Middletown transcript., 1868-06-20

Rcsotced, That in the ten excluded States we
witness the elevation Of ignorance and depravity
IN the mixed band of negroes and unprincipled
white adyenturers, over the virtue and intelligence
OF the white population, with unmixed horror and
disapprovai, aud as citizens of q civilized and
christian community, we denounce the party who
have organized and effected such a monstrous re-
suit; and we protest againstits existence or com
unuance as unnatural and wicked in the extreme
Resot0ed That the elective franchise is polit-
zeal privilege and not a natural right and is to
ne granted or withheld BY the several Statistic
their respective inhabitants, as in the free sound
Judgement and discretion Of each State shall be
deemed best for the public interest and welfare.
hesotDed, That the issue of negro-eauality dis
dnctly made in this State by the Radical party,
and sought dishonesty to be cloaked In their Con-
vention at Chicago, is one against which now, as
heretofore, s % we stand firmly and indignantly OPP
posed in every shape and form which it NAV as
sumei that we denounce il as dishonest In It's in
tent and disgraceful to the party who now adopt
II; that the proposition has not even the merit Of
mistaken benevolence to the negro race, but IA
intended only to make political tools of an iono-
rant class totally untitled by nature to assist in
the wise government of free people; that the
persons and the property of the negroes are, and
shall always be, equally safe in Delaware as those
OF our white citizens but they shall never be ad-
mtted to share political power in this State if we
can prevent it, fnr1. fss,f.. IIf7 -
Resoloed, That the late attempted impeachment
of President johnson was disgracefui and most
dangerous attempt by'Congress to destroy CO.
ordinate branch of the Federal Government; that
the means taken to procure conviction, the
character and conduct of the prosecution were
shameful and derogatory to the People of the Uni
ted States in whose name the proceedings were
most falsely conducted; that the vote by nineteen
Senators in favor of facquittal was honorable TO
each of them, and entities them to the respect and
gratitude of the whole country
Resotoed, That the inqusitorial and tyrannical
proceedings of the Committee of the House of Re
presentatives upon Impeachment headed by the in
famous Benjamin +. Butler, merits the reprobation
ofevery honest man who desires to maintain sa-
cred the rights of the citizen and that if our pres
ent laws afford no competent redress for such
wrongs as those inflicted upon Charles w. Wool
ey, of Ohio, that full legal remedies should in
stantly be supplied in order that insolence and
cruelty may not again be protected or Justified
by the order of a Committee, or House Of Con-
gress. .e .,I - tf ~
ReSot0ed, That we regard negro rule in this
country under its names of "impartiar, or auni-
versal sugrage," as the vital issue against which
as the champions ola Constitutional Government
founded on the consent of free aolite men, we are
ever arrayed-and that our delegates to the Ma
tional Convention to be held at New York, while
left to their own sound discretion in selecting
worthy candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, gre hereby instructed to vote for no
candidate who is not clearly and distinctly in f-
vor Of ruling this country by the virtue and intel
ligence of white men only. o +, II ~ -,
ResolUed, That We invoke to the standard of
our party every citizen who wishes, in this criti-
cal hour of his countrys history, to save us from
lawlessness and anarchy; that the issues of the
hour are vital, and all petty dissensions and for
mer party differences must give way to an enlare-
cd sense of patriotism and, regardless of all for
mer party views, we ask the aid and cooperation
of every conservative and law-abiding man who
wishes to live under Government of laws, and
transmit its safeguards to his posterity. - ..
Mr.. I. B. Bradford moved the adoption
OF the report, and referred to it in a brief
but eloquent and complimentary speech,
which was loudly applauded. The report
was unanimously adopted, and, on motion,
the convention adjourned. tf .