Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-27
Address to the People Of Tennessee.

Our ueep interest IN the present unsettled
political condition Of the country prompts
us, portion Of your duly elected Senators
and Representatives 10 the Congress of the
United Statea to invite your special attention
to the call that has been made for aNation.
al Union Convention" 10 assemble in the
city Of Philadelphia on the l4th day day oil
August next.
Since the first Monday of December last
we have watched with intense solicitude the
the progress Of political events in Washing.
ton, and have witnessed with profound re.
greet the opposition made by the majority In
Congress to the wise and bene6cient policy
Of the President Of the United States.
Believing, a. We most sincerely DO, thai
under that policy the Union of the State
would be preserved, the integrity of tn,
Constitution maintained, and the inestimablt
right of the people Of each Stste to repre-
sentation in Congress distinctly recognized
we feel that the occasion demands such Con
vention, having In view the consolidation o.
all who are opposed to extremists as well al
the North a. at the South, and who, ignor
ing all past political differences, are willing
to unite in opposition TO the sectional actor
Of Congress, and in favor of the speedy res.
torat'on of all the States TO their practical re-
lations with the National Government.
Deeply impressed with the Importance Of
this common object and cordially approving
the political truths embodied in the call, We
earnestly appeal to you 10 take such meas
ures as will insure your representation in the
Convention.
In making your appointments we cannot
too earnestly impress upon you the necessity
of selecting your best representative men
such as will reflect credit on your choice
and who do in good faith loyalty accept the
national situation; cordially endorse the pa.
triotic principles set forth in the call, and an
attached In true allegiance 10 the Coustitu-
ton of the United States, the union Of the
States under 1t and the Government estab.
lished by it.
The people of the State Of Tennessee have
peculiar interest In the objects for which
the convention Is called. Seven months
have now elasped since the assembling Of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress, and they are yei
denied the Constitutional right Of represen.
tation.
The admission of your Senators and Re.
personalities with no other conditions thar
laws has been repeatedly, but vainly, urged
by The PREsIDkSr, and a.protracted session Il
about to terminate without even the prvil,
eye of being heard having been accorded Il
your representatives duly elected and &C
knowledged to possess the requisite legal
qualifications. rn 7rff ~
In addition, you are now gravely called
upon by the majority In Congress, and BIZ
Excellency the Governor, TO sanction On
amendment TO the Federal Constitution
which. II ratified by the States viii deprive
You Of your recognized political power, and
lessen the number Of your Representatives In
the national Legislature, unless you shall at
their bidding clothe the negro with the right
Of suffrage.
This we are unwilling to under any cir.
camstances.
We are well assured that you win not sus.
tain party which would thus attempt fur
ther to humiiate our noble State, and en-.
deaveor to throw cloud over the patriot.
ism OF Andrew johnson; and that you will
frown upon men who would subyert the Con
stitution OF our fathers for mere partisan pur.
poses; and that you will cheerfully cooperate
In a movement whose only object Is the pre-
servatien Of the rights, the dignity, the
equality, and the union Of the States.
DAVID T. PArTERsoS.
Eoxosp CooPER.
WV. b. CAMPBELL.
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July T. 1866.