East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-04
Resolutions Adopted by the state
f.s- .f Convention.

tI- fuaf. convention.
Whereas, We, the Democratic Convention Of
the State Michigan, assembled TO make nomina-
tions of candidates for State officers and TO con-
sider the perils which surround us, believing, ms
we do, that our country is threatened by an un-
scTupulons facton in Congress, who propose to
bold power at all hazards, and in violation Of all
lars, and who, unless arrested, " u precipitato
another war upon u.s. more deadly than the last,
and being desirous 10 unite with every good citi-
rem in this crisis shoulder TO shoulder, without
regard 10 antecedents fo' preservation, IL not
existence; we. therefore, in the Il nguage Of the
National Union Convention, composed of loyal
men from all sections Of our beloved land, held at
Philadelphia on the i4th of August, say:.
first We hail with gt'titude TO Almighty
God the end Of the war and the return Of peace
10 our afflicted and beloved land.
eecond. The war Just closed has maintained
the authority of the Constitution, With all the
powers which II confers and all the restrictions
which II imposes upon the General Government
unabridged and unaltered. and II has preserved
the Union, with the equal rights, dignity and au
thority of the States perfect and unimpaired.
Third Representation in,the Congress Of the
United States, and in the Electoral College, is n
right recognized in the Constitution as abiding
in every State, and ne q duty imposed uIon its
PEOPLE, fundamental in its nature, and essential
to the existence Of our republican Institutions ;
and neither Congress nor the General Govern
mont has any power or authority 70 deny this
right to any State, or to withhold its enjoyment,
under the Constitution, from the people thereof.
Fourth. We call upon the people OF the
United States to elect TO Congress- as members
thereof none hut men who admit the fusdamen-
Ia right Of representation, and who will receive
to seats therein loyal representatives, from every
State in allegiance to the United States, subj ect
only TO the constitutional right OF each House TO
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its own members.
Fifth The Constitution Of the United States
and laws made in pursuance thereof arc the su-
preme law Of the land, anything in the Constitu-
tion laws OF any State to the contrary notwith-
standing. All powers not conferred by the Con-
stitution upon the General Government nor pro-
hibited by il TO States, are reserved TO the States,
or the people thereof and among the rights thus
reserved 10 the States is the right to prescribe the
qualifications for the elective franchise therein,
which right Congress cannot interfere with.
No state or combination Of States has the right
to Withdraw from the Union, or to exclude,
througL their action In Congress or otherwise,
any other State or States from the Unisn Tho
Union Of these States is perpetual and cannot be
dissolved.
Sixth. Such amendments to the Constitution
Of the United States may be made ~ the people
thereof, as they deem expedient, but only in the
mode pointed out by its provisions and in pro-
posing such amendments, whether by Congress or
by a Convention, and in ratifying the same, all
the States OF the Union have an equal and an
indefeasiblc right TO a voice and vote thereon
Seventh. Slavery is abolished, forever prohib-
tied, and there is neither desire nor purT ose ON
tho part of the Southern States that il should
eyor be re- established upon the soil or within the
jurisdiction Of the United States, and the en-
iranehised slaves in all the States Of the Union
should receive in common with all their inhabi-
tanis, equal protection in every right Of person
and property.
Eighth While we regard as utterly invalid
and never TO be assumed, or made OF binding
force, any obligation incurred or undertaken In
making war against the United States We hold
the debl of the nation To be sacred and invioube.
and We proclaim our purpose IN dis eharging this
duty, as in performing all other national obliga-
ions to maintain, unimpaired ohd usimpcaehed,
the honor and faith Of the Republic.
| Ninih. Ii is ths duty Of abe National Goyorn-
ment to recognize the seryices Of Federal sol
,liers and sailors in the contest just closed by
meeting promptly and fully all their just aud
rightfu claims for services they have rcndorcd
the nation, and by extending TO those OF them
who have survived, and 10 the widows and or
phans Of those who fell. the most generous and
corsiderate care.
| Tenth In Andrew johnson, President cf the
United States. who in his great Office has proved
stoadfast in his devotion TO the Constitution and
the laws, and the interest OF his country, un.
moved by persecution and undeserved reproahes,
having faith unassailable in the people and in
the principle Of free government, we recognize a
chief magistrate who is worthy OF the nation and
equal to the great crisis upon which his lot is
cast and We tender to him, in the dscharge OF
lis high and responsible duties, our profound re-
spect and the assurances Of our cordial and sim
Convention aforesaid, has the cordialapproyal and
ccre support
Resolred, That the address to the people Of
the United States, adopted by the Philadelphia
endorsements of the convention
Res0ired, That this convention entertains the
highest regard for our brave soldiers and sailors
by whose noble patriotism our Union has been
defended against those who, by force Of arms
sough TO overthrow it, and that We ask their
sistanec at the polls, TO make their victories in
var ehcrtunl to the preservation of the Union,
aud the Constitution of our country, and to sus-
tain the President in his efforts to that end
Rts0ired That the mersbers Of the present
Congress, in seeking and obtaining seats in that
body, were honorbly pledged TO be content with
the liberal compensation provided by the then
existing laws that the condition Of tho people
already borne down by grievous taxstien, made
The Observance Of this faith an imperative and
sacred duty that the recent act OF Congress, by
which members voted into their own pockets a
double salary, was an act of sordd avarice and
cupidity we hold it up as a reproach to decency
honor, and public virtue and we cordially invite
every pure and just man In this State to aid in
driving from their seats those representative
frop Michigan who polluted themselves by this
shameful plumber of the public treasury.
| Resotred. That the Democracy arc nccessari-
ly true representatives Of the laboring classes
aud we view with deep concern the heavy bur-
dens which iwastefu and partial Legislation, and
vicious system Of currency, have imposed on
them We will steadily aid oil measures which
will abridge thUr hours of toll which viii inn
prove their opportunities for intellectual and
moral cultivation which will secure the public
lands TO the actual settler or which will in any
way rneliora,e and elevate the condition Of the
laborng masses.