Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-14
Appeal of the Southern Loyalists,


The great Convention of Loyal South.
erners at Philadelphia finally adjourned
on Sept. z, after a long and harmonious
session. Immense crowds of spectators
attended the proceedings and the mass
meetings held between the sessions. At
one of these iP was estimated by compe-
tent persons that 1000 people were pres
ent. The magnitude of the crowds and
of the enthusiasm attending the Conven-
ton throughout have surpassed all ex-
pectatiOn. The true men of the South,
whose loyalty has been tested In the fiery
cTucible of persecution, no longer need an
Andrew johnson to speak for them. They
have spoken for themselves in a voice
whose thunder tones will be heard
throughout the length and breadth of this
land. Andrew j ohnson has been held up
to public shame and ma1edIction by the
masses of loyal Southern men speaking
in one voice which condemns him IN
scathing terms as their betrayer and per-
secutor. The Union party of the North
will now join the true Unionists of the
South in bringing fearful Tetribution upon
the President by whom they have been
alike deceived.
The resolutions adopted by the Con
ventiOn have the ring of a spontaneous
patriotism far different from that reluc-
tantly swallowed for bread and butter
bribe by the rebels who Joined their COP
perhead friends few weeks since at the
bidding of the High Priest of the disloy-
al Democracy. They denoUnce the re-
bellion as causeless and cruel and unite
with the loyal people of the North In
thanking Almighty God that it has been
crushed They demand the restoration
of the revolted States upon the feWest
conditions consistent with the national
safety, but deplore such a result npon the
inadequate and unjust conditions propos-
ed by the President. Congress is thank
ed for its persistent support Of loyalty
against treason, and Its reconstruction
measures are fully approved except where
in they do not provide for the greater Sc
curity of the loyal people In the States
not represented. The political power of
the Government Is declared to be IN It's
legislative and not executive department,
and the political status of the States late
ly In rebellion must therefore be deter
mined by Congress to the exclusion of
every other department. Secession is a
criminal heresy, not a pardonable mis-
take, and when it becomes revolution
must be treated and punished according
to the laws and usages of war The Con
vention declares itself unalterably In IA
vor Of the Union of the States and of
which accord to all races beneath our flag
all the rights to which their virtues, in
dustry and intelligence entitle them. The
governments now existing in the unrepre-
sented States are illegal until recognized
by Congress. The virtues of Abraham
Lincoln, the martyr President, are re-
membered and cherished, and the Irwin
cibie soldiers and sailors who bore the
battle and covered themselves with i'm
perishable glory" in redeeming the nation,
are entitled to the gratitude of all loyal
men, and are pledged the support of those
of the South in maintaining the honor
due them, and fruits of their victories
The Convention is in favor of universal
liberty the world over, and sympathizes
with every oppressed people struggling for
freedom.
Such is the substance of the resolutions.
Let everyone compare them with those
passed by Andrew Johnson's dumb show
and mark the contrast. The following Is
a condensed copy of the address:
The representatives Of eight millions
Of American citizens appeal for proteo-
ton and justice to their friends and broth
ers in the States that have been spared
the cruelties of the rebellion and the di-
rect horrors of civil war. Here on the
spot where freedom was protfered and
pledged by the fathers of the Republic
we implOre your help against reOrgan-
lied oppression, whose sole object Is to
remit the control Of our destinies to the