Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-08-11
The Philadelphia Convention.


The Philadelphia Age, commenting upon the
threats which certain Radicals have made, that
the \ National Union Convention shall be broken
up BY mob says:
1t is not cur present purpose, however, to
discuss probabilities. We have no wish to
sla.ce, even, at the possibility q ereais shap-
! ing themselves into violence ard t'oC5sAF'
| But we must deal with larts-stcTn, stubborn
! facts-as We Gud them ard, therefore, we must
speak plainly and without reserve.
| Ii duty from which we dare not shrink,
no matter how unpleasant may he cur utteIah-
+ e, 60 those around Us. The mea Of property
| in thiladL!pb Of ~ parties, have to much al
stake TO bllndIy overlook what must follow, as
surediy as ligAt follows darkness, II this hao'
cal madness, uurebuked and unresiralned, crops
out MO rs natural aud legitimate HuIt. MOI
! the leYe tools Of these madnltH W"ula aIohe
meet ith proper punishment 6ut Inc greatei
terminals. who, in tbrir CON ting rooms, and
dainty paslors, sud snug otlee>, eoncoGled snd
iniIgaled the deep YilaIny, would be sought out
and ground TO powder beueath the neither
milestone Of he peoples wrath"
! It's toIJy any longer 10 blink the truth, IL ar
! fu and appalling Dough the VISION OF the iu-
ture may be- One fact is certain, and may be
eled upon as fixed and setlled-any attempt to
"bresk up the approaching convention VIII
provoke spirit IN the breasts OF the friends OF
| the Union and the Constitution but little dream.
ed Vi b, these miserable "aIch'tects OF rum 4"
those who so. The slurp must not complain il
they are ompellca TO reapthe whlrlwind. II
NAV be that the new civil war, so anxIousiy de-
sired by these wretched fanatics, and 80 laborI-
ously prepared for by tieIr reckless aud un-
princip Piled leaders in Congress, may thus BE-
quickly inaugurated!
hnI ell would
be worse than criminal. As uDwa'cring and
consislen, friends Of law and order, bo ia the
dreary past Qounseled, in every instance, pa
thence and suhBIi>sio. = 10 The laws, and tie men
who executed them, no matter how burden
some We here, to-day, enter a solemn ptoies!
against the revolutionary schemes OF these
dark political gaInesteIs Ne speak not 10
re parti.ans- We speak to the brave, the
LOYAL and the true Of ell creeds and all parties.
We speak to men ''SH6arked on common
voyege, whose certain destiny Is either common
safety or common ruis." 10 Gods name, let
US have peace.
The scars of our people are still fresh. and
The wounds Of many Of our 5rethcrD are still
bleeding Let the CHASTITY doors of the temple
Of Janus be kept closed, al least until the wild
ow puts Of her mourning, and TIA mother no
longer weeps for her stricken child. Let the
wise and patriotic policy Of Andrew Johnson,
who has sworn to preserve the uGiIy Of abe Re-
public, and maintain tle sovereignty OF HE
States, be permitted to produce Its legitimate
results We believe the masses are earnestly
with him. In the quiet, humble bones Oh
the people, the crowded marts cltrade aDJ
commerce, "where passionate discord rears
eternal Ba5sP'-his name is blessed as their
friend and protector. Night aud morning, from
thousand affairs, prayers ascend TO heaven for
his welfare ard preservation. And if the cri
sis comes-if the storm breaks and The volcano
yonils forth its fire and bood-it will be found
thai there are millions of white freemeu scat
tered throughout the once distracted, but nov
united, North and South, ready 10 throw them
selves into the ys~ring gulf, to do battle for
the great Tribune Of the People.