The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-22


maintain unimpaired and unimpeaehed1he
honor and faith of the Republic. 4
3. IL Is the duty OF The National Govern
ment TO recognize the services Ofthe Federal
soldiers and sailors in the contest Just closed
by meeting promPtly and fullyall their just
and rightful claims for services they have
rendered the nation, and by extending to
those who have survived, and to the wild
" and orphans of thUse who fell, the most
generous and considerate care.
10. In Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, who In his great office has
proved steadfastin his devotion 10 the Con-
~stitution and ohe land and the interests of
country unmOved by persecution and UNI
deserved reproach, having faith unassailed
in the people and the principle of free gov
eminent, we recognize a Chief Magistrate
who is worthy of the nation, and equa' 10
the great crisis upon which his lot is cast,
and we tender 10 him in the discharge of
his high and responsible duties our pro
found respect, and the assurance of our cor
dial and since e support.
The reading of the resolutions was fire.
quently interrupted by bursts of applause,
and at tn close the audience rose ca masse
to give vent to their satisfaction.
After the vote had been taken on the
adoption of the foregoing Declaration of
Principles, it Was found that the reading Of
Tue StN0Hin OnG udu Becil OllIttCu Uy dcCl l
dent, and this fact was announced by Sena-
tor Doolittlc. 1t was then read and adopt
cd, with great applause and unanimity.
The Declaration of Principles wis then
adopted as a whole, with enthusiastic cheers.
After the adoption, three cheers were
called for and given in the most enthusiastic
manner for Senator Cowan, Of Pennsylva-
MIA. r#t II. gs
Senator Cowan acknowledged the compli-
ment, but said that as he considered him
self the host of the Convention, one OF his
distinguished guest would address it by vir-
tue of authority unanimously derived from
the Committee on Resolutions and Address,
namely, the Hon. Henry j. Raymond, of
New York.
Mr.. Raymond thercupon 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 ap-
pealed to the Convention to restrain from
such manifestations until the reading of the
Address should be concluded.
Nevertheless, at the close of the one SEN
tence declaring that no people subjected to
such treatment as that to which the South
was now subjected could long remain loyal,
cheer after cheer resounded through the
Wigwam. aH
Senator johnson asked that the sentence
be repeated. The sentence was read again,
as follows:
"No people has ever yet existed whose
loyalty and faith, under such treatment long
continued, would not ALLEVIATE and impair;
and the ten millions of Americans who live
in the South would be unworthy citizens of
a free country-degenerate sons Of heroic
apanSfrU- nnHt nVpr to hnnnna fha uuar-
dams of the rights and liberties bequeathed
to us by the fathers and founders of this Re-
public-if they could accept with uncom-
planning submissivcness the humiliation thus
sought to be imposed upon them" 3.
This sentiment was again cheered with
the greatest enthusiasm. and at the close of
the reading of the Address Ex-Governor
Perry, of South Carolina, rose and moved
its adoption.
The motion was declared carried unani.
/, mously, amid prolonged cheering.
Mr.. Samuel j Tilden, of New York, then
rose and proposed, on behalf of the New
York delegation, three cheers for Hor. I'll
j. Raymond, who had prepared the Address
just read.
Mr.. Patton, on behalf of the Pennsylva-
mia delegation, seconded the call.
The cheers were then enthusiastically Civ
en-. tats FL laf "
The address contains about 5000 words.
and will make not far from four solid columns
in the New York morning papers. 1t de-
mands the universal acknowledgment of the
legitimate Consequences OF the war, which
are the perpetual maintenance of tic Union
and the destruction OF slavery. 7f
1t asserts next, that the Government &C
CURED 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 dig
nifty of the States should remain unimpair-
cd and intact. 'lfM au
The power assumed by the Government
in the States since the war closed was In vi
~olation of the Constitution.
The Constitution declares that no State
shall, without its own consent. be deprived
OF it, equal representation in the Senate.
The action of Congress denying represen-
tation to the Southern States, appears as
great an etfert to overthrow the Government
as was that by armed rebellion. Ifone Con
gress can exclude on one pretpxt, another
Congress may exclude other States on on
other. There Is no warrant for this in the
Constitution. Not only can not representa-
tives be excluded from Congress, hut no
State. without Its own consent, can be de-
prlyed OF equ,,l representation in the Sem
ate, even by an amendment of the Constitu-
ton. -va .e.7a.
The only pretcxt for the action of Con-
gross is that the States lately in rebellion
have lost their right to representation,
which the supreme Government alone can
restore. But it is a principle that no right
can be forfeited, nor can the right or duty
OF a State to be represented in Congress be
impaired by reballiun; only its enjoyment of
that privilege can be INSTRUCTED. n.
The address further asserts that the posi-
ton Of Congress in the matter is not war
ranted by the Constitution, and is not COM
patible with the public safety. ti 'ara
1t is also argued that three fnurths of the
loyal States can not change the fundamental
law affecting the others, and that we have
no right to pass judgment upon the motives
OF any citizens of the United States wren
his acts arc loyal. Nowhere are the laws
now obeyed better than in the States lately
in rebellion. Enc disturbances that have
occurred, were due as much to injudicious
political movements as any purpose hostile
to the Government.
If the people of the South show less dis
position thyn formerly to acquiesee in the
new order of affairs, it is because Congress
has withheld their rights from them. IF
they felt otherwise, they would be degener.
ated 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 exercise of their rights it they were
willing to submit to such humiliation.
These men acted as they did, either from
a conviction Of right or they were nnder
compulsion. For this they have suffered
tenfold more than those who have remained
in allegiance.
The Address pledges their future obcdi-