The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-09
lCircular.l
National Democratic COnVen.
ton at Louisville, Tues
day, May z, 1867.
Called BY the. Democratic Censcnsien
Of X entucky, Feb. ID, 1857.

ocratic Convention, for the purpose o
consulting upon the imperilled condi
ton of our country, and have invited
, the calling of such u convention by the
Democratic State Convention OF Ken
. tucky, now assembled, and have pledged
, the hospitality of Louisville to such
, National Convention; and
WHEREAS, The Democratic State Con
!, yentions of Ohio, Connecticut and New
Hampshire, and the National Democrat.
ic Association at Washington, as well
~ many leading Democrats, have re-
sponded favorably to said proposition
for convention; therefore,
Resolred, That we, the Democracy oi
Kentucky in convention assembled, dc
hereby invite the Democracy of all the
States to meet ut Louisville on the first
Tuesday (the 7th) of May, 1867, for the
purpose Of consulting upon the condi-
ton of our country and the restoration
of constitutional liberty in O general
convention of delegates from each State
equal in number to their Senatorial
and Representative Congressional del
egations.
Resolred, That committee of seven
be appointed by the chairman OF this
convention, for the purpose OF cores
ponding with the Democracy of other
States and making arrangements for the
proposed convention.
The chairman appointed under the
foregoing resolutions the following
Committee of Correspondence: DR.. j.
r. Buchanan, Littleton Cook, Hon.
David Meriwether, Jefferson Brown,
VIM. b. Hamilton, Boyd Winchester
and W. N. Haldeman."
Your attention is respectfully called
to the foregoing invitation of the Ken
lucky Democracy to their brethren OF
all tke-States.
The necessity of general consultation
and unity of purpose among al! the
friends of constitutional liberty is too
apparent to need any argument. 1t has
been generally recognized by the earn
est and patriotic members of the party,
and an earlier date for the meeting of
the National Convention has been re-
commended by many. We would re-
srectfnlly suggest that in matter OF
so mOmentous Importance, hasty acton
should be carefully avoided. 1t would
scarcely be practicable to obtains
general representation and attendance
Of the Democracy of SO many States in
less than two months, nor will tho en-
tire extent of our political calamities
be fully developed and understood at
an earlier period than May.
But when the programme of the wild
and sanguinary faction at Washington
shall have been fully developed, when
their plans of military despotism and
destruction of order, Law, peace and Sc
curity in the trodden-down States OF
the South are fully understood when
their revolutionary designs against the
Executive and Judicial departments OF
the Government and against every
guarantee of liberty and justice are
fully displayed and oomPrehended,
there should be no delay in the assem-
blace of those who hope to save our
country from q grinding despotism or
from bloody anarchy.
Under the control of corrupt, fanati-
cal, desperate, and reckless men, our
Republican institutions have been des-
trOyed by successive usurpations, which
are becoming more and more daring
and shameless-mOre and more defiant
of the oaths which are still, rs an empty
formality, administered to official per
sonages. A determination is plainly
shown to perpetuate the. reign Of disor-
der, dcspOtism, and oppression upon
false and flimsy pretences, and 1t Is
plainly evident, not only that the gold,
en- age of our Republic has passed
\ away, nerer to retarn, but that all the
dark, tyrannical, calamitous, and bloody
scenes of European history may be re-
produced upon this continent. The
bloody convulsions of Italy and France
in their struggles for liberty, justice
and self-government-the dark and
painful history of Irish, Greek, Hun.
yarian, and Polish enslavement and
persecution-are all foreshadowed III
the stern and rcvengeful policy of the
leaders of faction at Washington, who
resemble the demagogues of the French
revolution, not only in their daring
usurpations and vindictive spirit, but
in their hypocritical pretences of love
for "liberty, equality, and fraternity"
i Under their despotic sway, which is
a system of organized usurpatlon and
we'll planned violence, the MAJORITY OF
the people of the United States are per,
manently governed, insulted and plum
dered by the MINORITY. There are no
indications of any sense of justice OF
any spirit of moderation or fairness.
i The most solemn covenants among the
States and the people of this country
guaranteed by all the oaths and pledges
that can possibly bind the human con-
science, are trampled in the dust with
uncorcealed contempt, and a systemati'
cally demoralized public sentiment in
q political party not only sustains, but
even seems to approve this open profit
gacy.
There is no indication of any nten.
ton to yield to the republican right OF
the majority to rule, or to allow the
restoration of free or republican State
governments, which are gnanteed by
the Constitution. Our prospects are fal
more gloomy now than in 1861. Then
we had the hollow and insincere pro-
fessions of the Chicago platform, upon
which Mr.. Lincoln was elected, which
have since been utterly disregarded
and we had the solemn pledge of Con.
gress that the Union should be restored
when armed resistance ceaseb with the
equality, rights and dignity of the
states uuIiupdifCu. No"t W. h"'S NV
even that poor shador Of a guarantee, a
resolution or pledge of Congress, cheap
and worthless as it may be. There il
no declaration of an intention that ouI
future shall be aught but the grasping
dominition of minority enforced by
the despotism of an all-perIading mill
tary establishment.
That such system cannot be perma'
nent-that it must result in bloody con.
vulsions, and probably in bankruptcy
, is proposition so plain that no intelli
gent citizen will doubt it; and the au
thors Of this system, fully aware of al
that it means, have no expectation o.
sustaining it except By converting oul
/ republic into gigantic debt-burdenet
| military despotism, the exactions an(
, the tyrannv of which will be worse thar
, French, Austrian, or even Russian ty
ranny, and if maintained will drive on
best population by millions to emigrat'
to ether climes in search of liberty AM
: peace. =.
The mighty task of defeating this ma
> lign combination, restoring down-trod
, den liberty, and reinstating the repub