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2. And cordially endorse the prin-

3. And are attached in true allc-
glance to the Constitution, tho Union
and the Government Of tho United
States.
If by tsnational situation" is meant
the result of the war, /. E. the aboli-
tiono of slavery and tho supremacy of
the Federal Government, VIC could ac-
cept the the invitation on that score.
We readily accede to the third rcstric-
tion, because We have all taken the
oath ofallegiancc to that effect.
But it is in the Sc ccond restriction that
We iind every reason to Object to ,hc Call
and no Ole vino secs the matter in the
light We DO can heartily sanction the
move to elect delegates to the Convcn-
ton. We may misconstruc the whole
matter, but our view is the result Of
honest conviction, and we hope the
Pahiot will ct least give us credit for
, that much. And our view of the ma
teriol Of that Convention and of the
object it has in the future is drawn
from the documents issued by its ad-
vocates and prime movers.
1T will bcncccssary first however to
define the three leading political doc
trincs now cxtant throughout the
United States.
The first is that of the uncondition-
al Union Gsen, such as cx-Govcrnor
Holden Of North Caroline. All the
Iniicals endorse this.
! Tie second Is .'Mt a. he Test Oath
! constitutional u&.lI n,n, a;c ~
WLLiAM II. SEWARD. Nearly u,oi
Democratic mcmhcr [, Cun@tya. a'
,lorses this doctrine.
il,o t.,igd is that oi the an.i.lcs.
Gath 1onstitotiou Union mon, su,h
as * Hoyuroor r,nNY, livery prumi-
inenf mau il S2u, tocu,",. end
%.is doctrine
N>w uuoer wH!ch Of .csc throo
doctrino8 IS Ike .at, '2r y Nati"nai
UIion Convention isSned Ii sc rrr!
@'2wc" this, wa can th2n tell precise \
who arc cxpectc to - 10 lni,,,,c,-
phia, and who are not expected to ~
there.
Will tic Patriot please examine
three of the official papers to which at.
tontion has been called above, and
mark one prominent feature in all OF
them In the seventh proposition q
the Official Call, second clause, occur.
this language
"But the exclusion of loyal Senator:
Sand Representatives, properly chosc,
"and qualified under the Constitution,
''and tic laws, is unjust and rcvolu.
"tionary."
! In the Address of Democratic anC
Conservative members of Congress t,
{ The People of tho United States, oc
cur these words:
owe cordially approve the call fol
ga National Union Convention y y =
"nnd endorse the principles therein sci
sJo'M."
In the PLATFORM of the National
Union Club, seventh resolution, arc
found these words:
"That all the States of tho Union
"arc entitled by the Constitution oi
"thc United States to representation
Sin tho councils of the nation, and that
"ail loyal members duly elected and
'frcturncd, haping the requis'tc guubF-
'cotionS as prescribed By iaaO, should be
"admittod to their seats in Congress
'<withont unnecessary delay"
Observe now that in the first paper
we have those who are ------- sspro.
perly chosen and qualified under the
Constitution and the laws"--
, In tie third we have those ---------
shaving the requisite qualifications as
prescribed by law"
In the second we have the fa"t
shown that its signcrs --- "endorse
the principles therein set forth"
That is, those principles one of
which is that the eleven excluded
States should be represented, but
their representatives must bc qualified
according to er'sting Constitutional legal
tests. And these arc the very words
of President JOHNSON himself. Do
they not apply to and embrace the
Test Oath
Then who are invited to attend that
Convention M Why evidently those
who subscribe to tho political doc
trino as defined in the second class as
above; that is, the Test Oath Consti-
tutional Union men, Of whom Secretary
SEWARD is a prominent leader. But
OF which President ANDREW Johnson
is the head and front.
Great stress is laid by the advocates