Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-07-04
Na,ionni Union Convention.

trics Of all the States, two from each Terrific
re. two from the District of Columbia, and
four delegates at large from each State, will
be held at the city Of Philadelphia cn the
second Tuesday (l4tb) Of August next
Such delegates will be chosen by the cleo
tors of the several States who sustain the Ad-
,ninist-ation in maintaining uuoroken the
Union of the States under the Constitution
which our fathers established and who agree
tp the following proposition, viz:
The Union of the States is, in every case,
jnl;ssouble, and is perpetual; and The Con-
sti,ution OF the United States, and the laws
passed by Congress in pursuance i!lv.ec'. su
preme and Constant aud universal III their
0bligat!oni
The rights, the dignity, and the equality
Of t'1e States in the Union, including the
right OF representation in Congress, are so!-
ernnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to
save which from overthrow so much blood
and treasure were expended in the la:e civil
Elri
Thers is 10 right, anywhere, to dissolve
the Union, or to separate States from the Union
either by voluntary withdrawal, by force OF
arms, or BY Congressional action. neither oy
tue secession Of the States, or sy ihe ex-
clusion of their loyal and qualified repTesen-
tatiyes, nor by the National Government IN
aay other form;
Slavery is abolished, and neither can. nor
on n. to be, re-established in any State or
Territory within our jurisdiction
Each State has the uudoubted right to pre-
scribe the qualifications of its own electors.
and no external power righduly can, or ought
n dctste. control or influence the free and
voluntary action of the States in the exercise
OF that right;
The maintenance invioiatc Of the rights OF
che States, aud eapeciall' Of the right OF eacn
State to order and control its OVID domestic
concerns, according to its own judgment ex.
clasively, subject only to the Constitution OF
the United States, is essential to that balance
or power Oh which the perft ction and endur-
anre of our POLITICAL fabric depend, and the
o.er.hrow OF ftha. system by the usur7ation
sal ceutraliz,ton OF power ip Congress would
be revolution dangerous to republican gov
..rn1pent and destructive of liberty:
Each House of Congress is made, ny the
Constitution, the sole Judge OF the elections,
returns, and qualifications of Its members
but the exclusion of loyal Senator'S and lie,
representatives., properly choaen and quallheo
under the Constitution and laws, is un)n"t
and revolutionary.
Eyary patriot should frown upon all those
acts and proceedings everywhere, which cSp
serve no other purpose than to rekindie the
animosites of war, and the effect of which
,pon our moral, social and material interests
at home. and npon our standing abroad, dit
iering only in degree, IL injurious like war
itself.
The purpose Of the war having been to pre-
serve the Union and the Constitution by put
ting down the rebellion, and the rebellion
having been suppressed, all resistance TO the
authority of the General Government being
st end. and the war having ceased, war mea'
snyes should also cease, and should be follow
I'd BY measures Of peaceful administration,
SO that union, harmony, end concord may De
encouraged, aud industry commerce. ana the
arts of peace revived and promoted and the
early restoration of ell the States TO the eXer-
else of their constitutional powers i'll the Ma
eional Government isindispcIssbly necessary
50 the strength and the defence OF the Re
public, aad 10 the maintenance oil The pubic
credit.
An such eIeesofz ia the thirty-six States and
nine Territories Of the United States, and in
the District Of Columbia, who, in spirit o'
patriotism and love for the Union, can rise
above personal aud sectional considerations,
and wEo desire to sec truly National Union
Convention, ghch shall represent all the
States and Territories Of the Union, assemble:
as friends aud brothers, under tho national
flag, to hold counsel together upon thp state
of the Union, and te take measures 10 avert
possible dslger from tie same, are especially
requested to take part in the choice Of such
delegates.
But no delegate will taa0 . seat in such
Cons sention who does not Loyalty accept The
national situation and cordially endorse the
principles above set forth, and who is not at
tached, in true allegiance, to the Constitution,
the Union, and the Government of the United
States.
A. W. RANDALL,