The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-29
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10 THE
SILDIERS AID Sailors.
Their Convention in Cleveland,
September I1--They 4 asked
20 Sustain the President.
NAsnrNnroy. August q. 1866.

WASHINGTON, August 81, 1866.
10 tie SJllerS aal Sulors lcio sercei IL
The Arny and NIrYof the Intel StItes
during he i,;c rcjofi0a:
In pursuance Of a resolution of meeting
of soldiers now or lately in the Union army,
held in this city last evening, We invite those
of you who approve the restoration policy
Of the President aud the principles an
nonncel 10y the Natihnal Union Convention
at Philadelphia, tn assemble at Cleveland
on the 18th day Of September next, for con
sultation on the mOment0us issues now con
vulsing our country. We need not ayow to
you at length the importance of the issues,
nor our duty to take part in their settlement.
Alter five year, OF fierce and destructive
war, in which our arms were g'o:iOuily trl-
umphant, the Union for which we fought Is
still practically unrestored. Why is this?
We struggled to maintain the RICH full SUI
prcmac of the General Government, to
conquer all who in arms disputed its author
ity, and to make every rebellious citiz n yield
to its laws.
We held throughout the war that the
Union is inaissoluble, and its power, as ex-
llllltl'LEl ny to OphlN1f Hhl'NNihNG NhNN ~
State can Of its OVID motion Withdraw, or at
the will of its sister States be excluded, aud
that the duty Of each State to maintain the
Union, and its right to take Fart in the
Government, are alike absolute. Every
object Of the war, ever recognized by or
known to the army and navy, has been
thoroughly achieved. The Southern peo-
pie, dtcimated, impoverished and subdned,
have for mlre than Il year past ahan tnned
the rebellion, and now only ask that the
Union for which we fought N Y be rec0g-
nized as existing, and that they may be
dealt with as the Constitution and laws pre-
scribe. In their anxiety to restore the
Union and bring harmony to its councils,
they have gone beyond a mere silent sub
mission to its laws. Through their dele
gltes at the National Union Convention,
they solemnly renowned the doctrines of
notification aud secession, from which the
war arose; repudiated the rebel debt, and
declared Of sacred obligation, the National
debt; proclaimed the faith of the nation
pledged to the continuance Of b0unties and
pensions to loyal soldiers and sailors, and
their families; declared slavery forever abol
ishcd, and the freedmen entitled to equa.
protection Of the law in person AMI proper
ty with their former masters,
Their platform iSnot only one OF emphat'
ic loyalty, but is, moreover, most liberal II
spirit on all the great issues growing out O.
the war. The character of the men VIII
represented the Southern States in that
Convention, rreclules us from believing thi.
enumeration Of principles to be inSin3ere.-
They seat to it their foremost statesmen
men who, like Reeves, Graham, Orr, Har
riSon, Sharkey, Houston, BrOckenb0rough
Hunt. Manning and Stephens, were known
~thoroughout the land before the war as meI
Of the highest character and influence
Among the five hundred delegates from the
South, there was not a voice or vote dissent
ing from the re olution; adopted by the Con
~yention. II the best Of the Southern PEG.
pie are ever to be believed, We must accept
these solemn declarations to be sincere
" e do accept them a. conclusive evidence
that a great majority Of the Southern PEG.
pie, sick Of war and anarchy, and longing
for Il restoration OF free government, are
ready to hear true allegiance to the ConSti.
tuition and laws of the Union. We are.
therefore, unwilling to ste the Southern pGo-
pie held longer in yass,lagc. They ar oay
countrYmmI, citizrns Of the United States,
WIN have inrurrnl nhnaltir;. but who have
rights.
Those whn wiiIu'ly participated in the re.
b%allion, AMI are nnFnrionrd, are subject tC
The pennIfi,s ptrse lied for treason; bur,
though inIyidIal& nav h. tried. convicted
and punished. c,wmuaitin> Gun MT, non
can the $t,fe anl their proplr. without q
plain violation of tn, C,1Hisati,n, be dc.
MED the rish, OF r~.p~e<:n,asirl. through
mea pc,son li,y qnlDii l. in The councils OF
the ration. The intention Of Congress
seems to he to l,priye til m If representa-
ton inst IA long az it suits tha purpose OF
the EtIi.al ptrty. Many assert chat it vii,
conrrI, a riyGt warpeyer the Cnnstitn,
tional Am uInnn. sLAi have baen adopted.
and thv pre- crinal n,m'mr Of States shal!
have ratiiel il. but il /, oq;te certain that
the amendment will not be ratified by three.
cnartrrs of the States, and, therefore, that
+ viii not h. . lontel. Some. pcrbqps mn