The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-08-29

perfection OF our repUOucan AusuCutIouS
may demand.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
The National Union Convention, now ass
sembled in the city of Philadelphia, COM
posed of delegates from every State and
Territory in the Union, admonished by the
solemn lessons which for the last five years
it has pleased the Supreme Ruler Of the Uni
verse to give to the American people, pro"
foundly grateful for the return of peace, de-
sirous. as are large majority of their coun>
trymen, in all sincerity, to forget and for
give the past, reverlng the Constitution
as it came to us from our ancestors, regard
ing the Union in it's restoration as more sa-
cred than ever, looking with deep anxiety
into the future as Of instant and continuing
trial, hereby issues and proclaims the follow
ing declaration of principles and purposes on
which they have with perfect unanlmlty
agreed:
God the end of the war and the return OF
peace 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 Testrlc,
tions which it imposes upon the General
Government. unabridged and unaltered, and
il has preserved the Union with the equal
rights, dignity and authority of the States
perfect and unimpaired.
3, REPRESENTATION in the Congress Of the
United States and in the Electoral College is
a right recognized by the Constitution as
abiding IN every State, and as duty i'm
posed upon its people, fundamental IN It's
nature and essential to the existance OF our
republican institutions, and neither Congress
nor the General Government has any aus
thority of power to deny this right to any
State or to withhold enjoyment, under the
Constitution, from the people thereof. -
We call upon the people of the United
States to elect to Congress as members there
of none but men who admit the fundamental
right of representation, 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 qualifications Of its OWL members.
$. The Constitution of the United States
and the laws made in pursuance thereof are
the supreme law of the land, anything in the
Constitution or laws of any State to the con-
trary notwithstanding All the power not
conferred by the Constitution upon the Gen.
eral Government, nor prohibited 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 pres
scribe qualifications for the elective franchise
therein, with which right Congress cannot
interfere. No State or combination of States
has the right to withdraw from the Union.
or to exclude through their action in Cons
gress or otherwise, any other State or States
from the Union. The union Of these States
is perpetual, and it's Government is Of SUI
preme authority, within the restrictions and
limitations of the Constitution:
6. Such amendment to the Constitution o.
the United States may be made by the peo-
pie thereof as they noay deem expedient, but
only in the mode pointed out by its proVlS-
ions; 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 lndeteaslote
right to voice and vote thereon.
I. Slavery is abolished and forever pro>
hibited, and there is neither desire nor pur-
pose on the part of the Southern States that
it should ever be re>established upon the SOIL
or within the jurisdiction of the United
States: and the enfranchised slaves in all the
States of the Union should receive, in COM
mon with all their inhabitants, equal pro-
lection in every right Of person and of prop
erty. -,
s. 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 to be sacred and
inviolable, and we proclaim our purpose to
maintain unimpeached the honor and the
faith of the republic.
9. 1t is the duty Of the National Govern
ment to recognize the services Of the Federal
soldiers and sailors in the contest just closed, !,
by meeting promptly all their just and
rightful claims for the services they have
rendered the nation, and by extending to
those of them who have fallen the most gem
erous and considerate care.
10. In Andrew Johnson, President OF the
United States, who in his great office, has
proved steadfast in his devotion to the Con-
stitution, the laws and interests of his coun>
try. unmoved by persecution and unswerved
by reproach, having faith unassailable in the
people, and in the precepts OF the Govern
ment, we recognize a Chief Magistrate wor-
thy 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 respect
and assurance of our cordial and sincere
support,