Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-19
The Philadelphia Committee Mt the
White House.

New YORK, August I8.-About1 o'clock,
the Committee, headed by band of music,
reached the White House. They were con-
Quoted into the east room by Marshal Coop
ING, and were arranged in the form of a
circle. The delegates to the Convention,
who were then ushered in took position in
rear of the Committee. President JOHNSON
soon appeared, accompanied by Secretary
MCCULLOCH, WELLS, BRowNING and Post
master General RANDALL.
The Hon. REvERDY JOHNSON then adj
vanced and said: Mr.. President, we are be-
fore you as a Committee of the National
Convention which met in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, the 18th inst, charged with the
duty Of presenting you with an authentica-
ted copy of the proceedings, and before
placing it in your hands you will permit us
to congratulate you, that in the object for
which the Convention was called, in the en-
thusiasm with which every State and Terri
tory responded to the call, in the unbrOken
harmony of its deliberations, in theunanimi-
ty with which the principles it has declared
were adopted, and mere especially in the
patriotic character of the principles them
selves, we are confident that you and the
committee will find gratifying and cheering
evidences that there exists amongst us a
public sentiment which, under an early and
complete restoration of the Union. as estab-
lished by Constitution, certain and enviable
party factions, seeking the continuance
of its misrule may momentarily delay it,
but the principles of political economy for
which eur fathers successfully cOntended, to
secure which they adopted the constitution,
and so glaringly inconsistent with the con-
dition in which the country has been placed
by such misrule, that it will not be permitted
a much longer duration.
All wish, Mr.. President, you could have
entered the spirit of concord and brotherly
affection which was manifested by every
member Of the Convention. Great as your
confidence ever has been in the intelligence
and patriotism of your fellow citizens in
their deep devotion to the Union, and in
their present determination to reinstate and
maintain it, that confidence would have be-
come positive conviction if you could have
seen and heard all that was done and said
on the occasion. Every heart was evil
IDENTIFY full Of joy, and every eve brimmed
with patriotic animation. Dependency
gave place 10 the assurance that our late
dreadful civil strife was ended; that the
blissful reign ofpeace, otunder the protec-
ton Of arms, but the Constitution, and the
laws would have sway and be in every part
of our land cheerfully acknowledged and in
perfect good faith be obeyed, you would
not have doubted that the recurrence Of
dangerous domestic instructions in the
future is not to be apprehended. If you
could have seen, sir, the men of Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina coming in the
Convention on the first day of its meeting
hand and hand amidst the rapturous ap-
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heartfelt qualification at this event, and
filling the eyes of thOusandAwith tears Of
JOY, which they neither could nor desired to
suppress. You would have felt as mrny
persons present felt, that the time had ar
rived when all sectional or other perilous
dissentions had ceased, and that nothing
would be heard but the voice Of Housannah
their devotion TO a common
If pride in being bound together
by a common Union, existing and protected
by forms Of government proved by ex-
perience to be fitted for the exigence of war
Or peace, on the principle announced by the
on the feelings there mani
Tested, we may have every assurance that
narmOney throughout our entire land will
soon prevail.
We know that as in former days as was
declared by WEBSTER the nations most gift
ed statesman, Mass. andS g. went shoulder
0 shoulder through the revolution and stood
hand in hand during the administration Of
and felt his own great arm
can upon them for support, and so will we
lgain with like unanimity in and forever
stand around your administration and cause
you to feel that you may also look on them
or support in the proceeding. Mr.. Presi-
lent, what we are about to place in your
lands you will find that the Convention
the duty imposed upon them by
heir knowledge Of your devotion TO the
Constitution, the laws and interests Of your
ountry as illustrated by your entire faithful
are, and Of declaring that in you they re-
ognize a Chief Magistrate Of the nation
quail to the great crisis on which your lot
s cast, and in this declaration it gives us
nmixed pleasure to add we are confident
hat the Convention have but spoken
he intelligent and patriotic sentiments Of
he country ever inaccessible to the law,
which often control mere partlsans,
overning alone by an honest opinion Of con-
titutional obligations and rights, and If the Z
utv of looking solely 10 the true interests, \
afety and honor Of the nation, such class c
, incapable of restoring any State 70 popu-
lrity. at the expense Of public good, IN 4
leasure which you have adopted for the 3
estoration Of the Union, the Committee Of g
~ National Convention saw only con- \
nuance Of the policy which, for some pur-
ose was inaugurated by your immediate
his selection by the people after I,
,at policy had been fully indicated, aud had O
zen made one Of the issues Of the contest, o.
lose Of his political friends who are now o.
sailing YOU for steTnly pursuing IL, forget
h or regardless Of the opinions which their
mort of his selection necessarily involy-
being upon the same ticket with that 3
3cb Ia8ented statesman, whose foul assas- S
alton touched the heart Of the civilized n
rid with grief and horror. You Fave been "a
Ise II Won have not endeayored 10 carry out a.
! same policy, and judged nov by the OPP q
ate one which Congress has pursued. II !