The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-10-29

81. We conGratulatc the country the assured
success Of the reconstruction policy of Congress,
evineed by tne adopnen, m majority OF the States
civil and political rights to all; and regard it as
the duty ofthe Government TO these insttas
tons and to prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED, to state of anarchy. ~ s f7Sp
SO. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage
to all loyal men in the south was demanded by every
consideration of public safety,aef ierataae and of
justice. and u,ust be maintained; while the question
OF suffrage h, all the loyal States properly belongs to
%. Ne denounce all forms of reputation as ma
tienal Crimes npd the natirsiaf honor the
payment of the public indebtedness, in the utmost
good faith, to all creditors; at home and abraad, not
Only according to the latter but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted.
a. II is due TO the laborOf the nation that taxa
ton should be eqnalized and reduced rapidly as
national faith will permit.
% The national debt. contracted as it has been
for the preservation of the Union for all time to
should be extended fair period for redemption;
and it is the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereon whenever ii honestly be done.
&c. That the best policy to diminish burden of
debt is 70 improve credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates Of interest than
we now pay and must continue TO pay so long as
probation, partial total covert, is threat
ened or suspected. ISL g9iLTlaf az.egz Dol
81. The Government of the United States should
be administered with the strictest economy, and the
corTuptons which have been shamelully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly for
"S. We profoundly depiore the untimrly and tragic
death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
Andrew johnson PRESIDENCY,
treacherousy to the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurped high
Legislative aud judicial functions; has refused to
cute the laws; has used his high Office to induce 9TH
officers TO ignore and violate the laws has en-
ployed his executive powers to render Insecure the
propsrty peace, liberty and life OF the citizens has
abused the pardoning powers; has denounced the
National Legislature Unconstitutional; has perssN
rently and corruptiy resisted by every measure in,
his power every proper attempt ut the reconstruction
OF tie States lately in rebellion; has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of wholesale corrup-
ton. and has been justly impeached for high crimes
and uaisdsmeanors, and properly pronounced guilty
thereof by the voice of thrty-fve Senator'S.
's. The doctrine of Great Briteiu and other Euro
pean Powers that because man is once subject he
j. always So resisted every hazard by the
United States, as -ec of the feudal time, not au-
thorized by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national houor nd independence naturazed citizeus
being entitled to be protected in all their rights of
ctiizenship though they natural born, ind
citizen Of the United States, natural naturazed
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done words spoken in this
country and If so arrested and imprisoned IT Is the
duty the Government to interfere in his behalf -
10. OF all who faithful in the trials of the
late war, there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and who endure
Ell tie lardships Of campaign and cruise, and mper-
lied their lives in the service of the country. The
bonnties and pensions provided by law for those
brave soldiers Of the nation, obligations never to
be forgotten The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead the wards of the people sacred legacy
Fo,a;sn mm;@ratpn whicbin the past has
added much to the wealth and development of the
aad increase of power to this nation, the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations should be fos
tered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy.
"l2. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who struggling for their
rights" fas1r- f .--r .s.s. q s5z.L. ssss
dissolved, That we highly commend the spirit of
magnanimity and forgiveness with which men who
have served the rebellion but frankly and hon
estlv cooperate with restoring the peace of the
country, and reconstructing the Southern State
upon the basis Of impartial and equal
rights, received back into the communion of the
loyal people, and favor the renova of the disqual
ications and restrictions imposed upon the late reb-
els in the measure the spirit OF loyalty will
direct, may be consistent with the safety OF the
loyal people,"
"Resolred, That recognize the great principies
laid down in the immortal Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence the true foundation of democratic govern
msnt and we hail with 2ladness every effort toward
making these principles living reality on every inch
of American soil"