The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-19
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
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RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE UyIoN LFAeuF.-
AZ meeting of the Union Leaone. last evening
mS lolloWlng resolutions were passed:-
WHeItaS, Ihls League was ganized for the
purpose OF sus aiming the National Government
auu lne measures adopted by It's authority fol
the suppression OF tue Rebellion. and Of dis
countenancing by all proper means gnd inAu
ences that disloyai spirit which was i'm sympathy
WIN slavery and treason, and animated all the
party;
and eobereas, The efforts Of the Democratic
party, now led by weak and faithless mau IN
the accidental exerci.e of the Presidential
ONCE to keep alive the spirit of rebellion by
q war upon Congress- by the nullidcaion OF
Inc laws, by lnsidous attacks upon the puo-
Hc credit, and by their apparent sympathy
with prominent traitors, prove that the WORK
OF loyalty is not yet accomphshed ana ad-
monish us of serious dangers to the public
peace which would be greatly enhanced by
the success of that party in the popular cleo
/. Therefore Hesolued, That we do most earn
estly invoke the loyal Citizeus OF Pennsylvania
10 a serious consideration of our present polit-
cal condition, and to the importance of united
and vigorous effort TO hasten the reconstruction
of the Union, and tranqUillize the country by
the defeat of the Democratic party and all its
candidates at the approaching election
2. That the laws passed by Congress having
for Their object the reconstruction OF the Union
on the basis of liberty and Justice to all men,
rejecting, as they do, the loyal sentiment of the
country, offer to The people OF the South the
most favorable terms upon which they can
reasonably hope to be reinyested with the rights
they voluntarily rolinquished in their mad at
tempt to destroy the Government which con-
feTred them.
8. That the public acts of Congress under the
Constitution are the supreme laws of the land;
that 1t is no less the duty OF the President to see
that they are faithfully executed, than it
is of the people to obey them; that whether
those laws relate to the reconstruction of
attempt OF the President TO frustrate or
delay the execution of them is violation
OF his trust, and an abuse of the power
4. Resoiued, That impeachment is the sole
defense OF the people against the ncapacty,
negligence, or perhdy Of the Chief Magistrate
Madison.
That with a view to the exercise of the power
of impeachment, the House of Representatives
have right TO investigate the conduct of all
public officers under the Government, and in
such case, the safety of the Republic is
the supreme law; and the power OF the House
in this pursuit reaches the most secret recesses
Of the Executive Department.-Jdme K POLL.
That the abuse of power conferred upon the
President may be as criminal as the usurpation
of power which has not been granted, and
would Justify the House of Representatives in
voting an Impeachment James Buchanan.
That wanton removal of meritorious officers
by the President is an abuse of power which
subjects him to impeachment and removal from
his own high trust.-Mddson.
.. RESOLVED That the prompt and indiscrimi-
nate pardon of persons duly convicted and SEN
fenced, in the courts of the United States, for
cCunterte ting the national currency:
The attempt to nullify the act passed by Con-
gress over the Executive veto, for the recon-
struction of the Union
The suspension of Edwin M. Stanton from the
othce OF Secretary Of War; the duties of which
& ne naa performed not not only with fidelity to the
country, but with distinguished ability:
Ihe removal OF General Sheridan, an accom-
pHshed and 1llustrious officer, from his COM
mand, at the instance of prominent traitors
whom he had offended by his faithful execution
OF the laws;
And the recent proclamation of amnesty.
issued, as we believe without authority, aud
Tor the purpose of restoring to influence and
power persons who melted the South to re.
Deillop, and who are yet under an oath of
aueglance- to Government unknown TO the
Constitution, which they hope to re-establish
are acts which constitute priYna fdcie such
abuses and usurpations of power as to demand
the impeachment and trial of the offender in
order that the Constitution may be vindicated
and the National Government preserved in it's
integrity.
6. That in the present alarming crisis of the
country, we conceive it to be our duty to use all
proper means to exclude the political influence
and patronage of the Democratic party from all
offices within the gilt of the people; and to that
end we appeal to the loyal citizens of Philadel'
phia and OF the Commonwealth to attend the
polls at the approaching election, and cast their
votes for the candidates presented by the Re.
publican nominating conventions.
z. ResotUed, That we do most especially and
earnestly recommend the election of Henry W.
Williams, of Pittsburg, to the Bench of the
Supreme Court, as a learned and accomplished
jurlst, and q truly loyal and upright citizen.
And in like manner we recommend to our
fellow-citzens of Philadelphia the election OF
M. Russell Thayer as Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas assuring them that in Mr..
Thayer they have a candidate of the highest
legal ability and of the purest character, and
one whose loyalty is inborn and above suspicion.
8. That Committee of fifty members of the
League be appointed by the Chairman of this
meeting TO carry into effect the sixth of these
resolutions.