Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-23
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PHuADELPHIA, August 22.-The follow
ing resolutions were adopted at the great
Union meeting at Reading to-day:
Res0tUed, That we give praise and thanks
to Almighty God in that he has vouchsafed
unto US a full and complete victory over
those who sought, during four long years Of
bloody war, to destroy the last altar OF the
rights Of man, upon which to base free
Constitutions; that the black and lOathsOme
stain of slavery, which classed Us among
the dark and heather nations of the earth,
has at last been blotted ont and in all our
land no man can say to his fellow man:
Thou art NINE"
Reso'red, That we owe debt Of lasting
gratitude to the Union soldiers and sailors
Tor their valor and proves in putting down
the shareholders wicked and bloody rebel
lion, and We pledge TO their wives and or
phans our protection, support and patronage
when within our power to relieve them.
Resolvsd That in the joint resolution
which passed the Congress of the United
States by twO-thirds vote, proposing an
amendment 10 the Constitution, we recOg-
nlze the only safe palladium of the princi-
pies for which We sacrificed four hundred
thousand lives Of our best blood, and three
thousand millions Of treasure; that in the
same spirit which actuated our forefathers
to proclaim the Declaration Of Independ-
ence in l776, we most heartily endorse the
first section Of the amendment, declaring
that all persons born within the United
States shall be a citizen thereof; as means
also Of future protection, as well as present
fairness and equality, we are in favor Of
said section which provides for equalizing
representation in Congress and in the Elec-
tOral College, and We declare our avOwed
hostility, now and forever, against the ad-
mission of the States lately in rebellion upon
a basis of representation which gives to the
South 90 per cent more power in Congress,
and in the Electoral College, than an equal
number of white people in the North, while
the third section, excluding all peuured
rebels from Office, meets our hearty and I'M
qualified approval.
Res0lued, That the true interest and pur
pose of the policy laid down by ANDREW
JOHNSON, the made President by J. WILKES
BOOTH, is to resurrect from oblivion and
disgrace the Democratic party, which for its
reasonable course during the war was con-
signed to the tomb Of everlasting infany and
shame, and we believe that the success of
said policy must turn back the wheels of
progress a generation in our cOuntry's march
to greatness and to glory.
ResoIued, That in Major General J. B.
GEARY, the standard bearer Of the Republi-
can party of Pennsylvania, we have COM
bined the true principles Of the soldier and
statesman, the hero Of many battles and the
defender Of civil liberty, whenever and
wherever he has been called to govern.
Resolred, That ANDREW G.. CURTIN, the
good and loyal Governor of Pennsylvania,
has well evinced the noble title Of the sol
dier's friend, and in retiring from the CUB
ernatoriai chair, he takes with him the en-
tire confidence and esteem of every patriot
in the State.
ResOLUed, That HENRY J. RAYMOND, who
was made chairman of the National Re
publican Executive Committee by the Ma
tional Convention of 1864, which nominated
ABRAHAM LINCOLN for President-by his
having followed thelead Of the infamous An
DREW JOHNSON, and with him turned trail
tors to the principles of his party, and the
great interests and freedom of humanity,
and thus become unworthy and odious-and
this Convention thereby requests that the
Committee assemble, and without permitting
him to resign to forthwith expel him from
the Chair and from the Committee.