The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-16
VOL. XIII.

VOL. XIII.
war the wosh has ever $50, wxstinS onr res
sources, drenehing . tA@e6Aad batle- 6elde
with fraternal blood, Carrying 70 ffstricidAi
graves our fathers, our sons and oor brothers,
BY hundreds Of thousands, but thanks be to
Almighty God, the war 10 over. LCheers.
Peace, bleed psses, hal cone! The -.
surances which - have hero witaesssa tsll
that peace has come, aid scons - 10y.
Loud cheers. Oh, nv fellow =
the whole people Of ~ United
States could see what We now
witness, the North, South, East and West
joining in fraternAi association Is friends and
fellow citizens, our work would b. already
done. [Cheers.l II Il V could have seen
as we saw, Massachusetts and South Carolina
[applause1 by their full delegations, coming
arm and arm into the great convention lap
planse1 if they could have seen this body,
greaterin numbers and in weight Of charac-
| ter and brain than ever has assem mbled on this
/ c1 ntinent under one roof, meekiag With tears
Of JOY and gratitude to witness This comming-
ling, there would he NO struggling At the polls
in the couaing election. APplsoss. When
| remember that it was Massachusetts and
South Casolins in. the .conyEfiffon which
framed the Constitution, voted against the.
abolition of the slave trade that it was Mas
sachusetts in 1882 which, through some Of
her men, taught the doctrines a hullifeation'
which South Carolina reasserted in 1888, and
" tho torn Of secession seaiuyesssefted u
1880; VIXEN call to mind that s.. CarclinA.
| fired the first gun in the contest, and that the
veins of Massachusetts poured out the FIRST
w, - H. -. 49, A.
mind ell these memories, and at the sanie,
time ask the people of this country to look in
on this Convention aud see those two old
States coming here in fraternal embrace upon
the altar of the country, ready TO make cons
mon sacrifices for the good Of the whole
| say again. could the people of the whole
country of the United States witness this, our
work would be doue. If the people of, Mass
acIfusetts, herself, could have witnessed it,
not single member would be returned to
Congress from that State lapplansel until be
- gwen a most sacred pledge 10 do all in
~ power to recognise the squahsy
ana dignity of all the States under
the Csssassaen, [cheep] yiscaadine ssses.
under the constitution TO representation in
| both houses of Congress. Cheers. Gen
temen, shell potgo insc Ne argsnsut On this
occasion. Il 0ries Of Ego ou.s TIE -distia-
gaished gentleman who proceeded, Gen. Dix,
has said all wish to TO say much better than
| could say it. | endorse, and take great
pleasure in endorsing, all tbs, he has said,
sentence by sentence. word by word.
[Cheers. Fellow Citizens, unfortunately, it
may be. the whole people of ~ United
States are not here TO witness what is now
transpiring, therefore the great work suIi
rests upon Us. From this lime to the next
4 al akO t.c
Efforts to see TO il that the next Con- /
gress shall not continue 10 refuse this
sacred right of representation to equal States; |
that the next Congress shall recog-
n!ze that right. lAppaasses j When this
Is done the Union is restored, and wher the
Union is restored we shall b entitled, in my
judgment, to enter upon higher and nober
career among the nations OF the earth than
has ever yet been occupied by any govern
ment upon winch the sun Of hex~en has ever i
shoue. loud Gheers.l We shall stand in
the vanguard OF lberty and civilization; we
shall lead the way by the light Of our exam |
pie for all the other nations of the EARTH /
Gentlemen, without deiainin4 you any longer
/ shall enter at once upon the duties OF the /
chair.
The Vice Presidents and Secretaries of the /
Convention were then invited to take their
dong so the baud played several airs. I
Gen. Stendman. the Chair man ofthe com
mittee on credentials made report, stating
tbat there were no seats contested except
from Maine, Delaware and New York I
and that Of these cases the Ieommittee had
made the following disposition:
The delegates elected by meeting held at
Portland, and headed by GOV. Crosby, are
rentItled to admission as the delegates from
Maine. he delegates elected al . meeting
at lover, on the 10th Of Jalf, 1866, are en- |
tstsed to admission as the delegation from
Delaware the persons chosen at Whining
ton, on the I'd day of Aug, are TO be admitted
to honorary seats in the Coayention. Gen /
tlemcn attending from the United Service |
Society of Soldiers and Sailors OF y. y. and
those elected by the New iprk delegation,
represented by MIR. Samuel j. Tilden as
chairman, are 10 be admitted 10 seats as hon. I
orary members.
Ia consequence Of the time that would be I
occupied in reading the full list Of delegates,
It's reading was dispensed with and under the I
previous question, the report of the commit /
tee was agreed TO.
Much amusement was caused by the !
chan man inadvertently speaking Of General
Sseadmsn as the Senator from Ohio, +
and the slip of the tongue wat characterized +
Mr.. Groesbeck. of Ohio, as the organ Of
the united delegation from that State, pres
sented letter of withdrawal from Mr. /
tallandigbam, and asked that il be read 10
the Convention The Chairman said that 1
would require the unanimous consent and
asked whether there was any objection. A I
gentleman from New iork rose and objected +
Loud cries of Read it. read it.
Senator johnson, of Missouri, moved that +
the rules be suspended in order to let it be l
read. The rules we're suspended and the
letter read, as follows
GIe.Rp House, PHIIA., Aug. 15, 1856.
TO ne Chzirmnn Of the National Union Con |
rentiea:
Sir i have this day received from the /
National Union Committee through the Hon. /
Vim. S. Groesbeck, the chairman Of the JOINT
Ohio delegation to your Convention, ticket
of admission as delegate from that State /
The Hon.. Geo. McCook, chairman of the
Democratic delegation from Onion, has also
communicated the following resolution this
morning adopted by that delegation:
Resoired unanimously by the Ohio Demo- /
cratic delegation, that we recognize the right /
OF Hon. Clement l.. Nalandigham, dutr |
elected delegate from the Sd Congressional
District OF Ohio, TO hold seat in this Con |
reniion that We should regard his refusal
10 seat as an unjust aud unreasonable in /,
fringement of the rights Of the Democracy of
said District and are ready to stand by him |
in the assertion OF his rights and the rights OF
his eeastitasnts tnst ve endorse most cur
daily tive purity and patriotism Of hts mo
tives, apd his aptness in every way to q seat
in said Convention yet. for the sake of har-
u,ony and good feeling in the same, and for
the great ends for which it was called, We
consent to his withdrawal from seat in the |
Convention. if, in bis Judgment, his duty TO
his constituents shall justify such withdrawal. |
Yielding TO my own deliberate conviction
Of duty and rights to the almost unanimous
opinion and desire Of friends whose wisdom
and soundness of judgment, and sincere purity
of motives. | may not question, to the
end that there shall be no pretext from any
quarter for any controverted question, or dis