Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-14
Tho Democratic Address.


Tho Democratic Address.
The following is the address of the Nation
al Dou,ooratic party, jus, issued lis signed
by Hon. Rcycrdy johnson and forty other
Senators and members Of Congress:
WASHINGTON, July 4, 1866.
T" he R"ph Of Mc LAtteh iS',0c$:
Dangers threaten. The ConSttnion--tho
citadel III our libcrtics--is directly ass.iIcd.
The future is dark unless the people viii come
to thn rescue =.
In this hour of peril National Union should
DC the wntchword of every true man.
AS ESSENTIAL to National Union, we must
maintain lnmparrd The rights the dignity,
and the cqu,iity Of the States, Including tho
right of representation in Congress, and the
exclusive right of each State to control its
own domestic concerns, subject only to the
Constitution OF the United States. @
Attcr II uniform construction of the Ccnsti-
tutiun for more than half century, the as
sumption Of now and arbitrary powers in the
Federal Government is S,bversiyc of our sys-
TEN aud destructive of liberty.
\ free Interchange OF opinion and kind feel
ing hutwcen the citizens of all the States is
necessary to the perprtuity Of the Union. At
present, eleven States arc excluded from tho
national council. For seven long mouths, the
present Congress has pcrsistcntly denied any
right Of representation to the people Of these
States. laws affecting thni: highest and dear
est interests have been passed, and in aisrr-
gard of the Fundamental principle of free, GOV
! crnmcnt. This deninl of representation has
been made to a,| the members from the State,
, although the State, IN the language Of tho
President, "prcsents itself not only in an at-
ltu,le Of loyalty and harmony. But in the per-
sons Of Representatives whose loyalty cann"t
be questioned under any existing constitutions
al or legal tes.."
| The representatives Of nearly onc.thirl of
the States have not been consulted with refer
cncc to tho great questions Of the day. There
has been no nationality surrounding the pres
clt Congress. There has been no intercourse
betweeu the representatives of the two sections
producing mutual confidence and respect In
the language Of tho distinguished Lieutenant
General, "lt is to bo regretted that at this
time thcrc cannot be grcntcr comn,ingliny
between the citizens Of the two sections, and
particularly of those entrusted with the law
making power" This state of things should
be removed ut once and forever.
Therefore, TO preserve the National Union,
to vindcatc the snificcucy Of our admirable
Constitution, to guard tho States from covert
attempts to deprive them Of their true posi-
ton In the Cn:on, a"d bring together ,lus,.
who arc unnaturully severed, and for those
great national purposes only, we cordially al,-
prove the call for a National Union Convci.-
ton, to be held at the city Of PHILADELPHIA, On
the second "Wednesday t4tlD of August next,
and endorse the principles therein set forth
|. We, therefore, respectfully, hut earnestly
urge upon our fellow citizens, in each State
and Territory aud Congressional District IN
the. United States, in the interest of union
and in spirit Of harmony, and with direct
reference tothe principles contained in said
call, to act promptly in the selection of wise,
moderate and conservative men TO rcprcscus
them in said Convention, to the end that uH
tho States shall at once be restored to their
practitional relations to the Union, the Con.
stltntIon be maintained, and peace bless tho
whole country.