The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-07-07
Democratic Address.

To the Pe0pR ~ "e INV" H
Dangers threaten. The Constitution
the Citadel of our liberties-is directly
assaulted. The future is dark, unless the
people will come to the rescue.
In this hour of peril, National Union
should be the watchwOrd OF every True
man. -o,.
Az essential to National Union we
mnst maintain nnimpaired the rights,
the dignity, and the equality OF the
States, including the right of representa-
tion in Congress and the exclusive right
of each State to control its own domes
tic concerns, subject only to the Constr
tuition of the United States.
After a uniform construction OF the
Constitution for moro than half centu-
nv. the assumption of new and arbitrary
movers in tho Federal Government Is
subycrsiye of our system, and destruc-
tive Of liberty. ~,
A free interchange of opinion and kind
Is feeling between the citizens or all the
states is necessary to the perpetulty OF
the Union. At present eleven States are
! excluded from the national council. For
seven long months the present Congress
has persistently denied any right OF rep
RESERVATION to the people of these States.
Laws affecting their highest and dearest
interests have been passed without their
| consent, and in disregard of the funda-
mental principle Of free government.
This denial of representation has been
made to all the members from State,
although the State, in the language OF
the President, presents itself not only
in an attitude of loyalty and harmony,
but i'll the persons of representatives
whose loyalty cannot be questioned I'M.
der any existing constitutional or legal
test"
misrepresentation of nearly one-third
Of the States have not been consulted
with reference to the great questions OF
the day. There has been no nationality
surrounding the present Congress; there
has been no intercourse between the
representatives of the two sections pro-
ducing mutual confidence and respect.
In the language of the distinguished
Lieutenant General: 1t is to be re
GREETED that at this time there cannot be
a greater commingling between the cit
liens Of the two sections, and partlcu.
| larly of those intlHsted with the law
making power" This state of things
! sbOula be removed at once and forever.
Therefore, to preserve the National
! Union, to vindicate the sufficiency of our
! admirable Constitution, TO guard the
States from covert attempts to deprive
them of their true position in the Union,
aud to bring together those who are un-
naturally severed, and for those great
national purposes only, we cordially ap.
prove the call for National Union Con
ycntion, To be held AT the city OF Phila
delphia, ON the second Tuesday Oath
Of August next, and indorse the princi-
pies therein set forth.
We, therefore, respectfully but earn.
cstly urge upon our fellow citizens in
each State and Territory and Con
gressional District in the Uuited States,
in the interest Of the Union. and i'll a
spirit of harmony, and with direct refer
ence to the principles contained III said
call to act promptly in the selection OF
wise. moderate and conservative men to
represent them in said Convention, to
the end that all the States shall at once
he rrstored to their practical relations
Ia the Union, the Constitution be main
tanned. ard peace bless the whole coun-