The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-09-14

size painting OF President Lincoln, unuTF-
meath which tie following quotation was
suspended
..Pure pqs thy life; lie bloody clio" hath
placed tAee gilh the sons Of hyAt,
Amoag ts noble hosts Of hoss rho PsrI'hed
ia The cause Of rlgkt.'
Over the stage was stretched across
WELCOME, SouTHRoSs
Ua,taiasd Gy Rebellion, aD,dWed By Tredehery!
LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND tRATERNIrY,
Upun tbs Speakers desk was written
"-wslcOnei patriots u the SiaIhl
We bort, ~ frs dom . hope frlprA
The private hate, the r'b | scuIn;
lethti, through all the pai, ye trod,
Your faith ~ hIIH Ani trust IN God,
Along the platform was inscribed:
The Cuion, Il must aud shall BE- preserved"
Andrew JACKSON.
And the following 1oblc mottocs
"we hers rightly : sulyu that these h"nored dead
shall not have di-l IN vain that Thu nation sAal
have a new birth It frcslum. anil that government II
IN. people by the people sui Tor the p'Opla Hhai nnt
perish hon the cath" abraham Lincoln At Gcttys.
..frrsson Is not an error to DO forgiven. 1t ia a
crime 10 ~ punished aud must be made odisus.'
tAndrsw johnson.
Eve will fight Il, out on that line iorsv'r.'
Treason defeated in battle shall not rulh By ballot
ANDREW johnson,
Remember the Martyr possie's last words
"Let III" g653 cause go uH.'
say that the traitor hiss ceased TO b. a citizen. and
In luinipg the Rebshioa has become q public enemy.
lAndrew JOhnsOn.
Then why not enforce it.
II" bel reconstruction, its frat act the as
sassination Of President Lincoln. It's latest
the massacre At New Orleans.
When the wicked are in authority thsPeopl. monrn.
ttsaiah,
Liberty and Union, one and in'epcrabls, nov and
FuEaEAF- WHnafHI
snail the traitor Who brought this misery upon the
Stat. be permitted 70 control it, dvsIiuiss.-Amdrsw
johnson.
No.
Treason must b, made odIcuS shd traitors must DO
p~IAished aud impoverished.
Iheir great plantations must Be nsiEed and divided
lhto small farms, and sold to hons't indnstn,n- men
And yet ron pardon and reward then.
There can be NJ ~nsaira1, Only patriots Of traitors.
In he right hand Stage.box window was
spt = marble bust Of Lincoln. Underneath
Born 81 the people. we'll h. knew N grasp tho van,
and wish-p VI the Weak aud small, thsr iurs, We huld
him with NJ shadowy grasp, therefore his name IL
10 The LETT hand stnge.box window was set
a bust Of Washington. Underneath
And let your ambition, gentlemen, be 10 surol your
namrs among th.se over whose hislofiva onT hrarlH
swell and oas ryvs dow wish allniiAi."n' delight aud
sympathy.
The notices, il 10 understood. were pre-
pared BY that Famous Radical r6omAs Wro'
ster, whose decorations OF the headquarters
for the recruitment Of colorsd troops two
years ago was more eloquent than = hun
Dr. ed sermoRS and speeches.
Tue spirit OF the Convention has been en-.
tirely cordial aud unanimous. Col W. B.
STOKES on bring conducted TO the front by
Judge SidOld OF Alabama, opened the Con
yeuli0n IN u speech Of decided force, which
tile dele yates interrupted once or twice by
rising TO their ieet and cheering with the
widest enthusiasm. Thos. J. Durants APP
pearance, after his nomination tor the telo-
por,ry Cbairmnnship, was hailed in the
same way. lila speech, short though IL '"S,
was delivered with capital effect. the elO-
aueui prayer OF he Rev Sir. Jackson waS
heard by the Convention sthndi"g and with
marked SILENCE. The oyrnin2 exercises Of
the meeting struck at once tue right tone,
which rang back again from ths audience
like the sound vi tar hammer on the anvil.
On tue whole the Convention prcsrats More
force, and sincerity, and therefore far more
impIrssirrngsS, tnAn II, rival Of no weeks
Agu. The absence OF mnke-weghls and hg-
urr-heuds Is notable. TAgy are all men o.
tie people.
The gaVel which wrapped the Chairmln's
deAk Ou lhr calling OF the Convention 10 or
der ~ tue shune employed % silence the Con-
venuun wbirh p~recipitaIed SoaIh Carolina
into SrcrsstOn, and was presented by the
Uuluu League to Gov. Hamilton OF Texas,
Y 40 received it on behalf oi tue loyal Con-
Vrnton. You see the whlTliglg Of time
brings bout its reyenges: aud none seems q
more poetlral retribaI'on than the fact that
gaYsl vi the south Carolina SeressiOnlSIs
should Gtr,ke 30 different a toue when eArr-
cisrd By Durant. There Was Il curious wood
rn music IN II, OF TIE p%dlrmeIEo SINKING Tor
Of LOu isianR knocking down
South Carolina, aud the loyal me1 of the
south caIltng the country 10 order with The
lille W1nI IhAG rappsd the south into
PROCEEDINGS OF THE coSEvSrioS.
A. 4 o'oiock, tie southern Delegates hnv-
OK arrived aud Lak'n their seats in the hall,
JUi. Stokes Of Tennessee called the CJnyen.
ion to order, aud said I;
GeHd>mtn Of Ms Conrsafi0n ! now pro-
ICED 10 announce the meeting oi the true hoy
Il mea Of the Sonth. Applause. A
rw months ago, \ few UnOn mes IA the
ity Of WASH ingtOp, feeling thai the time
Iad come wusa the true loyal men VI The
juntn should coHvene and declare their ron
.tion, iSeir situation, both political, moral
nd social, issued y call tor the loyal people
+ tho South 10 assemble In Coaven,iun 10
be City Of Philadelphia, on lhss tue Ord day
. September.
/ win now proceed torsad the calls
To tie loyal UEisahti Of ne Souh The
rest issue il upon "a. The majority in Con-
ress, and its supporters, srmly declare that
the fights Of the eitisrh epumefated in The
and establtlhed by tue supreme
Nv must be maintained inyiobite.
Rebels and Rebel bympathiIerS assert that
the rights Of the citi1eus must Be lrh 70
be States alone, and under such regulations
9 the respective States choose VOLUNTARILY 70
reicribe."
We have seen the doctrine or State Sovsr.
lzBty carried out 10 ia practical results IN.
II al authority % Congress vas denied, the
iniun temporarily destroyed. the oonstitu-
ionAl rights OF The citizens Of the 5outh
rarly annibilalsd, add the land desolaIsd
y civil war.
The time has rome when the rssirieturo Of
State government mnstb Ne liin- on
)o~nstitntioosl principles OF the d%espohsm
rown. up under IA airoeiou leadership DO
srmittsdto remain. We know d no other Plaza
that Conqrege. under ita constitutional