Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-01
JACKSON, Aug. 10.

n summary OF them IN last sa'uraays pa
per;
JACKSON, Aug. 10,
The Philadelphia Convention as
sembled at noon. The wigwam
was crowded with spectators, and .
large number of ladies.
Blair, from the Committee on or
ganization, announced Doolittlc foi
President.
The National Convention of Sol
diers is arranged to meet at Cincin.
natl in September. Federal and
Confederate soldiers are active in
this work.
JACKSON, Aug. 16.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.--The
letter of Vallandingham read amid
great applause. After stating that
the Ohio delegation passed resolu'
tions endorsing the validity of his
election as delegate, his patriotism
and fitness to represent his consti,
tuents, and declaring their readi,
ness to stand by him in assertion Of
his rights as delegate, he says
Yielding my own deliberate convic
ton of duty and right to the al.
most unanimous opinion and de-
sires of friends whose wisdom and
soundness of judgement and purity
of motives 1 may not question, to
the end that there shall be no pre-
text, even from any quarter, for
any controvertent questions OF dis
turbing element in the Convention
to mar its harmony or hinder, in
any way, the results to the cause of
the Constitution, the Union, and
Public Liberty, which shall follow
from its deliberation and it's action,
hereby withdraw from the Ohio
delegation and decline taking my
seat in the Convention. l am per-
fectly conscious that the magnitude
and management of the interests
involved in the present political can
vass are too immense not to demand
sacrifice of every personal consid-
Grafton, in q struggle upon the mo-
mentous issues of which depend, in
our solemn belief, the present peace,
and ultimately the existence of a
free Republican Government.
In this Convention, he trusted,
the proceedings will be harmonious; /;
the action first, and the results fol-
lowing crowned with triumph.
The Convention adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock, when the
Committee on Resolutions, Senator
Cowan chairman, will report.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16 6-The
Convention met at 10 o'clock. The
wigwams were crowded to their ut
most capacity.-Half the audience
were ladies'.
Senator Cowan, on Committee of
Resolutions, in an address present
ed a declaration of principles,
which was unanimously adopted.
1t declares that the war just closed
has maintained the authority of the
Constitution, and has preserved tho
Union with equal rights and digni
ty, and the authority Of all the
States perfect, and the unanimous
representation in Congress and in
the Electoral College is a right
abiding in, and duty imposed up
on every State, and that neither
Congress nor the General Govern
ment have any authority or power
to deny this right of any State;
Congress has no power over the
elective franchise, but that right
belongs exclusively to each State,
but no State has the right to with
draw from the Union. That by
Constitutional amendment all the
States have an equal right to vote,
now that slavery is abolished for
ever, the national debt sacred and
inviolate, and the Confed rate debt
invalid. 1t recognizes the services
of the Federal soldiers, and the OBJ
legations of the nation to them and
their widows and orphans /; ondors-
es President Johnson for his stead
fast devotion to constitutional laws
and the interests of the country.
The Address was prepared by
Raymond, of New York.
Senator Doolittle, in opening the
address, said the Convention was
one of the greatest of our day. 1t
was the first National Convention
in six years, and, in the interval,
there has been Blood and agony, for
brothers had fallen and our resour-
ces been wasted on thousand bat
tie fields; but thank God for the
assurance of peace at last. If the
people of the whole country could
see the fraternal feeling here, there
would be no struggle at the polls
this Fall; but, as the whole people
cannot be here to witness what is
transpiring, the greater is the re-
sponsibility that rests upon us from
this time until the election of the
next Congress. We should be un-
tiring in our exertions TO see that
if this Congress shall continue to
refuse this sacred right of represen-
tatlon and equal rights, that the
next shall recognize them; and,
when this is done, the Union is re-
stored; and, when the Union is re-
stored. we shall be prepared to en-
ter upon higher and nobler posi-
ton among the nations of the earth,
than has ever yet been occupied by
any Government upon which the
sun Of Heaven shines.
Among the Vice-Presidents are
Brock thorough. of Va. Gilmer and
Marden. of n. c.; Warrenton, of
S. c.; Lyonston, of Ga. Randall,
Of Fla. Dibbets, of La. Burnet,
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