased, all the states had the right to representation. The exacting of new conditions is subversive oi our national liberty, and dangerous to public peace. Loud spplause
 "ls this the government our fathers fought to establish, or which we fought 10 maintain Legislation without representation is an ano maly in our form of government.
 "He insisted that in the deliberations of the convention the main idea would be to change the present complexion of Congress, to purify the republic, and bring it back to its origina standard. One county, one flag, one Unor ofequal statesp"
 After the appointment of Secretaries and the call for the convention had been made Senator Doolitle offered the following resolu tions which were adopted.
 ResolveG, That until otherwise ordered, the general rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, so far as applicable, gov ern the proceedings of this Convention, and, until otherwise ordered, in case any question shall arise to be determined by division or by the yeas and nays. the Secretary shall call the roll of all the States and Territories of the
  Each State. so called, shall be entitled to cas, double the number of votes to which it is en. titled in the Electoral College as the delega ton shall determine, and each Territory and also the District of Columbia shall be entitled to cast two votes as their several delegations shall direct.
 Res0Lved. That aW resolutions and proposi tions not relating to the organization of the Convention, will be referred by the Chair to the Committee on Resolutions. hereafter to be appointed, scitbOut debate, and that dN resolu tioHs, propositions aud questions relating tC the right or claim of any person to e seat is the Con0ent,on be referred by the Chair to the Committee on Credentials, hereafter to be ap- pointed soikao,a debate, and that until the ap- pointment of such Committee they do lie 0n the table soithout debate'
 Committee on Credentials and Organization having been appointed. MT. T. B. Florence demanded the reading of the circular inviting cooperation of Democrats. The convention thor adjourned. On Wednesday at noon the Convention reassembled. The report of the Committee on Permanent Ordanization was read and accepted. Senator Doo!ittle, the President, addressed the assembly as follows.
 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION AND EEL Low.CrTIzENs OF THE UNITED STATES (cheers) For the distinguished honor of being called upon to preside over the deliberations of thit Convention, I sincerely thank you. could have wished that hls responsibilities had fallen upon another, but relying upon that courtesy and generous confidence which has called me to the Chair, enter at on:e upon the duties with an earnest wish for the success of the great cause in which we are now engaged.
 t1~ .ko # Aov this Convention, in my opinion, will prove one of the greatest, for "peace hath her victories notdess renowned than war" And this Con say @ crowning victory?
 Convention, representing all the States, is now assembled. Six long, weary years As look back, oh what an interval it is of blood and agony and tears
 During that period we have been engaged in the most gigantic civil war the world has evel seen, wasting our resources, drenching thou sand battle.Eelds in traternal blood and carrying to faternal graves our fathers, our sons ant our brothers, by hundreds of thousands. But thanks be to Almighty God the war is over Peace. blessed peace has come The assuran ces which we here witness tell us that peace has come, and come to stay. Loud cheers)
 Oh my fellow citizens if the whole people O the United States could see what we now wit ness-the North, the south. the East and tho West joining in fraternal association as friends and fellow citizens, our work would be already done. If they could have seen, as we saw Massachusetts and South Carolina by theil full delegations coming arm in arm into this great Convention; Enthusiastic applause) il they could have seen this body, greater in nun bers and in weight of character and brain than ever has assembled on this Continent undel one roof. melting to tears of joy and grati tude to witness this commingling, there would be no struggle at the polls, in the coming cleo tons When l remember that it was Massa chusetts and South Carolina that. in the Con vention which framed the Constitution, voted against the abolition of the slave-trade-tha, 1t was Massachusetts, in 1872, which. through some of her men. taught the doctrines of nuli fcation, which South Carolina reasserted iu lS6O-when call to mind that South Caroli' na fired the irst gun in this contest, and that the veins of Massachusetts poured out the first blood in the struggle-and when call te mind all these memories, and at the same time ask the people of this country to look on thu, Convention and see those two old States of tn, Union coming here in fraternal embrace, ap preaching the common altar of common cOuntrv ready to make common sacrifices fo