The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-08-30
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
The National Union Convention, now
assembled in the city Of Philadelphia,
composed of delegates from every State
and Territory i'm the Union, admonished
by the solemn lessons which for the last
five years it has pleased the Supreme
Ruler Of the universe to give to the
American people; profoundly grateful
for the return of peace; DESTROYS as a
large majority of their countrymen in all
sincerity, to forget and forgive the past;
| receiving the Constitution as it comes to
us from our ancestors; regarding the
the Union in its restoration as more sa-
j cred than ever; looking with deep anXi-
ETY. into the future as of instant and
continuing trial, hereby issue and pro-
claim the following declaration Of prin-
y, ciples and purposes on which they have
with perfect unanimity agreed: .na..-s
First-We hail with gratitude to Al
mighty God the end of war and the re-
! turn Of peace to an afflicted and beloved
! land. ..''l IL. IL.
/ Second--The war Just closed has main
tanned the authority of the Constitution,
! with all the powers which it cOnfers,
and all the restrictions which it imposes
+, upon the General Government unabridg-
ed and unaltered and 1t has preserved
the Union with the equal rights, digni-
ty and authority of the States perfect
and unimpaired.
neutrality-suspicious. in the Con-
gress of the United States and in the
electoral college is right recognized by
the Constitution as abiding in every
State, and as a-duty imposed upon, its
people, fundamental in its nature and
essential to the exercise Of our republi-
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nor the General Government has any
power to deny this right to any or with
hold it's enjoyment under the Constitu-
ton 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 this fundamental right of repre-
sentation, and who will receive to seats
their loyal representatives from every
State In allegiance to the United States,
subject to the Constitutional right of
each House to Judge of the election re-
turns and their own members.
Fifth-The Constitution Of the United
States and the laws made in pursuance
thereof, are the supreme laws Of the
land, anything in the Constitution or
withstanding. All the powers not con-
ferred by the Constitution upon the
General Government nor prohibited by
by it to the States, are reserved to the
States or the people thereof, and among
the rights thus reserved to the States is
the right to prescribe qualifications fol
the elective franchise therein which
right Congress cannot interfere with
No State or convention of States has tn.
right to withdraw from the Union or K
exclude through their action in Congress,
or otherwise, any State or States from
the Union. The Union of these State:
isperpetual.
Sixth-Such amendments to the Con
stitution Of the United States may bt
made by the people thereof as may be
, deemed expedient, but only In the mode
pointed out by its resolution, and pro-
posing such amendments, whether by
Congress or by convention, and in rat
Union, have an equal and an indefeasi-
BILE right to voice and vote therein.
Seventh-Slavery is abolished and for
ever prohibited, and there is neither de-
sire nor purpose on the part of the South.
ern States that it should ever 10 re-es.
tablished on the soil or within the jufis-
diction of the United States, and thu
enfranchised slaves in all the States O.
Viz - nun SlOuIl 1CCSlNc Ill COIllulOl
with all their inhabitants, equal protect.
ion in every right Of person and proper.
ty.
Eighth-While we regald as utterly
invalid and never to be assumed or mad,
Of binding force any obligation in.
Cured in making war upon the United
States, we hold the debt of the nation tt
f be sacred and inviolable, and we pro
, claim our purpose in discharging this
+ as in performing all other national obi
cations, to maintain unimpaired and un
impeached the honor and the faith 0
; the Republic.
Ninth-It is the duty Of the Nationa
It Government to recognize the services O
n the Federal soldiers and sailors i'm tn
;, contest just closed, by meeting prompt
~ and fully all their just and rightfu
e claims for the services they have rende,
9 ed the nation, and by extending to thos
- of them who have fallen, the most gen
: erous and considerate care.
a Tenth-In Andrew johnson. Pres
It dent of the United States, who. in h
e great Office, has proved steadfast in hi
b devotion to the Constitution. the Law
!. and interests Of his country. unmoye
;! by and undo served reDroaa
q having faith unreasonable in the Poop