The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-05
S. G. ROGERS.
SULTAN STULL, Il. q.
CHARLES M. Hollis,
j. w. HAWKINS, @
VIM. G. McDowELL.
Abstract or the Speech made by
Gov. Hamilton to the Address OF
Welcome Delivered by Mr.. Glib
bOnS. nc PhiIadelDhia. eHH

~ Eagoi PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 3. =
The following is an abstract of the
reply made by Gov. Hamilton, of
Texas, TO the address of welcome, de-
livered by Mr.. Gibbons, to-day: T;stii
Gov. Hamilton, in behalf of the as.
sembled loyalists of the South, re-
turned thanks for the welcome which
they had received. He said it would
be an unmixed pleasure to do so were
it not that they could not but remem-
Der the cause of their assembling;
they had hoped that after the triumph
of the National arms those who had
suffered so long would have some in
demnity for the past; at, least security
for the future; had hoped they would
be permitted to return to their. habit
atoms and renew their associations
with their friends, who they had SO
long been parted, but the experience
of the twelve months had taught them
in bitterness of heart that, ! the
spirit which animated the rebellion
was as rampant to-day as on the day
when rebels first drew the sword.
Voice, that's SOL The prescription
of all who aided the Government was
as rampant and incorrigeable at the
South, as defiant as indicative, and as
cruel as il was at any period during
the rebellion. Seeing this and real
izing that SO far from being RENTED
to their homes, they were RENTED to
the same element which had sought
the destruction of the Government,
some of them who happened to be at
the national capital deemed the time
propitious to call on the Unionists of
4 the South to send delegates to meet
meet and consult together as to
their own condition, and that of
their country, They met, and they
saw not only danger to them
selves, but a cloud, though no
bigger than man hand on the verge
of the horizon, which + might, ulti-
mately, spread r over the entire
country. The question then presented !
itself. where should they meet? They
knew there was not congenial spot
OF soil for them in the South. no place
where they could meet except they
followed the fate of those who met in
convention month ago in New Orr
leans. 1t had been truthfully, said
in one of the leading Administra-
ton papers that they would not have
dared to meet on Southern soil, and
in complete faith their eyes turn
ed instinctIvely to the good city
of Philadelphia, Cheers, lo where
civil, constitutional liberty on the
American continent had it's birth. |
They knew here in the city of Frank
lin and in sight of old Independence
Hall they might meet and consult
with the approving smiles of its citi-
zens; if not, where under heaven could
they go? [ A Ivoice-no where They
had come, assured of welcome, but
that which they had received, had far, |
outstripped their expectations, For
that welcome, he returned grateful !
thanks il, the name of the loyal men |
here assembled !, = and of the Ioyal
constituents whom they represent
ed, OF every man. woman and child, 4
whether, white or black. This Con-
ventlon had been called because they
realized the fact that no practical
principle of admission had been pro-
posed by the late Congress; they had |
hoped that henceforward this Govern
ment would be such Government as
the Fathers had intended tito be: in
giving freedom to every human being
within its limits, by placing on sure
foundation the rights of every citizen:d
but they found that they were only to
be RENTED to the tender mercies of
States which might, at their will and
discretion, strike down. their
human rights; they, therefore,
deemed the time suspicious to
bring back the peoplea to the
primitive ideas Of Republican liberty,
to organize a party, or rather to en-
force the organization of party de-