The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-07

PLATFORM OF TIE NATIONAL UNION CLUB
/. RESOLVED, That we are now, as
heretofore, ardently attached to the
Union of the States under the Consti-
tuition of 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
Constitution, to exclude a State from
the Union or TO govern it as Terri
tory.
2. Resol1sd, That our confidence in
the ability, integrity, patriotism, and
craftsmanship of President johnson is
undiminished, and we cordially approve
the general policy of his administra-
ton. 10
3 Resolved, That we endorse the res
olutiOn Of Congress Of July, 1861, de-
claring the object of the war on our
part to be the defence and mainten-
snee of the supremacy of the Constitu-
ton and the preservation of the Union,
with the dignity, equality, and rights
of the several States unimpaired.
a. Resolved, That, in the language of
the Chicago platform of 1860, and as
quoted by the late President Lincoln
in his first inaugural address, 1.-THE
maintenance inviolate of the rights Of
States, and especially of the rights Of
each State to order and control its own
domestic institutions according 10 its
ouvp ind 0Y1,opt avcl,,e;vaI,r g,,Lix.of 1r,l,y
to the Constitution of the United
States, is essential to that balance of
power on which the perfection and en-
durauce of cur political fabric de-
pends
s. ResolUed That under the COnstitu-
ton of the United States is reserved to
the several States the right to pre-
scribe the qualifications of electors
therein; and that it would be subver
sive of the principles of our Govern
ment for Congress to force universal
suffrage upon any portion of the coun-
try in opposition to the known wishes
of the citizens thereof
6. ResolUed, "That this Union must
be and remain one and indivisible for
ever" that the war for its preservation
having been brought to triumphant
close, and the supremacy of the Con-
stitutiOn vindicated, the rights of the
States under the Constitution are to be
maintained inviolate, and that loyal
lately overrun by Re bellion are entitled
to all the rights guaranteed to them
by the Constitution
T. ReS0lUed, That all the States of the
Union are entitled by the Constitution
of the United States to representation
in the councils of the nation, and that
all loyal members duly elected aud re-
turned, having the requisite qualilica-
lions 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 RCsoi0ed, That treason is a crime
which should be punished, and that
we are opposed to compromising with
traitors by bartering universal amnes-
ty'' for universal suffrage"
9 Res0lUed, That the payment Of the
national debt is a sacred obligation,
never to be repudiated and that no
debt or obligation incurred in any
manner whatever, in aid of treason or
rebellion should ever be assumed or
paid.
10 Resolye3, That we cordially en-
dorse the restoration policy of Presi-
dent Johnson as wise, patriotic, consti-
tutional, and in harmony with the 10y
al sentiment and purpose of the peO-
Pile 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 gi~en du-
ring the war.
H. Resolged, That the nation owes a |
lasting debt of gratitude to the soldiers
and sailors of the late war for the sup-
preston 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 Government.