The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-09-26

| We give below the Platform adopted by
| the Union party@of this County and Dis
trict, in the respective Conventions held on
the 21st and 9th inst, at Junction City.
What patriot can say aught againstit? ''4
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 deserresthe 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. We must
be either for or against our Government, either
Patriots Traitors" p, ft--..i 5ii -.is i'4
Resolved, That We indolsel the resolution
known as the CRITTEsDEN Resolution, which is
as follows j" That in this national emergency,
Congress, barishing all feeling Of mere passion
or resentment, will only recoliect its duty to the
whole country; that this war is not waged on
our part IA any spirit OF aggression, nor fos any
purpose OF overthrowing or interfering with the
ri iehts CT 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 seon as
these objects are accomplished the war ought to
cease i2 ps r ~ -
Resolved, That We indorse the resolution
known as the MCCLERSASD resolution, which is
rs follows: THAT this House pledge itself to
vote any amount of meney and number of men
which may be necessary to secure the speedy
and eifectuai suppression of said rebellion, and
the permanent restoration of the, federal author
ity everywhere within the limits and jurisdic-
tion Of the United States "t
Resolved, In the language of the Hon. JOSEPH
HoLT, We are :. for this Union without condi-
tions, one and indiyisibIe, now and foreyer-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 eDdeyor 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
throughout 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.
Resolved, That viii not inquire into the
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
q. the North who believe '.the prosecution Of
the war should be accompanied with the most
liberal offers of peace;' and consequently we
tenounce the resolutions passed by the Conven-
ton held in Junetirn City on the third Of Sep
tember 1861, as base in their conception. ruin
Gus in their tendency, disgraceful to onr district,
and, if carried out, destructive of all our inter
csts. and that we will prove by our votes at the
coming election, that our district repudiates the
+ solutions, and the candidates connected with
them.