The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-07-26
Johnson National Union Convention at
Indianapolis.

Johnson National Union Convention al
Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, July 10.
The Johnson National Union Convention,
Of this City, to-day, was very thinly atten-
ded the number of delegates not exceeding
one hundred and twenty five. Three Com
grcssional Districts were unrepresented. -
None of the speakers invited from abroad
-,,ore present Only those who supported
lincoln and johnson in 1864, and now sup
,,ort the johnson restoration policy, were al
ffnwad to participate. Gen. Sol. Meredith
,resided Delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention were appointed.
A series of resolutions were adopted
The first expresses ardent attachment to
the Union of the States under the Constitu-
t;nn denies the right of secession; holds
States in this Union as before the rebellion !;
denies the power of the general government
toayclude a State from the Union or govern
IL The second declares confidence in Presi-
don't Johnson undiminished; approves the
e-eneral policy of his administration; endor-
Coo his restoration policy as wise, patriotic,
constitutional, in harmony with the loyal
sentiments and purposes of the people in the
suppression of the rebellion, with the plat
firm on which he was elected, and with the
declared policy of the late President
The third, under the Constitution, rightly
nrescribes the qualifications of electors re-
Served to States, and it would be subversive
of the principles of our government for Con-
cress to force universal suffrage upon any
mart of the country in opposition to the
wishes of the citizens thereof
4th. All States are entitled by the Consti-
tution to representation, and all loyal mem
bers duly elected should be admitted into
~,
House judging the qualifications of its men,
bers.
5th The payment of the National debt is
sacred obligation never to be repudiated
and no debt whatever incurred to aid trea-
son or rebellion should ever be paid.
9th. The nation owes a lasting debt of
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors, and the
families of the fallen should be cared for by
the government, and the Presidents deter
mination to give Offices to soldiers is in
dorsed.
18th. Delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention are expected to cooperate only with
Union men.
We copy the above as a specimen of the
johnson feeling among the people of the
Northern and Northwestern States. These
proceedings breathe a loyal spirit. Are
Southern fire-eaters, who are making haste
to press into the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, prepared to endorse the test-oath q
Are they ready to pledge themselves to the
payment of the national debt, as " a sacred
obligation" never to be ignored, and to agree
that no part of the rebel debt shall ever be
paid Are they prepared to declare that
1.-the nation owes lasting debt of gratitude
to the soldiers and sailors" who saved the
Union, and that the families of fallen feder
al soldiers should be cared for by the gov
ernmenta Unless q. B. Vance, Thos. Bragg,
W. K. Lane. John Speiman, VIM. Robinson,
and others of their school, who are moving
in this business, are prepared to say these
things and do them, they ought not to go
themselves, or send delegates to Philadelphia
But if they are ready to say these things,
and will do them, we will hail such conduct
on their part with much satisfaction, for we
shall then begin to believe they are Union