, 1866-08-03
n.sx,. nskL::aS* CONVENTION.

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people "ese s"1"eu, "na .'. ,.,..3. s,.,.,.
not Fote' Anu ue ,..S. ~" ana inv
WAS ELL sun ,t,,, Constitution wis
f,r.nc,l and f,r y TING it was Kept
IN thc hands of loyal men in one scnsc-nen
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o,a.,;o1, t,,c r,hc,s ,,,;nea on them. unti, now
+,,o .,,,1;r,. st,te Gnvcrumcnt is in djsloyal
,,a.,as axco,t thc tnx.rnor Wells. who
trnn,r,, ,,cci,., as a Conservative Unionist,
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",... .,-,,o,,;,,,r all y,cforc them camc
war r. 4hr Radicals and has since. We be-
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n1,,or.1 c;t;zrns ~ .1,c only mems OF keeping
tha st.tc Corcr,mcnt in loyat hands.
III c, stato Cn,,ycrt;on. and to have ur.
a..a5 <,cc,1,ne tn III, varanrics in the FORMER
rs,s,.a.,tIo,, r,1,n IN. tt.orv that the ufescnt
cs"..,',nont ar ron;s;.n, is merely proyis
1on., w. ,,ro,osc,, state t;oy.rnncut; that i
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ran,zcl hy a lo,rer popular votc than tn
pfeSeh SLa1t aUSeEutue@A@ oue Aeet4se"s go
new Government would nave !he rsn
N esE CONGRESS to rltify it q
~, ,azrn,, ctat. co,crnmont of Ioui.iana
the 4a"1aA Seate ausctu'ns't VI A'"'s.'
on .he single s4onna ana1 ,o s,o,e :. ~
he Remembered that In Michigan Aansa
hho"e is.a"u. a'o, r.."Ai' ,',.o n'u ,,.,s IN,
I'sas s'a.e so'saeasa u ,I, ,'a,I ~. .,o 'a wv
.oaee' ana 1ni, 1d, us'Iu r eor.s M !,
1Un =. .Ae[ 1..-",,,,,,. ,r,,,,,, ~ mort IN cxc
else ITO new authority "Aatc'eF "n's't "'u
lead to breach ct Tic peace hf'tl1 lat'hea
Congress. Then 1t would beeon1r tue seSSut
stntc Government u Louisiana
No details have hrrIsed rc'a11'c l" lae pu
poses uf This CONVENTION oht Tue .scn'f'.' :,
tl'nat.s''s sa1oAn aut' aaa 'ne "A'''te " - =
hostility to it, Indicate tlat lis PURPOSE "
t. above SIT t"Tth. ~ VIII scfse !" m"'s:
whether We are progressing or Felro"ta'''
In the work OF Reconstruction 10 eo'nl'AFc :
present attempt tu hold Convention vi
TIC Convention acfnalls held III Iei- IL
nearly the whole sontli was Sill "naeF :
heel Of the retfetllon. lei ffcsiueht L'ne"l
with the ioFetnonsht a. 4 tsuss p''sfess'
statesman, addressed ~ II tue 1oilo"'aS
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u,,,or,,,1c usct,,t.1 Hahn.
MY NrAn sin: lr"nstatulasc you on hay
a.ed yUnr .a'ne n hisos O. r @ n'n1 nrc ': .,ou,
},ax. t.or,cn,io,. With, n,nnng nihcr shs.
will probably define thc elective i,nucni-s
h9cay *n.S.sa :, ,hs ,hr ;Hn, nc mur nat Ic
IN" a.. iut i,.t taucc, the .tsy Intelligent. ami q
chilly those ~in haze h'n:if ;,a]ialy tn ON ,ai
sous 70 s,sNtne .Fclo 'lig.y n,nm II, t'e @ aa,' y,
nnbIie. Iut 10 sou aio,.c. T.u,y youra.
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The Convention Was radical, Int It trlc'
.Yrim." Tie sn.erstlnn nj President
coin might then rahily have hoe" adopi
Dut WIS not, In letsrcnce Ia the Eel'"l "
Now, that rebel %nic l1ntl nnssrd ra'l!
is,n. anti With Ex Governor IIalln and oil
p,tt,upt to ndupt thr suggestion, thcn
parted l.y Mr.. Lincoln. they mi! the Con-
lion, WHICH IL rcesscmhlcd f"r that plsrp
urc murdered IN cuId tEsod. The nliScrc'
WHO led In the massacre wcrr tho boas
defenders Of Tic Jtlr,son pulley Of re-
rtructlon, The Cunvcrtton.sts aud
tym,utl,izcra were scchtus to carry out,
loo ia,c. tl,c suggestions bcat,ca thcd to t
liz Tue ...artyscd Lincoln. IL 10 n eisnit1
fact that the Equal Rights League Of
Orleans Is Atyicd the "Lincoln VindIcat,
while the rebels nuke up the entire y
so,r ,,ortv Xl,o will dare to saw with
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