Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-07
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FROM PHILADELPHIA.
The ROgns Union COnventIon,


ongratulating the convention upon the "a
vorable auspices under which its sessions
were being held. 1t was read amid great
applause. y Q,
Mr.. Sidney offered resolution for the
appointment Of a committee of five to raise
funds for defrayin the expenses of the Con-
vention, which was adopted. -
"A resolution for the appointment Of a
committee Of five to prepare an addressto
the Southern people was offered and refer
red. y - "@" - b
Mr.. Bingham, of Alabama, offereda res
olution declaring that Congress should ap-
point committee to investigate the alleg-
ed frauds of officers connected with the
. rreasurylDe Department engaged in the col
lection of Confederate cotton. l9
On motion of Mr.. Boreman, the above
was referred to the committee on Resolu'-
tions. -
The committee Of five appointed yester-
day to take action on the welcome extended
tothe Southern delegates by the Mayor and
city of Philadelphia, made a report express
ing their high appreciation of the hospitali-
ties and generous manner in which they had
been received by the citizens and authori-
ties of Philadelphia. 2 2 @lll 8
Mr.. Cresswell, of Maryland, presented
the report of the committee on the Ad-
dress. a. -1--4 4
Mr.. Bolts desired to know how the reports
of the committee were to be received. He
thoughtit proper to settle the questiOna as to
how the votes were to be taken, whetherby
yeas and nays.or otherwise. y
The Chair suggested that the question of
voting should not be raised until it was seen
whether there was any thing Objectionable
to any delegate in the Address. q IS
, Mr. Bolts said that with the understand
ling that II there was anything objections
BILE to him or to any other delegate in the
Address, ayote would be called, he would
waive his question for the present. y s.
Mr.. Cresswell then proceeded to read.
He read from the Presidents desk, intro
ducing itwith the remark that it had been
unanimously agreed upon by the commit
tee appointed to prepare it: .r -
APPEAL OF THE LOYAL MEN OF THE SOUTH
TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES. -.... y H..
The representatives of eight millions of
American citizens appeal for prott ct on
and Justice to their friends and brothers in
. the States that have been spared the cruel
ties of rebellion and the direct horrors of
civil war, Here on the spot where freedom
was pfoffered and pledged by the fathers
of the Republic, we implore your help
against a reorganized oppression, whose
sole object Is to remit the control otour
destinies TO the cOntrivers Of the rebellion,
after they have been vanquished in hopor-
I able battle, thus at once to punish us for
our devotion to our country, to, entrehch
themselves in the official participation of
d; the Government. Others have related the
, thrilling story of our wrongs from reading
! and observation. 8.
! We come before you as unchallenged wit
! nesses, and speak from personal knowledge
\ our sad experience. If you fail us we are
more utterly deserted and betrayed than if
| the contest had been decided against us;
1 for in that case even victorious slavery
| would have found profit in the speedy par
J don of those who had been among its brave.
Unexpected peridy in the highest place
| Of the Government, accidentally filled by
one who adds cruelty to ingratitude, and
| torgives the guilty as he proscribes the in
| nOcent, has stimulated the almost eXtin-
\ ghished revenge of the beaten conspira-
tors, and now the rebels, who offered to
yield everything to save their own lives,
| are seeking to cOnsign. us to bloody graves
/ Where weiexpeeted benetactOr we find q
prosecutor. ,sfp .'.. a
Having lost our champion, we return to
you, who can upmake Presidents and pun
ish traitors. Our last hope under God is
the unity and tirmness of the States that
elected Abraham Lincoln and defeated JEFF.
| ferson Davis. The best statement of our
case is the appalling yet unconscious con-
| fession of Andrew johnson, who, in the
savage hatred of his own record, proclaims
| his purpose to clothe four millions of trait
ors with the power to impoverish anu de-
grade eight millions of loyal men. Our
wrongs bear alike on all races, and our ty-
rants, unchecked by you, will award the
same fate to white and black. We can re-
main as we are only as interiors and vic
tins. We may fly from our homes, but we
4 should fear to trust our fate with those who,
4 after denounciDg and defeating treason,
4 refused to right those who have bravely
assisted them in the good work. Until we
are wholly rescued there is neither peace
| for you nor prosperity for us. We cannot
| better define at once our wrongs and our
4 wants than by declaring that since Andrew
\ johnson affiliated with his early slanderers
1 and our constant enemies, his hand has
/ been laid heavily upon every earnest 10y
| alist in the South. History, the Just judg-
ment of the present and the certain CON
1 tirmation of the future, invite and command
us to declare: That after rejecting his own
remedy for restoring the Union, he has re-
sorted to the weapons Of traitors to bruise
| and break down patriots. That after
| declaring that none but the loyal should
| govern the reconstructed South, he has
practiced upon the maxim that none but
i traitors shall rule. That while in the North
| lie has removed conscientious men from
office and filled many of the vacancies with
j the sympathizers of treason in the South,
The has removed the proved and trusted
patriot and selected the equally proved and
canvicted traitor. That after brave men,
who had fought for the old flag, have been
nominated for positions their names have
been recalled and avowed rebels substitut-
ed. That every original Unionist in the
South who stands fast to Andrew Johnson's
covenants from 1861 to 1866, has been
astracized. That he has corrupted the To-
| cal courts by offering premiums for the de-
| fiance of the laws of Congress, and by OPEN
lily discouraging the observance of the oath
against treason. That while refusing to
punish one single conspirator, though
thousands had earned the penalty of death,
more than thousand devoted Union citi-
zens have been murdered In cold blood since
the surrender Of Lee, and in no case have
| their assassins been brought to Judgment.
That he has pardoned some of the worst of
| the rebel criminals North and South, in
cluding some who have taken human life
1 under circumstances of unparalleled at
/ rocity. That while denouncing and
1 lettering the operations of the Freedmen's
Bureau, he, with full knowledge of the
4 talsehood, has charged that the black men
are lazy and rebellious, and has conceded
4 the fact that more whites than blacks have
! been protected and fed by that noble or
ganization; and that while declaring that
/ IL was corruptly managed and expensive