The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-10-17
UNION PLATFORM.

Resolved, In the language of Senator DOUGLAS,
Whoever is not prepared to sacrifice party Or
CARNATIONS and platforms on the altar of his
country, does not deserve the support and coun-
tenance of honest people" and that We this day
declare that we know and will make no other
issue than the one forced upon us-"W must
be either for or against our Government, either
Patriots or Traitors
Resolved That we indorse the resolution
known as the CRITTENDES Resolution, which is
as follows: "That in this national emergency,
Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion
or resentment, will only recOllect its duty to the
whole country; that this war is not waged on
our part in any spirit of aggression, nor for any
purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the
rights or established institutions of the States,
but to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution, and to preserve the Union,
with all the dignity, equality, and rights Of the
several States unimpaired, and that as soon as
these objects are accomplished the war ought to
cease"
Resolved, That We indorse the resolution
known as the NcCLERSAND resolution, which Is
as follows: "That this House pledge itself to
vote any amount of money and number OF men
which may be necessary to secure the speedy
and effectual suppression OF said rebellion, and
the permanent restoration of the federal author
ity everywhere within the limits and jurisdic-
tionof the United States
Resolved In the language of the Hon. JOSEPH
HOLT we are for this Union without condi-
tions, one and indivisible, now and forever-for
Its preservation at any and every cost of blood
and treasure, against all its assailants, and
against any and every compromise that may be
proposed to be made under the guns Of the
rebels"
Resolved, That this Convention give their
hearty support to the present Administration in
its endearOr to crush out the rebellion now exist
ing in our country.
Resolved, That when the authority of the
Federal Government shall have been re-estab
lished, and peaceful obedience to the Constitu-
tion and Laws prevails, We shall be ready TO
confer and cooperate with all loyal citizens
throug hout the Union, in Congress or in Con-
vention, for the consideration of all supposed
grievances, the redress of all wrongs and the
protection of every right, yielding ourselves, and
expecting all others to yield TO the will of the
people, constitutionally and lawfully expressed.
distinction between those men at the South, who
are in open rebellion against the Government,
and only ask :" to be let alone" and those men
at the North who believe "the prosecution of
the war should be accompanied with the most
liberal offers of peace" and consequently We
denounce the resolutions passed by the Conven-
ton held in Junction City on the third Of Sep
tember, 1861, as base in their conception, ruin
Gus in their tendency, disgraceful to district,
and if carried out, destructive of all our inter
ests and that We will prove by our votes at the
coming election that our district repudiates the
resolutions and the candidates connected with
them.