Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-08-22

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14-At u 80
P. N. Mr.. Randall opened the Conven-
ton by saying:
Gentlemen, have to announce that
the delegates from Sonth Carolina and
Massachusetts, win now come rm-in-arm
into the Convention. This announce
ment was greeted with great applause.
the entire audience rising 70 their feet
and the band playing The Flag Of Oar
Union"
Hon. Jno. A. Hogan, from the stage.
when quietness had become restored
proposed three cheers for the thirtv-six
States of the Union-all loyal which
was enthusiastically given. This was
followed by tremendous cheers for Presi-
dent johnson.
Mr.. Raudall-The Convention will
please come to order. For the purpose
of effectiug a temporary organization of
the Convention, I propose the name of
General John A. Dix, of New York, as
temporary Chairman of this Convention.
! ITApplause General Dix came forward
and said
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION, AND
FELLOw-CITIzENs OF THE WHOLE
UNION: [Applause I return to you
my sincere thanks for the honor you have
done me, IN choosing me to preside tenn
porarily over your deliberations. I re-
gard it as a distinction of no ordinary
character, not only on account of the
high social and political standing ofdhe
gentlemen who compose this Convention,
but because it is a Convention of all the
States of the Union, Tapplause1 and be-
cause we cannot doubt, if its proceedings
are conducted with becoming and good
| Judgment, that it will lead to most i'm
portant results. 1t may be truly said
that no body Of men have met on this
continent to consider events so momen
tous and SO important since the year
1887, Tapplause, the year when our an
cestors assembled in this city to form
better Government for the States which
composed the old confederation Gov
ernment which has been confirmed and
made more enduring, as we trust, by the
fearful trials and peris which it has en-
countered and overcome. Applause
The Constitution which they came here
to frame we are here to vindicate and re-
store. Applause. We are here to
assert the supremacy Of representative
Government-we all, who are within the
confines of the Union, applause I a
Government which cannot, without Vio-
lation Of its fundamental principles, be
extended over any but those who are
represented init applause over those
who by virtue of that representation are
entitled to a voice in the administration
of public affairs. rApplause] It was
such a Government that our fathers
framed and put in operation. It is such
a Government which we are bound by
every principle of fidelity and Justice and
good faith to defend and maintain. TAP
plause.
Gentlemen, we are not now living
under such Government. Applause. 7
Thirty-six States have for months been
governed by twenty-five States. TAP
plause. Eleven States have been wholly
without representation in the legislative
bodies of the nation. The numerical
proportion of the represented and IN
represented States has just been changed
by the admission of the delegation from
Tennessee. A unit taken from the smaller
has been put to the larger number. But
ten States are still denied representation
in Congress, to which they are entitled
under the Constitution. The President,
not in pursuance of any constitutional
power, had called on the Confederate
States to accept conditions for their ad-