New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-22

those among US who are not satisfied with blood
and plumber, and cry for more war.
In conclusion, / would call upon you, officers,
soldiers and sailors, to stand by the Union which,
in a war of four years, when blood flowed in tor
rents, by your CALAMITY and ndomitahle perse-
yerance and courage you saved from RUN and
destruction, | entreat you to spare no efforts to
preserve this republic intact--the last hope of
the oppressed world. With confident eXpecta-
tions that you will as heretofore, prove your
| selves the sayiors OF your country again crate
conferred on me- and with the assurance that
will ever be with you IN the defense Of our glo-
rious Union.
4 out, and long continued cheering at its close.
| The passages declaring that Johnson can be no
traitor; that the brave are always generous, and
/ that as the President says, eve have had war
enough were Gheered with particular enthusi-
asm. A prayer was offered by Capt. w. G. Tur-
ner. formerly of the 4ath Ohio infantry
On motion Of Gen. Denver a committee on per
manent organization, consisting Of one from each
On motion Of Hon. L. D. CarH5ell, Of Ky, the
rules OF the Congressional House of Representa-
4 tives were adopted until otherwise ordered, with
proyso that all resolutions pertaining to prin-
cipes be referred TO the committee on resolutions
! aud address without reading or debate.
! On motion of James I. Brady the following
| resolution was adopted:
| q Resolugd, That The presidents Of the different
State delegations report to the presidents Of the
permanent organization the names of all the men,
bers of theirrespective delegations who are known
to be dishonorably discharged the service OF the
| United States, and such persons be not allowed
to participate in the proceedings of this conyen
ton. il -.
General Custar announced that many of the
declarations were not yet full: that members were
now on their way Who ought to have an oppor
tunity to participate in the business of the perna
nent organization, and he therefore offered reso-
luton to adjourn until ten o'clock tomorrow
morning. subsequently the resolution was with
. | General
Thomas Ewing Jr., OF Kansas, now address the
convention. lu response TO calls from all sides
General Ewing appeared upon the stand, and was
introduced by the president, saying, If you hove
| any cheers to give youcan give Them Loud
cheers greeted this suggestion, and General Ewing
| proceeded TO address the convention at great
length upon all the political topics OF the day.
He said they had assembled to consultas 10 their
duties and actions in the impending political CON
ict owed allegiance to no political party, but to
the country and its laws. Before the war, many
of them had been Republicans many Of them
Democrats, with varying opinions of the question
of slavery. That question was decided in the
contested 1860, At the close Of the contest
/ eleven States withdrew from the Union, and the
Presidenteaied upon the remainder to come for
ward aud suppress the revolt. The call was
| promptly responded to by Democrats, Republi-
cans, and Bell and Everett men, and after four
| years of war the rebellion was suppressed u
/ What bound us together i'll that conflict of arms?
| Not hatred of slavery, for on that question we
differed; not love of war, for all desired peace;
not haired of the Southern people, for they were
our eountrymen. No, it was the sentiment of
nationality, the determination that the Union
should be preserved and made perpetual that was
the only purpose of the war known or recognized
4 by the army and navy of the United States: that
/ was the sentiment that raised all our armies and
| the goal of them ALL neither army OF navy nor
| people had any other purpose; Lincoln adhered,
throughout the war to that purpose.
4 When twas seen that the rebetEionswas stag
| gering and about to fall, the radicals began to
/ ~ he W. en-
as to perpetuate their power, and prunote their
! sectional theories and interests. \ month after
4 the amnesty proclamation by Lincoln, they pre-
/ sented Their plan of Reconstruction through Henry
Winter Davis, declaring the Southern States ami
hilated. aud requiring their readmssion the same
as territories. Lincoln refused to sign it, and they
! opened their assaults on him the same as now
| upon johnson; and for especially the same reason
a convention was calf d Mt Cleveland to denounGe
| Lincoln's plan. The speaker here read the call
for that convention which he said sounded like a
| blast from the bugle of Greeley or Forney at the
| present day The same men who are now threat
ening to impeach Johnson The same men who
stood by Lincoln then, stand by johnson now,
with the single exception of Mr.. Lake, of Indiana
The presidential canvass came on, and'the party
that mad carried on the war, met in convention at
Baltimore and renominated Mr. Lincoln by acca
nation. That convention passed a resolution
drawn by the Hon, H. j. Raymond, declaring the
only conditions Of peace faud restoration We're the
surrender OF the rebel army and the return of the
Southern people to their allegiance The radicals
hung on to the skirts of the war party and thereby
secured their reelection; but nothing daunted
they renewed their onslaught on the President.
In the light of this recital is il Johnson or Con
gress that has turned traitor to the principles on
which he aud Lincoln and Congress were elected
Congress still wishes to blow the embers of war,
while johnson desires peace. They will have no
peace except on terms which secure party andI
sectional disunion while Johnson desires Union on |
the basis Of the Constitution. The secessionists |
drove the States into rebellion BY the dreaded crv
nj al Iyhi Heal III
separated by the still more decided cry of traitor
That cry had no terror to the soldiers Their oath
taken on entering the army, bound them TO pre-
serve the Union by every means in their mower
than to philanthropie theories, however right. To
save that Constitution they were ready to shake |
hands with the Democratic parry and labor with it |
so long as it remained true 10 the Union
The speaker discussed at length the question of |
the constitutional amendment, saying that we will |
look IN vain for the South to vote 10 degrade 200
OUu OF their able5tmen, or to surrender oneout tn
of their representatives as penalty for refusing
suttFa geto the negro. The Louisiana e0nyentionI
to make rulers the negroes and slaves
of the whites. and when it reassembles it will |
pF2hablydoit. lfso, the army with which. Grant
spit the GonfedeFacy in two Reud not be able to
bably another civil war. whose ashes would cover
the Foundation Of the government
gel.i Ewing elaborately argued the serious con-
stutfonai questions at length being greeted with
great applause, and atthe close with l6ud cheers
and the thanks Of the convention It was re
solved to pubisht the speech in their proceedings.
Speaking for this evening by various speakers
was announced. Esaa
The convention then adjourned pursuant to the
resolution offered by Gen Gustav
BY STEAMER PALMYRA
I NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-fhe steamer PALMYRA.
from Liverpool 18th, and Queenstown 9th, brings
the following items of news:
gIhe5llaily Telegraph says the last adVces from |
Canada are the reverse Of discouraging, and that
the object Of the home government i'll dispatch
ing smatlreaforcement il to meetthe admirable |
spirits of the colonists, which are responding with
promptitude and energy, and to render the de |
Tense of the whole frontier ashore and afoat
thoroughly effective.
- FROM NEW YORK. g5r
.E.Ew. YoRK, Sept l7,--Mr Isbal Craven, a |
wall streetsbanker, was knocked down this morn
rug IN that street by rufiAn who attempted to
%fest1rom him a tin box Containing cash and Sc
eurltles 10 q large amount. bIr. c.. however. held
last 70 the box when same one came up to ascer
tam the difficulty and the rufian escaped
Most of the distinguished clergymen appeared |
ia their pqlpits, in this city, yesterday. Mr.
Beecher had an immense audience, but made ma
reference to political affairs He deprcates strife
pride and schisms
Rev, DR. Cuyler preached sermon on temper
anoe, in the course OF which he caused somewhat |
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