The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-28
Adopted by tho Re-
publican National Convention.

Resolutions Adopted by the. Re-
publican National Convention.
| Resoloea, l, That we congratulate the
country on the assured success of the re.
construction policy of congress. as indica.
ted by the adoption in majority of the
states lately in rebellion, of the constitu-
ton, securing equal civil and political
rights to all, and regard it as q duty oi
the government to sustain those institu.
tions, and prevent the people from being
remitted to state Of anarchy. [Cheers. ]
2. That guarantee by congress Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the south was
demanded by every consid Grafton of pub
lie safety, of gratitude and justice, and
must be maintained, while the question of
suffrage in all the loyal states properly be.
longs to the people of those states
[Cheers.1
! 8. That we deuounce al the forms Of
.repudiation Of the national debt as Ma
tional crime, Cprolonged cheers, and the
national honor requires the payment of
the public indebtness in the utmost good
faith to all the creditors at home and
abroad, not only according to the latter
but the spirit Of the laws under which i.
was contracted. Applause.j
4. That it is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equalized
and reduced as rapidly as the national
faith will permit.
s. That the national debt, contracted
as it has been for the preservation Of the
union for all time to come, should be ex-
tended for a fair period for its redemp.
ton, and it is the duty of congress to re-
duce the rate Of interest thereon wheney.
er it can be honestly done:
6. That the best policy to diminish our
burden of the debt is to SO Improve
our credit that the capitalist will
seek to loan US money at home at less rates
Of interest than We now pay, and must con-
tinue to pay as long as reputation, partia
or total, is open, or the contest is threat
ened or suspected.
{. That the government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy, and the corruptions
which have been so shamefully nursed and
fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly
for radical reform.
8. That we profoundly deplore the un-
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coin, and regret 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 sup
port, has usurped the high legislative and
judicial functions, has refused to execut:
the laws, has used his high Office to intro.
duce other officers to ignore and vio-
late the laws, has employed his executive
power to render insecure the property
peace, liberty, and life of citizens, has
denounced the national legislature as un-
constitutional, has persistently and cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his
power every proper attempt to adopt the
constitutions of the states lately in rebel
lion, has perverted the public patronage
into an engine of wholesale corruption
and been justly impeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors and properly pronoun.
ced guilty thereof by the vote Of IS scna.
tors.
8. That the doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers. that, because
a man is once a subject he is al
ways so, must be resisted at ev'
cry haz ,rd by the Unired States, as a
relic of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, and at war with our ma.
tional honor and independence naturaliz-
ed citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights of citizenship, as though
thew were natural-boru and no citizen Of
the United States, natural or natuIalized
must be liable to arrest and Imprisonment
by any foreign power for acts done OF
words spoken in this country; and if SO
arrested and Imprisonment, 1t is the duty
Of the government to interfere in his be.
half.
10. That of all who we're faithful in the
trials of the late war, there we're none en-
titled to more especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamen who endured
the hardships of campaign and cruise, ant
imperilled their lives in the service Of the
country the pountles aud pensions pro-
vided by law for those brave defenders Of
the nation are obligations never to be for
gotten; the widows and orphans Of the
gallant dead are the wards of the people
"a sacred legacy bequeathed to the ma
tion's protecting care.
I IL. That foreign emf grafton, which il
the past has added so much to the wealth
and resources and the increase Of power tC
this nation, the asylum Of the oppressed Of
all nations, should be fostered and en-.
couragcd by liberal and just policy.
II. That this convention. declares it.
sympathy with all the oppressed people
who are struggling for their rights.
One Thousand Dollars q Minute
Sixty thousand dollars an hour, one
million four hundred and forty Thousand
dollars day, is about the amount Of taxa
tion required of the people to run The
government under the ruinous policy of the
radicals. "Mack," of the Cincinnati
Commercial, tells how portion of the sum
is squandered:
"Tho public printing Office has just
turned out ono of the finest nieces of typo.