The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-27
equalized and reduced as rrpidly as
the national faith will permit.

as it has been for the preservation of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for
redemption, and it is the duty of
Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
Siath-That the best policy to di-
minish 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 so long as repudiation,
partial or total, open or covert, is
threatened or suspected.
iSeuenh-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 radical re-
form.
Eighh-We profoundly deplore the
untimely and tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln and regret the accession of
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency,
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support, has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions,
has refused to execute the laws, has
used his high Office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws,
has employed his executive powers to
render insecure the property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen, has
abused the pardoning power, has de-
nounced the national legislature as
unconstitutional, has persistently and
corruptly resisted, by every measure
in his power, every proper attempt at
the reconstruction of the States lately
in rebellion, has perverted the public
patronage into an engine of wholesale
corruption, and has been Justly i'm
peached for high crimes and misde-
meanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the vote of thirty
five Senators.
Nmh-The doctrine of Great Bri-
tain and other European powers, that,
because man is once subject, he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as relic
of the fcudal times, not authorized by
the law of nations, and at war with
our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of citizen
ship, as though they were native. born,
and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest and imprisonment 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
behalf.
7emh-Of all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war, there we're
none entitled to more especial honor
than the brave soldiers and seamen
who endured thehardships of the CAM
paign and the cruise, and imperiled
their lives in the service of the country.
The bounties and pensions provided
by law for these brave defenders of
the nation are obligations never to be
forgotten. The widows and orphans
of the gallant dead are in the minds
ofthe people sacred legacy bcqueathed
to the nations protecting care.
Eerenth-Foreign emigration which
in the past has added so much to the
wealth, development of resources and
increase power to this nation, should
be fostered and encouraged by liberal
and just policy.
TpeyM-This Convention declares
its sympathy with all the oppressed
people which are struggling for their
rights.
Unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Thompson, Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, reported
the following additional resolution:
That when this Convention adjourns
it be not sine die, but subject to be
called together at any time by call of
the National Executive Committee.
This was adopted by the Convention.
Gen. Schurz-I will now read what
I intended to ask the Convention to
adopt as an independent resolution:
Resolved, That we highly commend
the spirit of magnanimity and forgive
ness with which men who have served
the rebellion, but now frankly and
honestly cooperate with us in restor-
ing the peace of the country and re-
constructing the Southern State Gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal
people, and we favor the removal of
the disqualiiications and restrictions
imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure as the Spirit of disloyalty
will direct and as may be consistent
with the safety of the loyal people.
Rcsolred, That we recognize the
great principles laid down in the i'm
mortal Declaration of Independence
as the true foundation of Democratic
government, and we hail with gladness
every effort toward making these prin-
ciples a living reality on every inch of
American soil.
Adopted and made part of the
platform.
BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT
Mr.. French, of North Carolina-I
move you, sir, that we now proceed