The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-07-03

The Convention meeting in Cuupcr Institute next
Fourth July promises to be of tho most reark
bic Developments of the political contest upon which NC
are now entering, The loyal soldiers and sailors of our
late civil WAR appear moving upon New York from all
quarters ote Union for the purpose Of reasserng aud
maintaining in peace that government which their yaor
20 recently Upheld and rescued from the fell grip of re-
heon. They are coming here in battalions regiments
and 10y brigades 10 protest that il was for "he Union
the constitution and the laws thai they pcrilled their
lives and 50 many of them sled their blood; and that
their sacrifices were not incurred and many thousands
oi their companions given over to death in order that
chal of revolutionary Jacols might pcrpctuate hem
selvcsn usurped control Of country by n standing
army The supremacy of four million blacks over i've
millions of practically DISTINGUISHED whites and by the
nioly profits Of the Whisky ring, the tobacco "ring
the Treasury ring the national bank ring aud all
the other agencies oil fraud force Illegally and terror
With which our system Of free government threat
cncd by the rucGent sans Quotes and other political
desporadoes WHO form the sworn and cabo rad.
lCas now dominant in Congress.
Against the men who viii assemble at Cooper Insti-
tUte no charge Of disoyalty no maddog cry of "cqp-
Ieiheadisnl,' can avail We shall soc bron2ed and
SCARED veterans with the corps badges of service on
their breasts assembling from every loyal State to ar.
gn the present rulers Of Congress and to demand that
the objects Of the war ayowcd at the time of their en-
listment and to which their triumph entitled them
shall not any longer be held In allowance They will as
cert IN umistakuble tones that it for the supren-
y Of the constitution and laws and not for negro SUI
prcnacy that they enlisted and many of them laid
down their lives that 1t to have the States of the
South brought back TO their true rotations with the
government and not that their position States should
c forever cancelled and their highest right of repre-
rentnon be handed to cowardy and theyish car
pctbasgers, acting the tools and profgate corrupt
crs OF ignorant and savage negroes that they quilted
homes ard fresides and shed their blood on many q
stricken field 1t not that canting abolition stayat-
homes might continually rerel in the diamonds and gor-
geous egupages the fast horses fast women and fast
yachts VI our Internal revenue SYSTEM that faithful
fo!ders and sailors went forth to fight II was for the
Union fathers knew il and as we knew it len
yehs ago that they took the oath of service when the
long roll was first beaten along the banks of the Poto
mac -an .HH+. "a.
Tie miserable and dishonest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
eghths of them the foulest of hypocrtical New
EnEland-who now claim to represent the Southern
States in Congress the Convention of Cooper Institute
Will utterly repudnte Genouncing their names as a
moral cmetic to tho conscences of all decent men, They
are not the representatives of Statesmen representa-
tves of anything but theft and tyranny ignorance br
tally and violence They were elected by constituents
not much more intelligent and far less yrtuous than CO.
rs while the true citizens of our own blood and race
lay pinned to earth under the bayonets soldery no
longer dischgDg its proper function, but compel
led to act as jaeTs torturora and tyraus over people
who fought gRllanty and who surrendered in good
faith, conhdng in the promised clemency of their con-
querurs a.. .. .r
1t is thus the soldiers and sal ors will speak and their
words will ling throughout all corners OF he land re-
arousDg every generous impulse They are not coming
here to forward tie interests Of any individual candidate
They only demand of the regular Democratic Conven-
iIon that ii shall give them nominee of stainless
cord on the score of loyalty and II satisfied to this
they will gladly accept the judgment of the regular
Convention OF civilians 10 his possessing the other
requisite civil qualifications for the Office of national
Chief Magistrate. Any stories from Washington or
elsewhere that the Cooper Institute Convention may be-
considered pledged in advance this candidate that
candidate or any other may le thrust aside many
rGorlacks The men composing il only seek the good
Of the country and will be only too glad 10 in har-
mony with the National Democratic Convention, II not
driven away BY the nomination Of some Comparatively
an event most unlikely TO laPren. HuIi.