The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-09-15
The Philadelphia Convention.

Lie EnlldO0lpuld convention.
Wepublsh on our first page to-day, the Ad-
dress and below give the the resolutions, adopt
ed by the Philadelphia Convention of loyal
Southerners The Address is q terrible search
ing arragnment of Andrew Johnson, made by
men, who, like himself, are Southerners, and
who suffered much at the hands of the men whom
the President is now patronizing and admitting to
his confidence. 1t breathes forth patriotism in
every line; it ponders not TO secret disloyalty or
open treason, and will commend itself to every
man who loves his country. The following are
the resolutions:
l. ResolUed, That the loyal people of the South
cordially unite with the loyal people of the North
in thanksgiving to Almighty God, through
whose will rebellion unparalleled for its cause
lessness its cruelty, and its criminality has been
overruled to the vindication OF the supremacy of
the Federal Constitution over every State and Ter
ritory of the Republic.
2 ReSolOed, That we demand now, as we have
demanded at all times since the cessation of hos
tilties, the restoration of the States in which we
live to their old relations with the Union, on the
simplest and tewest conditions consistent with
the protection of our lives property and polite
al rights, now in jeopardy from the unquenched
3. Resol0ed, That the unhappy policy pursued
by Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States, in its effects upon the loyal people of the
South is unjust oppressive and intolerant and
accordingly, however ardently we desire to see
our respective States once more represented in
the Congress of the nation, we would deplore
their restoration on the inadequate conditions
prescribed by the President as tending not to
abate but only to magnify the perils and sorrows
of our conditions.
4. ResolUed, That the welcome we have receiv-
ed from the loyal citizens of Philadelphia, under
the roof of the timehonored hall in which the Dec
claration of Independence was adopted, inspires
us with animating hope that the principles of
just and equal government which were made the
foundation Of the Republic at its origin shall be-
come the cornerstone of their Constitution.
5. Resolved, That with pride in the patriotism
of the Congress, with gratitude for the fearless
and persistent support they have given to the
cause of loyalty, and their efforts to restore all
the States in the American Union, we will stand
by dispositions taken by them, and use all means
consistent with peaceful and lawful course to
secure the ratification of the amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, as proposed by
the Congress at its recent session, and we recog-
nize this amendment to the Constitution as the
only constitutional and legal plan for restoring
the complete Union of all the States as yet pro-
posed.
6. ResoIued That the political power of the
Government of the United States in the admins
tration of public affairs is by its Constitution con-
fided to the popular or law-making department
of the Government.
I. Resolved, That political status Of the States
lately in rebellion to the United States Govern
ment and the rights of the people of such States
are political questions, and are, therefore, clear
ly within the control of Congress, to thea exclu-
sion of the independent action of any and every
other department of the Government.
8. ResolUed, There is no right, political, legal
or constitutional, in any State to secede or with
draw from the Union but they may, by wicked
and unauthorized revolution and force, sever the
relations which they have sustained to the Union
and when they do, and assume the attitude OF
public enemies at war with the United States
they subject themselves to all the rules and prin-
ciples of internal law and the laws of war appli-
cable to belligerents, according to modern usage.
8. ResoI0ed, That we are unalterably in favor
of the Union of the States and earnestly desire
the legal and speedy restoration of all the States
to their proper places in the Union, and the es-
tablishment in each of them ofinhuences of patri
otism and justice, by which the whole nation
shall be combined to carry forward triumphant
ly the principles of freedom and progress, until
all men of all races shall everywhere beneath the
flag of our country have accorded to them free
ly all that their virtues intelligence, industry and
energy may enttle them to attain.
10. ReS0lOed, That the organizations in the
late rebellious States assuming to be State gov
ernments not having been legally established,
are not legitimate governments until recognized
by Congress.
IL. Resol0ed, That we cherish with tender
hearts the memory of the virtues, patriotism,
sublime faith and upright Christian life and gen.
erous nature of the martyr, President Abraham
Lincoln
H. ResoJved, That we are in favor of universal
liberty the world over, and feel the deepest SYM
pathy with the oppressed peoples ofall countries
in their struggle for freedom and the inherent
right of all men to devise and control for them
selves the character of the. government under
which they live.
10. Resolved That the lasting gratitude of the ma
tonis due the men who bore the heat of battle, and
in covering themselves with imperishable glory
have saved to the world its hopes of free govern
ment and relying on the "invincible soldiers and
sailors' who g made the grand army and navy''
of the Republic to be true to the principles for
which they fought, we pledge them that we will
stand by them in maintaining the honor due the
saviors of the nation and in securing the fruits
of their victories.
IA. Resolved That remembering with profound
gratitude and love the precepts of Washington
that we should accustom ourselves to consider the
Union as the primary object Of patriotic desire,
which has heretofore sustained US with great
power in our love of the Union, when so ma
nv of our neighbors in the South were waging
war for its destruction, our deep and abiding
love for the memory Of the Father ofhis Country
and for the Union is more deeply engraven upon
our hearts than ever