The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-07-03

NaUonal Union convention to which we
referred yesterday;
RATIONAL UNION CONVENTION
A National Union Convention, Of al least
two delegates FROM each Congressional Dis.
trict of oil the States, two from each Terri
tory, Two from the District of Columbia. and
four delegates at large from each State.
will be held at the city of Philadelphia, on
the second Tuesday Q4th) of August next
Such delegates will be chosen by the elec :,
tors of the several States who sustain the
administration in maintaining unbroken the
union of the States under the Constitution
which our fathers established, and who
agree in the following propositions, viz:
The union Of the States is in every ,ase
indissoluble, and is rcrpeiua! and tho Cor,
stitution of the United States, and the laws
passed by Congress in pursuance thereof.
supreme, and constant and universal in
their obligation.
The rights, the dignity, and the equality
of the States in the Union, including the
right of representation in Congress-, arc
solemnly guaranteed by that Constitution
to save which from overthrow so much blood
and treasure were expended il, the late civil
war.
There is no right, anywhere, TO dissolve
the Union or to separate States from tho
Union, either by voluntary withdrawal, by
force of arms, or by Congressional action
neither by the exclusion of thcir loyal and
qualified Representatives,, nor by the Ma.
tional Government in any other form.
Slavery Is abolished, and neither can, nor
onght to be, rc-cstablishcd in any State or
Territory within our jurisdiction.'
Each State has the undoubtod right TO
prescribe the qualifications OF its own clec.
tors, and no external power rightfully can,
or ought to. dictate, control or influence
the free and voluntary action of the States.
in the exercise Of that right.
The maintenance inviolate of tho riyhts or
the States, and especially of tho right of
each State TO order aud control its own
domestic concccns, according to its own
Judgment cXcluSively, subject only to The
Constitution Of the United STATES, rs essen.
tial to that balance of power on which the
perfection and endurance ofour political
fabrics depend; and the over. throw of that
system by the usurpa,ion and ccn,raliza.
ton of power IN Congress, would be a re, o.
luton dangerous 80 republican government.
and destructive Of liberty.
Each House of Congress is made, bv the
Constitution, the sole judge of the elections.
returns and qualifications of its members,
but the exclusion of loyal Senators and
Representatives, properly chosen and unali-
~.
UNI ust and revolutionary.
Every patriot should fl wn upon all those
acts aud proceedings everywhere, which
can serve no other purpose than to rckindlc
tic animOsiiios OF war, and the effect Of
which upon our moral social and matufjal
interests at home, and upon orr standiGg
abroad, differing only in degree, is injurious
like war itself.
The purpose of the war having been TO
preserve the Union and tho Constitution by
putting dows rebellion, and tho rcbellion
having been suppressed, all resistance to
The authority of the General Govcrnmcn,
oeihg ut an end, and the war having ceased,
war measures should also cease, and should
bo followed by measures of peaceful u,i.,,iiu.
istraliou, so that union. harmony and con.
cord may be encouraged, and industry,
commerce and the arts Of peace revived and
promoted; and the early restoration Of all
he States to the exercise of their constitu.
iional powers In the National Government is
indispensaby necessary to the strength and
he defence of the republic, and to tho main
tenanoe of the public credit.
All such electors in The ihirty-six States
and nine Territories ofthe Unitei States.
AMI i'll the District of Columbia, who, in n
spirit ofptriotism and love r6r the Union,
can rise above personal an | sectional con.
sidcrationS, and who desire to see :: truly
National Union Convention, which shall
represent all the States. and Territories of
the Union, assemble as friends aud brothers
under the national flag. To hold counsel TO.
gcthcr upoa the state OF the Union. and 10
take measures TO avert possible danger from
the same. are especially requested to take
part in the choice of such delegates.
But no delegate will take n seat in such
Convention, who does not Loyalty accept tho
national situation and cordially endorse the
principles above set forth, and who is not
attached in true allegiance to the Constitu-
ton, the Union and the Government of the
United States. a'
WAsHINGroN, June %, 1866.
\. w. RANDALL, Pres't.
H. II DOoLI1TLE,
.. II. BRowNING,
EDGAR CowAN,
CHARLES KNAP
SAMUEL Fowler,
Elk. Com. National Union Club.