Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-07-05
National Union Convention.

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National Union Convention. 4ntl
, ANational Union Convention of at least
two delegates from each Congressional Dis
triet of all the States, two from each Terri
tory, two from the District of Columbia, and
four delegates at large from each State,
will be held at the city of Philadelphia on
the second Tuesday (l4th) of August next.
Such delegates will be chosen BY the cleo:
tors of the several States who sustain the
Administration in maintaining unbroken the
Union of the States under the Constitution
4 which our fathers established, and aho agree
in the following propositions, viz: ,o".
The Union of the. States is, in every case,
indissoluble, and is perpetual and the
Constitution of the United States, and the
laws passed by Congress in pursuance there.
of, supreme and constant, and universal in
their obligation ;;anqa ncT1 zicl:aaEa
The rights, the dignity, and the equality
of the States in the, Union, including the
right of representation in Congress, are sol.
emnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to
save which from overthrow 80 much blood
and treasure were expended in the late civil
4 war; .ta- Gig .g' aZa a7;iafCs. an..1
There is no right anywhere, to dissolve
the Union, or to separate States from the
Union, either by voluntary withdrawal, by
force of arms, or by Congressional action; /;
neither by the secession of the States, nor
by the exclusion Of their loyal and qualified
representatives, nor by the National Govern.
ment in any other form; a.a a.r1,, .-,.sa -.
Slavery is abolished, and neither can, nor
ought to be, re-established in any State or
Territory within our Jurisdiction; .sa b..
Each State has the undoubted right to
prescribe the qualifications of its own elec-
tors, and no external power rightfully can,
or ought to dictate, control, or influence the
free aud voluntary action of the States in
the exercise Of that right; .... 49,.
The maintenance inviolate of the rights
of the States, and especially the right of each
State to order and control its own domestic
concern, according to its own judgment ex-
clusively, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States, is essential to that bal
auce of power on which the perfection and
endurance of our political fabric depend,
and the overthrow of that system by the
usurpation and centrslization of power in
Congress would be revolution, dangerous
to republican government and destructive of
liberty; :..-
Each House of Congress is made, by the
Constitution, the sole judge of the elections,
returns, and qualifications of its members;
but the exclusion of loyal Senators and
Representatives, properly chosen and quail
fed under the Consultation and laws, is un.
just and revolutionary
Every patriot should frown upon all those
acts and proceedings everywhere, which
can serve no other purpose than to rekindls
the animosities of war, and the effect of
which upon our moral, social and material
interests at home, and upon our standing
abroad, differing only iu degree, is injurious
like war itself. ,a1 "'7 .'.e .5..-
The purpose of the war having been to
preserve the Union and the CONSTITUTION
by putting down the rebellion, and the
rebellion having been suppressed, all resis
tance to the authority of the General Gov
ernment being at amend, and the war having
ceased, war measures should also cease,
and should be followed by measures of
peaceful administration, so that union, har.
mony, and concord may be encouraged, and
industry, commerce, and the arts of peace
revived and promoted; and the early resto-
ration Of all the States to the exercise of
their constitutional powers in the National
Government is iudispensably necessary to
the strength and the defence Of the Re.
public, and to the maintenance of the
public credit.
All such electors in the thirty-six States
and nine Territories of the United States,
and in the District of Columbia, who, in
spirit of patriotism and love for the Union,
can rise above personal and sectional con-
siderations, and who desire to see truly
National Union Convention, which shall
represent all the States and Territories of
the Union, assemble, as friends and broth.
ers, under the national flag, to hold coun-
sci together upon the state of the Union,
and to take measures to avert possible
danger from the same, are specially reques.
ted to take part in the choice of such
delegates.
But no delegate will take seat in such
Convention who does not loyalty accept the
national situation and cordially endorse the
principles above set forth, and who is not
attached, in true allegiance, to the Cousti
tuition, the Union, and the Government Of
the United States. ,..'i ..
A. W. RANDALL,
President.
J. R. DOOLITTLE,
O. H. BROWNING,
EDGAR COWAN,
CHARLES KNAPP,
SAMUEL FOWLER,
Executive Committee National Union Club
We recommend the holding of the above
Convention, and endorse the call therefor.
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