The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-05-10
Platform OftEiC sS'NEjOHuE En-
iOR CgW5.-. johnson Eg9pWD.

l. BeSoyycd, That we are now, as
heretofore, ardently attached to the Un-
ion of the States under the Constitution
of the United States we deny the right
of any State to secede, and hold that I'll
the States are now States IN this Union,
as before the rebellion, and we deny the
power of the General Government, un-
der the Constitution, to exclude a State
from thc Union or to govern it as
Territory.
?. RcsoIocd, That our confidence in
the ability, integrity, patriotism, and
craftsmanship of President johnson is
undiminishod, and we cordially approve
the general policy of his administration.
5. RcSo'rc3, That we endorse the
resolution of Congress of July, 1861,
declaring the object Of the war on our
part to be the defence and maintenance
Of the supremacy of the Constitution,
and the preservation Of the Union, with
the dignity; equality, and rights of the
several States unimpaired.
I. Resot0cd, That, in the language
of the Chicago platform of 1860, and as
quoted by the late President Lincoln
in his first inaugural address, &" The
maintenance inviolate of the rights of
States, and especially of the rights Of
each State to order and control its own
domestic institutions according to its
own Judgment exclusively, subject only
to the Constitution of the United States,
is essential to that balance of power on
which the perfection and cndcr1nce OF
our political fabric depends"
5. RcSo1rcd, 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 subvorsiye
of the principles of our Government for
Congress to force universal suffrage up
on any portion OF the country in oppo
stion to the known wishes of the citi
zens thereof.
6. Rcsolccd, That this Union mus
be and remain one and indivisible to
ever" that the war for its preservation
having been brought to triumphan
close, and the supremacy of the Consti
tuition vindicatcd the rights of th
States under the Constitution are to b.
maintained iuviolato, and that loya
citizens within the States and district
lately oycrrun by rebellion are entitle
, to all the rights guaranteed to them b
the Constitution.
7. Rcsolced, That all the States c
the Union are entitled by the Const
, tuition Of the United States to represer
tation in the councils Of the nation, an
!, that all loyal members duly elected an
|, returned, having the requisite Qualiici
, tions as prescribed by law, should b
= admitted to their seats in Congress witt
, out any unnecessary delay by their r.
!, spective Houses, each House being til
Judge of the election, returns and qua
ifcations of its own members.
S. Resoired, That treason is a erin
which should be punished, and that v
[ arc opposed to compromising with trai
!. ors BY bartoring " universal amnesty
]. for " universal suffrage
l. 9. RcfOir.H, mat the payment VI u
q national debt is sacred o5ligatlo
l., never to be repudiated; and that
c debt or obligation incurred in any ma
J. ner whatever in aid of treason or reb(
e, lion should ever be assumed or paid,
ID 10. Resoieca, That we cordially c
lie dorsc the restoration policy Of Preside
IS, johnson as wise, patriotic, constitutio
r, al, aud in harmony with the loyal sc
d, timeut and purpose of the people in t
a suppression Of the rebellion; with t
ID platform upon which he was electe
ut the declared policy Of the late Preside
en- Lin coin the action of Congress, a
I'D pledges during the war.
O. r II. ResoiCed, That the nation owe
a lasting debt of gratitude to the soldic
as, and sailors ofthe late war Cor the 81
.ie preston of the rebellion, and that I
n families of the fallen heroes who di
We. that the country might live, are
,rt wards of the people, and should be can
for bv the government.