The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-15

All, and tis the duty OF the ruON-
eminent to sustain those instrucd
tons and to prevent the people
OF such States from being remitte-
10 a State Of anarchy. ,,..
III. The guaranty by Congress OF
EQUAL Suffrage 10 al loyal men at
the south was demanded by every
consideration. Of. public sofety,'l'ofl
gratitade and ofjastiee,, and must
Be maintained; .Slilc the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States
properly belongs to the people oil
those States.
,tIII.. We denounce all forms Of
repudiation as Ndtionni crime;
and National honor requires the
payment OF the public indebtedness
IN the utmost good faith to all cred
to,s. at home andlabi0ad, not only
according to the letter, but the
spirit oft law under which Il wss
contracted. 'i..
Nv. II is due to the Labor of
the Nation thattaxation should be
edualized and reduced as rapidly as
National faith will permit
~ w. The National debt, contract
cd as Il has becn for the proserya-
ton OF tho Union for all time 70
come, should bo extended over a
fair period for redemption; and tits
the duty Of Congress to reduce the
rate Of interest thereon whenever
il can be honestly done. s
w. That the best policy to di-
minish our burden Of debt Is to so
Improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to lend us money at low
or rates Of interest than we now
pay, and must continue 70 pny so
long as reputation partial or to,
cal, open or covert, is threatened
or suspeeted.
VII. That Government Of the
United States should be admins
tered with the strictost economy;
and the corruptions which have
been SO shamefolly nursed and ios.
tered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
.5v1IkM Wee profoundly y doplore
the untimely and tragic death OF
.Abfaham Lincoln, and regret the
accession to the Presidency of An.
drew johnson, who hus acted treaeh.
erously to tho people Who elected
him, and the cause he was pledged
70 supports who has psurped high
Legislative and judicial functionsj
who has used his high Office to In.
duce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws; who has employed
his executive powers to render in
secure the property, pcace, liberty
and life of the citizens; who has
abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the z National Leg
islaturc us unconstitutional; who
has persistently and corruptly re-
sisted, by every means in his power
every proper attempt at tho recon
struction ofthe States lately in re-
belion; who has perverted the pub
lic patronage into an engine of
Wholesale corruption; and who has
been Justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemoanors, aud
properly pronounced guilty thereof
BY the vote of thirty.6ye Senators,
TX. The doctrine of Great
Britain aud other European powers
that because man is once a sub
ject he is always so, must be re-
'Aisted at all hazards by the United
States as relic Of feudal times not
authorized by the laws of nations,
and at war with our national honor
and Independence, Naturalisej
citizens are entitled to protection
in all their rights Of citizenship a'
though they were natiyo-born; anf
no citizen Of the United States, ma,
tive or naturalized, must be lipblv
to arrestland Imprisonment by an,
foreign power for act done or word'
spoken in this country and it Sc
arrested aud Imprisoned, II is tn,
duty Of the Government to inter
fere in his behalf.vr arA1e a.''a7t
X. or all who wero fhithfnl il
the trials Of the late war there wor,
none entitled to more especial hon
ors than the brave soldiers and sea
men, who endured the hardship-
OF camp and cruise, and emperille,
their lives in the service Of thei
country. The bounties and pen
,sions provided by the laws for thes,
brave defenders Of the nation ar,
oaa obligasion never TO be forgotten
the widows and orphans Of the gal
Iant,dead are the wards of the peo
pie-Ar sacred legacy bcqueathed t,
.ths nations protecting care.
XXI Foreign immigration, whicl
in the past has added so much t.
the wealth, develOpement an,
rcsourcdsy .nhd BnsreSse of powe
TO the republic, the asylum of tn,
oppressed Of all nations. should b,
,.fostered and encouraged by jus
snd liberal policy. ''''''
XII. This Convention declares
itself in sympathy Slthlall oppress
I'd people struggling. for theiI
saghfslr ki1eilag 80 E1al NV lrl' ra.-
ss Unanimously addsd on motion
ofGeneral Schdrz. ''.'N ''''a'''h
Resoloed. That wo highly com
mend the spirit pfmagganmity and
forbearance with which men who
ha...x s...,..I Il, fka xohall;.t. h,,i