Year: 1865

The Issues OF the Day


In the Union Convention of Butte county, held
August sth, the following adopted among
other resolutions


WHEREAS, In many counties of this State, GER
tain Union men have declared that the object for
which the Union party had been formed was now
fully accomplished, and that they were therefore
at liberty to dissolve and disorganize the party
which had successfully sustained the Government
through years of rebellion against it ; and where
as new issues have been presented to the people
of this State, upon which Union men of the I'm
ion party may and will be called upon to act
and whereas, ii is not only the privilege but the
duty of Union men to make open avowal Of their
opinions upon such issues therefore, be it re-
solved by the Union party of Butte county in
Convention assembled


That the mission of the Union party is not yet
accomplished.


That the men and parties of men who advocate
the dissolution or disorganization of that party
can be successful in their desires only by open
aflliation with secessionists and copperheads.


That the Union party propose to decide upon
and settle the new issues growing out of the re-
hellion and its suppression without the advice of
Southern Secessionists Northern doughfaces.


That the question of negro suffrage, which
the so-called Democratic party is endeavofing to
force.upon the Union party of the country and of
tUS f9ittc Is bUc DtiOIgS III the
ing States, exclusively to the States themselves,
and as yet in this State is not issue to be
presented to the people for their action.


The above resolutions, and the last one espe-
cially. embody our views. The negro suffrage
question is not before the people at all, and is
only pressed forward as an issue for the purpose
of dividing if possible the Union party on that
subject Don't let disorganizer invcigle you
into negro suffrage" discussion, is our advice
to every Union man.


THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNION STATE CONVENTION
.oX DIsoRGAylzERs.-IIo J. G.. McCallum, who
was unanimously chosen chairman of the Union
State Convention. held at Sacramento ont the 10th


instant in his address to the Convention thus
spoke of those individuals who assert that there
are no issues now before the Union organization


Oar Union has been preserved, but the mission
Of the Union party is not ended. applause
We pledged ourselves, in those days, in National
and State platforms, to stand by the Administra-
ton in lis efforts to put down the rebellion. 1t
became necessary one effort that slavery,
which the cause Of all our woes, should go
down with the rebellion itself. Applause. The
Proclamation of Emancipation was issued, and
as an incident thereto an amendment was offered
in the national halls of legislation prohibiting
slavery in all the States and Territories of the
Union. And in our last national platform the
Union party was fully committed to the carrying
ont of that measure. That, to become part of
The law, must he ratified by three-fourths of the
States of this Union. Some twenty-five or twen-
ty-thrce States have acted twenty is
threc-fourths of the whole number, thirty-six.
Four more required That is to-day living,
national issue, upon which the enemies of the
party, the enemies of the Government, have ta-
ken sides in every where there could be
partisan vote-as in New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Kentucky and Delaware. 1t 5 an issue to-day,
upon which our Legislators must vote next De-
cembcr and yet gentlemen say that the mission
of the Union party is accomplished. That great
question: as great as was ever submitted to any
people, unless it national preservation, is
yet before us But also pledged, in the
last national platform not only to put down this
rebellion but to that the leading traitors and
criminals should be punished. rApplause1 |
speak not of those who within the terms of
the proclamation of amnesty, but of those lead
ing rebels who in Congress and in the army de-
serted the country in its hour of peril, and have
caused this ocean of blood to flow. We are
pledged | say not how they shall be punished.


1t is not for nfe 10 say whether they shall be
cuted upon the gallows, or that they shall be
banishcd forever from the country which they
have wronged SO much, or perpetually imprisOn-
cd, or perpetually imprisoned, whatever it
may he but do say, that Andrew Johnson has
declared that they shall be punished, and that
they will never have the opportunity to again
sow the seeds of secession, is as certain as that
God reigns, and johnson lives. And we must
stand by Johnson. Applause. About the
time of his inauguration he declared in man.
ner which those who heard it will never forget
- The duties of the Office of President are mine
will discharge them, trusting in God" And
he will do it


have only To say, in conclusion, fellow citi-
zens, that | regard these great issues, still
living, but if it were nothing but the Union par
ty-the organization-l should still wish to 60
with that. Why should | seek new organiza-
tons? What party has ever lived in this coun-
try. or in any other. around the brows of whose
members there is such halo of glory within
the Union party of the nation? No; fellow citi-
zens, if there were nothing but the organization
4 left would say, stand by the organization. For
/ ! could say, in language somewhat like that OF
one Of old Where they go, ] would go where
Union lodge would lodge where they
die, | would die, and there would be buried


For their people are my people, and their uod
my God. Prolonged applause


SERIOUS INVITATION on THE = WEAKER okA' -
/ In a parliamentary paper furnished by the Gov
ernment Inspector of Railways in England, the