| Show the P platform of tho philadelphia convention tha fol bolln fulling lN ing is alo I 1 declaration of principles reported rep by set genitor dor cow con an of pennsylvania ivana bud and adopted by tho the philadelphia convention august irth first wo ivill with alth gratitude to 0 o almighty god the end of war aar arid and tho the return ot of peace to our afflicted and beloi beloved ed land nd second the war just closed h has 18 maintained the authority odthe of tho constitution constitute lon with ith all the pov powers ers ach it condei a and ull ell the restrictions w N aich it imposes upon the general government and faltered and it lias has pre preserved served th alio union NN with ith the iho aquil rig rights blits dignity and aruthor ity of the states perfect and ea third re representation r e in antho the congius of tl ti 0 un acts bcd states taic and in the Elec elector toi is a right aright i recognized by the constitution as abiding in every state and na its a duty ini imposed posed upon at people fundamental in its natum and ca betI to the exea else of our republican Republic un institutions tut ions and neither congress vor cor tho the general government has ha any authority or ao 10 power er to deny this thia riat to an any state or withhold iti brijo enjoyment under the constitution from the people thereof iourtc we call upon the people of tho the united states statch to I 1 elect e to congress ni members thereof none lut meu men who comit this fundamental right of ceplo sen tation and ii who lio will I 1 kleive to seats therein loyal representatives fiam every state in allegiance to the united stat states cach subject to the co right of each house to judge or of tho the election returns and of its onn oa members fifth tho alio constitution of tho the united states and the laws in made tile in puts wince thereof aro are the cupi erne enle I 1 liw of the I ind an anything thing in the constitution on or bev laws a of any ny state to the contrary botn ing 11 all the po pow ors era not conferred ll 11 by the constitution upon the general government erni nent nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states or th the thereof and among the lights thus resor reserved ved to the states is tho ri right tabt to prescribe qualifications for the elec elective ive franchina fran chisa therein with which right congress cannot interfere no state or convention of states his haa the right to withdraw from the uri in or to through thron gli their action in Cou coutress gress or of otherwise eri sc any state or states fro from tb tho union tho the union of thee theao states is perpetual perpetu aland and the authority of its government is supreme within the limitations and restrictions of ane constitution fiuta such amendments to lo the con COD or tho he united may imy lie be made by the people thereof as they may deem but only in the mode pointed out by its provi provision ion and in ia prop proposing oiLing such amendments er cr by congress or by a convention and lo ia ratifying the same all the states stales ol of the ills union hase an equal and an indefeasible right to I 1 a i loise olce anti and ri a voto vote thereon seventh slavery Is g abolished and forever prohibited and abero is ia neith er purpose on the patt pait of the southern states that it should ever be re upon the boil or iab within 0 the ot of the fiam and tao enfranchised ii aves in ill qa alio states of the union rebeke celia re in in common with all their t equal 11 al protection in every ri right kt of person aud and pro properly eighth while wo we regard as utterly invalid inra lid and never to be assumed or made of binding force an obligation incurred or undertaken in in biking aling aar against the united states we lold the debt of the caflin to be sacred and inviolable and ve broel proclaim alm I 1 our pur purpose poe in discharging chiq as 03 in net forming n nil 11 other national obligation i V ti maintain unimpaired and an impeached the honor and filth f of the R republic public ninth lt it is the duty duly of lie national government to tho the tights lights or of the federal eiB eig and bailor Bj ilor in the contest just closed by meeting prompt ly and fully all their just and rightful right lul claims tor for the services eer vices they have rendered the nation anti and by extending to 10 those of them who baa haive e sur survived ived and to the widows and orp orphans lians of those who have bare fallen the most generous and considerate cw cire tenth in andrew johnson Job president of the united statts stall s v n ho in his great office has proved stead astin in his hia devotion to the ho constitution the laws and the interests of lis ais country by persecution und and unde undeserved cred reproach having faith units unassailable ia a tile the people and in the principles of free government ern ment wo recognize a cider magistrate worthy of the nation and equal to the great crisis upon which his lot is ia cast and we tender to him in the dis charge of bi shigh and responsible duties our proto profound und respect and anuran cea of our cordial aad sincere support |
