The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-14
HLaasnehusetts Republican state Con.


BosroN, Sept. 13.-The Republican
State Convention was in session here
to-day. After ra-nonIinatinR all the
present Stnte officers for reelection, the
Committee adopted an address to the
people of Massachusetts,. The address
says:
We behold the strange spectacle of
the President OF the United States de-
( ltberatelY placing himself at the head
of n combination OF half reconstructed
rebels and their defeated Northern
allies; going about the country ACCOM-
! panied by a poi ton of his Cabinet and
denouneing the Legislative branch of
the Government as an Illegal and trail
torous body hanging upon the verge Of
/ the Governments, which Government he
alone proposes to be; and ayowing
principles and purposes the logical re-
suits Of which must be violent at
Tempt TO subVert Congress, or, Mt the
! very least, a Republication of all its leg
islations since the war broke out. We
cannot be insensfble that until the time
I of this dangerous man shall expire all
the financial and business interests of
the country will be subject to disturb
ance; all the legislation of Congress is
liable TO be oVerthrowu or its validity
denied. The amendment to the
! Constitution prohibiting slavery is of
precarioua and doubtful permnuence,
and there is most imminent danger Of
losing everything which we won by
successful war on Land and sen The
addresB then declares that Congress
ought not only to be sustained, but
strengthened at the coming election
throughout the country.
Second-That the country has already
Suffered enough from the presence Of
traitors in the Capitol, and the greatest
canton against the Introduction of dis
/ loyal conSplEatOrS or half-eonstructed
Uniouists ought to be exercised, and
no States or communities ought to be
represented in the Senate or House I'M
less evidence be given, satisfactory to
| the Representative and the people of
the North, and to tine loyal people of
/ the South, that such States or eommu-
mites, as we'll as the men chosen to
represent them, are loyal and likely to
remain so.
Third-That so long as there exists a
party dominant in some of the States,
and defiant in all, which by practical
/ AID TO break down the Congressional
control over the question of reconstruc-
ton, and reinstate in their seats repre-
sentatives of treason and rebellion, the
! people have no security, except in this
our continued vigilancy, against dis
astrous reaction, which may put back
the cause of progress many years, and
disgrace the country in the eyes OF the
civilized world.
Fourth.-That we desire the restora-
ton OF all States to the Union under
the conditions OF Justice and liberty.
| We approve the amendment to the
/ Constitution, prepared by Congress.
and now pending before the States, and
that we are fully prepared to believe
that the declaration of the Southern
| Unionists made ut Philadelphia, that
j there can be no safety to the country
until the national birthright of impair
tinl suffrage and equality before the
the States they represent. The princi-
pies and traditions of the common
/ wealth i'm pei her to secure this demand
so solemuly made, for the complete en-
Embellishments of a long oppressed race,
and the establishments of an American
and Democratic policy of government
/ Finally, fellow citizens, we recog-
gnize the fact that all the questions OF
reconstruction, ofsUdrage, of protection
to the freedmen, of security to the per-
secuted Unionists of the South, resolve
themselves into this-shalI the people
in this country still control it; shall
the soldiers of the Union, whose bravery
decided on the field the fate of the war,
and whose services will be held in ever
lasting remembrance, reap the rich
results of their labors in a regenernted
lcoUntrY-in the words of an eminent
| Tennessee loyalist, now the guest OF
the people of Massachusetts, tsshau we
reconstruct the rebels, or shall they re-
construct US 2n The address was unan-
imousIy adopted.
i The Republican Convention at one
O'Clock to-day, adjourned to FauuieI
Hall IN body, to pay respects to the
Southern Loyalists now here. The lam
was immense, probubIy i've thousand
persons were in the hall. Cen Butler
called the assembIage to order, and de-
livered an address,. He was followed
by Wendell Phillips.