The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-06
The Alabama conservative Conven,


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MONTGOMERY, Ala, September 9Th,
Conservative Convention adjourned to
day after adopting the following resolu
tions:
"The conservative men of tho State O
Alabama, in convention assembled, in the
city of Montgomery, adopt as an express
sion of their views the following resolu.
tions of the State of Pennsylvania, adopted
at recent convention in that State:
Resolved, l. That the Constitution Of
the United States, being that form Of
civil government established by the found.
ers Of the Union, with such changes as
have been subsequently made therein in
the manner prescribed by itself, is the
only rightful Government binding upon
every inhabitant of all ranks, colors, ages,
and conditions, and it is the duty of each
and every one, without exception or modi-
fication under any circumstances, to ad-
here to, protect, and defend the same.
$50. In all conflict of powers under that
instrument the supreme judiciary power
is the only arbiter, which is independent
of, and in its province superior to that of
the others, and which they are bound to
obey.
go. The Union of the States, as de-
clared by the war and accepted by the
southern people to be final, and the au-
thority of the Federal Government is su-
preme with its constitutional limits.
"a. Congress is not the Federal Go
vernment, nor is the President, nor the
Supreme Court. The Federal Govern
ment is that form of civil policy establish
ed by the Constitution, consisting Of all
three, supreme in its own limits, and emit
tied equally with the others to the loyal
obedience of every inhabitant Of all the
States.
"5. BY the Constitution and under the
fundamental law of the Federal Govern
ment, which is superior to Congress, and
Of which Congress itself is the creature,
representation in Congress and the electo-
raj colleges is right fundamental and in
destructible in its nature, and abiding in
every State, being duty as we'll as a
right pertaining to the people of every
State, and the denial of which is the de-
struction of the Federal Government.
sc. Each State, under the Constitution,
has the exclusive right to prescribe the
qualification of its own electors"
The conservative mon Of Alabama
adopt as q further expression of their
opinions and purposes the following:
81. RESOLVED, That it is our earnest aim
and purpose to cultivate relations of
friendship, harmony, and peace between
the two races, to deal justly with the
blacks, and to instruct and aid in instruct
ing them in a proper understanding Of all
their duties to themselves, to society, and
to the country; and we denounce as
treacherous and base all attempts by bad
men to engender and encourage antago-
nism between the two races.
"S. That we are inhabitants Of o COM
mon country, sharers and sufferers Of a
common destiny, and we will do all in our
power to instruct and elevate the coored
race in its moral, social, and political re-
sponsibilties.
60. That while we have much charity for
the colored man, and feel inclined to look
indulgently and tolerantly on his prcju-
dices Of race, inculcated and encouraged
as they have been by recent events, and
by insidious counsels of bad men, we ap-
peal to him by the common interests of a
common country to place his trust in those
he knows to be honorable, and to deal
cautiously with strangers who bear no evil
dence that they were honored where they
are better known"