The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-08-27

lst. Wecongratulate tlIe country
on the assured success OF the recon
struction policy Of Congress, as
cvinced by the adoption, In majority
of ;he States lately IL rebellion, of
constitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all, and regard it as
the duty of the Government to sus-
tain those institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
remitted to a state OF anarchy.
ID. The guarantee by Congress, OF
equal suffrage to all loyal men
in the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety, OF graf
itude and justice, aud must be main
tanned, while the question of suffrage
in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people Of those States.
Sd. We denounce all forms of re-
pudiation as a rational crime, and the
national honor requires the payment
of the public indebtedness, in the ut
most good faitlr, to all creditors, at
homie and abroad, not Oily aetording
to the lctter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted, % bod
Ith. 1t is due to the labor OF the
nation that taxation Should be equal
lied aud reduced rs rapidly as the
national faith will permit. .... ,-t
9th. The national debt, contracted
ms It has been, for the preservation OF
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over fair period for re-
denton, ana it is the duty Of Con-
gress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, whenever 1t can honestly be
done. q ''."f "' o"."'' ''
9Th. o That the best policy to dimin-
ish our burden Of debt Is to Improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money Mt lower rates Of In
terest than we now pay, and must
continue to pay so long as repudia-
tion, partial or total, open or,coyert,
Is threatened or suspected, ..,-.-.. b..
Z. The Government of the United
States should be administered with
the strictest economy, and the cor
ruptions which have been SO shame
fully nurtured and foster ed by Andrew
johnson call loudly for radical re-
torn.
sth. We profoundly deplorc the UNI
timely and tragic death Of Abraham
Lincoln, and rcgre: the accession Of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to SUPPORT; has usurp-
ed high Legislative and Judicial fnne-
tions; has refused to execute the laws |;
has used his high Office to induce
other officers to ignore. aud violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the prop
erty, peace, liberty and life Of the
citizen ;has abused the pardonlng pow
er; has denounced the National Leg
islature as unconstitutional; has per-
sistently and corruptly resisted, by
every measure In his power, every
proper attempt ut the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion; has
perverted the public patronage into
into an engine of wholesale corrup-
tion, and has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and properly prOnouncedguilty there
of by the vote Of thirty-ilve Senators.
Och. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that be-
cause man Is once Il subject, he Is
always so, must be resisted Mt every
hazard by the United States as n relic
of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, ahd at war with
our national honor and Independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected In all their rights of citi-
zenship, as though they were natural
born, and no citizen of the United
States, natural or natuaIlzed, must be
liable to arrest and Imprisonment by.
any foreign power, for acts done, or
words spoken, in this country, and If
so arrested and imprisoned, it Is the
duty Of the GovernmenL to interfere
in his behalf. --' '' o.
10th. OF those who were faithful
in the trials of the late war thOre
were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and
seAmen, who endured the hardships
Of the campaign and cruise, and I'M
periled their lives in the service of the
country. The hViatjRs mil pensions
provide by law, for these brave d,-
Tenders pf the nation, are obligations
never = be forgotten. The widows
and orihans OF the gallant dead are
the waihs of tile people, sacred leg
acy be1ieathed to 1.-THE nations pro-
ttcting ore. .gi3sGsq Lrs.y-ua
1lth. Foreign emigration which in
the past has added SO much to the
wealth, development of resources,
and incr,ase of power of this nation,
the asylum Of the oppressed of all M
Gtions sholld. be fostercd and encour-
agedby d liberal and just policy. '''
18th. This Convention declares Its
sympalhyMith all thel0ppro ssed peo-
pie who are struggling q for theil
rights. '''
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ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS. 81.
Resoired, That we highly commend