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UNITED STATES. 



onr country to its former state of peace, happiness, 

 and prosperity: and 



Whereas, we believe that our stern advocacy ot the 



Principles for which we conscientiously struggled 

 uring a period of four years will be rather a recom- 

 mendation of our sincerity and honorable purposes 

 to the brave soldiers of the Union ; therefore, 



Resolved, That we have seen with pleasure the 

 movements made by the soldiers and sailors of the 

 Union, for the preservation of which they have so 

 long fought ; and that we have no fears that wrong 

 or injustice will be done to us by those we have 

 learned on the battle-field to respect as "foemen 

 worthy of our steel." 



Resolved, That we tender to them a soldier's pledge 

 of our fidelity to the Government, of our assistance 

 in the maintenance of law and order, and our ear- 

 nest desire for the return of that day when the 

 American people can say with truth they " know no 

 North, no South, no Bust, and no West." 



Resolved, That the charge that the life, liberty, or 



Eroperty of Northern men is unsafe or unprotected 

 i the South is a slander which could only have ema- 

 nated from the cowardly fears of "fireside heroes," 

 or from the corrupt machinations of reckless office- 

 holders, grown desperate at the approach of retribu- 

 tive justice, and the loss of power and place. 



On September 25th a convention of soldiers 

 and sailors who sustained the measures adopted 

 by Congress for the restoration of the Union, 

 assembled at Pittsburg, Pa., and organized by 

 the election of Major-General J. D. Cox, of 

 Ohio, as president. A wig warn had been con- 

 structed for the occasion, and the attendance 

 was large. A series of resolutions was reported 

 by Major-General B. F. Butler, and adopted 

 unanimously. The following are two of the 

 series : 



Resolved, That the President, as an executive offi- 

 cer, has no right to a policy as against the legislative 

 department of the Government That his attempt 

 to fasten his scheme of reconstruction upon the 

 country is as dangerous as it is unwise: his acts in 

 sustaining it have retarded the restoration of peace 

 and unity ; they have converted conquered rebels 

 iato impudent claimants to rights which they have 

 forfeited, and places which they have desecrated. If 

 consummated it would render the sacrifices of the 

 nation useless, the loss of the lives of our buried 

 comrades vain, and the war in which we have so 

 gloriously triumphed, what his present friends at 

 Chicago, in 1864, declared it to be, a failure. 



Resolved, That the right of the conqueror to legis- 

 late for the conquered has been recognized by the 

 public law of all civilized nations. By the opera- 

 tion of that law for the conservation of the good 

 of the whole country, Congress had the undoubted 

 right to establish measures for the conduct of the 

 revolted States, and to pass all acts of legislation 

 that are necessary for the complete restoration of the 

 Union. 



A convention of working-men was assembled 

 at Baltimore, on August 21st, to consult upon 

 measures suitable to promote the interests of 

 working-men. An important object w:is to 

 make eight hours the length of a day's labor. 

 The disposal of the public lands, and foreign 

 pauper labor and convict labor, were also sub- 

 jects of discussion. 



The State elections, which were held in the 

 months of September," October, and November, 

 resulted in favor of the Republicans, by in- 

 creased majorities, as will be seen by reference 

 to the States respectively. 



UN1VERSALISTS. 



The financial condition of the Government, 

 its system of taxation and revenue, are pre- 

 sented under the title FINANCES, etc. ; the 

 foreign relations under DIPLOMATIC INTER- 

 COURSE, etc. (See also COMMERCE, CONGRESS, 

 ARMY, NAVY, and the Southern States respec- 

 tively.) During the year the Constitutional 

 Amendment, known as article 14, was ratified 

 by Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Isl- 

 and, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, and Ver- 

 mont. In January, 1867, it was brought before 

 the Legislatures of several other States. 



UNIVERSALISTS. The General Convention 

 of the Universalists of the United States met at 

 Galcsburg, Illinois, on the 18th of September. 

 A larger attendance had been anticipated at 

 this Convention than at any previous one ; but 

 these anticipations were not realized. The 

 total number of ministers present was sixty-six. 

 The assembly organized by electing the Hon. 

 Sidney Perham, Member of Congress from 

 Maine, President. The trustees of the mis- 

 sionary fund reported that, of the $100,000 

 which last year's Convention had resolved to 

 raise, about $17,000 had been raised, nearly all 

 by subscription and in the State of New York. 

 A resolution to extend to the Unitarians cordial 

 sympathy in their efforts to promote the spread 

 of liberal Christianity in our country, and to 

 express the willingness of the Universalists to 

 cooperate with Unitarians, in all practical ways, 

 for the Christianizing of the world, was adopted 

 by a large majority. The Convention also 

 unanimously adopted a series of resolutions on 

 the state of the country, deeply regretting 4i the 

 manifest sympathy of purpose " existing be- 

 tween President Andrew Johnson and the late 

 Confederates, deploring " the reproach which 

 has been cast upon the people of this land by 

 the disgraceful personal conduct of the Presi- 

 dent," commending the policy of Congress, but 

 earnestly protesting " against any final recon- 

 struction which fails to do the amplest justice 

 to all the loyal defenders of the country," and 

 declaring that "no policy can meet the approval 

 of the Universalist denomination, which does 

 not embrace impartial suffrage." It was also 

 resolved that the council was in hearty sym- 

 pathy with all organizations whose object it 

 may be to promote the cause of temperance. 



The Boston Universalist makes a statement 

 of the work done by this denomination during 

 the past year. The result is regarded by the 

 Universalist as satisfactory. " The denomina- 

 tion," it says, "has done more during the year 

 1866 than in any year ; we may, perhaps, say 

 any decade of years before. For educational 

 institutions, in the form of bequests, we have 

 raised $300,000, and by subscription and dona- 

 tions, $272,000. For missionary funds, etc., 

 $33,000. For church edifices dedicated during 

 the year, $435,000. Total, $1,040,000, or in 

 round numbers, $1,000,000, as the year's addi- 

 tion to the permanent resources of the denomi- 

 nation. The transient contributions for the 

 year, or annual expenditures, are estimated as* 



