The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-08-22
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST %, 1866.

of the gentlemen who compose this Con-
vention, but because it is a Convention
of the people Of all the tates Of the
, Union, Applause. ! and because we can
not doubt, if its proceedings are con-
Quoted with harmony and good iudg-
ment, that it will lead to important re-
suits. It may be truly said that no body
of men have met or this continent under
circumstances so momentous and so i'm
portant since the year 1887 [ApplauSe.l I
The year when our ancestors assembled
in this city to form better Government
. for the States which composed the con-
federation; Government which has
been confirmed and made more enduring,
we trust, by the fearful trials which it
has encountered and overcome APP
plause.] Ten States have yet no repre-
sentation in the Legislature ofthis country,
and tits this wrong we have come to
protest against, and as much as in our
power to redress. When the President
of the United States declared that the
war had ceased, all the States had the
= right Of Representations. The exacting
of new conditions is snbver>ive to our
national liberty, and dangerous to, the
public peace. Applause. Is this the
Government our fathers fought to es-
tablish, or whi:h We have fought to
maintain?, ? He trusted that in the de-
liberations of the Convention the main,
idea would lie to change the present
complexion of. Congress, to purify the
Republic, and bring it back to its origi-
nal standard-one coQntry-one flag
one union of eqnal States. -.
After. the appointment Of, the. com.
mittees on credentials. resolutions and
organization, the Convention adjourned
until Tomorrow, at noon. y" .-'@ - T. -. ". ..
Senator Doolittlee has been nomi-
mated in the committee organization as
permanent chairman, ,s> ..*
=. ValIandigham senta letter to the Ohio
delegation, declining to go into Conven-.
tion it Will be read before the body
tomorrow .,~.s. .>~.,, ~,. e.. ...~.
PHILADELPHIA, August .15.-NooN-
The Convention was called to order at
noon. The vigv&n was crowded with
delegates and Spectators. A large num-
Der of adies were present. General Dix,
in the chair: Mr. Blair, from the COM
nlittee on. organization, announced Mr..
Doolittle for President, which was re
ceived with great applause =.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l5.-A National
Convention If soldiers of the North and
South,is arranged to take place in Sep;
tember, at Cincinnati. The leading Off
GERS Of the Union and Con{edcr tie armies
are active. in this work It will be a
movement cooperative With the Union
Convention. 80 -"
PHILADELPHIA, August 15.-Thc Com
mittee on Credentials reported in favor
ofthe admission of Gen. Crosby's Maine
delegation. Fhe letter of Yalanaigham
met with great applause. After stating
that the Ohio delegation had passed
resolutions endorsing hitn as a duly
elected delegate, his patriotism and fit
ness to represent his constituents, and
declaring th,i rea ineSS to stand BY him
in the assertion othis rights as a delegate,
should he deem it proper to present him
self to the Convention, he says: "Yicld-
ing my own deliberate conviction f duty
AID right to almost asun&nimouS opinion
and desire of friends, whose wisdom and
soundneSs Of judgment and sincerity
and purity Of motives may not question,
to the end that there shall be no pretext,
even from any quarter, for any contro-
verted question or disturbing element in
the Convention to mar. it's harmony or
hinder, in any way the results to the
cause Of the Constitution, the Union and
public liberty which shall follow from its
deliberations and it's action, I hereby
withdraw from the Ohio Democratic
delegation, and decline taking my seat
in the Convention. I am profoundly
conscious that the sanctity and magni-
tude and the interests involved in the
present political canvass in the United
States are too immense not to demand q
sacrifice of every personal consideration
in struggle upon the issues Of which
depends, as [ solernnly believe, the pre-
sent peace, and ultimately the existence
ola free Republican Government on this
continent. In conclusion, / trust the
proceedings will be harmonious, the
action wise, and that the results will be
crowned &ith triumph" y ..
The following despatch Was received
from the Pre>ident:Els -~ ..""
To Hon. O., II. Browning and Hon. 4. ".
Randall, Convention, Philadelphia; ,