The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-07-07
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al We congratulate the country the assured
success Of the reconstruction policy Of Congress-
evinced by The adoption, in majority of the States
lately in rebellion, of sttutions securing equal
civil and political rights to a and we regard it as
the duty Of the Government to sustain those nstitu
tions and to prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED to a state of anarchy.
to ali lova en- in the south was demanded BY every
consideration of public safety Of gratitude and OF
justice and must be maintained; while the question
Of suffrage In all the loyal States properly belongs to
"5. Ne denounce ali forms Of Reputation as ma ?
tionai Crimes and the national honor requires the
good faith to all crediors home and abrsad, not
only according the latter but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted.
"a It 10 due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced as rapidly as
our national faith will permit. s,osI h.a1ta
for the preservation Of the Union for all time to
should be extended over fair period for redemption;
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon, whenever il can honestly be done.
&c. That the best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt to improve credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates OF interest than
now pay and must continue TO pay so long as re-
pudiation partial total, open covert IS threat
81. The Government of the United States should
be administered with the strctest economy and the
corruptions which have been SO shamelully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly for
Radical reform. rr8 fsr- fr..a-! IN a~- "a
49, We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
Of Andrew Johnson 10 the presidency, who has acted
70 hs people elected . nm saa bs ns
legislative aud judicial functions; has refused to exc
cute the laws; has used his high office to induce 9TH
err officers TO ignore and violate the laws has en-
poyed his executive powers to render insecure the
property pea ce liberty and lite OF the citizens has
abused the pardoning powers; has Denounced the
National Legislature unconstitutional has persls
rently and corruptly resisted by every measure in
his power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebelion las perverted the
int Of W n
ton, and has been justly mpeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors, and properly pronounced guilty
IKE doctrine Of Great Britain and other Euro
pean Powers, that because man is once subject he
is always so be resisted at every hazard by the
United States, a relic Of the feudal time, not au-
thorixed by the law Of nations, and at with our
national honor and independence, naturazed citizens
being entitled to be protected in all their rights OF
citizenship, though they were natural BORN and no
citizen of the United States, natural or naturalized
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done or words spoken IN TINS
duty OF the Government to interfere in his behalf
"lO OF all W no faithful in the trials of the
late war there were none enea 20
ed the hardshps of campaign and cruise, and nPer-
lied their lives in the service of the country. The
brave defenders of the nation Obligations never to
be forgotten. The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead the wards OF the people, sacred legacy
bequeathed to the mai TONS protecting care os u
al Foreign immigration which in the past has
added so much to the wealth and development OF the
resources and icrea Sc of power this nation, the
asylum Of the oppressed Of all nations should be fos
tered snd eucoura ged by liberal and inst policy.
seI2. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who struggling for their
rights" Eva3 st. q, eu1f Z
"Resolred, That we highly commend the spirit OF
magnanmity and forgiveness with which men who
have served the rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly with in restoring the peace OF the
country and demonstrating the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis Of impartial justice and equal
loyal people, and favor the removal of the disqua-
ications and restrictions imposed upon the late reb.
direct as NAV be consistent with the safety of the
loyal people," TCries of Good good J! E1..@-
'sResolued, That recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration Of lndepend-
encc as the true foundation of democratic govern.
ment sud we hail with gladness every effort toward
making these principles living reality on every inch
of American soil" -G04ME