The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-10-06
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RICHMOND. IND, OCT. 9Th, 1888.


81. wscouaratulate the country on the assured
OF the reconstruction policy of Congress,
lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil and politiesl rights to all and we regard It -
tons and to prevent the people Of such States from
being RENTED to state Of anarchy. 81 "a
"2: The guarantee by Congress OF equal suffrage
to all loyal men IL the South demanded by eyery
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
s"3. We denounce ali forms Of repudiation a. ma
tional crimes, and the national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness, in the utmost
good faith 70 all creditors at home and abraad, not
only according to the latter but spirit Of the
under which it was contracted.
- Ii is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced rapidly as
national faith will permit.
SIS. The rational debt. contracted as it has been
for the preservation of the Union for all time come
should be extended over fair period for redemption;
and is the duty Of Ccnersss e reduce the rate of
interest thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
"6. That the best policy diminish our burden of
debt il to s0improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money At lower rates Of interest than
pudiaton, partial or total open or covert is threat
a. The Government of the United States should
corruptions which have been shametully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly for
49, We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death Of Abraham LINCOLN and regret the accession
of Andrew johnson 20 the presidency who has acted
the people who ele cted him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurped high
Legislative aud judicial functons has refused to
cute the laws; has used his high office to induce 9TH
er officers 10 ignore and violate the laws has en-
ployed his executive powers to render insecure
property peace, liberty and lite OF the citizens has
National Legislature unconstitutional; has perss-
tenty aud corruptly resisted by every measure in
his power every proper attempt at the
of the States lately in rebeion; has perverted the
public patronage into engine of wholesale c0rrup-
ton, and has been justly impeached for high crimes
and misdsnsanoIs, and Propssy pronounced guilty
"9. The doctrine of0reat Britain and other Euro
pean Powers, that because a man is subject he
is always So be resisted at every hazard by the
United States, as relic Of the feuda time, not au
thorized by the law of nations, and at war with
national honor and Independence. naturaized citizens
being entitled to be protected in all their rights of
ctzenshp as though they were natural born, ard no
citizen of the United States, natural or naturazed
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done words spoken in this
country; and if 50 arrested and imprisoned It'll the
duty OF the Government to interfere in his behalf.
alO Of all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war, there entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who endar-
ed the hardshps Of campaign and cruise and imRer-
bonnties and pensions provided by law for those
brave soldiers Of the nation, are obligations to
be Forgotten. The widows and orphans of the gall
liant dead are the wards Of the people, legacy
bequeathed TO the na1ions protecting care
al. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added SO much to the wealth and Development OF the
resources and increase of power this nation the
asylum of the oppressed of al! nations should be fos
tered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy.
@12. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who struggling for their
rights"
'sResolred, That we highly commend the spirit of
magnanimity and forgiveness with which men who
have served the rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly cooperate with in restoring the of the
country and reconstructng the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial justice and equal
rights, received back into the communion of the
loyal people, and favor the removal of the dsqnal
icstions and restrictions imposed upon the late reb
els in the same the spirit Of loyalty will
direct, may be consistent with the safety Of the
loyal people.
laid down in the immortal Declaration Of Independ-
ence as the true foundation of democratic govern
making these principles living reality every inch
of American soil"