East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-18
Adopted by tho State
COnVoptfOD

fANloRNc~A ~ hA~ ~h0NN
Convention.
IYkereas We, the Democratic Convention o
the State Michigan, assembled to make nosnina,
lions Of candidates for State officers, and 10 con
slider the peris which surround ns believing, N
we do, that our country is threatened by an un
scrupulous faction in Congress, who propose I,
hold power at all hazards, and in violation OF I'll
laws, and who, unless arrested, will precptatC
another war upon US, moro deadly than tho last
and, being DESTROYS to unite with every good citi
gen. In this crisis shoulder 10 shoulder, without
regard 10 anteeedents for our preservation, If moi
existence we. therefore. in the language Of the
National Union Convention, composed OF Loyal
men from all sections Of our beloved land, held al
PHILADELPHIA, ON the l4th 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
tho authority Of the Constitution, with all the
powers which II confers and all the restrictions
whi,h il imposes upon the General Government
unabridged and unaltered and il has preserved
the Union, with the equal rights, dignity and au-
thofity Of the States perfect and unlmpaired.
: Third Representation in the Congress Of the
United States and in the Electoral College, is a
right recognized in the Constitution ms abiding
in every State, and ms duty imposed upon its
people, fundamental in its nature. and essential
to the existence Of our republican institutions
and neither Congress nor the General Govern
ment has any power or authority to deny this
right to any State or 20 withhold its enjoyment,
under the Constitution, from the people thereof
Fourth. We call upon the people OF the
United States to elect 10 Congress as members
thereof none but men who admit the fundnmen-
tai right of representation, and who will receive
to seats therein loyal representatives from every
State in allegiance TO the United States, subject
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 mndo in pursuance thereof are the SUI
premo law of The land, anything in the Consttu-
ton or laws Of any State TO the contrary notwith-
standing All powers not conferred 10y the Con-
stituton upon the General Government nor pro-
hibited y il TO States, 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 be
dissolved.
Sixth. Such amendments to the Constitution
Of the United States may be made by the people
thereof, as they deem eXpedient, but only IN the
mode pointed out by its provisions; and in pro-
posing such amendments, whether by Congress or
by Convention and in ratifying the same, all
the States of the Union have an equal and an
indefeasible right to a voice and vote thereon.
Seventh. Slavery is abolished, forever prohib-
tied, and there is neither desire nor purpose on
the part of the Southern States that it should
ever be re-estabshed upon the soil or within the
Jurisdiction of the United States, and the en-
franehised slaves in all the States Of the Union
a. Ia, Ill thafe fphn
tants, equal protection in every right Of person
and property.
Eighth. While wo regard utterly invalid
and never to be assumed mado of binding
force, any obligation incurred or undertaken in
making war against the United States. We hold
the deb of the nation to be sacred and inviolable
and We proclaim our purpose in disoharging this
duty, as in performing all other national obliga-
tions, to maintain, unimpaired and uaimpeached,
the nonor and faith Of the Republic.
Ninth. 1t 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
rghtiul claims for services they have rendered
tho nation, and by extending to those Of them
who have survived, and to the widows and or
phans of those who fell. the most generous and
corsiderate care.
Tenth, In Andrew johnson, President CT the
United States who in his great Office has proved
steadfast in his devotion TO tho Constitution and
tho laws, and the interest of his country, un
moved by persecution and undeserved reproahes,
having faith unassaiable 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 ro-
spoct, and the assurances Of our cordial and sin
Convention aforesaid has tho cordial approval and
cere support.
Resoired, That the address to the people Of
tho United States, adopted by the Philadelphia
endorsements Of the convention
Resolred, That this convention entertans the
highest regard for our brave soldiers and sailors
by whose noble patriotism our Union has been
defended against those who by force Of arms,
sought to overthrow il, and that we ask their as
sistance ut the polls, TO make their victories in
war oifectual TO the preservation Of the Union,
aud the Constitution Of our country, and TO sus-
tain the President in his efforts 10 that end
HeSOfred, That the members of the present
Congress, in 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 the people,
already borne down by grievous taxatien, 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 avarice and
we hold it up as a reproach TO deconcy
honor, and public virtue, 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.
ReSotred, That the Democracy are necessar-
" true representatives Of the aborng classes,
aud we view with deep concern the heavy bur
lens which .wastefu and partial legislation, and
\ Nlai ,ufa 4
hem. We viii steadily aid all measures which
will abrdge their hours of toll; which will inn
1rove their opportunities for intellectual and
moral cultivation; which will secure the public
ands to the actual settler; or which will in any
way ameliorate and elevate the condition of the |
aboring masses