Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-06-22
REPORT.

platform, the principles Of Jefferson
and jackson, SO far as they are applica-
BILE to the present state of our coontry,.
affairs and that we are Iroud of on
adherence to the time -honored name d
Democrats. -r 'i,,l ..-i,.s,st.
Resolued, That our country has bad
enough of Republican misrule, ihtrigox
and corruption, and can now look to the
Democratic party alone, for happy
and safe deliyerance from its present
afflictions.. .......... .....xag so3
Resolued, That while the right of
state to secede is past issue, we here
distinctly deny its existence under the
Constitution and laws of the United
States and desire that the late rebel
lion should. seek its own justifcatiou
among those who inaugurated it.
/ Resolred, That the rebellion was moi
a party measure or movement; that il
was local in its inception and execution;
participated in by members of all par,
ties alike, within its area and opposed
by members of all parties alike in other
portions of the Union. ,r,
Resolved, That when State is once
admitted into the Union, no power can
withdraw it; that every act of secession
passed by the several legislatures of the
Southern States, in aid Of the late re.
bellion, was nullity, and that, like al
Irebellions, this was a rebellion of indi-
viduals, and not of States, casting its
responsibilities upon those who partici-
pated in it, and those whose immediate
acts melted it. ls5G is,a
| RESOLVED, That as ali such acts q
secession were nullities, and the rebel
lion is at an end, the status of States,
whose inhabitants engaged in the rebel
lion is the same now as before the pas
sage of said acts and before the fn.
auguration of such rebellion.
Resolved, That as all such States
are still members of our Union as before
they are entitled to full and perfect
representation in the councils of the
nation as states, the equal ofIthose
whose uufaithful servants sitting ID
Congress, would keep them out.
/ Resolved, That as the late President
Lincoln, during his lifetime, and the
leaders of the dominant party every.
where and on all occasions, declared
that states could not sece'e or withdraw
from the Union and that whenever
those in rebellion should lay down their
arms and again return to their allegi-
ance, they should be received back and
have guaranteed to them the right en-
Ijoyed by them before the rebcllion-it
is now gross breach of faith to refuse
a portion of the States their proper rep
resentation in Congress, upon the false
hypothesis that they in fact, were, and
still are out of the Union.
ResolUed, That party SO lost to In
tegrity, honor and good faith, must be
inimical to the welfare of our common
country and its unfaithful servants
should receive their merited rebuke at
the ballot box.
Resolued, That the present Registra-
tion law is perfectly Characteristic Of tue
party who enacted it, in prescribing
those of our citizens who chance to be
of foreign birth, and it should be wip-
ed from our statute books, as disgrace
to free country: and an insult to those
of our citizens who are of foreign brit j,
and who have fled from oppression 10
other lands to find home amongst us.
Resolued, That as the laboring class
es are the bone and sinew of our coun-
try, its welfare depends upon their
social elevation therefore, not only for
their good, but for the good of their
and our country, we pledge them our
sympathy, now, aud our aid hereafter,
in their efforts to procure from our law
makers such legislation as shall establish
as the standard, eight hours for day :
work-leaving the other sixteen to be
devoted to rest, the pursuit of pleasure,
and the improvement of mind.
Resolued, That as the employment
of Chinese laborers cheapens and de-
grades labor, instead of adding to lis
profit or dignity, we are opposed to the
importation of the Chinese into this
country, either under the Cooyie system
or otherwise, believing that no true
friend of the working man should coun-
tenance the growing evil.n11l sstsas 81
ON ORDER oFBUsrNEsS 70 A'1s
the Committee made the following
report: --..s- d93 .aa.t - istl /
l. Nomination of Stale Senator.