East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-11
Resolutions Adopted by the State
COnVQntlOn.

| INCoOlullOub AuoplCQ ny thO oedeO
Convention.
Whereds, We, the Democratic Convention Of
the State Michigan, assembled to make nomina-
tions Of candidates for State officers, and to con-
slider the perils which furround us, believing as
we do, that our country is threatened by an un-
scrupulous faction in Congress, who propose 10
hold power at all hazards and in violation Of all
laws, and who, unless arrested, will precipitsto
| another war upon us, more deadly than the last,
and:being desrous to unite with every good cit-
zen' in this crisis shoulder TO shoulder, without
regard to antecedents for our preservation, If not
existence we. therefore, in the language OF tho
! National Union Convention, composed OF loyal
men from all sections Of our beloved land. held at
Philadelphia, on the 18th of August, say;
First We hail with gratitude to Almighty
God the end Of the war and the return Of peace
to our afflicted and beloved land.
Second. The war just closed has maintained
| the authority of the Constitution, with all the
| powers which II confers and all the restrictions
whieh il imposes upon the General Government,
unabridged and unaltered and IL has preserved
| the Union, with the equal rights, dignity and au-
thority of the States perfect and unlmpaired.
Third. Representation in the Congress Of the
| United States, and In the Electoral College, Is
| right recognized in the Constitution as abiding
in every State, and rs duty imposed upon lis
| people Fundamental in its nature, and essential
to the existence Of our republican institutions
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ment has any power authority to 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 but men who admit the fundamen-
Ia right OF representation, and who will receive
TO seats therein loyal representatives from every
State in allegiance to the United States sub Get
only to the constitutional right OF each House TO
judge Of the election returns and qualifications Of
its own members.
Fifth. The Constitution Of the United States
and laws made In Pursuance thereof are the SUI
preme law Of tho land, anything in the Constitu-
ton or laws of any State to the contrary notwith-
standing. All powers not conferred by the Con-
sttutiOn upon the General Government nor pro-
hibited by it to States arc reserved to the States
or the people thereof, and among the rights thus
reserved TO 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,
through their action in Congress or otherwise,
any other State or States from the Union. The
Union Of these States is perpetual and cannot DO
dissolved.
Sixth Such amendments to the Constitution
Of the United States may be made ty the people
thereof rs they deem expedent but only in the
mode pointed out by its provisions and in pro- |
posing such amendments whether by Congress or
10y Convention and in ratifying the same, all
the States of the Union have an equal and an
ndefeasiLle right TO n voice and vote thereon.
Seventh. Slavery is abolished, forever prohib-
tied, and there is neither desire nor purI ose on
the part Of the Southern States that it should |
ever be re-establshed upon the soil or within the |
jurisdiction Of the United States, and the en- |
franchised slaves in all the States Of the Union
should receive, in common with all their inhabi-
tants, equal protection in every right Of person |
and property.
Eighth. While we regard rs utterly invalid |
and never to be assumed, or made OF binding |
force, any obligation incurred or undertaken in
making against the United States. We hold |
the deb of the nation to be sacred and inyiolabe,
and we proclaim our purpose in dschargng this
duty, rs in performing all other national obliga-
tons, TO maintain, unimpaircd and unimpeached,
the honor and faith of the Republic.
Ninth. IL is the duty Of the National Govern
ment to recognize the services of Federal sol
diers and sailors in the contest just closed by
meeting promptly and fully all their JUST and
rghtful claims for services they have rendered
the nation, and by extending 10 those OF them
who havo survived, and to the widows and or
phans of those who fell the most generous and
corsideratc care.
Tenth In Andrew johnson, President CT the
United States who in his great office has proved
steadiast in his devotion to the Constitution and
the laws, and the interest Of his country, un.
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having faith unassaiIsble in the people and in
the principle Of free government, We recognize
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 discharge Of
his high and responsible duties, our profound re-
spect, and the assurances of our cordial and sin
CONVEX ton aforesaid, has the lapproyal and
cere support.
Resolred, That tho address to tho people of
tic United States, adopted by the Philadelphia
endorsements of the convention.
Resotred, That this convention entertains the
highest regard for our brave soldiers and snilOrs
10y whose noble patriotism our Union has been
defended against those who, by force Of arms,
sought to overthrow it, and that we ask their rs
sistance at the polls, to make thor victories in
war eilectual TO the preservation Of the Union,
aud the Constitution Of our country, and TO sus-
tain the President in his efforts to that end
ResOlred, That the members Of the present
CongrcssSin seeking and obtaining seats in that
body, were honorably pledged TO be content with
the liberal compensation provided by the then
existing laws; that the condition Of tho people,
already borne down by Frevous taxatcn, 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
double salary, was an act Of sordid avarce and
cupidity we hold It up as n reproach TO deccncy
honor, and public yiftuc, and we cordially invite
every pure and just man in this State TO aid in
driving from their seats those representatives
from Michigan who polluted themselves by this
shameful plumber of the public treasury.
ReSOlred, That the Democracy are necessari-
ly true representatives of the laborng classes,
aud We view with deep concern the heavy bur
dens which .wasteful and partial legislation, and
a vicious system Of currency have imposed on
them. We will steadily aid all measures which
will abridge their hours of toll which will inn
prove their opportunities for intellectual and
moral cultivation which will secure tho public
lands to the actual settler or which will in any
way amelorate and elevate tio condition Of the
laborng masses