PENNSYLVANIA. 



613 



.on board of t! 

 1 consequent disqualification as 



In ii t.---t .-is!-, undi-r this law, be- 



e Court of tlio State-, it was de- 



iho j mini's of t-K'c'.ions could not re- 



:\ x'l.t.- until In- had been tried and 



. .i'tli-M-rtion ; but two ot'tho justices, 



la-Id tliat the jin!^ of elections 



Ide tlic question. 



:i met ftt 



:vh 5tli, and adopted the fol- 

 ' resolutions: 



hereof the people were lately 

 of the Union, and nro 



Dn in Congress by men duly 

 elected, who Dear inu- f;utli t<> the Constitution and 

 . vindicate the maxim that 

 ithout representation" is tyranny, such 



'iiwith admitted. 



i of tin- n-public is pledged to the 

 (ho national debt, and Congress should 



-sary for that purpose. 



:,:it we owe obedience to the Constitution of 



. including the amendment prohib- 



lavery, and under its provisions will accord to 



emancipated all their rights of person and 



!. That each State has the exclusive right to regu- 

 late the qualifications of itspwn citizens. 



5. That the white race alone is entitled to the con- 

 trol of the government of the republic, and we are 

 unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote. 



.it tin"; buhl enunciation of the principles of 

 .i-titution, and the policy of restoration, con- 

 in the recent annual and Freedmen's Bureau 

 u-ssage of President Johnson, entitles him to 

 nfidence and support of all who respect the 

 ;tion and love their country. 



7. That the nation owes to the brave men of our 

 army and navy a lasting debt of gratitude for their 



services in defence of the Constitution and 

 ; and that while we cherish with a tender 

 <>n the memory of the fallen, we pledge to 

 their widows and orphans the nation's care and pro- 

 tection. 



hat we urge upon Congress the duty of equal- 

 izing the bounties or our soldiers and sailors. 



. ti- w:i* then taken for a candidate for 

 mor, and Heister Clymer waa declared 

 tin- nominee of tbe convention. 

 The I' ni. n State Convention met March 7th. 

 .lolni W. (ii-ary waa unanimously nomin- 

 ated as the choice of the Convention for Gov- 

 ernor, mul the following were some of the reso- 

 lutions adopted : 



2. That the most imperative duty of the present is 

 to gather the legitimate fruits of the war, in order 

 that our Constitution may come out of the rebellion 

 purified, our institutions strengthened, and our no- 

 tional life prolonged. 



8. That failure in these grave duties would be 

 scarcely less criminal than would have been an ac- 

 quiescence in secession and in the treasonable mach- 

 inations of the conspirators, and would be an in- 

 ult to every soldier who took up arms to save the 

 ountry. 



4. That, filled with admiration at the patriotic de- 

 votion and fearless courage with whieh Andrew 

 Johiiion resisted and denounced the elforts of tl.e. 

 r - to overthrow the national Government, Penn- 

 sylvania rejoiced to express her entire confidence in 

 bis character and principles, and appreciation of his 

 noble conduct, by bestowing her suffrage upon him 

 for the second position in honor and dignity in the 

 uui.ntry. His bold ami outspoken denunciation of 



the crime of treason, his firm demand* for the pan* 



ikbtncnt of the guilty offender*, and hi* exprefciloni 



of thorough sympathy with the friends of the Union, 



1 tor 'him the wannest attachment of her 



people, who, remembering hi* great services and 



'ile traitors and their sympathizer* alike 



denounced his patriotic action, appeal to him to 



Maud firmly by the side, and to repose upon the 



support of the loyal masse*, whose votes formed the 



foundation of his promotion, and who pledge to him 



their un>wrrvin^ support in all measures by which 



i shall be stigmatized, loyalty recognized, and 



the freedom, stability, and unity of the national 



Union restored. 



6. That the work of restoring the late insurrec- 

 tionary States to their proper relations to the Union 

 necessarily devolves upon the law-making power, 

 and that until such action shall be taken no Stato 

 lately in insurrection is entitled to representation in 

 either branch of Congress ; that, as preliminary to 

 such action, it is the nght of Congress to investigato 

 for itself the condition of the legislation of those 

 States, to inquire respecting their loyalty, and to 

 prescribe the terms of restoration, and that to deny 

 thib necessary constitutional power is to deny and 

 imperil one of tbe dearest rights belonging to our 

 representative form of government, and that we 

 cordially approve of the action of the Union repre- 

 sentatives in Congress from Pennsylvania on this 

 subject. 



6. That no man who has voluntarily engaged in 

 the late rebellion, or has held office under the rebel 

 organization, should be allowed to sit in the Con- 

 gress of the Union, and that the law known as the 

 test oath should not be repealed, but should be en- 

 forced against all claimants for seats in Congress. 



7 That the national faith is sacredly pledgtd to 

 the payment of the national debt incurred in the war 

 to save the country and to suppress rebellion, and 

 that the people will not suffer this faith to be vio- 

 lated or impaired ; but all debts incurred to sup- 

 port the rebellion were unlawful, void, and of no 

 obligation, and shall never be assumed by the 

 United States, nor shall any State be permitted 

 to pay any evidences of so vile and wicked engage- 

 ments. 



15. That in this crisis of public affairs, full of 

 grateful recollections of his marvellous and mem- 

 orable services on the field of battle, we turn to 

 the example of the unfaltering and uncompromising 

 loyalty or Lieutenant-General Grant with a confi- 

 dence not less significant and unshaken, because at 

 no period of our great struggle has his proud name 

 been associated with a doubtful patriotism, or used 

 for sinister purposes by the enemies of our common 

 country. 



17. That the Hon. Edgar Cowan, Senator from 

 Pennsylvania, by his course in the Senate of the 

 United States, has disappointed the hopes and for- 

 feited the confidence of those to whom ne owes his 

 place, and that he is hereby most earnestly requested 

 to resign. 



The following resolution was offered as a 

 substitute for the fourth resolution, but after 

 Boine discussion was withdrawn : 



Jiesolted, That, relying on the well-tried loyalty 

 and devotion of Andrew Johnson to the cause of the 

 Union in the dark days of treason and rebellion, and 

 remembering his patriotic conduct, services, and 

 sufferings, which in times past endeared his namo 

 to the I'nion party; and now reposing full confi- 

 dence in his ability, integrity, and patriotism, we 

 express the hope and confidence that the policy of 

 his administration will be so shaped and conducted 

 as (o save the nation from the perils which still sur- 

 round it. 



The fourth resolution was then adopted- - 

 yeas 1":.', nays 21. 



