The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-07-17

The National Republican party OF he
United States, assembled an Ndtion
al Convention in the City Of Ciica-
90, on The 2Ia day Of May, 1868.
make the following Declaration Of
Principles;
l. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success sf the ReconstrGction pohcJ
of Congress, as evinced by The adoption. IN
the majority of the States lately In rebellion
of Constitutions securing equal, Civil and
Political Rights to ali, and IL is the duty of
the Government to sustain those instit itutions
and TO prevent the people OF such states
from being remitted tn a state of anarchy
n. The guaranty by Congress OF Equal
Suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, Of gratitude, aud of justice. and must
be maintained, while the question OF sunrage
In all the loyal States properly belongs TO
the people of those States.
Iii. We denounce all forms OF Reputation
as National crime; and National honor re
auires the payment of The public indebted
hess in the uttermost good faith 10 ALI credit
ors at home and abroad, not only according
10 the letter but the spirit of the law under
which it was contracted.
Nv. II is due to the Labor or Inc Nation
that taxation should be equaized and re
duced as rapidly AZ the National fai th VIII
permit.
v. The National Debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation of the Union FOR
all time 10 come, should ba extended over
a fair period for redemption; AMI ii is the
duty of Congress to reduce tbs rate OF inter
est thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
vi. That the best policy TO diminish our
burden of debt is to So improve our credit
that capitalists will seek 10 loan US money
at lower rates of interest ahan We now pay.
and must continue TO pay so long as repudi-
alton, partial or total, open or covert. ls
threatened or suspected
VII. The Government af the United states
should be administered with The strictest
economy; and the cOrruptions which nave
been so shsmefully nursed aud f1stered oy
Andrew johnson call loudly for raoic2i re-
form.
VIII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincol", and re-
gret the accession to the Presidency OF An
drew johnson, who has acted treacherously
10 the people who elected him and the cause
he Was pledged to support; who mas usurpeo
high legislative and judicial functions; VINO
has used his high Office to induce other ON
GERS to ignore and violate the laws; who has
employed his executive powers to render IN,
secure the property. the peace. hDerty aho
life of the citizens; who has abused tno par
doning power; who has denounced the Ma
tonal legislature as unconstitutional VINO
has persistently and corruptly resisted, oy
tempt at the Reconstruction OF the Ststes
lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine OF wholesale
corruption; and who has been justly I'M
peached for high crimes and misdemesnors,
and properly pronounced guilty. tnereoi oy
the vOto Of thirty five Senator'S
TX The doctrine of Great Britain and oth-
er European powers that because man Is
once u subject he ia always 80. must be re-
sisted At every hazard by the United States
liz oF ALI r1ns fhnr1Zaf
the laws Of nations. and At war with our ma.
tional honor and independence Naturalized
citizens are entitled 20 protection in all their
rights Of citizenship as though they were ma
tive-born; and no citizen of the United states,
native or naiuralized, must be liable TO ar
rest and Imprisonment by anv foreign pow
er for acts done or words spoken IN this
country; and if SO arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty of the Government TO Interfere
in his behalf.
Y OF all who wers faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none eniitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and sesmen. who endured the hardships of
mpaign and cruise and imperillcd their
lives in the service of the country. The
bountics and pensions provided BY the laws
Tor these brave defenders of the nation are
an obligation never tn be forgotten: the wild
Ows and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards Of the people, sacred Legacy be-
queathed 10 the nations protecting care.
Xf. Foreign immigration. which in the
past hks added so much 20 the wealth. de-
velopment and resources, and increase OF
power 10 this republic. the asy lum of the
oppre1sd of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged ry liberal and just policy.
XII. This Convention declares itself 10
sympathy with all oppressed peoples strug
Cling for theirrights
Unanimously added on motion of General
6churz:
Rssolped, That We highly commend the
spirit Of magnanimity and forbearaDce with
which men who have served in the REBEL on
but who now frankly and honestly CO oper
ate with us in restoring the poace of tbs
country, and reconstructing the Southern
States governments upon the basis of Impair
ial Justice and EQUAL Rights. are received
back into the communion af the loyal people;
and we favor the removal of the Disqualified
lions aDd restrictions imposed upon the late
Rebels In th q same measure as their spirit
of 10y atty will direct and AS may be consist
ent with ihe safety of the loyal people.
Resolved, That We recognize the great pEin-
ciples laid down In The immortal Declaration
of Independence. as The true foundation 81
democratic government; and We hail with
gladness every effort toward making these
principles a.Iiving reality on every inch of
American soil.