The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-09-14
For he East Tennessee Union Flag
The copperjohnson- -Straigh1acket-
rnnunntinun at Philad Alnhia.

IQ0 NOppSEJOAhoSh-S SNA "Ao~ N9~V0f- : :
Convention at Philadelphia.
The principle boast Of this Convention
must be It's members. BIT if that Is any
plea for the righteousness of its cause, the
D evil certainly has as good one. As a dehb-
eratiye body it certainly can make no boast,
and so far as the real business OF the0con-
ventioa was concerned, why, it being oil cut
and dried ready for use, il could just as well
have been done by Randall Doolittle, Ray
mOnd, Weed GOo. Southern se,essionists,
and Northern copperheads, che real bone and
sinew Of the convention, were not allowed to
take any part in the grand deI'Sgqlioa' Of this
Rabid Rebel Dick Taylor was allowed a
seat while poor Val, Weed'& Co., took out
side aeats for the sake of peace. How self
sacrifcngl Wonder If they thought about
taxation without tepresentatiUR2 10 -
Now, the proposed object Of the conyen-
,tion was to restore the very men, who they
ineonsistently cut out But the convention
must be harmonious and that could not be if
there was discussion, and SO we will make
the muss gulp down thaLeyen which they'd
no. quite so we'll relish. As tor instaBceitlie
declaration in tile 7th resolution, that slavery
is abolished and forever prohibited and there
is neither desire nor purpose Op the part Of
Southern States that it shonld be re-estab-
lished on the soil or within :he jurisdiction
Of the United States, and the enfrahchiSed
(?j slaves in all the States Of the Union
should receive in common with all their in
habitantS equal protection in person and
property -, ....
Said one OF old 4 will go forth as living
spirit,D and who will doubt otter reading the
above that he is still prosecuting his defilish
work 2 Look at the unaltered records Of
the South. Observe the malignant spirit
daily manifesting itself all over the South
and say Il there is particle Of truth In i'f
But the idea Of being bolted out 10 horrible.
} An yes J. But nothing very horrible in the
idea Of boItng to get oat, that was all right
Well, we admit that IL was hl right II you
wanted to bolt and go, aue we intend to give
you 10 understand tnat as you did the hrs;
boiling you shall stay bolted till there is
good reasoL to believe you can be restored
with safety 70 the best interests to the gov
frnmenL s .ss. v,esl rH ftF s
, ButyouE eoPperhsad advisers put you on
the ground Of the impossibility OF seeding,
that your act did not take you out Of tue
government Now, suppose the so called
Southern Confsderacy bad been success
had established itself as sanlindepe erdenI gov
eminent, would IL think you still belong to
the United States Government as surely il
must, If it could not Secede ..a
But the convention was d sham. Il pro-
fessed to be Union. Well, Is there not all
ready IN existence Union party who saved
the UuionG aud who will still save Il IN spite
Of all eopperbsAds and rebel reconstruction
isu7 Union convention Yes, just that
kind Of union spoken Of BY John @. Calhoun,
IN 1917, while 10 eOnyersatiOn with Com.
stswaft he said oTh4t We (slaveholders) are
snstocra,le, | admit, bot ye, We owe much
TO demOcraey, and 50 long as we can keep
the democratic party North and West with 4
Us we cad control the gOyernutnti but
whenever there iss split iu the democratic
party, then Ss must 20 for Southern Con-
iedsraeyr Nov, this is the party and power
that is sought 10 Be ts-ts,ablishedi Citizens
Of this enlightened Snd progressive Repu6-
Hc, win you be CALLED By such sophiasFy into
any such false position. Rather be PuTSua-
ded to s,flei adherence to the well es,ab-
,ablsbsd principles ofIu'tles, defended By
The pressnt stauneh. energetic and bold de-
t.hdsn Of The geoverbmsntg and The bright
star Of hope, whoIs riyi are brigh,nlhg and
uidniug wifi soon b odf btaepa llgbi 70 po-
ll.ieal and moral gloG. Smri'