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- the ireurpation which we condemn, that the
condition of the Southern States and people is
got such as renders safe their readmission to a
share in the government of the country; that
they are still disloyal in sentiment and purpose;
and that neither the honor, the credit, nor the
interest of the nation would be safe if they were
readmitted to a share in its councils. 'We might
reply to this:
(1.) That we have no right, for such reasons,
to deny any portion of the. States-or people rights
expressly conferred npoo them by the Constitu
tion of theUnited States. ,
(2 ) That so hmg as the acts are those of ioy-
aUy so long aVtney conform in all their public
r conduct to the requirements of the Constitution
and lawsV we have no right to exact from them
conformity in their sentiments and opinions ta
.our own.
(3. That we have no right to distrust the
purpose or the ability of the people of the Union
to protect and defend, under all contingencies,
and by whatever means may "be required, its
Jio'nor and its welfare. .
These woujd, in aur. judgment, be full and
conclusive answers to the pled thus advanced
for the exclusion of these States from the Union.
But we say further, that this plea rests upon a
complete-misapprehension or -an unjust perver
sion of existing facts.
We do'not-hesitate to affirm, that there is no
section of the country where the Constitution
- and. laws of the United .States find a more
prompt and entire obedience than in those States,
and among those people wljo wjcre lately in arms
again&t them ; or where there is less purpose or
danger of any future attempt to overthrow their
authority. .It irould seejrrlo be both natural and
inevitable that in States and sections so reeeot:
!y swept by the whirlwind oi.war, where all the
ordinary modes . and methods of organized in
dustry havebeen broken up, and the bonds and
inBuences that .guarantee social order have been
.destroyed where thousands and "tens of thous
ands of turbulent spirits have been suddenly
loosed from the discipline of war and thrown
.without resources or restraint upon a disorgan
ized and chaotic society, and- where the keen
sense of defeat. is added to the overthrow of
ambition and hope,' .scenes of violence should
defy for a lime .the imperfect discipline of law,
and excite anew the fears and forebodings of
the patriotic and well-disposed. It is unques
tionably true that, local disturbances of this
kind, accompanied by more cr .less f violence,
.do still oceur. But they are confined entirely
to the cities and larger towns of the Southern
States,' where diffcient raxes and . interests are
brought - most closely in .contact, and where
passions'and resentments are always most easily
fed and fanned into outbreak; and even there,
they are quite as much the fruit of untimely
.and hurtful political agitation, as of any hostility
.on the part of the people to the authority of the
National Government , .. .
But the "concurrent testimony of tli03e best
acquainted with the condition of feociety and.
4he state of public sentiment in the South in
cluding that.of its representatives, in this con
vention 'establishes the fact that the great mass
of the SoutW&D- people accept, wiih as full and
siRcere submission as do the people of the other
States, the re-cstablithed supremacy of the
national authority, and arc prepared, in the
, .most loyal . spirit, and with a real quickened
.aKke bv their interest and their pride, to co
operate with other States and sections in what
ever rcay -be necessary to defend the rights,
maintain the honor and promote the welfare of
our commoS . country. History affords no in
stance where a people so powerful in numbers,
in resources and in-public spirit, after a war so
long jo its duration, so destructive inits pro
gress, and eo adverse in its issue, have accepted
defeat and its consequences with so much of
good faith as has marked the conduct of the
jfcople lately in iusurrection against the United
States. Beyond all question this has been
largely due to the wise generosity with which
their enforced surrender was accented by the
President of the United States and the generals
in immediate command of. their armies, and to
the liberal measures which were afterwards
taken to restore order, tranquility and law to
the States where all had beeu for the time
overthrown. No steps could have been better
calculated to command the respect, win the
confidence, revive the patriotism and secure the
permanent .ana affectionate allegiance of the
people of the South to the Constitution and laws
of tho Union than those which have be.en so
firmly taken and so steadfastly, pursued by the
Presidcntof the -United States. And if" that
.confidence and loyally have been since impaired;
if tho people of the South are to-day Jess cordial
in their allegiance than they were immediately
.upon the close of the war, we bWieve it. is due
-to the changed tone of the les'slative-denart-
. 5 oment of the General Government towards them;
.t! ito tho action by which Congress has endeavored
J , Uto supplant and defeat, the President's wise and
beneficent policy of restoration; to their exclu
l.sion from ill participation in our common Gov
jji eminent; to tho. withdrawal from them of rights
8 xonferfed and guaranteed, by the Constitution,
:and to the evidentpurpo.se of Congress, in the
exercise of a'usurped and unlawful, authority,
to reduce them from the rank of free and equal
members of a" Republic of States, with righto
and 'dignities unimpaired, to the condition of
.conquered provinces and a conquered people, in
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au luisgs muuruinaic anu sudiccc to tlic win ot
! ,lheir' conquerors;' free only to obey laws in
i. making which they are not allowed to share.
No people has; ever yet existed whose loyalty
!?ij;and faith s
k'W ' inot.alUoat
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uch .treatment long continued would
to and. impair. And 4he ten millions
roencans who Uve in the outh would be
unworthy citizens of a free country, degenerate
H .4 f ;!i.P-Of heroic-anccstiy, unfit ever to become
I iAf.r guardians of the rights and liberlies bequeathed
J 1. - 10 ua lie fathers and founders of this Re-
y .ii-fr .public, if they could accept, with uncomplainin
&l'ti ' lubroifciveness, the-humiliations' thus sought t
1 bevimposed upon them! Resentment of injustice
n nfi always and everywhere essential to- freedom?
;-:,,3knd the spirit which prompts the States and
l' people- lately ip insurrection, but insurgent now
hno longer, to toiotest ao-nlnst th lmnAcJflr. p
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l' Manjust -and' degrading conditions, makes them
)hfi4ll the more worthy to share in the government
iifjjf a free commonwealth, and gives still firmer
.:' issuranee of -the future cower and freednm
1 -KM, ;i "! he RenubHo. -For whatever rpsnnnsiKUttn v
3 i .5.2' -Vx 1 Seuthernpeople may have incurred In resisting
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' .no eumonij vi iue i.auoaai government and
I ; ; V - iT, n taking up arms for its overthrow, they may
v!:!'f'r--i e noia to, answer as inaiviauais Detore toe
3ry;? n " t,a,D tujr pBiu iiib vaubi jeariui peaai-
p tea 'that .can rait on offending States in the
I f 'mweff. the snfFe'r infra and hnmlliatinn nf nnen.
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essful war. - But whatever may he the guilt . or
loishroent or tneonecious authors of. the in
rrectiont candor and common justice demand
e concession that the great mass of those who
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vecame invoivea in its responsibility acted
upon what they believed to be tfceir doty, in
Arnln of what they had been taught to befieve
'.their rjgbts, or undex a jcomimlsioo, phyBieal
and moral, whieti tney were poweiiess 10 reaisi.
f or can it be miss to remember that, terrible
as have been the bereavements and" the losses
of this war, they ave fallen exclusively upon
neither section and upon neither party; that
they have fallen, indeed, with far greater
weight upon those with whom the war began;
tbaf in the death of relatives and friends, the
dispersion of families, the disruption of social
svstems and social ties, the overttirow ot gov
ernments, of law ad of order, ttie destruction
of property and of forms and modes and means
of industry, the loss of political, commercial
and moral influence, in every shape Kand form
which great calamities can .assume, the States
and people which engaged in. the war against
the Government of the United States have suf
fered ten-fold more than those who remained in
allegiance to its Constitution and laws.
These considerations may not, as they certain
ly do not, justify the action of the people of the
insurgent States; but'oo just or generous mind
will refuse to them very considerable weight in
determining the line of conduct .which the Gov
ernment of the United States should pursue
towards them.
They accept, if not with alacrity, certainly
without sullen resentment, the defeat and over
throw they have sustained. They aoknowledge
and acquiesce in the results, to themselves and
the country, which-that defeat involves. They
no longer olaim for any State the right tosecede
from the Union; they no longer assert for any
State an allegiance paramount to that which is
due to the General Government. - They have
accepted the destruction of slavery, abolished
it by their State constitutions, and concurred
with the Sta,tes aqd people of the whole Union
in prohibiting its existence forever upon the.
soil or within the jurisdiction of the United
States. They indicate and evince their pur
pose just so fast as'maybo possible and safe to
adapt their domestic laws to the changed condi
tion, of their society, ando secure by the law
and its tribunals equal and impartial justice to
all classes of their inhabitant's. They admit the
invalidity of all acts of resistance to the national
authorityand of all debts incurred'in attempt
ing its overthrow. They avow their willingness
to eharethe burdens and discharge all the duties
and obligations which rest upon them, in com
mon with other States and other sections of the
Union; und they renew, through their represent
tatives in this convention, by all their public
conduct, in every way and by the most solemn
acts by which States and. spcieties can pledge
their faith, their engagement to bear true faith
and allegiance, through all time to come, to the
Constitution of the United States, afcd to all
laws that may be made in pursuance thereof.
Fellow countrymen : We call upon you, in
full reliance upon your intelligence and your
patriotism, to accept with generous and un
grudging confidence this full surrender on the
part of those lately in arms against your au
t
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thority, and to share with- them the ' honor arid
enowB that await those who bring back peace
and concord to jarring States. The war just
closed, with' all its sorrows and disasters has
opened a new career of glory to the nation it
has saved. It has swept away, the hostilities of
sentiment and of interest which were a standing
menace to its peace. It has destroyed the in
stitution of slavery, always a cause of sectional
agitation and strife, and has opened Tor our
country the waj, to unity of interest,, of princi
ple and qf action through all-time to come. It
has developed in both sections a-military ca
pacity an aptitude for achievements or irar,
both by sea and land, before unknown even to
ourselves, and destined to exercise hereafter,
under united councils, an important influence
upon the character and destiny of the continent
and the world. And while it has thus. revealed
disciplined and compacted our power to us
beyond controversy or doubt, by the course
pursued towards both contending sectious by
foreign Powers, that we must be the guardians
of our own independence, and that the princi
ples of republican freedom we represent can
find among the nations of the earth no friends
or defenders but ourselves.
We cll upon you, therefore, by every consid
eration of your own dignity and safety, and in
the name of liberty throughout the- world, to
complete the work-of restoration and peace
which the President of the United States has
eo well begun, and which the policy , adopted
and the principles asserted by the present Con
gress alone obstruct. The time is close at hand,
when members of a new Congress are to be
elected. If that Congress shall perpetuate this
policy, and, by excluding loyal States and peo
ple from representation in its halls, shall con
tinue Ihe usurpation . by which the legislative
powers of the Government are exercised, com
mon prudence compels us to anticipate aug
mented discontent, a sullen withdrawal from the
duties and obligations of the Federal Govern
ment, internal dissension and a general collision
of sentiments and.pretensions which may renew,
in a still more- fearful shape, the civil war. from
which we have just emerged." We' call upon
you to interpose your power to prevent the re
currence of 60 transcendant a calamity.- We,
cull upon you in every Congressional district of
every State to secure the election of members
who, whatever other differences may characterize
their political action, will unite in recognizing
the right of every State of the Union to repre
sentation in Congress, and who. will admit , to
stat9 in either branch every loyal Representa
tive from every State in allegiance to the Gov
ernment, who may be found by each House, in
the exercise of the power conferred 'upon it by
the Constitution, to have been dnly elected,
returned and qualified for a seat therein.
When this bhall have been done, the Govern
ment will have been restored to its integrity,
the Constitution of the United States will have
been re-established in its supremacy, and the
American Union will have again become what
it was designed to,be by those who formed it,
a sovereign nation, composed of seperate States,
each like itself, moving in a distinct and inde
pendent sphere, exercising powers defined and
reserved by a common Constitution, and resting
upon the assent, the confidence and co-operation
of all the States and all the people subject to its
authority. Thus reorganized and restored to
their constitutional relations, the States and the
General Government can. enter in a fraternal
spirit, with a common purpose and a common
interest, upon whatever reforms the security of
personal rights, the-enlargement of popular lib
erty actl the perfection -of our Republican insti-'
tutions may demand. - - ' .
Pardons: Pardom haveeu received at the
Executive Office for the following oersons and ar.
ready fr tlelivery : " . ' "
II VV, "Joddie, Wash county ; Anu McNeelv
Rowan co. ; D Frorreberger, Cleaveland county
5 E Allen, Halifax county ; J B AddingtonJ
Wilkes county. -Kaieujh Sentinel '
, -RESOLUTIONS
Jt.dopUdAeUioxtmNatiohal Convention at
,: ' htladphiaf. August 16, 1866; :
The" National Union Convention oow assem
bled ,in-; the jcity of Philadelphia, composed 0
'delegates from every State andTerritory in ther
Uiiiou, admonished by. the solemn lesson which,
for the last five years, it has pleased the Supreme
Jlnler of the universe to give to ihe American
1 people, profoundly grateful for Ue return of peace,
desires, as do a large majority vi xueir cuunra
xnen, in all sincerity,- to forget, and forgive the
past, revering the Constitution as it cornes to us
.from our ancestors, regarding the Union in its
restoration as more sacred than ever, and looking
with deep interest into'" .the future as of - infinite
and continuing trial, hereby Tssue and proclaim
the following Declarations of Principles and Pur
poses, op which they have, with perfect unanimi
ty, agreed : . ', . - "
First- We hail with gratitude to Almighty God
the end of the war and the return of peace to ah
afflicted and beloved land.
Second The war just closed has maintained
the 'authority of the Constitution with all the
powers which.it confers and all the restrictions
which it imposes upon, the General Government
unabridged and unaltered, and it has preserved
the Union with the equal rights, dignity and au
thority of the States perfect and unimpaired.
Third. Representation in the Congress of the
United States and in the Electoral College is a
right recognized by the Constitution as abiding
in every State and as a duty imposed lipoA its
people," fundamental in its nature. and essential to
the existence of our republican institutions ; and
neither Congress nor 4he General Government
has any authority or power to deny this right to
any State, or . to withhold its enjoyment under
the Constitution from the people thereof.
. Fourth. AVe. call upon the people of the United
States to. elect to Congress as members thereof
none' but men who admit this fundamental right
of representation, and who will receive to seats
therein loyal representatives from, every State in
allegiance, to the United States, subject to the
constitutional right of each, House to judge of the
elections and qualifications ot its owri members.
Fifth. The Constitution of the United States
and the laws made in pursuance thereof are the
supreme law of the land, anything in the consti
tution or laws of any State to the contrary not
withstanding. . All' the power not conferred by
the Constitution upon the General Government,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are 'reserved to
the States or to the people thereof j-and among
the rights thus reserved to the States is the right
to prescribe qualifications for the elective franchise
therein, with which right Congress cannot inter
fere. No Slate or combination of States has the
right to withdraw from the Union, or tb exclude,
through thejr action in Congress or - otherwise,
any other State or States from the Union. The
Union of these States is perpetual," and its Gov
ernment has all supreme authority within the
restrictions and limitations of the Constitution.
Sixth. Such amendments' to the Constitution
of the "United States-may Jbe made by the people
thereof as they may deem expedient, but only in
the mode pointed out by its provisions ; and in
proposing such sirafrnd men Is, whether, by Con
'gress or by a convention, and in ratifying the
same, all the States of 'the Union have aii equal
and an-indefeasible right to a voice and a vote
thereon. '"
Seventh. Slavery is abolished and forever pro-'
l)ibited,.and there is neither desire nor purpose
on the part of the Southern States that it should
ever be re-established upon the soil or within the
jurisdiction of the United States;. and the en
franchised slavoa in all tha States of the Union
should receive, in common with all their inhabi
tants, equal protection in every right of person
and property.
Eighth. While we regard as utterly invalid
and never to be assumed or made of binding
force any obligation incurre'd or undertaken in
making war against the United States, we hold
the debt of the nation to be sacred and inviolable,
and we proclaim our purpose in discharging this,
as in performing all other national obligations, to
maintain "unimpaired and unimpeached the honor
and the faith' of the Hepublic.
Nine. It is the duty of the National Govern
ment to recognize the services of the Federal
soldiers and sailors, in -the contest just closed, by
meeting promptly and fully all their just and
rightful claims for . the services they have ren
dered the nation, and by extending to those of
them who have survived, and to the widows and
orphans of those who have fallen the most'gen
erous and considerate care.
Tenth. In Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, who, in his great office has proved
steadfast in his devotion to the Constitution, the
laws and the interests of his country, unmoved "by
persecution and undeserved reproach, having faith
unassailable in the peopJ and in the principles of
a free Government we recognize a- Chief Magis
trate worthy of the nation and equal to the great
crisis upon which his lot is cast, and we tender
to him, in the discharge of his high and respon
sible duties, our profound respect and assurance
of our cordial and sincere support.
.
, PROM "WASHINGTON.
Washington', Aug. 21. The call for a Con
vention of soldiers and1 sailors, who endorse die
President's policy, to meet at Cleaveland, Ohio',
September 17th, bjs teen issued. It is signed
and endorsed by Major General Frank P. Blair,
Rosseau, Custer, McCook, Steedman, Meridith,
Dix, Slocura, Sickles and nearly one hundred
general officers of the late Federal army, and as
many more subordinate officers." '
The address declares it to be the dntv of "each
Stale, as well as their right, to participate in the
government. - ine sigi.ers ot toe' call believe that
the South is sincere in' its declaration, and they
are unwilling. that its.people shall be held in vas
salage. They hold that the Southern States can
not be denied the right' of representation in Con
gress without a plain violation of the Constitution.
It concludes by saying: "When the restoration
of. the Union and the preservation of our form of
government is in issue, however much' we regret
to sever - cherished political associations, and to
eo-operate with former enemies, must prefer to
act with those who have been " wrong, and are
now right, to those who were right but are now
wroncr.
The President has officially announced-to Gov.
Hamilton that he is. relieved of his position as
Provisional Governor of Texas, the affairs of that
State having been remitted to the Constitutional
authorities chosen by -the people thereof.
VASHiNGTON;Aug. 22. There are rumors that
Judge Advocate Holfis to be removed. Col.
Thomas, Collector at Philadelphia port, who .at
first refused to surrender the office, has abandoned
the purpose of contesting the right of W. F. John
son, appointed by the President.
. Gen. Dick Taylor and Charles If. Conrad, of
Alabama? were among the Presidents visitors
fo-day. Conrad "has been pardoned. J
Gen". A. M. Stout, of Kentucky, is appointed
Chief Clerk of the Patent Office. . . .
, r !s Washington, Aug. 18. f
There was a 'great crowd, preseat to-day to
hear the President in response to Reverdy
Johnson, who presented the official proceedings
of. the Convention. ; J;."' . . ' '
"t-He said, referring wiih feeling to the scene
represented of South Carolina and Massachu
setts entering the Convention together, he was
overcome, and .could not but . conclude that an
overruling Providence was guiding us aright.
He said Our brave men have performed their
duties in the field, and have won laurels im
perishable, but, turning to General Grant, he
continued, but there are greater and more im
portant duties to perform, and while we bare
had their co-operation in the field we now need
their efforts to perpetuate peace. (Applause.)
The Executive Departments had. tried to poor
oil on the wounds, and. restore the Union, 'but
it had not entirely succeeded. We hate seen,
he said, in one department' of the Government
every effort to prevent the restoration of. peace
and harmony, of the Union. We. have seen
hanging upon the verge'of Che Government, as
it wer,e, a bddy called, or which assumed to be,
the Congress of the United States, while in
fact it is a Congress of only a part of the States.
We have seen this Congress assume and pre
tend to be for the Union when its every step
and act tended to perpetuate disunion and make
a disruption of the States inevitable, instead of
promoting reconciliation and harmony. Its Ieg-
l .islation has partaken of the character of penal
ties, retaliation and revenge. This has been
the course and the policy of one portion of. your
Government. The humble individual wh is
now addrcssingyou stands the representative
of another, department of the Government.,
The manner in which he was called upon to oc
cupy that position, I shall not allude to on this
occasion. Suffice it to say, that he ir here un
der the Constitution of the country, and being
here by virtue of its provisions, he takes his
stand upon that Charter , of our liberties as the
great rampart of civil and religious liberty.
(Prolonged cheering.) Having been taught in
my early life to hold it sacred, and havingprac
ticcd upon it -during my whole public career, I
shall ever continue to reverence the Constitu
tion of my fathers, and to make it my-guide.
(Hearty applause.) The President proceeded,
and denied the charge that he had ever been
tyrannical or a despot, but .said sueh charges
were simply intended to deceive and delude the
public mind into the belief that there is some
one in power who, is usurping and trampling
upon the rights of, the Constitution It is done
by those who jnake such charges for the purr
pose of covering their owe acts (That s so,
,and applause) I have felt it my, duty, in vin
dication of the principles and Constitution of
my country, to call the attention of my coun
trymen io these proceedings: When we come
to examine, who has been playing the tyrant,
by whom do we find despotism .exercised? As
to myself, the elements of my nature, the pur
suits of my life, have not mad: me, either in
my feeling or in my practice, oppressive. My
nature, on the coulrury, is rather defensive iu
tts character, but I will say that having taken
my stand upon tho broad principles of liberty
and the Constitution, there is not power enough
on earth to drive me from it. (Loud and pro
longed applause.). Having placed myself 'upon'
that broad platform,. I have not been awed or
dismayed, or intimidated by either threats or
encroachments, but have stood there, in con
junction with patriotic spirits, sounding the
tocsin of alarm when I deemed "the citadel of
liberty in danger. (Great applause.) I said
on a previous occasion, and repeat now, that all
is necessary in this great struggle against ty
ranny and despot isiSJ was that the . struggle
should be sufficiently audible. for the American
people to hear and properly understand. They
did hear, and looking on and seeing who the
contestants were and what the struggle was
about to be, determined that they would settle
this question on the side of the Constitution,
and ot'principle. I proclaim here to-day, as I
have on previous occasions", that my faith is in
the great mss of the people. In the darkest
hours of this struggle, .when the clouds seemed
to bo most lowering, my faith, instead of giving
way, loomed up through the cloud beyond which
1 saw that all would be well in the end. My
countrymen, we all know that tyranny and despotism-
in the language of Thomas Jefferson,
can be - exercised and exerted more effectually
by the many than the one. We have seen a"
Congress gradually encroach, step by step, and
violate, day after day, and'month after month,
the Constitutional rights and the fundamental
principles of the Government. We have seen
a Congress that seemed to forget that there was
a limit to the sphere'antl 'scope of legislation.
We have seen a Congress in a minority, assume
to usurp power which, if allowed to be carried
out, would result in despotism, or in monarch jr
itself. This is truth', and-because others as Well
as myself have seen proper to appeal to the pa
triotism and Republican feeling of the country,
we have been denounced in the severest terms.
Slander upon slander, vituperation upon vitu
peration of the most villainous character has
made its way 'ihyough the press. What, gen-"
tlutuen, has been your and my sin? what has
been the eause of our offending? I will tell
you. Daring to stand by the Constitution of
our fathers. I consider the proceedings of this
Convention, Sir, as more important than those
of any Convention that ever assembled in the
United States. " (Great applause.) When I
look with my mind's eye upon that collection of
citizens coming together. voluntarily, and setting
in council with ideas, with' principles and views
commensurate with all the States, and co-extensive
with the whole people, and contrast it
with the collectioir'of persons who are'tryiog to
destroy the country, I regard it 'as more impor
tant than any Convention that, has assembled
since 17S7. (Renewed applause ) I think I
may also say, that the declarations that were
there made are equal to the Declaration of In
dependence itself, and 1 hero to-day pronounce
them a second Declaration of Independence.
(Cries of glorious, and a most enthusiastic and
prolonged applause.)
Your address and declaration are nothing
moro nor less than a re-affirmation of the Con
stitution of jhe United States yes, I will go
farther and say that the declaration you have
made, that the principles enunciated in vourad-
dress are a second' Proclamation of Emancipa
tion lo the people of the United States" (re
newed applause) for . in proclaiming and re
proclaiming these great truths, you have laid
down a constitutional platform upon which' all
can make common cause and stand united to
gether for the restoration of the States and the
preservation of the government without refer
ence to party.
The "question only is the salvation of the
country,'or one country rises above all. party
considerations or influences. , How many are
therein the .United States thai now require, to
f beVfree?iizi-Thev have the shackles upon their
limbs, and are bound as rigidly as though they
Were in, fact in slavery. I repeat, then, that
your declaration is the second Proclamation of
Emancipation to the people of the United States,
and offers s common ground upon, which all pa
triots can stand. Applause. -r-;
Mr Chairman and gentlemen, let me, iu this
connection, ask what have I Jo gain more than
I the advancement of the public welfare I am
as much opposed to the indulgence of egotism
as any one, but here in a conversational manner,
while formally receiving the proceedings of this
Convention, I may be permitted again to ask,
what have I to gain, consulting human ambi
tion, more than I have gained?" Except in one
thing, my race is nearly run; I have been
plaeed in the high office which I occupy under
the Constitution of the country, and I may say
that A nave heldr from lowest to highest, almost
every position to which a man'may attain in our
Government; and surely, gentlemen, this should
be enough to gratify a reasonable ambition. If
I wanted authority, or if I wished to perpetuate -my
own power, how easy it would have been
to hold and wield that whioh was plaeed in my
hands by the measure , called the Freedmen's
Bureau bill? (Laughter and applause.) With
an army which it placed at my discretion, I
could have remained at the capital of the nation,
and with fifty or sixty millions of appropriations
at my disposal with the machinery to be work
ed by my satraps and dependants jn every town
and village, and then with the Civil Rights bill
following as an auxiliary (laughter) in con
nectioa. with ..all the other appliances of the
Government, I could have 'proclaimed myself
dictator. - But, gentlemen, my pride and my
ambition . have been to occupy that position
which retains all power. io the hand of the peo
ple. It is upon that I have always relied; it is
upon that I rely now; and I repeat that neither
the - taunts nor jeers of Congress, nor a subsi
dized calumniating press can- drive me from my
purpose. (Great applause) I acknowledge
no superior except my God, the author of my
existence and the people of the United States.
(Prolonged and enthusiastic cheering) -For
the one. I try to obey" all His co'mmauds as best
I can, compatible with my poor humanity; for
the other in a political and representative sense
the high behests of tho people have always been
respecred and obeyed by me. (Applause )
Mr Chairmaio, I have said more than I in
tended to say. For the kind allusion to myself
contained in your address and in the resolution,
adopted. by 'the Convention, let me remark that
in this crisis, and at the present period of my
public life, I hold -above all price,' and ' shall
ever recur, with feelings of profound'gratificatio.n
to, the last resolution containing the endorse
ment of a Convention emanating spontaneous
from thegreat mass of the people. I trosVaod
hope that my future actions will beSuch that
you and the Convention you represent may not
regret the assurance of confidence you have ex
pressed. Before separating, my friends, one and all,
please accept my sincere thanks for the kind
manifestations of regard and respect 3'ou have
exhibited on this occassion. -I repeat that I
shaJI always continue to be guided by a con
scientious conviction of duty, and that always
gives one courage under the Constitution which
t have made my guide.
At the conclusion of the Presideat's remarks
three enthusiastic cheers were given for Andrew
Johnson and three more for Gen. Grant.
The President then took a position near the
door, opening into the hall, with Gen. Grant by
his side, where, as the gentlemen of Jhe com
mittee and members of the Convention passed
out, he grasped each one by the hand, and had
a smile or cheering word for all. After which,
tney passed on to take Gen. Grant by the hand
'- . 3 '
W onderful Lscape. A child .in Ohio,,
nine years oid, in, a state of somnambulism,
arose from her bed one night last week at 12
o clock, walked to a fourth-story window and
jumped out. In ber descent she struck one of
the iron rods used for the support of an awning.
This rod gave way and threw her out from the
house on he pavement; put she was unhurt;
save the scraping and blistering of ber hand,
and the knocking out of two or three of her
teeth. There were some scratches and bruises
on her face, an abrasion of the skin on her
breast, and a bruise on one of her knees.
'
' A captain of a sail boat on the Potomac the
other day got very drunk, and fell in-to the
fiver. Not knowing that he was in the Poto
mac, but believing that he had fallen into the
hold of the vessel; and that it had filled with
water, he cried out, "Come here, Jemmy,-and
steer the boat while 1 bail her out. - -
DISSOLUTION. '
The copartnership existing heretofore under the
name of J. M. SANDERS & CO., was dissolved on
the 6tn inst., by mutual consent.
The debts due' tbe firm are in the hands of J. J.
Blackwood for settlement Those indebted will
greatly oblige us by calling oq him, at our former
counting room, and. closing their accounts as early
as possible. .
J. M. SANDERS & CO.
August 20, 1866 2t
K. 7l.- OATES. . D.."W. OATES.
R. ill. OATES. & CO.,
(Successors to Oates, Williams & Co.,)
.GE.1ERAL GKOCERY,
Produce and Commission Merchants,
Charlotte, N. C.
. Ang 20, 1866. . , 3m
TURNER'S ALMANAC
FOR 1867,
Will be Ready about the Is of September.
Tbtse wanting Advertising Pages should send in
at once.
The Almanab will be enlarged and improved
Send in your orders at once if you want them filled
early, as I shall fill them by turn. .
Send orders to the care of BRANSON 5c
FARRAtt, at the N. C. Book Store.
. H: D. TURNER.-
Raleigh, Aug 14, 1866. Aug 20 2t
Stale of If. Carolina, Mecklenburg: co.
Court of I'ltaa if Quarter Sessions, July Term 1866.
Stevans & Sons vs' William Treloar.
Attachment levied on One House and Lot in tbe
City of Charlotte, knowji in the Plat of said City as
f N. 369, in square 51. It appearing to tbe satisfac
tion of tbe Court that William Treloar, the defend
ant in this case, is not a resident of this State but,
resides beyond the. limits of . the same, it is there
fore ordered by tbe Court that publication be maae
for six weeks in the Western Democrat, a newspa
per published in I be City of Charlotte, for defendant
to appear at tbe next term of this Court, to be beld
for said couuty at tbe Court House in Charlotte on
the 24 Monday in October next, and show cause why
tbe property levied upon should not be ordered to
be sold.
Witness Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court at
Office in Charlotte the 2d Monday in July A D 1866.
fpr adv. $10 , WM.MAXWELLC.C.C,
STATE NEWS.
r Dr. John R Dawes, Col. E D nH and Maj.
Ro.;Slrapge are mentioned as candidates for the
legislature from New' Hanover. .
.' Col. W B Riehardson of Moore, is a candidate
for the Senate from Moore and Montgomery
Dr. R-K -Speed and Gen, W E Mann are
candidates for the Senate io Perquimans and
Pasquotank. - .rr .,
Thomas Wilson, Esq , is -a candidate for tha
Commons from Perquimans. ,
. Steps have been taken to rs-organire th agri
cultural society of Buncombe county, by the ap
pointment of Gen J G Martin, Col L M Batch,
E Clayton, J M CraigmilesR VjBUckstock sod
N W Woodfin, to report the organization next
Saturday, ,Every . county. in the State should
do lik e wise. '
V North' Carolina, Inoen'tjixt. J A Mal
tockf of Onslow 'county, h w invented and pat
ented a roachine"known as t5e "J A. .Mattock's
Improved Apparatus for the distillation of pine
wood' - Thbi valuable invention' haj been in
successful operation, and is likely lo come into
general use in the piney regions. The machine
runs out, from a load of pine wood, seventy-five
gallons of crude spirits of turpentine, which is
clarified at a small expense, at a cost of less than
twenty per cent. ' Besides this product of the
machine's manipulation, fifty-four pounds of
acid, after being purified, are, produced, which
is worth $1.50 per pound, or more. In addition
there are produced four barrels of pitch. i?af
eigh Sentinel. - - - r
The"ucky Man We undentand that tha
first bale of new cotton o this year's growth, in
the Wilmington market", was sent there on Fri
day last by,Moody &' Smith, of Marion, S. C :
They were consequently the recipients of the
silver cup offered as a premium for"1 suh a per
formance by Messrs. Mitchell, Allen & Co., for
the.first bale of four hundred pounds. . Messrs.
Worth & Daniel, two of .the most enterprising
business men among the merchants of Wilming
ton, purchased it at35 cents per "pound.
Another cup is offered for the first hale sent
to Ncwbern. -Who will have it 1RaleigH
Progress.: t . ,
A letter to, the Norfolk Virginian from Hah,
fax, the writer of which has jusf returned from
an extensive visit in Edgecombe, Pitt and North
ampton, 'says the cotton is looklpg. Well in many
sections but' everywhere better tbad-upon the
Roanoke. -Edgecombe countv will nroduca at
g
the lowest account 15,000, bales of cotton, and
may make .l6fc000. The other counties will have
a goodly share of this very' important article
The corn is good on the highlands, but for want
of seasons, very indifferent on the RoanOke.
NOTICE..
.
The copartnership heretofore existing under the
name of Oates, Williams & Co., and managed In the
City of Charlotte by R. M. Oates; resident partner,
is this day dissolved.
- Persons huring claims against, or owing this
copartnership will settle with the undersigned who
alone will sigu in liquidation. - '
It M. OATES.
Resident Partner
of Oatss, Williams, & Co.
Aug. 20, 1866. 1m
'Pensions! Pensions!!
The undersigned is prepared (o get all old Pen
sioners restored to the Pension Rolls and collect
their back pay. All pensioners in tbe Revolution,
tbe- war of 1812. and the Mexican war. aimlr m.t
once to. C. W. DOWNISG,
Times OlSce, Charlotte. N. 0.
August 20, 1866 tT . .
. FIRST NATIONAL 'BANK
OF CIIAISLOTTJB.
Increase of Capital.
- This Bank having received permission from the
Comptroller of the Currency to increase tbe Capital
Stock,
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on
the 7th instant, it was ordered . that tbe Capital
Stock of th First National Bank of Charlotte be
increased to the sum-of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand. Dollars and that advertisement be made
ftjccordinglyt
Books or Subscription are nartr open at the Bank.
THOS. VV. DEWEY, .Cashier.
Ang 131866 6t";.
Raleigh Sentinel and Standard copy 6 timet
weekly. , r, k r- - 4 . ...
, N, C. COLLEGE,
MTi PLEASANf , CABARRUS COUNTY, N. 6. 4
The exercises of this Institution. will be resumed
September 5th, 1866.
Tuition per Sessidn of Forty WeeksNational Currency
. English Department, $30 00
Classical " 40 00
Boarding can be had nt reasonable price.
Deduction will be made in' cases of protracted
sickness.
Aug 13, 1866
C. JJELCHOR, Pres. of Directors.
4t .
.0.- ---NOTICE.
: Having qualified as Administrator of Dan. Alex
anderj decd,.with the Will annexed, I hereby notify
all persons indebted to the estate to come forward
and make settlement, and those having claims
against said estate must present- them within tbe
timo prescribed y law, or this notice will be
pleaded in h&f oftbeir recovery.
.M, W. ALEXANDER, Adm'r.
Ang 13, 18GG lra:r.V ,
Administrator; Notice.
As Administrator of Geb. WIouston, deceased,
I notify all persons rndeltcd'to bis estate to come
forward and make settlement, land tLose having
claims against said estate must present them to m
wilbih the time prescribed by law, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
W. L. HOUSTON Adm'r. .
Ang 13, 1866 Impd m " .
STEAM SAW MILL,
NEAR BREVARD'S STATION, GASTON CO N. O.
We are now prepared. l fill Bills-for -Lumber at
onr Mill on shorl'nolce'atrd reduced prices.' From
the known superior quality of the timber in tha
vicinitv. 'we bone' to merit a portion of public
patronage, and fill all orderf'fatisfactprjjy.
Address orders-to - "
ABERNETHYBUTLEDOE k CO.
Aug6,1866 lm .
NEJV good$: . -
jOpening thit Day,' and Arriving Daily at wy
I am now in daily receipt of tbe-Jatest and most
elegant styles of CALICOES: bleached and bn-
bleat-hed Domestics, and every class of Goods found
in tbe best Dry Goods 'booses In the South. Mv
Stock of Notjont is full and itlect.'aad "will com- -pars
in price and quality with any offered in tbia
market. 'In Hats, Boots and Shoe's, I offer great In
ducements to purchasers, who wish goods cheap and
serviceable. My stock of Hardware and Groceries
li-tliA tuttiff r.nl.n ! a k 4 - h. .V1 rrl v i fnm
New York nd Philadelphia, so that wholesale And
retail dealer will consult tbeir interest by examin
ing my Goods before purchasing elsewhere. Cons
try Merchants are invited to eir ma a eall. ' 1 ,
Aug 6, 1868 . A SINCLAIR, '.