Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-21
BOOK NOTICES.

reading matter. The frontispiece, 9TH
school at Play, is so natural in appearance
mat il cannot fail to please the taste and ex
cite the admiration. The fashion plates ar
truly elegant, and show the modes that vii
ne in vogue in fashionable circles during th,
first Fall month 1t also contains a numbe
OF beautiful and expensive patterns for Ber
I'm work, and crotchet, embroidery and knit
ing, The reading matter consists OF seyera
interesting and instructive stories and (
mass of miscellaneous intelligence. TakinG
1t altogether, it is an excellent number, ant
Will be highly priced by the ladies'
Roll Of Honor
QuarterMaster General W. G. Meigs will
accept our thanks for copy of book con.
tanning the names of soldiers who died in
| defence of the American Union, and are In
tered IN the Eastern District OF Texas; Cen.
tral District of Texas Rio Grande District
Department of Texas; Camp Ford, TYLER,
Texas; and Corpus Christi, Texas Also fol
noek containing the names of those inter.
red in the National Cemeteries at Fortress
Monroe and Hampton, Va.
The Copperhedd Platform. give be.
low the resolutions adopted by the Copper.
/ head Convention
| l. ReSoleed, That we, the Democracy Of
the state of Delaware, in convention as.
sembled, do hereby declare our unabated
devotion to the time and time-honored
principles of our party. That we point with
Just pride to its past history coevsl with the
Republic and identified with all its forme,
greatness and prosperity, and proclaim with
confident assurance that the republican form
of government established by its agency can
only be maintained by strict observance of
the principles inculcated by the Federal
Constitution
2. ResOlued, That we have ever been and
still are warmly attached to the Federal
Union, as established by the fathers of the
Republic; and desire TO see It's integrity pre-
served and Its perpetuity insured by sacred
regard for the constitutional rights of all the
States and the people thereof.
8. hes0lped, That the steadiast adherence
to principle and the noble bearing of the De.
mocracy of Delaware during the late civil
war; their fidelity to the Constitution; their
opposition to the fragrant usurpation OF
Federal power: the successful maintenance
OF our party organization; and the conse
quent preservation OF our State from the rule
OF ianalical abolitonism, are matters of Just
prlde and congratulation to ourselves, and
should command the respect of all men.
A. ResotDed, That the evils which have
afflicted US, MS people, for the last five
years, have been caused by the accession to
power OF sectional political party, con.
trolled by fanaticisn, and actuated by de.
sire to subvert the government established
by our fathers, and TO establish ln its stead
centralized despotism under the control of
Congressional Directory.
o. Resotred, That the history of the Re
publican party since its accession to power
has been history of repeated wrongs, usur-
pations and expressions; and while in the
prosecution OF war which they wickedlv
brought upon the country they sacrificed
the lives of hundreds Of thousands of the
American people, and entailed upon us
Durdensome taxation from which the future
promises no relief, under the pretext of main.
tanning the Union; their acts and teachings
since the termination of the war, proves
concluslvely that their real design was then.
as now, TO destroy the Union with the hone
thereby OF perpetualing power in them.
selves.
g. Resolved, That the legislation of the
late session OF Congress, including the Freed
mems Bureau bill, the Civil Rights bill, the
proposed bill TO confer upon the negroes in
the District OF Columbia, the right OF sui
rage, the appropriation of millions of the
puDllc money for the support and education
oil Tree negroes, and the several proposed
amendments to the Constitution, as well as
the open declaration of Republican Senators
and Representatives in Congress, conclu.
slVely show that the aim OF our political op.
ponents is TO establish in this country the
p9lilieal and social equality of the negro
with the white man.
Z. Resol1ed, That we fearlessly charge
that the Republican party of this State is in
lavor oil conlerring the rights of suffrage up
on the negroes of this State, and in proof of
the charge here made, we refer to their ad.
hesion to the Radical policy of Congress,
based upon negro equality, the open declara-
uons and teachings of the party in other
states, and to the fact that the late Conyen.
ton OF the party in Dover appointed dele.
gates to represent them in the Convention 10
be held in Philadelphia in September next.
the call for which invites the CO. cooperation Of
All IN iavor Of universal negro suffrage.
3. hesotged, That there is no lawful pre-
text for the government of any portion OF
this country by the Federal Congress, other
Than the powers delegated by the Constitu.
tion OF the United States; and that all other
power is usurped and unlawful; that the
quallhcatlons OF a.. Senators and Represen.
taliyes are fixed by the Constitution, and
cannot be added to or amended by law of
Congress; and that all so.called test oaths,
being without Constitutional warrant, arc
void, and should be repealed
U. Resolged, That we are opposed to each
ana all the several amendments to the Con
suiution proposed by Congress at their late
session, as in direct violation of the solemn
provisions and assurances given and pledged
10 each other by the trainers OF that sacred
instrument at the time of its formation, and
without which it could not have been adopted
by the States; that past experience has shown
lhat the constitution, as transmitted TO us
by Washington and his compatriots, when
properly observed has secured the just rights
OF all; and that Congressional tinkerinp
Herewith has proved not only unwise, but
the fruitful source of discord and contention.
tending TO weaken the reverence of the
American people for its provisions and Great
ing well-grounded fears for the permanency
of free government in the land
10. Resolced, That taxation without re.
presentation is tyranny, and is directly in
opposition to the most cherished PRINCIPLES
OF our government, and that every hour of
exclusion of the Southern States (lately in
reyolt) from participation in Congressional
Legislation, is wrong which should be re.
sisted.
IL. ResOlred, That the thanks of the whole
country are eminently due to Andrew John
son, President of the United States, for his
bold and manly defence of the rights of tbe
States, and his avowed purpose to have those
rights preserved; for his unqualified opposi
tion to the efforts of the Radical disunionists
IN Congress to force negro suffrage" upon
an unwilling people; for his statesmanlike
vetoes Of the acts of Congress known as the
"Freedmen's Bureau Bill and the "Clvil
Rights Bill for his patriotic efforts to re.
store the Union of the States and to secure
TO each its constitutional right OF representa-.
ton in Congress; and we hereby pledge the
democracy of Delaware to sustain him in all
his constitutional efforts to uphold the rights,
equality, and dignity of all the States.
r. Rss9tCed, That we hereby endorse and
approve the acts and votes of our Senators
and Representative in Congress in Sustaining