The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-27

and reduced az rapidly as our nation
al faith will permit.
: 5. The national debt, contracted, |
as it has been, for the preservation OF |
the Union for all time to come, should |
be extended over q fair period for |
redemption and it i the duty OF
Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, whenever il can honestly be
done. ...
s. That the best policy 10 diminish
our burden of debt is TO so improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan as money at lower rates of inter-
est than we now pay, and must con-
tinHe to pay, so long az reputation
partial or total, open or covert, Is
threatened or suspected. tfEre9-fssl
q. The Government of the United
States should be administered with
the strictest economy, and eorrup-
tions which have been so shame
| fully nursed and fostered by Andrew
johnson, call loudly for radical res
| form. a8 w4E asa
8. We profoundly deplore the un-
| timely and tragic death of Abraham
| Lincoln. aud regret the accession of
| Andrew, johnson to9the Presidency;
| who has acted treacherously TO the
people who elected him and the cause
1 be was pledged to support, has usurp-
ed high legislative and judicial tune
tions; has refused TO execute the
| laws; has used his high office to in
duce other officers TO ignore and vIo-
late the laws: has employed bis ex-
ecutive powers to render insecure the
property, peace, liberty and life OF
the citizens has abused the pardon
i ing power; mas denounced the Ma
# tional Legislature as unconstitutional
has persistently and corruptlg resist
ed, BY every measure in his power,
every proper attempt at the recon
struction of the States lately In re-
bellion; has perverted the public pat
ronage into an engine OF Wholesale
corruption, and has been justly I'm
peached for high crimes and mlsde.
meanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty
five Senators. 4--------e=..
81 9. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European Powers. that be
cause a man is once subject he Il
always so. must be resisted at ever
hazard BY. the United States, as
relic of the feudal time, not author
lied by the law of nations, and a
war with our national honor and IN
dependence, naturalized citizens be
ing entitled to be protected in o.
their rights OF citizenship, as thougl
they were natural born; and no citI
zen of the United States, natural o
naturalized. must be liable to arres
and imprisonment by any forelg
Z. power, for acts done or words spoke
in this country; and ESQ arrested an
imprisoned. it is the duty of the Coy
eminent to interfere IN his behalf.
s1O. OF all who were faithful In th
htrials of the late war, there were nor
entitled to more especial honor tha
the brave soldiers and seamen VII
endured the hardships of campaig
and cruise, and Inperiled their Nv
in the service of their country; III
bounties and pensions provided
law for thosesbrave defenders OF q
nation are Obligations never TO be 10
gotten. The widows and orphans
the gallant dead are the wards OF q
peopIe-a sacred legacy bequeathed
the nations protecting care. 2 gg
r. II. Foreign immigration, which,
! the past, has added so much to Il
wealth and development of the r
sources and increase of power to Il
,. nation, the asylum of the Cypress
of all nations, should be. fostered a.
encouraged by a liberal and ~
policy: gF. a.-at
sympathy with all the oppressed pc
- pie who are struggling for thu
y rights. A