East Saginaw courier., 1866-06-13
CLUB MOTTO.


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Constitution is my gUids; and IN The pro-
pie IS my fdih.-ANDREw JOHNSON.
PLATFORM OF THE NATIONAL UNION CLUE.
/. Resolrea, That we are now, as
heretofore, ardently attached to the
Union of the States under the Con-
stitution of the United States that
we deny the right of any State to Sc
cede, and hold that oil attemps at Sc
cession are null and void that all the
States are now States Of the Union,
as before the rebellion, and we deny
tho power of the General Government,
under the Constitution, to exclude a
State from the Union, or to govern it
as a Territory.
=. Resoired, That our confidence in
the ability, integrity, patriotism, and
craftsmanship of President Johnson
is undiminished, and we cordially APP
prove the general policy of his admin
lstration.
3. ResOlced, That we endorse the
resolution of Congress of July, 1861,
declaring the object of the war on our
part to be the defense and mainte-
nance of the supremacy of the Con-
stitution and the preservation Of the
Union, with the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpair-
ed.
A.. Resolred, That, in the language
of the Chicago platform Of 1860, and
as quoted by the late President Lin
coin in his first inaugural address,
THE maintenance inviolate of the
rights of States, and especially of the
rights of each State to order and con-
troll its own domestic institutions ac-
cording to its own judgment exclu-
sively, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States, is essential to
that balance of power on which the
perfection and endurance Of our po-
litical fabric depends.
5. Resolred, That under the Consti-
tuition 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-
sivc of the principles of our Govern.
mont for Congress to force universal
suffrage upon any portion OF the
country in opposition to the known
wishes of the citizens thereof
q. Resolred, "rhat this Union must
be and remain one and indivisible for
ever" that the war for its preserva-
ton having been brought to tri-
umphant close, and the supremacy of
tho constitution vindicated, the rights
of the States under the constitution
are to be maintained inviolate I; and
that loyal citizens within the States
and districts lately overrun by rebel
lion are entitled to all the rights guar
antoed to them by the constitution.
Z. Resolred, That the States of the
Union are entitled by the constitution
of the United States to representation
in the council of the nation, and that
all loyal members duly elected and re-
turned, having the requisite qualifica-
tons MS prescribed by law, should be
admitted to their seats in Congress
without unnecessary delay by their
respective Houses, each House being
tho judge of election returns aud
qualifications of its own members.
&. Resolced, That treason is crime
which should be punished, and that
No arc opposed to compromising with
traitors by bartering universal am
pes'y" for universal Suffrage"
8. Rssoirsd, That the payment of
ths national debt is a sacred obliga-
ton, never to be iopudiated; and that
no debt or obligation occurred in any