The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-05-28

GRANT FOR PRESIDENT
COLFAX FOR VICE PREsI-
l Ia DENT
Hrfl-
a Strong Ticket aRd q Good
Platform.
The National Union Convention,
held at Chicago, last week, fully met
the expectations Of the loyal en- Of
the nation, by nominating Gen. U. S.
GRANT for the Chief Magistracy, and
Hon. SCHUYLER CoLFAx, of Indiana,
Speaker of the House Of Representa-
tives. for the second place on the.
ticket. Gen. Grant was nominated
by the unanimous vote Of every dele
cation, from every State and Terrific
", amid a storm Of enthusiasm which
has been seldom surpassed on any
similar occasion. For the Vice
Presidency, the contest was warm
and exciting, between the friends of
Senator Wade, Gov. Fenton of New
York, Senator Wilson, of Mass. and
Speaker Colfax of Ind. The first
ballot stood: Wade 14O, Fenton I32,
-WilsonI19, ColEx 1IS, Curtin 80,
Hamlin 80, Speed %, Harlan l6,
Cresswen 13, Pomeroy 6, Kelley 6.
SECOND BALLOT.
Wade, 40; Fenton, IA; Colfax,
T55; Wilson, l12.
THIRD BALLOT.
Golfax I64, Feufon I39, Wilson
TO1, Curtin 40, Hamiiu 70.
FOURTH BALLOT.
Wade, 2O4; Fenton, IA; Colfax,
1856 Wilson, 81.
FIFTH BALLOT.
Colfa1, 224; Wade, 1876; Fenton,
y137; Wilson, 81; Hamlin, Is.
B efore the Chair announced the
anaBvote, the delegations from all |
the States, with the exception Of New
York and Ohio, declared unanimously
fn favor Of Colfax. The final vote
was then announced, thus: Total
number cast, $50; necessary to choice,
326; colfax, 522; TeutOn, 81; Wade,
~ Wilson, II.
The chairman then announced
Schuyler COlfax as nominee for Vice
President.
Hon. Carl Schurz was temporary Chair
man Of the Convention, and Gen. Haw-
ley Of Conn.,, permanent President.
Hon. R W. Thompson, Of Ind. Chair
man Of the Committee on Resolutions,
reported the following as
THE PLATFORM.
The National Republican party Of the
United States, assembled IN National Con-
ventfon, in the city Of Chicago, on the 10th
day Of May, 1868, make the following dec
IaratiC of principles:
Isb. We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction pol
fey Of Congress, as evinced by the adoption,
in a majority of the States lately in rebel
lion, of constitutions securing equal civil
and political rights to all, and regard it as
the duty of the Government to sustain
those institutions, and to prevent the peo-
pie Of such States from being rsmitted to a
state Of anarchy. ICheers.l Il
ID. The guarantee by Congress, Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the South was
demanded by every consideration of pub
Hc safety, Of gratitude and of justice, and
must be maintained, while the question Of
suffrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people Of those States.
rOheers.l
Sd. We denounce all forms Of repudia-
tion as anational crime, prolonged cheers),
and the national honor requires the pay
Tnent Of the public indebtedness; in the ut
most good faith, to all creditors, at home
and abroad, not only according to the let-l
8sr, butfhe spirit Of the laws under which
& was contracted. [Applause.l
4th. 1t is due to the labor of the nation !
that taxation should be equalized and re- Z
duced as rapidly as the national faith viii :
permit. +
5th. The national debt, contracted as it 7
has been, for the preservation of the Union :
for all time to come, should be extended
over a fair period for redemption, and it is
the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate of ,
Interest thereon, whenever it can honestly
be done. {
9th. That the policy TO diminish our 6
burden of debt is to SO improve our credit
that capitalists will seek to loan US money IN
at lower rates of interest than we nOwpay,
and must continue to pay so long as repu-
lfation. partial or total, open or covert. 7
is threatened or suspected. Ii
9TH. The Government Of the United
States should be administered with the I
strictest economy, and the corruptiOns Z
which have been so shamefully nursed
and fostered- by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
sth. We profoundly depl0re the untime-
Iv and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln,
and regret the accession OF Andrew john {
son TO the Presidency, who has acted
20 the people who elected
him and to. the cause he WAS pledged to {
sdpport. !. has usurped high legislative and
indieiaI functions; has refused to execute
the laws has used his high office TO induce I
other officers to ignore and violate the :
laws; has employed his executive powers :
TO render insecure the property, peace, S
liberty and life Ofths- citizen; has abused :
the pardoning power; has denounced the
National Legislature as unconstitutional; '
has persisteutly and corruptly resisted, by 4
u y l.
attempt at the reconstruction Of the States /
lately in rebellion; has perverted the pub q
lie patronage into an engine Of wholesale
corruption, and been justly impeached for Q
high crimes and misdemeaDors, and prop
eTly pronounced guilty thereof by the vote
Of thirty-five Senators.
9Th. The doctrine Of Great Britain and +
other European powers that because a e
man is once a subject, he is always so. l.
must be resisted at every hazard BY the
United States, rs a relic of the feudai time -
not authorized by the law Of nations, and q
at war with our national honor and inde-
pendence. Naturalized citizens are enti- n
tied to be protected in all their rights Of fe
as though they were native
born. and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable to 81
arrest and Imprisonment by any foreign a
power, for acts done, or words spoken, in q
his country, and if so arrested and i'm h
nrisoned, It is the duty Of the Government :
10 interfere in his behalf ~