The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-09-11
rhe Philadslphia convention.

- ne lOllOHlnR IcSOlublO0S from the
mittee were also passed
Resoloed, That the loyal people of the sontb
cordially unite with the loyal people of tba
North in thanksgiving to Almighty GoI
through whose aid rebellion unparalleI"S
for its criminality has been overruled to tLa
vindication of the supremacy of the FederaI
Constitution over every State and Territorv
of the Republic.
Resolged, That we demand now. as we bo,,.
demanded atsall times since the cessation oc
hostilities, the restoration of the States -
which we live to their old relations with tba
Union on the simplest and fewest conditions
consistent with the security of the nation
and with the protection of our lives pronar'
ty, and political rights, NOW in jeopardy fron,
the unquenched enmity of rebels lately in
arms.
ResoLred, That the unhappy policy purspe,
by Andrew johnson, President of the United
States is in its effects upon the loyal peonIa
of the South unjust, oppressive, and intoIer1
able, and accordingly however ardently we
desire to see our respective States once NOR
represented in the United States, we wonIS
deplore their restoration on the inadeouate
conditions prescribed by the President "a
tending to magnify the sorrows and perils Of
our condition.
Resotred, That with pride in the patriot
fearless and persistent support they have
given to the cause of loyalty, and their efforts
to restore all the States to their former CON-
dition as States in the Union, we will stand
by the position taken by them, and use all
means consistent with peaceful and lawful
course to secure the ratification of the amend
ments to the Constitution of the United
States as proposed by the Congress at its re-
cent session, and regret that the Congress in
its wisdom did not provide for the greater
security of the loyal people in the States
not yet admitted to representation.
,Resolred, That the political power of the
Government of the United States in the adj
ministration of public affairs is, by its Con-
stitution, confined to the popular or law-ma
king part of the Government
Resolced, That the political status of the
States lately in rebellion to the United States
Government, and the rights of the people of
the United States, are political questions,
and are therefore clearly within the control
of Congress, to the exclusion of the indepen-
dent action of any and every other depart
ment of the Government
Resol0ed, That there is no right, political,
legal, or constitutional, in any State to secede
or withdraw from the Union that they may
by wicked and unauthorized revolution and
force sever the relations which they have sus-
tanned to the Union and when they do so,
and assume the attitude ofpublic enemies at
war with the United States, they subject
themselves to all the rules and principles of
international law and the laws of war appli-
cable to all belligerents according to modern
usage.
Resoz0ed, That we are unalterably in favor
of the Union Of these States, and earnestly
desire the legal and speedy restoration Of all
the States to their proper places in the In
ion. and establishment in each OF them of in
fiuences of patriotism and devotion by which
the whole nation shall be combined to carry
forward triumphantly the principles of free
dom and progress, until all men of all races
shall everywhere beneath the flag of our coun-
try have accorded to them freely all that
their virtues, intelligence, industry, patriot
ism, and courage may entitle them to at
tain.
ResOlred, That the organization in the I'M
States assuming to be State gov
ernments, not having been legally established,
are not legitimate governments until recog-
nized by Congress
Resoioed That the welcome we have re-
cieved from the loyal citizens ofPhiladelphia,
under the roof of the time-honored hall in
which the Declaration of Independents was
adopted, inspires us with an animating hope
that the principles of just and equal govern
ment, which were made the foundation of
the Republic at its origin, shall become the
of reconstruction.
Res0lced, That we cherish with tender
hearts the memory of the fearless patriotism,
sublime faith and upright Christian life and
generous nature of the martyr, President Lin
colin.
Reso1ued That we are in favor of univer-
'al liberty the world over, and feel the deep
est sympathy with the oppressed people of
all countries, and the struggles for freedom
and the inherent right ofall men to decide
and control for themselves the character of
the Government under which they live
Resoloed, That the lasting gratitude ofthe
nation is due to the men who bore the brunt
Of the battle, and, ia covering themselves
with imperishable glory, have saved to the
world its hope of free government and in
relying on the invincible soldiers who made
the grand army of the Republic to be true
to the principles for which they fought, we
pledge them that we will stand by them in
the honor due the saviors of the
nation and in securing the fruits of their vic
tories.
ResoEUed, That, remembering with pro-
ound gratitude and love the precepts of
Washington, we should accustom our
elves to consider the Union as 1.-The primary
object of patriotic desire, which has hereto
fore sustained US with great power in
our love for the Union when so many of our
neighbors in the South were waging war for
its destruction, our deep and abiding love
or the memory of the Father Of his Country,
FOR the Union is more deeply engraven upon
OUR hearts than ever.
The delegates from Missouri, Maryland,
Kentucky, Tennessee and District of Column
,ia having determined that the business for
which the Convention was called had trans
lcted, left for their homes
On Friday morning only the delegates
rom the States unrepresented IN Congress
Gere present.
An address was adopted favoring negro
suffrage, against the earnest protest of John
NJ Bolts, of Va, D. R Goodloe, of N. c., and
others,
The adoption Of this address was inform
al, and binds no one to its support.
The Convention then adjourned. The
is correct list of the delegates
from this State. D. R. Goodloe Rev. Hope
Balm, j. W. Wynne, H. K Furniss A. W. Tour
gee and Hon. A. 81. Jones.