Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-01

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gressional conspirators have th
Jealous sympathies and active Ell
couragement of a lean minority O
our own State, who are knowing
ly defying the will of. an over
whelming majority of the people
and persistently depriving then
of their just rights in the govern
ment.
In this fearful conflict between
patriotic devotion to the constitu
ton and the Union, on one side
and sectional fanaticism, seeking
to perpetuate its political power
on the other, President johnson
has borne himself with iinshrink-
ing firmness, with On amount of
far-seeing wisdom, disinterested
love of justice; mingled with lib
eral clemency, and unti1ing perse-
verance in the grand work of re-
storing the Union of the States,
which have secured for him the
hearty approval, and the unbound
ed confidence. of all true friends
of the constitution and of the
Union. Upon his continued firm
ness and wisdom they now rely
for the final overthrow of the en-
emies of the Union; and with the
prompt cooperation of the peo-
pie, whose confidence he enjoys,
he is destined to crown his admin
lstration with the glory of having
saved the constitution and the T.
Mon against the most dangerous
assaults ever made upon them.
But against the powerful combi-
nation now arrayed against him, he |
cannot stand single-handed. He |
is ready to do his duty in this
fearful crisis, but now, as always /
IS heretofore, his trust for success
S in the. people. To them he +
ooks for encouragement, for sup
port, and upon them he relies for
inal success.
The delegates to this conven-
ion, for the purpose of branding as
Misrepresentation, all statements,
~ whomsoever made, which i'm
jute sentiments and purposes of
hsloyalty to the constitution and
Union, to the great body of the
PEOPLE of Tennessee; and also for
he purpose of proclaiming the
eadiness of the people of Tennes-
zee to stand by and sustain Presi-
lent Johnson in his efforts to car
y out his restoration policy, do
hereby adopt the foregoing pre-
.mble, and announce their resolu-
ion to sustain him in the policy
~ him indicated:
The principles of that policy,
nipple but complete, are
l. The integrity of the Union
n the whole and all its parts.
2. That the States declared In
nsurrection and rebellion by rea-
on of the war did not cease to be
'tates, and are therefore integral !
arts of the United States. i
Sd. That, as such States, the {
itizens thereof who, by the law of
ach, are entitled to the elective .
'anchise, have a right to elect
representatives. to Congress ac-
ording to the ratio of representa-
on as fixed by law, and that Con- s
ress cannot legally exclude them
ecause they claim to be represen-
stives of a State lately in rebel V
on. Congress has a right, each c
ouse acting for itself, under the !
institution, to decide upon the p
ection and qualification of its :
TENDERS. i
4. That the people Of the respec. :.
We States have the right to regulate il
elr own domestic affairs as long as b
ley act consistently with the coDsti- +.
'tion; hense his opposition to any
tempt on the part Of Congress to
ice negro suffrage upon the South
n States, correctly believing tina:
Icb policy is calculated to widen
ther than to heal the breach be- II
'een the North and South, and to .
jurd rather than benefit the negro. !,
5. Opposition to any interference A
this time with the constitution
the United States, il being unwise B
atesnansbip to endeayor to change D
g fundamental law Of the land 10 the z
idst ofhigh excitement, and not 6
to do SO, when the
'ople Of eleven of the States, upon Is
nom the amendments are to ope.
tie have norepreseEta.ive will in
% Congress Of the nation.
6. The guarantee OF the payment
the public debt incurred for the 81
ajntenance of the Govermant. :.