The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-10-30
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The National Republican, party of Tho
United States, assembled in NdtiOn
al Convention an tie City Of Ctica.
90, on tie 2l8t day Of 1hdy, 1868,
make tie .ffollotci,.g declaration Q,
Principles,
]. We congratulate the country on the as
spred success of the Reconstruction policy
OF Congress. as evincod by the adoption, III
the majority Of the States lately in rebellion
of Constitutions securing equal, Civil and
Political Rights TO all, and il is the duty Of
tie Gov ernment 10 sustain those institution.
and to prevent the people Of such States
from being remitted to state Of anarchy.
n. Tine guaranty by Congress of Equal
Suffrage To all ioyaI men at the South WAS
demanded by every consideration of public
safety. Cf gratitude, and OF justice. and must
he maintained, while the question Of suffrage
in all the loyal tates properly belongs to
The people OF those States.
III. We Ganounce all forms of Reputation
as = National crime; and National honor re-
qaircs the payment Of the public indebted
HaSs in the ultermast good faith to all eradt-
0Ts, at home and abroad, not only according
to the letter bat the spirit of The law undor
which il was contracted.
". II Is due so The Labor of tho Nation
that taxation should be equaliZed and re
duced AS rapidly IA tho National fai tn will
permit.
" The National Debt. contracted as IL has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time 10 come, should be extended over
a fair period for redemption; AMI il is the
duty Of Congress 10 reduce the rate Of inter-
est thereon whenever 1t can honestly be
done.
VI That the best policy to diminish our
burden OF debt is 10 So improve our credit
that capitalists viii seek 10 loan us money
at lower rates of interest than we now pay.
and mus; continue to pay so long as repudi-
alton. partial or total, open or covert, is
threatened Gr suspected.
VII. The Government of the United State 8
should be administered with the strictest
economy; and tho corruptions which have q
been SO shs mefully nursed and fUstered by
Andrew johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
VIII. We profoundly depioTc the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham l.inccir, and re-
grot tho accession 10 the Presidency of An.
drew johnson, who has acted treacherously
10 the people who elected him and the cause
he VAS pledged to support; who has usurped
nigh legislative and Judicial functions; who
has used his nigh Office to induce other Off
GERS 10 ignore and violate the laws; who has
eihployed his executive powers to render in.
secure tho property. the peace, liberty and
NE 81 tho citizens; Yho has abused tho par
doElng power; who has denounced the Ma
iiOnal legislature as unconstitutional; WAC
has peralsiently and c0rruptiy resisted, by
every means In his power, every proper at
Tempt ri 'ho rec instruction of the States
ialsly In IT bellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of wholesale
corruption; and who has been justly i'm
peached ior high crimes and misdemeanors
and properly pronounced guilty thereof By
the voi0 Of thirty FIVE Senators.
*. Tie doctrine " Great Britain and 9th
ter European powers that because man is
once subject he IL always so. must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
As a relic Of ieudal times moi authorized by
The laws OF nations, and 1T war with our ma
nolSl honor and Independence. NaturaliZed
citizens are entitled 20 protection in all theiI
rights of citizenship - though they were M
tive thorn; and no citizen of the United States
native Or uaturaliZed, must be liable 20 ar.
rest and Imprisonment by anv foreign pow
er for acts done or words spoken ia this
country; and il so arrested and imprisoned,
Hts the duty of the Government 10 interfere
IN his behalf
Y. Of AL who vere faithful in the trials o
the late war there were none entitled Il
more especial honor than the brave soldier,
and seamen, VINO endured the hardships q
campaign and cruise and imperillsd ihei.
lives In the service of the country. The
boantisz and pensions provided by the laws
Tor these brave defenders of the nation are
an obligation never to be forgotten: the wid
ows and orphans Of the gallant dead are the
wards of the peoples sacred legacy be
queaihed to the nations protecting care.
II. Foreign immigration, which in The
past hSs added 50 much 70 the wealth, dc
yelopment and resources, and increase oi
power 10 this republic. the asy lum Of the
oppressed Of all nations, should be fosteret
and encouraged ty a liberal and Just policy
XII. This Convention declares .:self IN
sympathy with all oppressed peoples strug
CLING for their rights
Unanimously added on molten of General
Schu!Z:
Roso'rtd, That We highly commend the
spirit OF magHanimity and iorbearance with
which men vino have served In the rebellion
but who moss frankly and honestly CO oper.
ate with us in restoring the peace of tic
country, and reconsiructing the Soniher ri
States governments upon the basis of Impair
ial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back iDto the communion al tho loyal people:
and We favor the removal of the dsqnalifica-
tons and restrictions imposed upon the late
Rebels In ih . same measure Ak their spiri
Of loyalty viii direct, and as may be consist
ont with The safety OF the loyal people.
kCS0irsG, That We recognize the great prn-
cipics laid down III the immortal Declara
Of Independence. AZ the true foundation
government; and we hail with
siaduoss every effort toward making these
principles = living reality on every inch oi
Amer icsn soil.