The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-06-25

LOYALnsTs.
The New York Times, In a we'll considered,
concise, and exceedingly able editorial arti.
Gle, which appears elsewhere, upon the duty
Of nationslizing the great Union party Of the
country, recommends that convention be
held Gas early az convenient for this object,
and TO prevent the tendency manifested ia
certain quarters 10 sectionalize and limit the
field Of operations Of the powerful organize
tion which carried the nation through the
war. The proposition Is eminently patriotic,
IL clearly the handwriting Of one Of the peo-
pie, and seeks 20. gather together those who
still adhere to the expressed purposes for
which the war was prosecuted, and who
rigidly hold TO the avowed objects laid down
in the Baltimore convention Of 1854 twill
meet, not to make nominations, but to con
suit as to the best method Of preserving the
Union party from the danger Of sectionalism
that now threatens il.
We give this call for a convention our un-
hesitating approval; IL is n necessity of the
times; the interests Of the country demand
II, and the status and future Of the Union
party most imperatively require such con-
vocation. The election Of the members Of
the FoRrrErH CoSoREss will take place in
four months from date. 1t will be a delibe-
rative body Of grave and unusual response
bilities; it will hold the question Of restora-
ton in its hands, and will exercise an import
ant influence on the next Presidential cleo
ton, which is to control the nation until
March 4, 1873. 1t is therefore body Of men
who should be selected with great care, and
with no doubt as to its position or its princi-
Piles. The FoKrrEru CoSoRrss must be either
directly for or against the policv Of admitting
Immediately loyal representatives from all
the States in this Union. There should be
no mistake or misunderstanding on this
point. A convention Of true and upadulte.
rated Union men. who have sustained the
administrations of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and
ANDREW JOHNSON, gathering in council and
cooperating to make the principles of those
administration acceptable to every section of
the land; themselves assembling from the
North, South, East and West, will have a
powerful influence upon the construction and
character of the next Congress. The saliva
tion Of the Union party depends upon its
maintenance Of ideas and principles benef-
cial to the whole country, and finding advo-
Gates and supporters in every State. We
have looked with alarm and apprehension
at the deliberate purpose Of some Of the
leaders Of the Union party to compel the or
ganization to assume sectional attitude,
and to fight its battles in the future on sec
tional and geographical grounds. In its ORR
gin it was forced to contend within certain
limits, the fact Of slavery forbidding its
presence beyond certain lines but with that
fact forever removed, It's duty isto extend its
influence and embrace every section; and II
it chooses OF It's own accord to array itself
against any portion oil the country It Will
choose q path leading to death and dis
honor. The paramount duty Of the hour is
to prevent the denatiOnalizatiOn Of a third of
the republic. The unseemiy record that
eight millions Of the people Of America are
without representation has existed long
enough We want history no longer to be
blotted with the infamy that eleven States
in the American Union though held to the
rigid execution and obedience OF the laws,
and sending men to Congress who can stand
all the tests Of loyalty, are debarred of every
Constitutional right, and every legislative
privilege. The shame Of treating loyal
man from the South precisely the same as
we deal with the rebel and the traitor pains
thousands Of the honest Ui2ion masses Of the
country Tbey look with ohbo,-rence upon