, 1866-06-22
Patterned The Natinnal Union Club.

!. fhat we are now, as heretofore ardently
attached to- the Union Of the States under the
constitution the United States; that we deny
the right Of any State to secede, and hold that
all attempts at secession are null and void; that
all the States are now States Of this Union; as
before the rebellion, and we deny the power Of
the General Government, under the Constitu-
uon, 70 exclude State from the Union or to
govern as Territory.
2. That our confidence in the ability, integ-
rity, patriotism, and statesmanship of President
Johnson Is uudiminfshed, aud we cordfaffy ap-
prove the general policy of his administration.
3. That We endorse the resolution Of Con-
gress of July, 1861, declaring the object of the
war on our part to be the defence ond mainten-
ance Of the supremacy of the Constitution and
the preservation of the Union, with the dignity,
equality and rights of the several States unim-
paired.
4. That in the language Of the Chicago plat
form of 1860, and as quoted by the late Presi-
dent in his first inaugural address: "Ths main
lenance nviolate of the rights of States, and es-
pecially of the rights of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions according
to its own judgment exclusively, subject only to
the Constitution of the United States, is essen
tial to that balance Of power on which the per-
fechon and endurance of our political fabric
depends"
5. That under the Constitution of the United
States is reserved to the several States the right
to prescribe the qualifications of electors there
in; and that it would be slbversive of the prin-
ciples of our Government for Congress to fcrce
universal suffrage upon any portion of the coun-
try in opposition to the known wishes Of the
citizens thereof.
6. That this Union must be, and remain one
and indivisible forever" that the war for its
preservation having been brought to triumph
ant close, and the supremacy of the Constitu-
ton vndcated, the rights of the States under
the Constitution are to be maintained inviolate,
and that the loyal citizens Of the States and dis
tricts lately overrun by rebellion are entitled to
all the rights guaranteed to them by the Cousti-
tuition.
I. That all the States of the Union are enti-
tied by the Constitution of the .UDited States to
representation in the councils of the nation, and
that all loyal members duly elected and returned,
having the requisite qualifications as prescribed
by Law, should be admitted to their seats in
Congress without unnecessary delay by their re-
spective Houses each House being the judge of
the election returns and qualifications of its own
members.
s. That treason is crime which should be
punished, and that we are opposed to compro.
missing with traitors by bartering "upive.sal
for universal suffrage"
8. That the payment of the national debt is
a sacred obligation, never to be repudated; and
that no debt o: obligation incurred in any man
ner whatevern aid Of treason or rebellion should
ever be assumed or paid.
10. That we cordially endorse the restora-
tion policy Of President johnson as wise, patIi-
otic, constitutional, and in harmony with the
loyal sentiment and purpose Of the people in the
suppression OF the rebellion; with the platform
upon which he was elected with the declared
policy of the late President Lincoln, the action
of Congress, and the pledges given during the
war.
IL. That the nation owes lasting debt of
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors of the late
war for the suppression of the rebellion, and
that the families of the fallen heroes who died
that the country might live, are the wards of the
people and should be cared for BY the Govern
ment.