The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21
National Union Convention.

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second Tuesday (l4th) of August, next
Such delegates win be chosen by the elec
tors of the several States who sustain the
Administration IN maintaining unbroken the
Union of the States, under the Constitution
which our fathers established, and who agree
in the following propositions, viz:
The Union Of the States Is, IN every case,
indissOluble, and IS perpetual; and the Con
stitution Of the United States, and the laws
passed by Congress In pursuance thereof,
supreme, and constant, and universal In
their obligation;
The rights, the dignity and the equality
Of the States in the Union, including the
right of representation IN Congress, are
solemnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to
save which from overthrow so much blood
and treasure were expended in the late civil
war;
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;
Slavery is abolished, and neither can, nor
ought to be, re-established in any State or
Territory within our jurisdiction
Each State has the undoubted right to
prescribe the qualifications of It's own cleo
tors, and no external power rightfully can,
or ought to, dictate, control, or influence the
free and voluntary action of the States in
the exercise Of that right;
The maintainance inviolate Of the rights
Of the States, and especially Of the right of
each State to order and control It's own do
mestic concerns, according to its own iudg-
ment exclusively, subject only to the COnsti-
tuition of the United States is essential to
that balance of power on which the perfec-
tion and endurance Of our political fabric
depend and the overthrow Of that system by
the usurpation and centralization of power
in Congress would be Il revolution, danger
| GUS to republican government and destruc-
tive 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 Rep
resentatiYes, properly chosen and qualified,
under the Constitution and laws, is unjust
and revolutionary;
Every patriot should frown upon all those
acts and proceedings, everywhere, which
! can serve no other purpose than to rekindle
/ 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 in degree, is injurious
! like war ITSELF
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 resistance to the
authority Of the General Government being
! at an end, and the war having ceased, war
measures should also cease, and should be
! followed by measures of peaceful admins
/ tratiOn, SO that union, harmony and concord
may be encouraged, and industry, commerce,
and the arts Of peace revived and promoted f.;
and the early restoration Of al the States to
the exercise Of their constitutional powers
in the National Government is indispensably
necessary to the strength and the defence Of
| the Republic 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 a
| spirit of patriotism and love for the Union,
can rise above personal and sectional consid
eTatiOns, and who desire to see q truly Ma
tional Union Convention, which shall repre-
sent all the States and Territories Of the
Union, assemble, rs friends and brothers
under the national fac, to hold counsel to-
gether upon the state Of the Union, and to
take measures to avert possible danger from
| the same, are specially requested to take part
in the choice of the delegates.
But no delegate viii take q seat IN such
Convention who does not loyalty accept the
national situation and cordially endorse the
principles above set forth, and who is not at
tached, In true allegiance, to the Constitu
ton, the Union, and the Government Of the
United States.
Washington June 25 1866.
A. w. RANDALL, President.
J. r. DOOLTTLE,
o. H BROWNING,
EDGAR COWAN,
CHARLES KNAP,
SAMUEL FOWLER,
Ex Com. National Union Club.
| We recommend the holding Of the above
Convention, and endorse the call therefor.
DANIEL S. NORTON,
J. w. NESMITH,
JAMES DIXON
IN TEUa-fNT9 f1T7CH