The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-11
THE CALL FOR THE CONVENTION,

call thus issued read as foil ows:-
A National Union Convention, OF at least two
delegates from each Congressional district OF all
the States, TWO from each Territory, Two from
the District Of Colupbia, and tour delegates at
lalg ge from each State will be held at the city of
Philadelphia, on the second Tuesday Q4tn) OF
August next.
such delegates win be chosen by the electors
OF The several States who sustain the Admlnistra
I on in maintaining unbroken the Union of the
ates, under the Constitution wnic.- our fathers
established. and who agree in the following
The Union of the Slqtas is in every case,
indiss olUble, and is perpetual; and the Consti.
tution OF the United S'a,es, and the laws passed
by Congress in pursuance thereof, supreme and
constant and universal IN their Obligations.
The rights, the dignity, and the equality of
the States IN the Unlon including the right Of
repre entation IN Congress, are solemnly
guarante ed by that Constitution, to save which
from overthrow so much blood and treasure
were expended in the late civil war.
There Is no right, anywhere, TO dissolve the
Union, or to separate State from the Union,
either by voluntary withdrawal, by Orce Of
arms, or by Congressional action, neither by
the secession of the States nor bv the exclusion
OF their loyal and qualified representatives. nor
by the National Government IN any other form.
Slavery is abolished, and neither can nor
oulht to be re established in any state o; Terri
tory within our jurisdiction.
Each State has the undOubted right to pre-
scribe the qualifications Of ITS Tn electors, and
no external power rghtfully can, or ought to,
dictate, control, or influence the free and volun-
tary action OF the States III the exercise OF that
right.
The maintenance invioate of the rights OF the
States, and especially OF the riRht of each State
to ord ar and control its own domestic concerns,
according TO its own Judgment exclusively, sub
1eCt only TO the Constitution or the United
states, is essential TO that balance OF power ON
hch the perfection and endurance OF Our
pCl't Cal aUric depend, and the overhrow OF
that system by the usurpation and centralza-
ton OF power in Congress would be revolution,
oanperous to republican government and de-
stTuC tive of liberty.
Each House OF Congress is made, by the Con-
stitutiOn, the sole Judge of the eectIon returns,
and qualifications o. ITS members; but the eXclu-
sion OF loyal Senators and Representatives, pro-
| perly chosen ana qualified, under the ConsJitu.
| ton and la~s, is unjust and revolutionary.
Every patriot should irown upon all those
| acts and proceedings, everywhere, which serve
| no other purpose than to rekIndle the animosi-
| ties OF wal, and the etiec OF which upon our
| moral, social, and material interests at home,
and upon our standing abroad, differing only in
degree, is injurious Ike war itself.
| The purpose of the war having been to pre-.
| serve the Union and the Constitution by putting
! down the Rebellion, and the Rebellion having
been suppressed, al resistance to the authority
| OF the General Government beiug at an end and
/ the war having ceased war measures should
| also cease, and should be followed by measures
| OF peaceful admins ration, so that union, har
| mOny, and concord may be encouraged, and
| industry. commerce, and the arts OF peace re-
| vived and prOu oted; and the early rest grafton
| OF all the States TO the exercise OF their consC
| ,nt onal powers in the National Go Jern-
| ment is indspensably necessary to tae
| strength and the defense OF the republic, and
| o the maintenance OF the public credit.
| All such electors IN the thrty-siX States and
| inc Territories OF the Unled States, and in
| he District of Columbia, who in a spirit
OF patriotism and love for the Union can
| rise above personal and sectional consdera-
tions, and who desire to see truly Ma
| tonal Convention, which shall represent all
| tot mud o nnrrit tOrins Nt TInin
| assemble as tliends and brothers, under the
| national flag to hold counsel together upon tn e
| state OF tie Union, and to take measures to
| avert possible danger from the same,-are spe-
| cially requested to take part in the choice of
| such delegates.
But no delegate will take a seat in such Con-
| ventIon who does not loyally accept tue
| national situa Ion and cordially endor;e the
principles above set forth, and who IS not at
| tached III true allegiance to the Constitution.
| the Union, and the Government OF the United
States.
WASHINGTON, june 25, 1856.
| A. w. RANDALL, Prest.,
| J. r. DoOLITTLB, Exacptve
| o. III. BROWNING, COMMITTEES OF the
EDGAR CowAN, National Union
CHARLES KNAP, Clup
| SAMUEL FOWLER.
When the call had been made public, the
work OF preparing the country for the proper
| response to 1t was commenced in thorough
| earnestness. Mr.. Randall was the leader in
this par. of the labor his position as a supnrio
officer in the general Post Office affor ling him
unusual opportunities in this respect. At his
bidding the whole country was deluged with
| circulars and platforms and nearly every
otiice.holder under the Federal Govern
ment was in this way urged to take part
in the new movement National Union john
son Clubs" sprang up almost in every county in
the Union. The Democratic party, as party,
| also went into the movement with all its re-
yiving energy, its leaders tondly hoping that the
day of their resurrection from the political
grave was near at hand.
| THE PART TAKEN BY PHILADELPHIA
| has not been a secondary one. Inasmuch as the
| Convention itself was to assemble in our midst,
| the friends of Mr.. johnson, whether Democratic
OF Republican, thought it behooved them to
make special efforts ia the cause of their adop'
ton. The Democratic organizations of this
city and State went over to the Convention with
out moments parleying. The friends Of the
President who have not kept them company for
the past few years, organized themselves into
| National Union johnson Clubs.n
The Club, of which Henry Simons, ESQ.,. is
President, has taken the lead among the city
organizations. Its Executive Committee con-
ssts OF the follOwing;-
| Chairman. r. Flanigen.
Secretary-S. S. Lcidy.
| Treasurer-W. Eckfeldt.
Chairman of the Finance Committee-H. r..
gshall.
| These gentlemen after mature 6eliberation