The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1866-08-30
PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The Address Adopted.
The Appeal TO the People.


Having met I'm Convention, az the
ciey of Philadelphia, in the State OF
this 18th day of Au-
gust, 1855, ~ the representatives Of
the people in all sections, and from
~ the States and Territories Of the
Union, 20 consult upon the condition
and the wants of.our common coun-
Irx. we s<id1eEs e \ r. 1.s~' ~. ~
Since the meeting Of the last Ma
tional Convention, In the year 1850,
events hare occurred which have
the character of eur internal
politics, and given the United staSes
new place among the nations Of
the earth. Our Government has
passed through the vscissitusies and
perils Of civil war--a war which,
though mainly sectional In lbs
character has. nevertheless, decided
political differences that from the
very beginning of the Government
had threatened the unity OF our ma
tional existence, and has leff ite Inn
press deep and inefiheeaAle upon oil
the interests, the sentiments, and the
destiny of the repuhiie WhileIf has
inflicted upon the whole country se-
we're losses In life and In property,
and has imposed hssTasns which
must weigh ON its resources for gene
rations to come, II has developed n
degree OF national courage In the pre-
serlce Of national dangers capacity
for military organization and achiev-
menf. and q devotion ON the part Of
the pcople to the form Of government
which they hare ordained. and 10
the principles Of liberty which that
government was designed to pro-
mote. which must confirm the conf
dence Of the nation in the perpetnity
of ifs republican institutions. and
command the respect Of the civil
lied world.
Like all great contests which rusise
the passions and test the endurance
OF nations. this war has given ncw
scope to the ambition Of political
|parfies. and fre~h impulse to plans OF
and re1orm- Amidst the
chaos Of conflicting sentiments in-
|scp.rahie ftum such an err whiIe the
public heart h keenly alive 70 al the
passions that can sway ths pshA1e
Judgment and affect the public ao-
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SIN fresh and bleeding on either side,
and fears for the future take unjust
'proporfious fron the memories and
|resenfmenfx cf the past. iL ia din
cult hut an imperative duty which,
ON your behalf, We, who s.re here as
|seEnbied, have undertaken 20 perform.
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For che fir<t tEEne after SIX long
years Of alienation and Of con1licf,
we have come together from every
State and every section Of our Land.
lzs citixsaz Of common country,
under that flag, the symbol again Of
. 05mn nz177 EzoFy, - s55TissIfE together
hew hass % szRent and peFpefszzfe
that Union which d again the object
ot cur common love. and TINS secure
the blessings Of liberty TO ourselves
and Cur po@ferfty.
1. In tie fifz1 place, We invoke you
20 remembex. always and every
where. that the war 4 ended and the
nation y again at peace The shock
Of confendiug arms no longer assails
the Ehaddering heart Of the Republie-
The lnsuxrecfisn against the Supreme
authority OF the nation has been sup
pressed, and that anthoFity has been
again acknowledged, by word and
taEt, IN every stzte and BY every oifi-
zen within its jurisdiction, We are
no longer required Or permitted 70
lFeras1 5e1rent each other as enemies.
Not only have the acts Of war been
discontinued. and the weapons OF
war laid aside, bat the state Of war
no longer exist, and the sentiments,
the passions, the TefHtions oT war
have no longer lawful or riehtfnl
place anywhere throughout our
broad domain. We are again people
Of the United States. fellow -effizens
Of sneeountrv, bound by the duties