The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-12

Northern convention should meet again;
and,
Second, Whether, if the Southern conven-
ton adopted the principle of negro suffrage
in its platform, it would be wise or polite
to endorse it.
The general expression of sentiment was
in the negative ON both these propositions,
the Governors generally taking the ground
that while Individually they were in favor of
negro suffrage, the people of their States were
not yet educated up to that point, and that
therefore to avoid this difficult question it
was desirable that there should be no regular
convocation of the convention. 1t is under
stood that such is the course resolved upon.
On Thursday the committee on address
reported, and it was adopted.
The following resolutions from the com
mittee were also passed:
Rssolced, That the loyal peopleo of the South
cordially unite with the loyal people of the
North in thanksgiving to Almighty God,
through whose aid rebellion unparalleled
for its criminality has been oyerruled to the
vindication of the supremacy of the Federal
Constitution over every State and Territory
of the Republic.
Resoloed, That we demand now, as we have
demanded at all times since the cessation of
hostilities, the restoration OF the States in
which we live to their old relations with the
Union on the simplest and fewest conditions
consistent with the security of the nation,
and with the protection of our lives, proper
ty, and political rights, now in jeopardy from
the unquenched enmity of rebels lately in
arms. a.,
Resolrea That the unhappy policy pursued
by Andrew johnson, President of the United
States, is in its effects upon the loyal people
of the South unjust oppressive, and intoler
able, and accordingly however ardently we
desire to see our respective States once more
represented in the United States, we would
deplore their restoration on the inadequate
conditions prescribed by the President as
tending to magnify the sorrows and perils of
our condition.
Rssolped, That with pride in the patriot
ism of the Congress, with gratitude for the
fearless and persistent support they have
given to the cause Of loyalty, and their efforts
to restore all the States to their former con-
dition as States in the Union, we will stand
by the position taken by them, and use all
means consistent with a peaceful and lawful
course to secure the ratification of the amend
ments to the Constitution of the United
States as proposed by the Congress at its re-
cent session, and regret that the Congress in
its wisdom did not provide for the greater
security of the loyal people in the States
not yet admitted to representation.
Resolued, That the political power of the
Government of the United States in the adj
ministration of public affairs is, by its Con-
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king part of the Government.
Resolced, That the political status of the
States lately in rebellion to the United States
Government, and the rights of the people of
the United States, are political questions,
and are therefore clearly within the control
of Congress, to the exclusion of the indepen-
dent action of any and every other depart
ment of the Government.
Resolred That there is no right, political,
legal, or constitutional, in any State to secede
or withdraw from the Union that they may
by wicked and unauthorized revolution and
force sever the relations which they have sus-
tanned to the Union; and when they do so,
and assume the attitude ofpublic enemies at
war with the United States, they subject
themselves to all the rules and principles Of
international law and the laws of war appli-
cable to all belligerents according to modern
usage.
Resolced, That we are unalterably in favor
of the Union of these States, and earnestly
desire the legal and speedy restoration of all
the States to their proper places in the I'm
ion. and establishment in each of them of in
fiuences of patriotism and devotion by which
the whole nation shall be combined to carry
forward triumphantly the principles of free
dom and progress, until all men of all races
shall everywhere beneath the flag of our coun-
try have accorded to them freely all that
their virtues intelligence, industry, patriot
ism, and courage may entitle them to at
tain.
Resolped, That the organization in the un-
represented States assuming to be State gov
ernnlents,not having been legally established,
arc not legitimate governments until recog
nized by Congress.
Resoired, That the welcome we have re-
cieved from the loyal citizens ofPhiadelphia.
under the roof of the time-honored hall in
which the Declaration of Independence was
adopted, inspires us with an animating hope
that the principles of just and equal govern
ment, which were made the foundation of
the Republic at its origin, shall become the
cornerstone of reconstruction.
Resolred, That we cherish with tender
hearts the memory of the fearless patriotism.
sublime faith and upright Christian life and
generous nature of the martyr, President Lin
coin.
Resolced, That we are in favor of univer-
sal liberty the world over, and feel the deep
est sympathy with the oppressed people of
all countries, and the struggles for freedom
and tho iph rsr1,< of oil IN 6ooi1o
and control for themselves the character of
the Government under which they live.
Rssolred, That the lasting gratitude the
nation is due to the men who bore the brunt
of the battle, and, in covering themselves
with imperishable glory, have saved to the
world its hope of free government and in
relying on the invincible soldiers who made
the grand army of the Republic to be true
to the principles for which they fought, we
pledge them that we will stand by them in
maintaining the honor due the saviors of the
nation and in securing the fruits Of their VIC
tories.
Resolced, That, remembering with pro-
found gratitude and love the precepts of
Washington, we should accustom our
selves to consider the Union as "the primary"
object of patriotic desire, which has hereto
fore sustained US with great power in
| our love for the Union when so many of our
neighbors in the South were waging war for
its destruction, our deep and abiding love
for the memory of the Father of his Country,
for the Tn ion is more deeply engraven upon
our hearts than ever.
The delegates from Missouri, Maryland,
Kentucky, Tennessee and District of Colum-
bia having determined that the business for
which the Convention was called had trans
acted loft for their homes