The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-08-25

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following declaration N principle.
and purposes, on which lhey have,
With pefioci unanimiiy agreed
T. We hail With gratitude 10 Al.
mighty God the end II The war and
The relarn u peace r. Nh afflicted
and beloved land.
2 The war just olo-,d has main,
tanned The authority NJ the Constitu.
ton with all The restrictions which 4
imposes on the Government IN.
abridged and uneliered and In,
preserved the Union with the Lawful
rights, dignity and authority Of IN,
States, perfect and unimpaired.
3. Representation IN Congress d
the United States, and In the cleo.
toral college, Is a right recognized b,
the Constitution rs abiding In ever,
State, and as a duty imposed upoi
It's people, fundamental IN liz nalsp,
and essential to the exercise of Oh
republican institution and neithe
Congress nor the General Govern
ment has any authority or power d
deny this right TO any, or Withhold,
its enjoyment, under the Constitu
ton, from the people thereof.
4. We call upon the people O
the United States TO elect to Con
gress members who admit the funda
mental right of representation, an
who will receive to seats their loyl
representatives from every State i
allegiance to the United States, sui
ject to the Constitutional right {
each house to judge Of election re
turns and qualifications Of its ow
members.
8. The Constitution of the I'm.
ted States and the laws thereof al
the supreme. law Of the land, an,
thing in the constitution or laws +,
any State to the contrary notwitl
standing.
All the powers not conferred b
the Constitution upon the Generi
Government nor prohibited to Il
States, are reserved to the States {
the people thereof; and among thel
the right to prescribe qualification
for the elective franchise therein
which right Congress can not inteI
fere with.
No State, or combination Of State
has the right to withdraw from Il
Union, or to exclude through the
action in Congress or otherwise, an
State or States from the Union.
The Union of the States is pc
petual.
} 6. Amendments to the Constitl
ton of the United States may |
made by the people thereof as the
may deem expedient; but only ]
the mode pointed out by it. In pre-
posing such amendments, whether b
Congress or by a Convention, and j
ratifying the same, all States of Il
Union have an equal and indisputi
BILE right to a vote thereon.
Z. Slavery is abolished and forev,
prohibited; and there is neither d,
sire nor purpose on the part OF Il
Southern States that it should ev,
be re-established upon the soil {
within the jurisdiction of the Unite
States.
And the enfranchised slaves in a
States of the Uuion should receiv,
i'm common with all the inhabitant
equal protection in every right
person and property.
8. While We regard as utterly il
valid, and never to be assumed
! made binding by force and obligi
, ton incurred or undertaken in NAL
ing war against the United State
, we hold the debt of the nation to
sacred and inviolable, and We pr
claim our purpose in discharging thi
! as in performing all other nation
/ obligations to maintain unimpairt
|, and unimpeached the honor and Il
faith of the republic.
o. II is the duty Of the Nation
Government to recognize the servic
Of the Federal soldiers and sailors
the contest just closed, by meetiI
t promptly and fully all their just al
5 rightful claims for the services III,
4 have rendered the nation, aud |
. extension TO those Of them who ha'
( survived, and TO the widows al
e orphans of those who have falle
the most generous and considera
!, care.
5 10. In Andrew johnson, Pre-,
dent Of the United States, who,
a his great Office, has proved steadfH
in his devotion to the laws and ints
ests Of his country, unmovcd by pc