Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-29
THE CHATTANOOGA CONVENTION.

The ResoIutions Adopted and the Ad-
dress Upon the Condition OF AHsirs In
the Southern states.
In the Chattanooga Convention on the
14th the Committee on Outrages reported
progress and asked to be excused from
rcporting to the convention because Of
the voluminous matter they were re-
0uircd to handle. After some opposi-
ton the report was adopted, with in
structions to the committee to present
their statistics early in the session Of
Congress.
The resolutions, unanimously adopted,
are substantially as follows:
WnEnRAs, We recognize the equality of ell
men before the law, and hold that It Is the duty
OF the Government In dealing with the people to
mcte out equal and exact justice to all, OF what
ever race, color or persuasion, religion or poll
tics; aud
doubted power to enforce by suitable legislation
the said rights; therefore, be 1t
ResOtved, That we reafiirm and indorsc the
platform Of the National Republican Convention
adopted at Philadelphia in 1872 in declaring that
the equal civil and political rights Of all citizens
should be enforced by appropriate State and
ResOipcd' That we fully indorse the action Of
the National Administration in taking active
measures to suppress the outrages, violence and
States and maintaining law and order and the
rights of all classes, especially action suppress
Ing The recent insnrrection and ppholding the
existing Government of Louisiana.
The third dcnounces in the strongest
terms the perpetrators OF the murders
and other outrages in the South, and ar
raigDs the Democratic party, which has
fostcrcd the existence of the Ku-klux
and White League, and indorses the en-
dcavors of the Federal Government to
bring the murdcrers to justice.
The fourth recommends that, whenever
the government Of any State is over
thrown by instruction, that the Federal
Government reinstate it.
The fifth dcnounces the color line, and
all measures which tend to the Inaugural
ton of a war of races, or division of citi-
zcns into parties defined by color or con-
ditions.
The sixth recommends the President to
look into the character and conduct Of
Federal officers in the South, and remove
any against whom there may be sus-
picions.
Tho seventh recommends the sale of
public lands for the benefit of education,
the funds to be divided among the States
according to the ratio of illiteracy.
, NN CIButI uiSCS upon VIC AsCpuuiICdu
party in the South and the Administration
at Washington the necessity of selecting
none but honest and capable men for
Office, and recommends the National Ad-
ministration to remove all such as do not
possess these qualifications.
The ninth recommends the opening Of
rivers and water-courses in the South, and
tie maintenance of naval stations on the
Southern coast.
The last is as follows:
Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to all citi.
zcna Of the United States, Whatever their political
associations may be, who revere the sacred maj
csiy Of the iaw and the dignity of the nation, to
aid us in our honest effort to restore tranquility
to our people, to invite immigration TO States,
and to develop the material interests of the whole
country.
Other resolutions were subsequently
adopted, demanding from Congress some
action looking to the reapportionment of
the Congressional districts in Georgia,
and denouAcing the misrepresentation
and mendacity of most Of the agents of
the Associated Press in the South in con-
Ccaling the outrages the Democratic
party have committed and in traducing
Southern Republicans.
The report of the committee TO pre-
pare an address upon the condition of
affairs in n,e Southern States was made
and unanimously adopted. The address
is rs follows:
A parallel to this convention finds no prcce-
dent in the political history of the country The
supporters OF grand humanity, which taxed to
the utmost the blood and treasure of the nation
To establish, are compelled TO come together to
Indicatc themselves - their fellow-iaborers in
that cAusc against the persistent misrcprcscnta.
ton of those who to the death opposed the prin-
cipics involved in that sublime confess. We
meet here to rcpcl the assertion that We are any
less patriots than when many Of us were found
keeping step To the music Of the Union, or less
conscientious than when others of us upheld the
cauae OF the Confederation. We shall deal truth.
nily with the Southern political situation,
though our presentation Of 1t will be marred by
the necessity to condense the most prolific polit-
ical theme Of the day to the concise limits re
CURED 10 command attention.
The record N the crimes that have staiced
Southern soil since reconstruction Is testified to
in terms by the Committee on Facts and Stats
tics, presenting to the public a summary of out
RACES which etaggers belief. We would endeavor
o impress upon our political brethren of the
North the vast distinction existing between the
features Of political contest in their region and
of the same event In the rcconstruct ted States In
the one case il is A rivalry; in the other it is
strife In the one IL is confined to brief period
IN tho other II prevails at all times and on all
occasions, and the political situation sccminply
becomes The material interest. In ono region
the struggle IL briof and peaceakly conducted in
the other al ~ prolonged and perpetual. marked
by b'ttetness, intolerance, persecution murder
and assassination. In one section of the Union
Rcpublieanism Is badge of honorable patriot.
ism; in the other large proportion of the Demo
cratic and Conservative classes prefer to regard
IL "a political eprosy, contact with which Is to
be Stunned, and those protesting its principles
are assumed to be the social moral and poll teal
enemies Of the South and the experience of
numbers Of this convention demonstrates the
fact that within the land of their nativity and
adoption their Ryos, and those of men OF their
parry isith. are In constant peril through the
maintenance of a political idea, and they find
Themselves without adequate protection from
either lse State or National Government. All the
maiignycy aud bitterness generated by crushed
pro Of political and sectional opinion; by de-
feat upon the battle field and the downfall OF the
lost cause, by the overthrow of the dominancy nf