National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-17
UNIOH LEAGUE or AMERICI.


The southern OuestiOn-The Election oil 1880.
At the recent annual session of the National
Council of the Union League Of America, held
in the city of Philadelphia, much important
business was transacted. The attendance was
quite large. Among those present were ex-
Governor William A. Newell, of New Jersey
the President; Hon. Thomas c. Baker Ma
tional Secretary, New York Hon. Galusha A.
Grow, of Pennsylvania; General Daniel Ull-
mann. of New York; Hon. William f. Chand-
Ter, of New Hampshire General Lewis NJ.
Peck, of New York; Hon. A. c. Vorris of
Ohio Hon. Thomas E. Stewart, of New York
Major John G. Fremont, of New York; Mr.. w.
]. Baxter, of Michigan Hon. William d. For
ten, of Philadelphia; Colonel Drake De Kay,
of New York; William Nesbitt, of Altoona
Hon. II. j. Cummings, of New Hampshire
George II. Harlow, Secretary of State of Illi-
nois, and d. ID. Il. Marshall, of New York.
The League was organized in 1862 during
the war of the rebellion, and counted its men,
bers by millions. Latterly it has not been
very active. but recently it has had new life
infused into it, and is rapidly reorganizing, es-
pecially at the West.
The following officers were duly elected
Prcsldent-william A. Newell New Jersey.
Vice Presidents-Charles W. GODDARD, OF New
York Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut j. g. Nc
Quade, of Pennsylvania; Thomas Z. Rich. of Mary
land Daniel Ullmann, of New York; George H.
Harlow, oil ILLINOIS, Nlllam T.. Ind1lulcT, new
Hampshire; Jerome b, Chah'Ee, of Colorado, and
e. III, GrOsycnOr, OF OHIO.
Corresponding secretary-ThomNs G. Baker, of
New York.
Recording secretary-samuel +. Gwinner, of
Trcasurer--D D. T. Marshall of New York.
Chaplain-Rev Henry Highland Garnet, of New
Msrshal-I W. Bartlett of Massachusetts,.
sergeant-at-Arms-J W. II. Hacks, of Pennsyl-
National Committee-Two delegates from each
State and Territory.
New York.
An Executive Committee with headquarters at
Washington.
The following resolutions were reported by
Hon. Galusha A. Grow, and unanimously
adopted:
| RcsOlUed That the Indispensable requisite Of
| constitutional government is the right of every
human being, aInenable to the laws, to free ex-
preston of opinion by pen or speech upon all pub
! lie questions; and of a voter the right TO deposit
his ballot al fIirand honestly conducted election
and to secure these rights is the first and para
| mount duty of the Government
ResDitGd, That free schools are the great bulwark
/ of American liberty, and their efficient mainte-
nance the surest guarantee for its perpetuiy 1t IS
therefore essential that the public school system be
established and maintained by Government aid. II
necessary, In order that every child may be edu'
| Gated for useful citizenship
Pcsoyrcd, That the faith of the nation must be
maintained inviolate by the honest discharge OF oil
| its obligations.
The following address, reported by General
Ullmann, was adopted and ordered to be pub
| lished
ADDRESS TO THE PEoPLB OF THE UNITEE
STATES.
The elections of the years 1876 and 1878 establish
the fact that there exists, ~ many of the forme
| saveholding States of this Union, widely-sprea,
conspiracy to deprive the colored of their ciyi
and political libertiesi and thus the American peO
Pile Notwithstanding all the discussions, struggles
and battles of the last hundred years, find them
selves, this day, facing the momentous and uil
solved problem What shall DO the status of tn
colored man under this Government"
The binding force of all obligations depend
much upon the circumstances surrounding thei
creation. No subimer struggle between mora
right and moral wrong ever dlgnifed and exRlte
mankind than the war OF the rebellion HOY
great, then, Is the weight Of It's resulting obliga
lions No higher responsibility ever rested upon
nation than that which the people of the Unite
States assumed when they freed the slaves and en-
; dowed them with civil and political liberty Bu
rights and guarantees are worthless unless SUI
rounded by forces capable Of maintaining and Pre-
tecting them. These grants OF rights are deli
power of this Government. A government whic
grants the one and withholds the other Is logci
farce and will be held by the world of mankinC
both now and hereafter, TO strict account for tn
mode i'm which 1t shall discharge this sacred trus
II is not proposed at this time to describe til
many ways by which the former rebels strive I
dislrauchise the coloredl race and deprive them {
all representation in the State and National Legl
laturcs 1t Is not now necessary TO detail the hO
rible barbarities and inhumanities perpetrated du
; ing the last twelve years by Ku-KluX Road-Liner
] White Leaguers, Rifle Clubs and Red Shirt Rider
We pass over the long catalogue OF atrocities D
which thousands Of innocent beings-Gtizens
the United States and their families-haye bee
tortured, hung. cut 10 pieces, shot, and butchere
J 10 death. Already at million iiresideS have bt
| come household words the terror-bearing names
Nicksburg, Rcd River, the Mechanics Institute
, New Orleans, Coiax, Mount Pleasant Elleriol
Edgeneld, Hamburg Caddo Eufaula, KempC
County ConcordlH, Bloody Teusas and the re
of the revolving list OF frlghtm massacres, while
would disgrace the fields Of Bulgaria. This sea
blood cries from the ground, and shall be require
, | Of this generation"
But they seek their ends not by blood aOnt