Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-14

rights ana franchises which NAV be pecesss
~ to adjust and settle this mighty contro-
yersy ia the spirit of the most enlarged and
Christian philanthropy.
6Eo, W, PAscHAL, of Texas, Chairman.
T. %. SIDNEY, Of Mississippi.
JOHN Il. ATKINSON, of West Virginia.
JOHN a. ALLDERbICE. Of Delaware
! a AZ. HAWKINS, Of Tennessee,
SAMUEL Knox, Of Missouri.
| W RIGHT IL. FISH, OF Louisiana
| MILTON j, SPAPFoLD, of Alabama
PHILIP FRASER, of Florida.
ID. X. G0oBLoE, of North Carolina.
u. Z. FoRNEY, of District of Columbia.
JOHN A. y. UREsWEL1,, OF Maryland
g. W. AsHBURN, Of Georgia.
The reading of the address was interrup-
ted with cheers, and at its conclusion three
cheers we're given for it.
After some discussion the address was
unanimous adopted
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were read.
amidst great applause, and unanimously
adopted, via:
/. Resoleed, That the loyal people of the
South cordially unite with che loyal people
OF the North in thanksgiving TO the Aimigh
ty God, through whose aid a rebellion un-
paraleled for It's caHselessness its cruelty
and It's crlminality, has been oYerruled to
the vlndication of the supremacy of the
Federal Constitution ever every State and
Territory of the Republic.
.a 2. Resoleed, That we demand now as VIC
have demanded at all times since the cessa.
ton Of hostilities, the restoration of the
States in which We live to their old relations
with the Union, on the simplest and fewest
II. Z
the nation and with the protection of our
lives property and political rights, now in
jeopardy from the unquenched enmity of
rebels lately in arms.
g. ResOtCsd, That the unhappy policy pur-
sued by andrew johnson, President of the
United States, is in its effects upon the lovaI
people of the South unjust, oppressive and
intoleIable--and accordingly, however ar
IDENTIFY we desire to see our respective States
once more represented IN the Congress of
the United States, we would deplore their
restoration on the inadequate conditions
prescribed by the President, as tending not
to abate but to magnify the sorTows and
perils of our condition
4. 4.ReSotoed, That with pride in the patri-
otlsm of the Congress, with gratitude for
the fearless and persistent support they
have given to the cause of loyalty, and their
efforts to restore all the States to'their for
mer condition as States in the American
Union, we viii stand by the positions taken
by them, and use all means consistent with
peaceful and lawful course, to secure the
ratification of the amendments to the Con-
stitution Of the United States, as proposed
by the Congress at its recent session, and
regret that the Congress in It's wisdom did
not provide by law for the greater security
of the loyal people IN the States not yet ad-
mltted to representation.
5. Reso}ced, That the political power of
the Government of the United States in the
administration of public affairs is by its
Constitution, eonfded to the popular law
making department of the Government.
6. ReS0fced, That the political status of
the States lately in rebellion to the United
States Government, and the rights of the
people of the United States, are political
questions and are therefore clearly within
the control Of Congress, to the exclusion of
the independent action of any and every
other department of the Government
I. ReS0tred, That there is no right, poiiti-
cal, legal or constitutional, in any States to
secede or Withdraw from the Union: that
they may by wicked and unauthorized reyo-
luton and force sever the relations which
they have sustained to the Union and when
they do so and assume the attitude of public
enemies at war with the United States, they
subject themselves to all the rules and prin-
cipleS Of international law, and the laws OF
war applicable to all belligerents, according
to modern usage. s -az s.et
s. ReSoire8, That We are unalterably in
favor of the Union of the States, and earn
estly desire the legal and speedy restoration
of all the States to their proper places in
the Union and the establishment in each of
them OF influences of patriotism and justice
by which the whole nation shall be combined
to carry forward triumphantly the principles
of freedom and progress, until all men OF ali
races shall, everywhere beneath the flag of
our country, have accorded to them freely
all that their virtues, intelligence, industry,
patriotism and energy may entitle them to
attain.
3. Resotred, That the organizations in the
States, assuming to be State
governments not having been legally estab-
liShed, arc not legitimate governments until
by Congress.
10. ReSoired, That the welcome we have
received from the loyal citizens of Philadel-
phia, under the roof of the time honored
hall in which the declaration of independence
was adopted, inspires US with an animating
hope that the principles of just and equal
government, which were made the founda-
ton of the Republic at its origin, shall be-
come the corner stone of the reconstruction.
IL. Resolre9, That we cherish with tender
hearts thememory of the virtues, patriotism
sublime faith, upright christian life and gen
erous nature of the martyr President, Abra-
ham Lincoln.
II. Resolced, That we are in favor of uni
versal liberty the world over, and feel the
deepest sympathy with the oppressed peo-
pie of all countries in their struggles for free
dom, and the inherent right of ali men TO
decide and control for themselves the char
aeter of the government under which they
live
l3 Resolred, That the lasting gratitude
of the nation is due to the men who bore
the brunt of the battle and in covering
themselves with imperishable glory, have
saved to the world its hope of free govern
ment, and relying upon the invincible sol
dlers and sailors who made the grand army
and navy of the Republic to be true to the
for which they fought, we pledge
them that We win stand by them in main
tanning the honor due the saviors of the ma
ton and in securing the fruits of their vic
tories.
A. ReSolred, That remembering with
profound gratitude and love the precepts
of Washington that we should accustom
ourselves to concider the Union as the
primary object of patriotic desire, which
has heretofore sustained us with great pow
er in our love foF the Union, when so many
Of our neighbors in the South were wagingf
,Sar for its deStrnefiou otlr dee n and ab1inrs