The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-22

shake Of the head. As he has rather a tall
figure, very many he'd a chanse above the
other heads to realize the coveted wish TO
see a man who from humble parentaIe and
backwOods origin, has grown tC such pres
ent prom hence.
The following dispatch was received from
the President, and was greeted with the
most enthusiastic cheers:
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug. IS, 1866.
10 Hon. 0. H.. Brorsag, and de Hon.
4. IL. Randall, NdtiOAdt ORiOn COR-
r%entioR, Philadelphia:
l thank you for your cheering and en-
couragiug dispatch. The finger of Pioyi-
| dence is unerring, AM will guide you safely
through. The people must be trusted, and
| the country will be restored. My faith is
ushaken as to the ultimate success. lSignedl
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Not long afterwards Hon. o. III. Brown
ming. of Illinois, who succeeded Douglas in
The Senate. and who in a couple of weeks
will take Secretary Hlarlan's place in the
Cabinet, arose to supply an omission in the
renresentation of illinois on the Address
| Committee. He, too, was loudly cheered
as his broad countcnance and shining scalp
appeared above the heads of the seated
! delegates III his vicinity. The session
lasted for couple Of hours:
t.,rs LAST DAY.
Pun DELpHIA, August 16.-The Nation
al Union Convention reassembled in the
Wigwam at ten O'Clock this morning, pur-.
suant to the adjournment. Every seat IN
the building was filed. The attendance Of
ladies' was greater than on any previous
day. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
The proceedings were opened with prayer
by Rev. refine NJ. Snyder, of Pennsylya-
MIA.
The President of the Convention, Sena-
tor Doolittle, then rose and said: Before
we proceed to any further business, the
Chair begs leave to announce; as the hrst
response to tn. call of this Convention, the
result ofthc Colorado election lCheerS. J
DENVER, Col. TER, August l6.-Re-
turns from all parts of the Territory render
certain the election of A. G. Hunt, the AID
ADMINISTRATION candidate for Delegate to Con-
gress, over Chilliott, the Radical"
The dispatch was greeted with great APP
plause.
Mr.. Crowell, of New Jersey, offered the
FOLLOWING resolution:
Resolcea, That a National Union Execu-
tive Committee be appointed, to be com,
posed of two delegates from each State and
Territory, and the District of Columbia.
The resolution vas adopted.
Hon. Reveray johnson, who on rising
was greeted with enthusiastic cheers, offered
the following resolution:
RcSolvcd, That a committee consisting Of
} two delegates from each State, and one
from each Territory and the District of Col
, unbia, be appointed by the Chair, to wal
!, upon the President of the United States
and present him with an authentic copy o
5 the proceedings of this Convention.
! The resolution was unanimously adopted
Mr., Charles Knapp, of the District o
/, Columbia, offered the following resolution
t Resolred, That q Committee of Financ'
be appointed to consist of W delegate
from each State, Territory and the Distrlc
of Columbia. r
The resolution was adopted.
General Patten, of Pennsylvania, Offered
/ a resolution on the subject Of representa-
ton in the Convention, which, under tn
rules Of the Convention, was referred with
out reading or debate.
Mr.. Cowan then offered the following
5 resolution:
t ResolrcI, That the thanks of this Con
~vcntion be aud are hereby rendered to Nor
ton McMichcal, Esq, Mayor of the city o
] Philadelphia, for his admirable police ar
rangemcnts for the preservation OF peac'
and good order during the sitting OF tn
Convention. .s,,..
$ The resolution was greeted with ap
plause, and carried unanimously.
4 Mr.. Cowan again rose and said on belal
of the committee who were appointed t
l prepare resolutions and an address: i hav'
to state that after a very careful and elabor
ate considcra ion oithe same, lasting all da,
and a part of the night, we have agree
t upon the | beg leave to rep TT TIL
5 following l,cclaratigapi Principles ,adopte'
unaniiuu,ly by the Committee, which tn
Secretary oftEis Convention will read, AM
also an Anlrcss to the people of the conn
Raymond, ot'New York. Applause.
Decllrati. n OF Principles, each clause o
which was loudly applanled. The last on,
which ind,fscs the President was greeted
with prolonged cheering, in which the audi
ence and delegates united:
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
The National Union Convention, now as
sembled in the city of Philadelphia, compo'
sed of delegates from every State and Ter
ritOrv in the Union, adinonished by the sol
emn lessons which for the last five years i
has pleased the Supreme Ruler OF the Uni
verse to give the American people,, pro
foundry grateful for the return Of peace
DESTROYS as are n large majority of their iel
Iow-%countrympn, in all sincerity, to forge
and to forgive the past, revering the Gems
t~itutioli AS it comes to us from our allces
tors, regarding the Union, i'll it's restoration
as more sacred than ever, looking will
anXity intothe futures as ofan instant lmpor
lance, hereby issues and proclaims the fol
lowing declarations of principles and pur
poses, on which they have with pertec
~unaniInity agreed.
/. We hail. with gratitude to Almight,
God, the end Of war, and the return OF peac
to. our afflicted and beloved land.
2. The war just closed has maintained TIN
authority OF the Constitution, with all tn,
powers which it c~0nfers, and all the restric
lions which it imposes upor. the Genera
, Government unabridgedan nnaltered, aDt
it has preserved the Union with the equa
rights, dignity and authority of the State
perfect ami u~nimpalred.
B. Representation in the Congress of thu
United States, and III the Electoral College
t is Alright recognized in the Constitution al
S as abiding in every State, and us a duty i'm
posed upon its people fundamental in it
9 nature, and essential tothe existance of on
>. republican institutions, and neither Con
gress nor the General Government has any
y power oravthority to deny this right to any
$ State, or to withhold its enjoyment, unae
!; the Constitution, from the people thereof
7 A. We call upon the people of the UniteC
States to elect to Congresses members there
OF none but men who admit tt is fundamen
n tai right of representation, and who wi!
9 recommend to seats therein loyal represen
% tatlVes from every State in allegiance to thu
United States, subject only TO the Constitu
tional rightof each House to judge to thu
is election returns and qualifications Of its owl
n members. HHi q
8. III Constitution ofthe United States aut
!, laws made i'll pursuance thereof, are the su
:, preme law of the land, any thing in the Con
stltution or laws OF any State to the contra
ry Notwithstanding. Allpowers not confer
red by the Constitution upon the Genera