The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-07-14

"o WV earheSt appear OF S1ce-Prcsl-
dent ORn, can hardly cordially" do
such a thing. %5 IN t 81
p p Can any one of the excluded States
Del erotcly Sincerely and 'shonora-
btJ" pronounce themselves guilty of
treason, and dishonor the memory of
her fdtlen heroes. 1t is aebitter
thought, cvcnt conceive it, but tits
past onauraneeszwhen 1--WE are called
upon to execute. it..,,......,.,-,,,.,...,v,.,.,.
70 We have some dignity left, There
is honor even in defeat. Speech may
be MS valuable as silver, but silence
now is more precious and moro to be-
desired than fine gold. How can we
send delegates to Q Convention with
our eyes open to humiliation. No
concessions will be granted us there,
not even the, soft phrases of mild
charity, PEoPLE OF THE SoUrH, jnE
CALM AND, DIGNIrIED IN SILENCE.
/. Resolved, That we are now, as
heretofore, aardently attached to the
Union of the States under. the Consti-
tuition of the United States; that we
deny the right Of any State to Geccdo,
and hold that all attempts atshcession
arc null and void that all the States
are now States of this Union, as before
tho rebellion, and we deny the power
of the General Government, under the
Constitution, to excluded f5tate from
the Union, or to govern it as Terrific
ry. bt,. sH,rt s, i g.
D" 3. Resolved, That our confidence in
the ability, integrity, patriotism and
statemanship of President Johnson is
undiminished, and we cordially ap-
prove the general policy of his admin
lstratlOn, q yUh.a 9a.,Usa wu ..,
; 3. Resolued, That we endorse the
resolution of Congress of July, 1861,
declaring the object of the war on our
part to be the defence and maintc-
nance Of thesuprcmacy of the Consti.
tuition and 1.-The preservation of the
Union, with the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpair-
ed. .t. ,s,-.. pf.l ~.~'
4. Resolved, That, in the language
of the Chicago platform of 1860, and
as quoted by the late President Lin
coin in his first inaugural address,
"The maintenance inviolate of the.
rights of States, and especially of the
rights of each State to order and con-
troll its own domestic institutions ac-
eording to its own Judgment exclu-,
sively, subject only to the Constitu-
tion of the United States. is essential
to that balance of power on which the
perfection and endurance of onr politi-
cal fabric depends"
5. Resolved, That under the Con-
stitution of the United States is re-
served to the several States the right
to prescribe the qualifications of eiec-
tors therein; and that it would be SUBJ
versive of tho principles of our Gov
eminent for Congress to force univer-
sal suffrage upon any portion of the
country in opposition to the known
wishes Of the, citizens thereof.
= o.. Resolved, "That ,tnls Union must
be and, romain one and indivisible
forever," that the war for it's prcscr-
walton having been brought to tri-
umphant close, and the supremacy of
the Constitution vindicated, the rights
of the States nnder the Constitution
are to be maintained inviolate, and
thatioyal citizens within the States
ahd districts lately ovcrrun by rebel
lion aF2. entitled to all the rights
guaral@ acd to them by the Constitu-
tio,N ~ 81 o"| rs 'f'
Il Resolved, That all the States of
the lhiionl are entitled by the Consti-
tuition of the United States to repre-
sentation in the councils of the nation,
and that all loyal members duly elect
ed apd, returned, having the requisite
qualifications as prescribed by law,
should be, admitted to their seats in
Congress without unnecessary delay
by their reenoctiya Ho,,o, o.lsGt