Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-06
NATIONAL : UNION CONVENTION

two delegates from each Congressional Dis
tfict of all the States, two from each Terri
tory two from the District OF, Coluubia,
aud four delegates at large from each State,
VIII beihtld 40 the city OF Philadelphia, on
the second Tuesday (14th) of August, lie xt,
Such 1elegatesb will be chosen by the
electors of theiseEeral States who sustain
the Administration in maintaining unbro-
Ken the Union ofthe States, uhdefth Con-
stitution which our fathers established, and
I who,agreen nini the following propositions,
7 viz: ,oItj9gxs W9t div ,9Ta1 .'7ilNN ~ ~
The UniOnof the 6tatesiis. IN neyefy case,
indissoluble,I and IFS perpetual; and the
p Constitution of flthe, United States, and the
laws pafsedn byI Congress Id pursuance
thereof supreme, andeonstant, aud uniYer-
sal In their obligation go 8Nllq w .aJ,
The rights, the dignity and the Equality
of the States in the Onion, including the
right OF representation, In Congress, are
Y solemnly guaranteed byItbat Constitution,
! to save which from 0verthfow so much
blood and treasure were expended in the
late, civil war; YiuD o. 81 u3ih3 J" f,,',,'i
~ y There Is no right, anywhere, to dissolve
I the Unionpor to separate States from the
Union, eitheFFby voluntary withdrawal, by
! force OF arms, or by congressional lsctioni
neither by the secession Of the States, nor
fled representatives onor by the National
! GOVERNMENT in any other form; ~ i"AV''o ~.
1h Slavery Is abolished, and neither can, or.
Ought to be, re-established In any State or
Territory Within0ur jurisdiction; ~ n,
- Each State basil the und6ubted1 right to
prescribe the qualifications OF Its own elec-,
tors, and no eXternabpOwer rightfully cam,
OF ought To, dictate control, or influence
the free and voluntary action OF the States
in the exercise of that right;1 llo ~ y s'-i
The maintenance invIolate Of the rights
Iof the StatesC and especiallS'of the right of
each State to order and control its own do
mestic concerns, according t0its own iudg-
ment exclusively. subject only to the Co1f'
stitution of the United States, is. essential
! to that balances of power oniwhich the per-
feetion and endurance of our political fab
ric depend, aud the overthrow of that sys-
tenn by the usurpatiOh and Capitalization of
power in Congress would be a revolution,
dangerous TO reppblican government and
destructive 70 liberty;q 0"l Lhl w =,
Each Honse of Congress is made, by the
Constitution, the sole Judge Of the, elections,
returns and qualifications of its members
but the exclusion OF loyal Senators and
Represent tatives, properly chosen and qual-
itied, under the Constitution and laws is
unjust and revolutionary . ihih % IN.
bl Every patriot should 1r0wn upon all
those acts and proceedings, everywhere,
which can serYsyHo other purpose than to
rekIndle the animosities of war and the
etfeetof which upon onr moral, social and
material interests at lhome,and upon our
standing abroad differing only in degree,
is injurious like war itseli; ;l9lloQiDl :" ,'
The purpose of the war having been to
preseve the Union and the Constitution by
trr kh.a
hon having been sUppressed-allr resistance
to the authority ofthe General Government
being at an end, and the WarihaVihg ceased !
---wAr measures should salsoJ cease, and
should be followed by measures of peace
ful ADMINISTRATION, 30 that union, harmony
and concord may be encouraged, and in. !
id1stfy, commerce and the arts OF peace re-
yived and promoted !; and the early restora-
ti0ni0f all the. States to the exercise of
their constitutional powers in the National
G0veTnment is indi>pensably necessary to |
the strength and the defense of the Rephb- |
lie, and 70 the maintenance ofthe public
credit, ~ tsn9 suo1isrom 9dI 30
san such electors in the thifty4six States /
and nine Terrt tories Of the United States, |
and iH)the District or Col umbia, who in d |
spirit oflpatriotlsm and love for thesUnion, i
can rise above personal aud sectional cons
and who desirefto see atRhly j
Nafiohal Union ConEention9 which shallI /
represent all the States and Territories Of j
the Uni0n,, assemble, as, friend and broth Il
efs, under the national dag, to- hold coiiIl I
sci altogether npon the state ,ofthe Union, |
aud to- take measures to- avert possible |
danger from, the, sames lare specially re- |
quested to take part in the choice OF such |
sdBut no deleaate viii take A se5itin stiSBf 4