Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-06
UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION.

by prominent Conservatives in Washington,
md the l4th Of neg! month is the day Fixed
for its assembling. Itis to be composed Of
two delegates from each Congressional Dis
trict Of all he States, two from each Terri
tory, two from the District of Columbia, and
four delegates at large from each" The
delegates are expected TO support the Adj
,uinstration, and will be "asked to ngree to
the following" ...t. .,'-0
First. That the Union is perpetual and
indissoluble. t
Second. That equality Of States and The
right to representation are solemnIy guar
antccd. Ia
Third. That there is no right Of secession
or exclusion.
Fourth. That.slavery is abolished forever.
Fifth. That each State has To prescribe
the qualifications ofits own electors.
sixth. The maintenance of the right Of
each State TO manage its own domestic con-
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We leave each one to decide for himself
bow far this platform meets the requirements
OF the present and future. Weneither affirm
nor deny its conformity to the first princi-
PIES OF free government as enunciatcd in the
Constitution, and shall attempt no analysis
Of the doctrines it promulgates. Our bust
ness is with the Interior object Of this Con.
vcntion, and the part the South is asked to
play in order to secure them for the benefit
of the Northern originators of the scheme.
There are now three parties in the North
the Democratic, Radical and National
Union, each striving for ascendancy, and
each conscious that the South, if permitted
TO vote, holds the balance of power The
Radicels know that they stand no chance for
single Southern State, and their game is
to keep them all out of the Union with the
hope Of perpetuating their power as sec
tional party. The Democrats rely, for
Southern support upon their more consistent
advocacy ofState rights and their firmer ad-
hcsion to the Constitution at time when
the other two parties-if there were two
disregarded every constitutional provision,
and derived all authorityfor the prosecution
Of savage war; from the code of unre-
stricted tyranny. And what bonus does the
National Union party offer for Southern sup
port? We might answer by pointing to the
above platform, aud then asking if it suffices.
But, as before remarked, it is not with the
platform We propose to deal, and would have
published il without eommem, but for the
evidence that Raymond, 'fhe little villain"
on the 18th Of last month, he suggested such
n Convcn ton; and, on the ed Il YVES urged
by the Times, and the result is before us
That paper earnestly insisted upon the i'm
portance OF matchmaking the South with
the principles Of the Union party, and Of so
manipulating the conquered States as to
make "treasou odous' and to secure the
punishment of conscious traitor" And
how is this consummaton to be reached?
AsN- bl NOihhiiNNlu3 ZIG bOutA W luS y ulOu
party through its participation in the Phila-
delphm Convention. I'd. By separating
''the great body of the people of the South
from the political leaders who had betrayed
them to their ruin" and 3D.. By "the prompt
admission of loyal representatives of loyal
States to their seats in Congress
In plain English, the purposes, here set
forth, are to radiealizc the people of the South
TO such an extent that they, themselves, will
insist upon hanging Davis Lee, and other
conscious traitors" and them by means Of
the test oath, govern the South through the
aeency of such pespicablc wretches as
Brownlow and John Minor Bolts. Having
assumed that eight millions OF people are
guilty Of treason against the joint agent of
all the States the National Union party tells
those millions that, in their State capacity,
,iiey shall bc governed by detestible traitors
70 the Soeth, and for this ineflable boon, the
only return IL asks Is that the South shall
beiray it's purest aud noblest sons, and vote
Nne 0hion 'ieAe'' Lei I" DE remembered
'ha' 1t was inns party wn'ch' IN open Den
ahce OF 'e CONSTITUTION ina"sura'ed war
OF 'u'as'oh against Tue 9ou'l' ana prosecutor
~ VITA ues'ee o' oa'o"'''y unp"raheieu
a'uoo 'he a"wn o' e'Vi''A A"'' anu re'ueni-
''''"s ''''S '"e So''" p''p"'e' " 'ueh'"s
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