The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-21
I'he Daily ~ ewa.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, 1876.

Address to the People Of the united
States.
A Demand for Southern Representation In
Congress.
The following is the address issued by the Ma
tional Convention, lately held in Philadelphia, to
the people Of the United States:
TO the People of the United States:
Having met in convention at the city OF Phla.
: ae]pbis. in the State of Pennsylvania, this 18th
day Of August, 1866, as the representatives OF the
people in all sections, and all the States and Ter
ritores OF the Union, to consult upon tne con-
diton and the wa ants OF our common county, me
!, and OF the political purposes we seek 70 pronole.
Since the meeting Of the last National Convehtlon,
in the year 1861 events have occurred "hieh nave
changed the character OF our internal potiss
given the Uplted States new place among Tue 9
= nations of the EARTH Our G0verDmtn Mt mas p sstu
through the vici sudes and the perlls oI - oit. ta
war; war which, thoughi mainly sectlonai ~ d;f ae
character, has nevertheless decided polM1Icani M na
ferences that from the very bee!llIins
ernme,t had tlreatt the unity OF oui na ~,
existence, and has left its impress aeep anu it
faceable nnun all the interests the sentiments,
and the destiny OF the republic nnlie IL has ~,
cted upon the whole country MT nnosed bnrens
which must wtg h on its resourcesf Tor generations
10 come it has developed degree OF natlohal
courage il the presence OF national danRers-a
capacity fur military organization ana acnlese-
.mtnt and devotion on the part OF the people to
The orm Of government wilch they have ordained,
and to the principles OF liberty which that Gov
ernment was Designed to promote, which must
confirm the confidence OF the nation in the perpe.
tuity of it's republican institution 8, and command
the respect OF the civilized world.
Like all great contests which rouse the pas
aions and test the endurance of nations, this war
has given new scope to the ambition OF political
parties, and fresh impulse to plans OF innovation
and reform. Amid the chaos Of conflicting senti-
mepts inseparable from such all era, while he
pnbc heart il keenly alive to all the passions that
can sway the public Judgment and affect the pub
lie action while the wounds of war still fresh
and BILE. ding on either eide, and fears for the fu-
ture axe u, just prop rtlons from the memories
and resen,ments OF the past,-lt le dlmcolt n @ pue
an imp. rative duty Which on your behalf We, who
are here aeet mbled, have undertaken to perform
For the first time after Elk long years OF aliena-
tiop and of conflict, we have come together frum
every State and every section OF our land as ctl-
zens OF & c, mmon country, under that tag, the
symbol again of q comm n glory, to consult to-
aether how best to cem emeDt and perpetuate that
Union y hich is again the object OF our common
love, and thus secure the blessings OF liberty to
ourselves and our posterity
THE INTERESTS OF PEACE.
In the first place, We invoke you to remember:
always and eyeryw here, that the war is ended and
the nation il again at peace. The shock OF con.
tending arms no longer assai]s the shuddering
heart Of the Republic. The lnsurrection against
the supreme authority OF the nation has been sup
pressed, and that authority has been again &C
knowledged, by word and act, in every State and
no longer required or permitted to regard or treat
each other as enemies. Not only have the acts OF
war been discontinued, and the weapons OF war
laid aside, but the state OF war no longer exists,
and the sentiments, the passions, the relations OF
war have no longer lawful or rightful place any
where throughout our broad domain. we are
again people Of the United States, fellow oitizens
Of one country, bound by the duties and obliga.
tiOns Of q common patriotism, and having neither
rights nor interests apart from common destiny.
The duties that dey0lve upon US now are again
the duties Of peace, and no longer the duties OF
war. We have assembled here to take counsel
concerning the interests OF peace: to decide now
We may most wisely and etectuaily neal the
po,uatvsh bel,cr1talrnss secured, and the bless
: ipgs which, under wise aud benign Providence,
hsye sprung up in its fiery track This is the
work, not of passion, but OF calm7and sober judg.
ment; not OF resentment for past offences pro-
long9d beyond the limits which Justice and reason
prescribe, but of u liberal statesmanspip which
folerates nhatlr canpot prevent, and builds it's
plans and it's hopes for the future rather upon q
community of interest and ambition than upon
distrust and the weapons Ut force.
* POLITICAL RESULTS OF THE WAR.
In tie nj X place, We call upon you to recognize
in their full .tignfcance, and to accept with all
their legitinae o nsequenoss, the political results
of the war Just cltsed. In two most important
PARTICULARS the victory achieved by the National
Aovernment has been final end decisive. First,
ithas established beyond all further controversy
and by the highest OF all human sanctions the
absolute suprem ICY OF the National Governments
ss defined and limited by the Constitut utlon Of the
United States, land the permanent Integrity and
indiss,lnbility of'the FEDERAL Union as q neoessa
ry coueequence;1 aid, secUnd, it has put an end
finally and forever to the exis enoe of slavery up
on the soil or within the jurisdiction Of the United
States.. Both these points become directly in-
voved in the contest, and controversy upon both
was endea absolutely and finally by the result
THE RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION.
In the thirdsplace, We det m it of the utmost i'm
portanee that the real character Of the and the
victory by which it was cl,srd should be accurate
" understood. The war was carried on by tie
Government Of the United States in maintenance
OF its own authority, and in defence OF its own tx
istence. both of which were meuaced by the in
surrection which it sought to suppress The
suppression OF that insurreetion accomplished
that result. The Government OF the United States
maintained by force IF arms the supreme au-
thorty over all tho territory, and over all the
States and people within its jurisdiction which the
Constitution conters upon it; but it acquired
Thereby no new power, no enlarged jurisdiction,
no rights nf territorial pOssessiOn or Of civil
authority which it did not possess before the re-
bellion bi oke ont. ALI the rshtful power 1t eau
eth In express terms by fair aud necessary
implinatot nv the Constitution of the Uni ell