Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-07
A Call for the National Union Convention.

Jail Tor thes national. Union Convention.
F. The following is the callFfor National I'm
ION Conventionof all;tho States, to. be held
in 3PhiladclplaAon the 14th:of August next,
q tolcgraphio summary Of which was publish
edin the Times" yesterday morning. Il ia
understood to havo the approval Of gentlemen
of prominence, n>addition to those whose
names are appended, and may therefore be re-
garded as a most important political papcr:,
A National Union Convention of at least
two delegates from each Congressional district
of all the States; two FROM each Territory; two
from the District Of Columbia, and four dale:
gates at largo from each State will be held at
the city of Philadelphia OH the Second Tues
day, the llth August next: Such delegates
win be tchoscn by the electors of tho several
States who sustain the Administration inn,ain-
tanning Inbrokcn the Union of the States um-
der the Constitution which our forefntbe,r.sI es.
tablished and who agree in the following prop.
fositions, viz: fs4slhe Union Of the States is
III every cHse intiissoluhle and is perpetual,
and tlies Constitution of the United States
and the laws p9scd by Congress in pursuance
thereof, supreme and constant, and uuircr
sal in their obligation, @> -. ~.
The rights,tle dignity, and the equality
Of the States in the Union, INCLUDING the
right Of representation in Congress, arc sui
emily guaranteed by that Constitution, to
save which from overthrow so much blood
and treasure was expended in the late civil
war. So,
'Eherc is no right anywhere to disolvc the
Union, or to separate States from the, Union,
either by VOLUNTARY withdrawal by force Of
arms, or by Congressional action neither hy
the secession of tho States nor by the excln-
sion of their loyal anl qualified Representa-;
tiyes, nor by the. National Government, or
any other power.
Slavery is abolished. and neither can nor
ought to be established in any State or ter.
rtory within our jurisdiction.
Each Stats has the unlonbted right to
prescribe the quali;c .,ions of its electors, and
no external powers rightfully can or ought to
dictate, control or influence the free and vol
untary action of tho States in the exercise of
that right. N..,.
."The maintenance inviolate Of nc rights
Of the States. and especially of the, right of
each State to order and control.its own do
nestle concerns according to its own Judgment
exclusively, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States, is essential to that bal
ahcc Of power on which the perfection aud on
durancc of our political fabric depends, and
the overthrow of that system by the usurpa-
ton and Capitalization Of power in Congress
would be a. revGHition dangerous to republican
| government and destructive of liberty.
Each House Of Congress is made by. tire
Constitution the sole judge Of the election re-
] turns and qualifications of it's members, but
tho exclusion Of loyal Senators and Reprcs, n
tatives, properly chosen and qualified under
the Constitution aud laws. is unjust and rev.
olutionary Every patriot should frowu upo,,
all those acts aud proceedings everywhere,
which can serve no other purpose than to re-
kindle tho animositics of the war, and the
effect of which upon our moral, social and ma
tonAl interests MT nne and upon our stand
ing abroad, differing only in degree is injuri-
Gus, like war itself
"Thc purposes of the war having Lccn to
preserve the Union and the Constitution, by
putting down the rebellion, and the rebellion
having been suppressed all resistance to the
authority of the General Government being at
an end and the war having ceased, war meas
urcs should also cease and should be followed
by measures Of peaceful ADMINISTRATION. so that
union, harmony and concord mny be cnoonr-
aged, and industry, commerce and the arts of
peace revived and promoted and tho c.nly
restoration Of all the States to the exercise of
their constitutional powers inSthe National
Government is indisptnsably necessary to the
strength aud to the defence of the Republic
and to tho maintenance of the public credit.
" All such electors in the thirty six States
and nine Territories Of the United States, and
in the District Of Columbia, who, in spirit
| of patriotism and love for the Union, can rise
above personal and sectional considerations,
and who desire to SEQ q truly National Union
Convention which shallrcpresept NIL the States
and Territories of the Union, assembled as
friends and brothers, under the national flag,
to hold council together upon the State Of the
Union, and to take measures to avert possible
danger from the same, are specially requested
to. takc part in the choice of such delegates.
Bit no delogAte will take a seat in snch Con