New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-12
Protection for Every Citizen Demanded on the
Basis Of Equality.
Impartial Protection in Organic
State Laws.
RELIANCE ON CONGRESS AND TIE GREAl
UNION PARTY.
The Convention to Meet in Philadelphia
on September 8.


wA5nNCIos. wednesday. July u. lssc.
A meeting OF ne southern loyasts now in this city,
held to-day. OF ch the following call was nuani-
mously adopted atl si-ned. Other signatures viii bo
added during ths sec making tho call more complete
one when piu 30 sued in Official form. In its present
shape, Their g BE- ,oeal many Of the most prominent
public be South lawyers, journalist, merchants
and officers Ihe ,u T., tie Convention is IS follows:
To the Loyal Ci.sais.s y ne Sont'
its supporter GnY ieir that no rights OF the citizen.
enumerated .n Consultation ard established by supreme
law must be % NV te Rebels and Rebel sympa-
thizers at TIE rights o the citizen nest belong to the
States alone aeF such regulations as tho respeeii's
States choose ,ogply prescribe. We have seen tnisE
doctrine of sae s0eesls carried out in Its praeea re-
suits, until "a authority Congress was dened, the Union
Temporarily destroyed. constitutional rights OF the ctzens
Of the South nearly eunhiaed and the land desoated By
civil Tie time has come when ihe structure a
Southern State Governments Eust be lid on eonsiiis
tiona principle. r u des?oiism grown up under
an atrociou ,lerelip be permitted 10 remain
We know obr plan iaa that Congress Under its con-
sutonal power sal exercise its authority to csab
lish tie princ whereby protection Is made eoex'eGsNe
with citizenship We maintain that no State either oyiis
organic law legislation, make transgFesson on the
rights citizen legitimate We demand, aud ask yoG to
concur in demaudE protection every citizen cftbe great
Republic on the equality before the La, and further
that 10 State government shond Do recognized legitimate
under the Constitution fa & does no. by its organic
law make impartial prot elton faIi sad complete
Under the doctrine Of State Sovereignty. with Rebels
in the foreground controlling Southern Legislature
aud embttered by disappointment their schemes to destroy
Union there will SAFETY r tie legal clement Of the
Solth. Our reliance for protection Low on Congress and
the great Unon party that has stood, and slsdng by the
nationality by ato1s tights Of tie citizen and
by benfeent principles Of free government For TIE
purpose bringing the loyal Unicnsis Of the Soath into
conjuucye action with the tgue friends OF Repnhisan
government Of tho North inyltc you 70 send der
gates in Qoodly numbers from all Soltasrn -stsi~~--
.usyv sa,ssour,, kentucky, West Virginia. haryshd
and DelwGrcto Independence Hall 10 the CITY OF
Philadelphia on the Monday OF September next IL IL
proposed that we should that time to recommend
measures for the establishment Of sCch government in The
So utt as aceords with and protects the right; Of oil een
We trust this call will be responded to By numerous delegations
Of such as represent the loyalty Of tie south-ihat
kind government which gives I'll pTotee-un 10 thergEs
Of the czens such fathers Intended ani we clam as oar
bir,hriet Either the tf Constitutional liberty must
fsle the nation rebels and their syDsathze be per-
uited TO mrue Shall loyalty disOysy have the keep
ing o the denes Of the nation Let the responses TO ths
cal which is now circulation for signatures aud being
numerously signed Notice is given Tat seDemen
at distance have their names attached TO py senHhs
request by letter directed to d, W. bingham. esq wash
ingtOn, ID. {.