Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-29

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seek to loan US money at lower rates
of interest than we now pay, and
must continue to pay, SO long as repu-
diation, partial or total, open or COW
ert, is threatened or suspected.
Seuenth-The government of the
United States should be administered
with the strictest economy, and the
corruptions which have been so shame
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson, call loudly for a radical re-
form.
Eighth-We profoundly deplore the
untimely, but tragic death of Abra-
ham Lincoln, and regret the accession
Of Andrew Johnson to the Presiden-
cy; who has acted treacherously to
the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support;
who has usurped high legislative and
judicial functions; who has refused
to execute 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 rem
der insecure the property, the peace,
the liberty and the life of the citizen;
who has abused the pardoning power;
who has denounced the national legis-
lature as unconstitutional; who has
.persistently and corruptly resisted, by
every measure in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the states lately in rebellion; who
has perverted the public patronage in
to an engine of Wholesale corruption,
and who has justly been impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and properly pronounced guilty there
of by a vote of thirty five senators.
Ninth-T he doctrines of Great
Britain and other European powers
that because a man is once subject
he is always so-must be resisted at
every hazard by the United States as
a relic of the feudal times, not au-
thorized by the law of nations and at
war with our national honor and indie,
pendence. Naturalized citizens are
entitled to be protected in all their
rights of citizenship as though they
were native born, and no citizen of the
United States, native or naturalized
must be liable to arrest or imprison
ment by any foreign power for acts
done, or words spoken, in this coun
try; and if they are so arrested anC
imprisoned, it is the duty of the gov
ernmcnt to interfere in his behalf.
| Ienth-Of all who were faithful i.
the trials of the late war there were
none more entitled to especial honor
than the brave soldiers and seamer
who endured the hardships Of cam
paign and cruise, and imperilIed thei
lives in the service Of the country
The bounties and pensions provided
by the laws for these brave defender
are obligations never to be forgotten
The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead are the wards of the PEG
ple-a sacred legacy bequeathed tt
the nations practicing care.
| Elerenth-Foreign emigration
which in the past has added so mucf
to the wealth, development and resour
ces and the increase Of power to this
natiOn-the asylum Of the oppressed
Of all nations-should be fostered and
encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy.
| TWeLfih-This Convention declares
iuselrrn sympathy with all the Cypress
ed people which are struggling fol-
| their rights.
| During the sittings of the conven
ton, and before the nominations, Gov
Brown of Georgia made the follow
ing capital speech:
Mr.. Brown.-As remarked befor
| left my seat | was an original s.
/, cessionist. | was born in South Ca
Dina, and growing up under the inf
Q ence and teachings of the master il
tellect Of Calhoun. then in the flu
glare of his meridian, | eagerly il
Ibibed his State rights doctrine, and
j. suppose that | sincerely and religion
/, y believed that they were correct, &;
: you believe that your opposite view
were sound. For years before Il
= unfortunate struggle we have passt
Il through, l foresaw that the issl
U which divided the North and Sou
e must ultimately be settled by tt
o sword. There was no common trib
o nal whose judgment either side won
respect.
: 1.-THE Supreme Court decided que
ton bearing upon this great issue t.
II party against whom the decision W
made refused to abide by it, becau
D. it regarded it as political. VIII
Mr.. Clay lived that great man, tn
paclncatOr-(C heers and great a
plause we were able to avert IL
t great issue. But Mr.. Clay was call
a. from his field of usefulness. Webst
a. died and Calhoun slept with his fat
8, ers. And when the storm again arc:
It there was no one who could pour
upon the troubled waters and stop t
n deluge, and secession was the resu
E. | went into it conditionally as Stat,
S rights man. | stood by it-(Cheer
y as long as there was any chance
II sustain it. When the President of t
ID Confederate States abandoned t
y great States rights doctrine that ,
n commenced and were agreed upon
lie differed from him. When he adopt
TO his conscript measure, which gave b
the entire control of the whole arr
s. of the Confederate States, and of eve