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The Union Movement

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
September
Year
1862
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Public Domain
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W e lirn'Hv stated in uur laat issue tuat i Uni'iii conference meeting had beeii i.ckl -,ii J.-ickuon preliminar)1 to bringiug (in .1 Sute t (_',(;■. indopen ent ui ;ill poItt'cl organizations. All part of the ■ StMtM and bt't'i politica! partios wtro i. ■■risiiitcl, md by men ol rtich t mul posilion as to oom mand ilw reapect utíii o iliosc :vlio will opposu t!ic ] inent lo ihu biiter end. A fui! i'i.c-(.' iisultad in the OiilHng of ;i notfi na : lii.g euuvuhtioti to I . li-lil i Jackiww, i nu ThuiWay, Octobi'i' ''i, mul 'im tlio i iui.in:iii"M.-j itdupti ui i)f the followiiig 'Julio 'eupltt "f i.t Hl u te of Mhiun; O i" :iüi!i.ui country, tliit injilosH ïuluTit.uice trom itai hallicrii is in nrut iliiner. Tlio dciuou ot' eecos.-ion and rebcllion secits ïts oVerthrow und tk'slniition. lu tliis purpose the tr-iitüi-s of llie .iut!i aro banded togothor i as one man, :md wi'.li a criminal i tion atiparulluled in the history of ei vil I zed mttous. To crash tliis rebcllion, to nwin',„in '■ inviolate the eoöstitutiou of th tjuited '' SUte! and fiifurce it.s laW imndreds of LboURiindí of OUT fr'.'„jW citiüons havf taken tlio lieli! „c thu cali of the President. S'",.,. Ikivu heroically fallón in do teiiC ■ ot thoir cüiiuiry, but the in -.sa are .■■Jay battling tor tin proteotioa of all that is saerud on rarth to t hom am! to us. United in sentiment and in aetion, tbey stand a uall of tiru against traitois in anus, or, with irresistibl ■ foree, cruh thcin to the caiih. While our soos, brithron and fricnd.s are thus united in the field, why should w bu divided at home. Agaiust a uaited and wickod ro belliou why canriot we preseui a united and patriotio loyalty. Ara our rilits and inttrests les.s saercd or lens deur to ua than thoirrt to them 'Í And must we, in a mean party 8' rife, einploy our tiino and exliaust our t'ftorts. whi'e our ii'ible bruthren in the tield la 1 1 a sacrifico to our igiioblu politieel bicker.iuga and personal disputes? Must our country bo iiius destioyed and our froedom and independérreo lost forevcr ; our homes and (iresides becon.c lliu sculos of brutal iul'iuny and ilaughter, and our very name a byword and disfrace ? Ni, lellow cit izeu?, no. God forbid, Let us r:ther lay Sida mero pafty feeling and party dtl'orenee, ral'y to the support ot' tlio Prcsidei.t, in bis declared puipose to orusb the rebeilion, maintaio tbc cunsiitutron, enforcH all tho laves, and restore the Union as it v.ds in its original purity. In limo of civil war, our national ruléis luso the party relations whieh may belong to tliem in timos of poaoe ; as the goveminent, they then beecmo to all loyal men thu organ of law aud social order. F rom the very necessity of tlio case, the gorrnment ean aloiie determine tl.c mode and measures, the military polieien and ageiits by wlncb armed rebeilion can be cruslied aud thougli suoh policios r agcuts may not be those which our indi vidual judgiitenti or prefcrences would Hclact, it is yet our duty to refrain from factious assaults thereon ourselved, to frown on such assaults by othors, and to give the governm&nt our angrüdging support until treasoD is coerced to submission and civil authority is restored. Lot us, then, by uniting all patriotio citizens at home, stand by our governrnent, and thus nerve the hands und choer the hearts of our gallant and hcroio aoldiers in the tield. Let U3 tlnis transuiit uoimpaired to future generations those sacred righU, íirid tliut freo govermiiCat secured to us by the efforts, tlio saorifice?, and tho wisdom of r noble nncest ry. In tliis liour of our country's extreme peril, patiiotism should unite us as a baud of brothera, to beat back and 8ubdue a ruthless foe, wíiom nothiug Icsb thnn tbc uatioij's overtlirow will appease Let U3 cmulaiu our brolhers wbo bavu gono out froin amongst us to figbt our b.utles, knowing no party save tlmt which rallies with its facu to the foe, under the batmer of the Union. Let us do honor to the inomory ol thosc llepublieans and Demócrata, wliosc eoiniuingled blood and common graves so arucstly beseech us to forget our partisanship and save our country. Most sincerely had we hoped that sueh unity of action would have been arrang ed through our respective political organzatioue. But the efTorts thus wade having failed, the hole subject is in the hands of the peoplc thcinsclves. The undersigued are fully awaro, that in such au cmergency, tliey pnssess no authority Lo cali the peoph of Michigan toguther, moro thau auy other of its citizLns. All great popular movementa, howevcr, must Ikivo a bcginDÍng, and the country itself inay be lost by delay II is theri'fore most respccifully, but earnestly rooomnended to our fellow citizeua throughout the State, that irregpectivo of all fornier party assDciations, tliey meet in their sevoral coanties, and elect delégales qual in number to tliree times the reprosoutation whiuh such countv is entitled to in both branches of tliu Lcgialature - eacli anorganizcd county being ullowed two rcpreseiitaiives - to a State Coiivcntion to be held in the City of JaokgóD, on Tnursdsy, the second Jiiy nf Oetober next, for tka mrpose of plnoiua in nonihiatioii a PEüPLE'S UNION STATE TICKET, eomposed of unconditional Union mt:n, bonest, ca pablü, and faithful to tlic Coi.stitution. The above address goes to the people with the eignatures of ver one hundred prominent incn, men heretofore idei.tified with both political parties, but wbo unite in support of t!ie " coustitution and the laws." Among tho names all our readers will find no diiiiculty in identifying the following : E. J. Piüiniman, II. II Etmnons, D. B üuffield, Tins. W. Luck vviod, Win. Warner, Cr. V. N. Lothrop, 8, T. Douglass, Wm. Gray, E. N. Willcox, Geö. E. Hand, and Sylvester Larned, of Wayïie : Chas. Noble and Wm H. Boyd, of Monrce; M. A. Patterson, P Bills, F. tí. Show, and Henry Hart. of Leniiwee; E. H. C. Wilson, Wm. R. MoDtgoraery, Gco. W, Underwood, and Jno. P. Cook, of Ru'sda'.e; Albcrt Chandler, O. B. Chrfc, ham lor, nnd Jas W. Gilbcrt, of J?raiio!i ; Chas E. Stuart, L. II. Tnisk. Isaac MoíFatt, and Caleb Slicnnan, of Kalamszoo ; Pli'tlotus Hayden and John R Baker, of Van Bui-en : E. II. Thompson nnd A. Thayer, of Gop.esee; R. T. Twomley, of Borneo ; C. C. Doiigltws, ol Houghton; I3.yron G.. Stout, of Oakland ; W. T. Mitchell, of St. Clair; Jas C. Wood, I. C. Buckus, F. Livermore, II. A. Hayden, M. McGee, G. T. Gridley, and S. Higby, of Jackson ; B. Follctt, E. C. Scaman, and A. DeForest, oí ■YHshtonnw. A comwittce of ten was appointed to present the adJress to tho Republioan and Democratie átate ConvontionB, and invite thcir coopnration. i lie KepuUienn County Convenlion w:ih held in this City on Siiturduy lud.t, delégate eiecteil ti) tila Stuto ind Cnngresvional Convonlioijp, nnd the folio wing candidatos fur County OfEcers nuinioated : Fnr Sieriff- JOHN K. YocuM, cií Lyniion. Fnr Cldk - lioBEUT J. Barkt, of Ann Arbor. For Regisier of Deeih- Judaii TíMe Leas, nf Preedom, For Trcasurer - .Samuel Qmsso.v, of Ann Albor. For Pruucutifíg Altorney - Damkl S. Twitcjikll, oí' Am Albor. Fnr (JircHÍl Cuurt Ciiini'iissionei - Damki, 1. Gp.kknk, of Ypsilanti. For Corontrs - S.MU'tl BotSÍORD, of Aun Albor Town ; Josci'ii 1 Jevvbtt, oí' Lima. A pir'Jiofl of t!iD80 h:imos aro ;il''''... iv fniniüiir to t!io publiu, and tho Ri-publicnn presa wili doabiiesa sound thu inerits ol the olh-jrs {rom nnw unül ' eleetion. Tle Convention wns nniie uniinimoua in its action, uTthough tlicM-o w:is tomelili og ol a contest for tho SlierifFality, ■ u nd u niiinbui' of well diaposed i gutes who llioiight tli.'it thu prosont and Clcik hád held office lonjf t'ijinigh, and that olhers of tho failhíul were (.'oütled to iheir places. - We üotico Uic ñames of f-everal iiienil)LTij of tho covenlion aitaohod to U,r cnll for 11 " Peoile'd Conventior.," iinii hunco conchidu that "thu fuithlul" ■.voló ilOt ;ill P ir-fiod. L'5L We.ndkll Phillips callcd the President a " broostick,"' n "turtlo." etc., and IIohack GitEKLEï addrcsscd liim ;i letter iiwinuatintj that he was disobeying thu l;iws of tho land, and mare icceiitly !iMS spoken snccringly of wlmt we cail our givcrnnieiit," a;iJ tlicse donionstrations have been ecliooJ by Iheir satollites of llie first, soeoud, tliinJ, fóurth, and liftli magnitude tljrouhout tho land - And yeti the Fresidutit has yieldvd to thcir domands and proclaiined universal einancipatioii. If tho President has the right to do this undor tho war powev - which is far from certain - it could not have boen more ill-timed. With our armitis driven nearly out of the rebel States, I íiis proclamation is as powerless for'good as tras the mandato of Canute, to o!d ocean, " thus, and no farther rag'.-, here let thy proud wares be stuid ;" ur.d if it shall provo as powerless for ovil we shall rest consent. With Virginia, Kenlucky, and Tennessee again ontirely overrun by tho rebels, and our armica engnged in protecting the Northern " IJordcr States" against invasión it seenis a faroo. - Has i;s issue been proeured to affect the elections soon to come off?

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