The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-23
.Fn8 PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

S"' Below will be found the "patform,
in full, Of the late "National Uniol
Convention which was put forth BY
that body under the designation Of I
"declaration of principles" Subjoin
ed TO that is also brief synopsis o
the Address" issued to the people o
the United States, in the name of thu
Convention, the entire document be
sing too lengthy for our space. Bott
documents are said to be from the per
of Hon, H J. Raymond, Editor of the
New York Times, and member of Con
gress.
az Dseiaf6tion OF Principles.
The National Union Convention now
assembled in the city of Philadelphia
s.oomp6sed ofdelegates from every Slate
and Territory in tho Urion, admon.
,,;aished by the solemn lessons which for
Z the last five years it has pleased the
Supreme Ruler Of the Universe to give
10 to the American people, profoundly
grateful for the return ofpeacc, as de-
sirous as large majority of their
,oconntrymen. in all sincerity to forget
and forgive the past; revering the Con
iastitution as it. comes to us from our
ancestors, regarding the Union in its
restoration more sacred than ever;
looking with deep anxiety into the fu-
ture as ofinstant and continuing peril,
thereby issues and proclaims the follow.
ing declaration Of principles and pur-
poses on which they have with perfect
,unanimity agreed: XII, i. ~
% FTSt-We hail with gratitude to
Almighty God. the end ofthe war, and
the return of peace to our afflicted and
beloved land.
Second-The war just closed has
I maintained the authority of the con.
stitution, with all the powers which it
eonfers and all the restrictions which
: it imposes upon the General Govern
,s ment, unabridged and unaltered, and
:, it has preserved the Union, with the
equal rights, dignity, an& authority Of
the States. perfect and unimpaired
Third-ltcprescntation in the Con.
gress of the United States and in the
electoral college isl right recognized
by the constitution as abiding in every
State and as u duty imposed upon its
people, fundamental in its nature and
essential to the success of our Repub-
lieaa Institutions, ,aad neither Congress
nor the General Government has any
power or authority to deny THE right
TO any, or withhold its enjoyment un.
der the Constitution from the people
thereof
Fosrtk We call upon the people of
the Uated States to elect to Congress,
as members thereof, none but men who
admit this fundamental right of repre-
seation, and who will receive to seats
the loyal representatives from every
State in allegiance 10 the United
States, subject to the Constitutional
right OF each House to judge Of the
+, election and qualification of its own
members.
FyM-Thc Constitution of the Uni
ted States and the laws made in pursu-
ance thereof are the supreme lazy of
the land, anything in the Constitution
or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding. All tho powers not
conferred by the Constitution upon the
General Government nor prohibited
by it TO the States, are reserved to the
States or the people thereof; and
among the rights thus reserved to the
States, is the right to prescribe qualf.
cations for the elective franchise among
them, in which right Congress cannot
interfere. No Stale or Convention of
States has the right to withdraw from
the Union. or to exclude, through their
action in Congress or otherwise, any
State Or States from The Union Tho
union of these States is perpetual.
SiGth. Such amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States may be
made by the people thereof as they
may deem expedient, but only in the
mode pointed out by its resolution and
proposing such amendments, whether
" by Congress or by Convention; and
in ratifying the same all the States Of
the Union have an equal and indefeas.
iblc right to voice and vote there.
on.
j, Seventh.-Slavory is ab, lished and
forever prohibited, and thereis Mother
desire or purpose on the part of the
Southern States that it should ever be
established upon the coil or within
the jurisdiction of the United States
and The unfranchised slaves in all the
States Of the Union should receive in
common with all the inhabitants, cqua
projection in every right Of person 4
property.
Eighth-Whilo we regard as utterly
invalid, and never to be assumed OF
made OF binding force, any obligation
incurred or undertaken in making
'war against the Unitod States, we hold
the debt of the Nation to be just and
'insiolable; and we pro claim our purpose
in discharging this, as in performing
ali pther national obligations, tC
maintain unimpaired and unimpeach
ed the honor and the faith of the Re
pubic.
Nlnth. 1T is the duty of the Nation
Achievement to recognize the servi.
ces Of the federal soldiers and sailors
sia the contest just closed, by meeting
fully and promptly oil their just anc
yightful claims for the services they
bSye rendered The nation, and by OK
tending TO those OF them who have