The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-30
Declaration of Principles.
asoprED By THE NATIONAL CONVENTION

assembled III tu0 C1pJ "
composed of delegates from every statt
and Territory in the Union, admonlsne. y,
by the solemn lessons which for the las' as'
Ave wears it has pleased the Supreme he
Ter Of the Universe to give to the Amerl'
can people, profoundly grateful tor tne ', re- 9
turn of peace, desirous, as are iarge :na'
;oritv of their countrymen, in all slnceri!ty'
go .fSrset and to forgive the past, reverlng
.+So Const;tntion as it came to us from our
aneestors. regarding the Union in its re-
storet;on az more sacred than ever, look
inc with deep anxiety into the future as
sues and proclaims the following declara-
ton of principles and purposes on which
they have with perfect unanimity agreed
/ We hail with gratitude to Almighty
Cod the end of the war and the return OF
neace to an afflicted and beloved land.
q The war just closed has maintained
the authority of the Constitution with all
the powers which it confers and all the
restrictions which it imposed upon the
General Government, unabridged and un-
altered, and it has preserved the Union
with the equal rights, dignity and au-
thority of the States perfect and unlm-
paired. co,, of
limited States and the Electoral College
is right recognized by the Constitution
as abiding in every State, and as duty
imposed upon its people, fundamental IN
';ts nature and essential to the existence
of our republican institutions, and neither
Congress nor the General Government
has any authority or power to deny TINS
right to any State or to withhold ENJOY
unent, under the Constitution, from the
people thereof 49,.
We call upon the people of tho
Tinted States to elect to Congress as
members thereof none but men who ad-
mit the fundamental right of representa-
ton, and who will receive to seats therein
loyal representatives from every State IN
allegiance to the United States, subject to
the constitutional right of each house to
Judge of the elections, returns and quail
5ications of it's own members
& The Constitution ofthe United States
and the laws made in pursuance thereof
are the supreme law of theiand, anything
IN the Constitution or laws of any State
to the contrary notwithstanding. All the
mower not conferred by the Constitution
nnon the General Government, nor pro.
hibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States or to the people thereof !;
and among the rights thus reserved TO
the States is the right to prescribe quail
Scations for the elective franchise therein,
with which right Congress cannot inter
fare. No State or combination OF States
has the right to withdraw from the Union,
or to exclude through their action In Con-
,press or otherwise, any other State or
Stafes from the Union. The Union OF
these States is perpetual, and its Govern
ment is of supreme authority, within the
restrictions and limitations OF the Constl-
tuition. o.:....:,.
of the United States may be made by the
neonle thereof as they may deem expedi-
.snt but only in the mode pointed out by
its provisions and in proposing such
amendments, whether by Congress or by
a convention, and in ratifying the same,
all the States of the Union have an equal
and indefeasible right to q voice ana a
vote thereon.
7. Slavery is abolished and forever pro-
bibited, and, there is neither desire
nor purpose on the part of the Southern
states that it should ever be re-establlshed
nnon the soil or within the jurisdiction OF
tbe United States; and the entranch'sed
slaves in all the States of the Union
should receive, in common with all their
inhabitants, equal protection Id every
right of person and of property.
3. While we regard as utterly inyaild
and never to be assumed or made OF bind
inc force, any obligation incurred or un
.JsT,asen in making war against the
: Tinted States, we hold the debt of the
nation to be sacred and inviolable, and
ya proclaim our purpose to maintain un
;Ynneached the honor and the faith OF the
Il is the duty of the National Gov
oarnment to recognize the services OF the
aFederal soldiers and sailors in the contest
Inst closed, by meeting promptly all theil
lust and rightful claims for the services O.
, tbe Federal soldiers and sailors in the con
test lust closed, by meeting promptly al
their lust and rightful claims for the ser
vices vices thew have rendered the nation, ane
hy extending to those Of them who have
) fallen the most. generous and considerat'
S 10. In Andrew johnson, President Q
the4United States; who, IN his great OF
Soc has proved steadfast in his devotion
20 the constitution, the laws and interest
,of his country, unmoved by persecution
ond unswerved by reproach, having taitl
nnsssailable a in the people, and in the pre-
oants ] Of the Government; we recognize
eSIeS Chief N Magistrate worthy of the natio1
Oui'e smd eouai to the great crisis upon whicl
his ,Iu lot lot is cast; and we tender to him. i
the discharge OF his hlgn anu I'D 5eSps,us 1snranc