Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-23

cast; and we tender to him, in the dis
charge OF his high and responsible duties,
our profound respect and assurance of our
cordial and sincere support.
After the vote had been taken on the
adoption of the foregoing declaration of
principles, it was found that the readino of
the seventh one had been omitted bv ac.
cldent, andthisfact was announced by Sena-
tor Doolittle. 1t was then read and adopted
with great applause and unanimlty.
The declaration of principles was then
adopted as a whole, with enthusiasts tic
cheers.
After the adoption, three cheers were
called for, and given in the most enthusi-
astic manner, for Senator Cowan of Penn
sylvania
Senator Cowan acknowledged the compli-
ment, but said that as he considered him
self the host of the convention, one of his
distinguished guests would address it by
virtue of authority unanimously derived
from the committee on resolutions and adj
dresses, namely, the Hon. H. J. Raymond
Mr.. Raymon therefore proceeded to
read the address, which had been written
by himself, as had also been the declaration
of principles. He was SO frequently inter-
rupted by applause that the Chairman APP
pealed to the convention to restrain such
manifestations until the reading should be
concluded. Nevertheless, at the close of
one sentence, declaring that no people sub
jected to such treatment as that to which
the South was now subjected could long re-
main loyal, cheer after cheer resounded
through the wigwam.
Senator johnson asked that the sentence
be repeated. The sentence was read again,
as follows: ''No people has ever yet ex-
listed whose loyalty and faith such treat
ment, long continued, would not ALLEVIATE
and impair; and the ten millions of Ameri-
cans who live in the South would be un-
worthy citizens of free country, degen-
crate sons of heroic ancestry, unfit even
to become the guardians of the rights and
liberties bequeathed to them by the fathers
and founders of the Republic, if they could
accept, with accomplishing submissiveness,
the humiliation thus sought to be imposed
upon them"
The sentiment was again eheered with the
greatest enthusiasm, and at the close of the
reading of the address, Ex-Governor Perry
of South Carolina rose and moved it's adop-
ton.
The motion was declared to be carried
unanimously amid prolonged cheering.
Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden of New York then
rose and proposed, on behalf of the New
York delegation, three cheers for Hon.
Henry J. Raymond, who had prepared the
address just read.
Mr.. Patten, on behalf of the Pennsylvania
delegation, seconded the call. The cheers
were then enthusiastically given.
The address contains about 5000 words,
and will make not far from four solid col
umns in the New York morning papers. It
demands the universal acknowledgment Of
the legitimate consequences Of the war,
which are the perpetual maintenance of the
Union and the destruction of slavery. 1t
asserts next that the Government acquired
no new rights or powers by the war that
it acted only on the defensive. Congress
had passed a resolution that when the war
closed all the powers and dignity Of the
States should remain unimpsired and in
tact The power assumed by the Govern
ment in the States, since the war closed, Was
in violation Of the Constitution. The Con-
stitution declares that no State shall, with
out its own consent, be deprived Of its
equal representation in the Senate. The
action Of Congress denying representation
to the Southern States appears as great an
effort to overthrow the Government as was
that Of armed rebellion. If ole Congress
can exclude on one pretext, another Con-
| gress may exclude other States on another.
! There is no warrant for this in the Consti-
tuition. Not only cannot Representatives be
excluded from Congress, but no State, with
out it's own consent, can be deprived of
equal representation in the Senate, even by
an amendment to the Constitution. The
only pretext for the action Of Congress is,
| that the States lately in rebellion have lost
their right to representation which the su-
preme Government only can restore. But
it is principle that no right can be for
feited, nor can the right or duty of State
to be represented in Congress be impaired
by rebellion; only its enjoyment Of that
privilege can be INSTRUCTED.
The address further asserts that the posi-
ton of Congress in the matter is not COM
patible with the public safety. It is also
| argued that three fourths Of the loyal States
cannot change the fundamental Law affect
ing the others, and that we have no right to
pass judgment upon the motives OF any
citizen of the United States when his acts
are loyal. Nowhere are the laws now
| obeyed better than in the States lately in
rebellion. The disturbances that have oc-
| Cured were due as much to injudicious
| political movements as to any purpose hos
| tile to the Government. If the people of
the South show less disposition than for
merly to acquiesce in the new order Of
affairs, it is because Congress has with
held their rights from them. If they felt
otherwise they would be degenerate sons Of
their sires No people ever existed whose
| loyalty would not have been impaired by
such treatment. The people Of the South
would not be worthy to be trusted in the ex-
ercise of their rights if they were willing
! to submit to such humiliation. These men
acted as they did either from conviction
of right or because they were under com
pulsion. For this they have suffered tenfold
more than those who have remained in allie
| glance.
The address pledges them to future obedi-
ence to the laws. 1t adds that the war has
swept away slavery, the cause of sectional
variance and hostilities, and has revealed
and disciplined our powers.
The address directs attention to the fact
that new Congress is soon to be. elected,
and adds if the present policy be pursued
civil war may DE renewed; Snd calls upon
every Congressional District to retur only
members who are favorable to the policy OF
restoration.
The several committees appointed by the
Chair were then announced as follows:
National E1ecutive Committee-J ohm I.
Crowell of New Jersey, Chairman. Maine,
James Mann and A. A. Gould New Hamp-
shire, Edward Burke and E. s. Cutler
Vermont, B. B. Smalley and Col. H. N.
Northam; Massachusetts,, Josiah Durham
and r. S. Spoford; Rhode Island, Alfred
Anthony and Jas. II. Parsons; Connecticut,
| Las e Rahcnck and u G. Scranton NeW