The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-17

assurances OF our cordial and sincere
support.
Amer the vote. had been taken on the.
adoption of the foregoing declaration 81
principles it was fo1ndthat on reading.
the seventh one had been omitted bV
accident, and the fact was announced bV
Senator Doolittle. It was then read
and d9pted with great applause and
unAnimity. ID 1tf5 fl4tt III
The declaration of principles was
then adopted as whole, with enthusi
After the adoption, three cheers were
called for and given in most enthusi-
asttc manner, for Senator Cowan, of
Pennsylvania.
Senator Cowan acknowledged the
compliment but said that as he consid-
cred himself the host of the Convention,
one OF his distinguished guests would
address it by virtue of authority unan-
1mouSlY derived from the Committee
on RESOLUTIONS and Addresses, namely,
the Hon. Henry j. Raymond, of New
York. llf rF-
Mr.. Raymond therefore proceeded to
read the address which had been writ
ten by himself, as had also been the
declaration of principles. He was so,
frequently interrupted by applause
that the chairman appealed to the Con-
vention to restrain such manifestations
until the reading of the address should
IS0aS0AAAAAGuY AGNGILuG4Ss96 uG II16
of one sentence declaring that no peo-
pie subjected to such treatment as that
TO which the South was now subjected
could long remain loyal cheer amer
cheer resounded through the wigwaIn.
Senator johnson asked that the sem
tence be repeated. The sentence was
read again as follows:
No people has ever yet existed whose
loyalty and faith such treatment long
continued would not ALLEVIATE; and the
ten millions of Americans who live in
South would be unworthy citizens of a
free country, degenerate sons of he
rolc ancestry, unit ever to become the
guardians of the rights and liberties
bequeathed to us by the fathers and
founders of this republic, If they could
accept with accomplishing submissive
ness to the humiliation thus sought to
be imposed upon them. "a ltT2fft.
RMS sentiment was again Cheered
with the greatest enthusiasm, and at
the close of the reading OF the address,
Ex-Governor Perry, of South Carolina,
arose and moved its adoption. The
motion was declared carried unani-
mously amid prolonged cheers.
Mr.. Sam1 ]. T. Allen, of New York,
then rose and proposed in behalf of the
New York delegates, three cheers for
the Hon. Henry j. Raymond, who had
prepared the address. Just then Mr..
Patton, In behalf of the Pennsylvania
delegation, seconded the call. Three
cheers. were then enthusiastically
gteVn. The address contains about 5000
words, and VII make not far from four
solid columns in the New York morn
ing papers. It demands the universal
acknowledgements of the legitimate
consequences of the war, which are the
perpetual maintenance of the Union
and the destruction of slavery. It as
| serts that the Government acquired no
new rights or powers by the war;
thatit acted only on the defensive.
Congress had passed resolution that
when the war closed, all the power and
dignity of the States should remain un-
impaired and intact. The power as
sumed by the Government in the States
since the war closed, was in violation of
the Constitution. The Constitution de-
clares that no State shall, without its
own consent, be deprived of its equal
representation in the Senate The &C
ton of Congress denying representa-
ton to the Southern States appears as
great an effort to overthrow the govern
ment as was that by armed rebellion.
II one Congress can exclude on one pre-
text another Congress may exclude
other States on another. There Is no
warrant for this in the Constitution; not
only cannot representatives be excluded
rom Congress, but no State without
Its own consent can be deprived of
equal representation in the Senate even.
| by-an amendment of the constitution.
The only pretext for the action of Con-
gress is that the States lately in rebel
lion have lost their right to representa-
ton, which the supreme government
only can restore. But it is a principle
that no right can be forfeited nor can the
right or duty of State to be repre-
sented in Congress be impaired by re-
bellion; only its enjoyment of that
privilege can be obstructed. The adj
dress further asserts that the position
of Congress in the matter is not war
ranted by the constitution, and is not
compatible withpublic safety. 1t Is also
argued that three-fourth OF the loyal.
states cannot change the fundamental
law ahecttng others, and that we have
no right to pass Judgment upon the
motives OF any citizen of the United
States when his acts ARE loyal. No
where are the laws now obeyed better
than In the States lately in rebellion.
The disturbances that have occurred
were due as much to injudictouB POI
litical movements as any purpose hos
tile to the Government. IF the people
of the South show less disposition than
formerly to acquiesce In the new order of
affairs, 1t Is because Congress had with
held their rights from them. If they
felt otherwise they would be degeneraf-
ed sons of their sires. No people ever
existed whose loyalty would not have
I'been impaired by such treatment. The
people Of the South would not be
worthy to be trusted in the
exercise of their rights IL they
were willing to submit to such
humiliation. These men acted as they
did either from a conviction of right or
because they were under compulsion.
For this they have suffered tenfold
mora than those who have re-
manned in allegiance. The address
pledges them to future Obedience to
the laws. 1t adds that the war has
swept away slayery-the cause of-sec-;
ttonal variance and hostilities, and re-
vealed and disciplined our power. The
address directs attention to the fact
that anew Congress is soon to be elect
ed and adds'tda If the present policy
be pursued, civil war may besreneWed,
and calls upon every Congressional
district to return only men who are IA
yoEable to the policy of restoratibns9 {
The Convention adjourned sine de. (;
BUFFALO, Aug.16 The city iscroWd-
ed with strangers to witness the great
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