The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-22

on the assured success OF the nc
construction policy Of Congress, as
eyiuccd by the adoption, in the ma
iJrjtysdf tue States lntoly IN nrcbek
lion OF tho Constitutions securing
Equal Civil and Political Rights to
all, and it is the duty Of the Gov
ernment to sustain those instrucd
tions aud TO prevent the people
Of such States from being reiuitte-
TO a State Of anarchy. n.f 20
III, The guarantyby Congress OF
Equal Suffrage to all loyal men at
the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety, Of
gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained; while the question
of suRragc in all the loyal Stgtes
propsfly'bslohgs 10 the people of
those States. az .,ist.o
III. We denounce all forms Of
Reputation rs = National crime;
and National honor requires the
psyment'of the public Indebtedness
in the utmost good faith TO all cred
uors, at home and abroad, not only
according % the letter, but the
spirit Of tho law under which it was
contracted. iliicl u1ilIlihi
". 1t is due to the Labor Of
tke Nation that taxation should be
equaliaed and reduced as rapidly as
National faith will permit,
v. The National dobt, contract
Cd as it has been for the proscrva-
ton Of the Union for all time to
come, should be extended over n
fair period for redemption; and il is
the duty Of Congress to reduce the
rate Of interest thereon whenever
it can be honestly done,
VI. That the bost policy to di-
minish our burden Of debt is to so
improve our credit that capitalists
win seek to lend us money ut low
or rates Of interest than We now
pay, aud must continue TO pay so
long as repudiation partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
VII. That Government Of tho
United States should be admins
tered with the stIictest economy
and the corruptions which have
been 30 shamefully nursei and fos.
tered by ndrew Johnstp call
loudly for radical reform.
VII. We profoundly depsrc
the untimely and tragic death v
Abraham Lincoln, and regret Oh,
accessIohfto the Presidency OF An
drew johnson, who has aeted treach
erousiy TO the Peoplc who elected
him and ths cause he was pledged
90 % .Toft; who has usurped higl
s'slative and Judicial functions
who has used bis h;-t ~. IL,
duo. vtner officers to Ignore aud
violate the laws; who has employed
his executive powers to render in.
secure the property, peace, liberty
and life Of the citiYono, who has
abused ,i.v pardoniug power; who
mas denounced the National Leg
islature as unconstitutional; who
has persistently and corruptly re-
sisted, by every means IN his power,
every proper attempt at the recon-
struction OF the States lately in re-
bellipn; who has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine Of
wholesale corruption; and who has
been justly impeached for high
crimes aud misdcmeanors, and
properly pronounced guilty thereof
by the vote of thirty-fve Senators.
TX. The doctrine Of Great
Britain and other European powers
that because man is once n sub
jcct he is always so, must be re-
sisted at all hazards by the United
States rs relic OF feudal times not
authorized by the laws of nations,
and at war with our national honor
and Independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled to protection
in all their rights Of citizenship as
though they were native-born; and
no citizen of the United States, ma.
tive or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest and Imprisonment by any
forejgn power for act done or words
spokon in this country; and if so
arrested aud Imprisoned, it is the
duty of the Government to inter,
fere in his behalf. lls gUaWtu.
y. OF all who were faithful in
the trials Of the late war there were
none entitled to more especial hon
ors than the brave soldiers and sea-
men, who endured the hardships
of camp and cruise, and emperilled
their lives in the service of their
country. The bounties and pen,
sions provided by the laws for these
brave defenders of the nation are
an obligation never to be forgotten;
the widows and orphans of the gal
I.
LIANT dead are the wards of the peo.
ple-Ta sacred legacy beQueathed to
the nations > protecting care.
XI. Foreign immigration, which
in the past has added so much to
the wealth, develOpement and
resources, and increase Of power
to the republic, the asylum of, the
oppressed Of all nations. should be
fOstered and encouraged by q just
and liberal policy.
XII This Convention declares
itself in sympathy with all oppress-
ell people struggling for, their
rights. y 5t0A1
Unanimously added on motion
of General Schurz ,1 I. ttHf ..tr ND