Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-08-24

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
y itaa a''' ADOPTED BY THE ! - -
National Union Convention.
We give beiow,a corrected copy OF The de-
clsration Of principles adopted BY I'M Phila.
delphia Convention: va. TfNIwww
| DECLARATION OF rnrscTPLts.
q Tho, National Union C6nicution nok as.
sembled in the city Of Philadelphia, composed
OF delegates from every State and Tcrritory
in the Union. aduonishd by the solemn lss.
sons which, for the last five years. il has pleas
ed the Supreme Ru'er or the Uniyerse 10
eiyo the American peo,le; profoundly CRATE
full for the return Of peace, desirous, 10 all
sincerity, 10 forget and forgive the past re-
fvering the Constitution as Il comes 70 Us from
our ancestors, regarding the Union in its res.
toration, as more sacred than ever; looking
with deep anxiety 10 the future as of instant
and continuing trial, hereby proclsims the
following declaration OF principles and pur-
poses, on which they have, wish perfect una
nimity, agreed tu,ig svss sas sxiasst
ist. We hail with gfatituds to,Slmighty
God the end of the war and the rettifn Of
peace to an afflicted and beloved had Sadi
IA. The, war just closed has smaiataiied
the authority Of the Constitution with all
the powers which II eonfers, and al the re-.
strictons which ,is imposes OF the General
Government unabridged and nnaltered; and
n has preserved the onion with the lawful
rights, dignity aud authority OF the States
perfect and unimpaired. t,yy
I 90. Representation in Congress OF the u.
Suites and In the Electoral ColNge, isa richt
recognized By the Constitution ID abiding nj
every State, and as duty imposed upon It's
people, fundamental in its natrrc ard csseti-
tial to the exercise Of our blicaniustits-
tions, and neither Congress nor the General
0ovethment has any hdthostty Or poSter 10
deny this right; V any or withhsidiis enjoy.
ment under the Constitution, trvm the peo.
| pie thereof SD ga 9tSlF ,2sslVIHf1
ssa4th. I'VE call uyoht ne peopas 0gtle On.
ted States 70 elect " Congress nembers who
admit the fundamental right Of representa-.
tion, and who will receive 70 their Seats 10y
al representatives from every State In slleEi-
ance to the United States, subject to the con-
stifntional right Of each Hoasc TO fudge of
the election returns and quaiifeatiods of its
own members. 80 81,
9th. The Constitution OF tte q. states
and the laws thereof are the supreme laS 6f
the land, anything in the constitution tt
laws Of any States to the contrary uotwith.
standing. All the powers not coflfefed BY
the constitution upon the General Govern
ment, nor prohibited to the States, are feser-
we'd to theStates, or the people thereof; and
among them tho right 70 prescribe quah6cs-
tions for the elective franchise, which right
Congress can not interiors with. No STATE,
or combination of States, has the right TO
withdraw from the Union, or to exclude,
through their action In Congress Of otherwise,
any State or States from the Union. Tho
Union of the States Is perpetual. -,
9Th. Amendments to the constitution OF
the United States may be made by the peo-
pie thereof, as they may deem expedient;
but only in the mode pointed out by L., In
proposing such amendments whether By Con-
gress or by, convention, and in ratification 81
the same, all the States have an equal ana ins
disputable right to 4 vote thereon! 81 o.
Eth. Slavery is sabolished and iotesSs bso,
hibited; and there 10 neither desire uor pur.
pose on the part Of the southern Stites that
1t should ever be re-establislled upUu the soil
or within the Jurisdiction. Of the u .Stktes.
And the enfranchised slaves id all the
States Of the Union should recely4 10 com.
mon with all the inbabitsn;s dom protect:
ion in every right Of person and propefty.
9Th. 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 debt Of the nation 10 be sacred NHd
inyi0able, aud We proclaim our purpose, hi
discharging this, as In performing all other
national obligations, to maintain unlthpaired
and unimpeached the honor aud fiiitlt Of tho
republic.
9th. II Is the duty Of the sat.otfdl row
ernment TO recognize tho services Of the fed;
eral soldiers and sailors in the cdntest Just
closed, BY meeting, promptly aid fully; Ail
their just claims for the services they ihsvS
rendered the nation, and By ,e4tsnsiou %
those Of them who have survived, and 10 the
widows and orphans Of those Who have mn
en-, the most generous and coniIderate care.
10th. In Andrew johnson, President of
the United States, who, in his great Office,
has proved steadiast in his devotion 10 The
laws and interests Of his country, unuioyed
by persecution and undeserved rsproach.
having faith immeasnrablc In thepcopls and
principles Of the government, we rcc6qhixe
a Chief Magistrate worthy Of the natloh and
equal TO the great crisis upon which bic l6t
Is cast and we tender to him, IN the dlsi
charge OF his blgh and responsible duties,
our profound respect and the assurance of
onr cordial and sincere support. aoisasss,
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r. A MGs TuMEp 10 SrosR.- R.--=IneSh ShuihinK
the bodies inferred in the Potter's field OF
Ethe new graveyard a short time ago, says
the Mobile Adberftser and Rsgstst oneuf ehe
cotfins broke and revealed to the cStdsished
gaze Of the grave .diggers the retfiains Of 8
Federal soldier perfectly petrined; ana fotks
ing as natural as life. What was furtliar re-
markable, he had not been buried upwards of
nine months. Anew colin was procured
and this remarkable image of uatures work
manship recommitted 10 rs mother earth In
The soldiers buryfng- ground Several prom
inett gentlemen ofoqr city visited the spot ut
the time, and can testify that the. body had
turned to SOLID stone, With Gll the features as
nntprrl as lifs The grodhd where be waL
buried is low, and damp mos, Of the years
RrxrAsrn---it is NOT What people ~, pus
what they diRest. that makes them, stscpg
Il is not what they gath Int what ,hsy saye
that makes them rich: u Is nok wbss they
read but what they, femember,, ths, makes
them learned. II Is not what thty profess
but what they practice, that make them
good. % fH hirofs togenrHos i1a
A GOOD joke took place N court-room
down East A woman Was .tsstifying In