The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-08-20

Conoention IN the city Of Chicago, on
the 21st day Of Nay, 1868, made the
.jolloaoing Declaration Of Principles
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop-
ton, i'll the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all, and it is
the duty of the Government to sustain
those institutions and to prevent the peo-
pie of such States from being remitted to
state of anarchy.
IL. The guaranty by 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
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people of those States
III. We denounce all forms of Renudi
alton as a national crime arG the national
honor requires the payment of the public
indebtedness IN TIE uttermost good faith to
| all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter but the spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted
" 1t is due to the Labor of the Ma
tion that taxation should be equalized, and
reduced as rapidly as the national faith ".
permit.
Y. The National Debt, contracted as it
has been, for the preservation Of the Union
| for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption and it is
the duty of Congress to reduce the rate Of
interest thereon, whenever it can be hon
estly done.
VI That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is to so improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan us
money at lower rates of interest than we
now pay and must continue to pay 50 long
as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
VII 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.
VIII. We profoundly deplore the un-
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coin, and regret the accession to the Pres
idency of Andrew johnson, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged to sup
port who has usurped high legislative and
judicial functions who has refused to ex-
ecute the laws who has used his high
office to induce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws who has employed his
executive powers to render insecure the
property, the peace, liberty and life, of the
citizen who has abused the pardoning
power who has denounced the National
Legislature as unconstitutional who has
persistently and corruptly resisted, by ev-
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TEMPT at the reconstruction of the States
LACEY in Iob0llivn 1rU 1Ido pery erUed Che
public patronage into an engine of whole
sale corruption and who has been Justly
impeached for high crimes and misdemean-
ors, and properly pronounced guilty there
of by the vote of thirty-fve Senators
TX. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because man
is once a subject he is always so, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as relic of feudal times, not au-
thorized by the laws of nations, and at war
with our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to protec-
ton in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native-born and no cit
izen of the United States, native or natur-
allied, must be liable to arrest and impris-
onment 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 Government to interfere in his be-
half
X. OF all who were faithful in the tri-
ais of the late war, there were none enCitled
to more especial honor than the brave sol
diers and seamen who endured the hard
ships of campaign and cruise, AID ileorrerli-
ed their lives in the service of the country;
the bounties and pensions provided by the
laws for these brave defenders of the ma
ton, are obligations never to be forgotten;
the widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the wards of the people-a sacred
legacy bequeathed to the nations protect
ing care
XI. Foreign immigration, which in the
past has added so much to the wealth
development and resources and increase OF
power of this republic, the asylum of the
oppressed of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy
XII. This Convention declares its sym
pathy with all oppressed peoples struggling
for their rights
additional RcsoyationS
HeS0tCe0, Ihat we mighty commend the
spirit of magnanimity and forbearance
with which the men who have served in
the Rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly cooperate with us in restoring the
peace of the country and reconstructine
the Southern State Governments upon the
basis of impartial justice and equal rights
are received back into the communion o.
the loyal people and we favor the remov
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