The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-07-03

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]. We congratulate the country Oh the as
sured success of tho Reconstruction pulic,
"t Congress-, as svinoed hy the adoption, IN
ihe mSjariiy OF the States lately In rebellion
OF Constitutions securing equal. Civil and
Political Rights IL all, and II is the duty al
the ti"' ca nment Ia sustain those institutions
and Ia prevent the people Gi such States
from being remitted H. a state OF anarchy.
ii. The guaranty by Congress nf Equal
Suffrage I" all loyal men at tha South WAS
demanded by every consideration at public
safety, of gratitude, and OF jusiics. aud must
he maintained, while the question of suffrage
in all the loyal States properly belongs L"
the people Of tiIoss States,
III. We denouHce ali forms Of Reputation
as A National crime; and National honor re
qnircs the payment of the pubiic indebied
mesa ia the ulterInost good faith tu all credit
"Ts, al home and abroad, not only according
Ia the letter but Tie spirit al the law under
" Inch IL WIS CONTRACTED +t
~. II Is due 10 the Labor Of the Nation
that taxation should he equslized and re-
duced as rapidly as the National lai ia will
permit.
V. The National Debt, contracted as it has
Deen for the preservation of the Union for
all time 10 come, should be extended over
islir period for redemption; AMI it IL the
duty of CohgIess to reduce tho rate Of inter
est thereon whenever II can honestly be
done.
VI. That the best policy 10 diminish OuI
burden of debt is 10 :" improve our credil
that capitalists " II ,eak Ia loan us money
at lover ratas 1i interest ,han We nos pay
and must continue 10 pay ST. long ~ repudi
alton, partial or total, open or covert, is
threatened or suspected.
VII. The l"vsrnment of the United State 4
should be administered with the striotesr
economy; and the corrnptiOns which have
been so shameiuliy nursed and i0siered by
/ ndr I.busaD coll tnuHir fnr rziiegi r..
! form.
VII. We profoundly deplore the untmeb
and tragic death of Abraham l.inc0l. and re
gret The acceasiOn to the Presidency of An
drew johnson, who has acted treacherOusil
to the people who elected him and the caus,
he WAS pledged TO support; who has usurIie'
high legislative and judicial functions; wis
has used his high ofiae to induce other OH
GERS to ignore and violate tho laws; who hai
employed his executive powers Ia render in
secure The property, the peace. liberty ana
iife OF The citizens; who has abused the par
d0ning power; who has denounced the Ma
tlOnal legislature as unconstitutional; VIII
has persisientiy and corruptly resisted, by
every means ~ his power. evhry proper AT
tempt at the recJnstraotion Of the State
lately in rebeili0n; who has perverted th,
public patronage into an engin OF wholesale
corruption; and who has beon justly i'm
peachod for high crimes and misdemeanors
he he ra,a of thir,r tiys Sensiors' y
.y Tbe dnc,ri,a nr ,srn.,, Wr,t.in ,rd 9TH
~ rur"pann nowsr. tbsi beoanse a anu man m !
.,nce a subiect be IL ALWAYS so. mnst he re
o,s,ad =, aYarv tsxnrd 1o hr he Iiniiad St,te
no !. roJ,. of teudaI :imes no; antl,oriznd IA,
~ ,',o ~ ,a,;ons Ia ., No., ,,i,I mr. N:
,;n,aI honnr md inJenerJcnae N,turaiila,
'';,insna arc anti,iaS ~ nrn,act,on in Ali tboi
.i,h,a o. ,ioanSbin aS H. nh ,har we're no
.'nd no ,i,i,aa of the unitod :, ,tn.
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'st "a i,,r'nisanrent hy ..ny fora,g, nov,
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me laie war ihere were hohc ehilt,eu ~ !
more espec''ti h"noL tnan tne -, orave sniuler
tnd seameh' VINO ehuureu ine naraships .
campaign anu oluise anu i.Aperilea tne' me-
iiSes IN lhs i SeINoe VI .n9 s"uh.ly- In
oountiss ana peis'ons pr"s.apa 'y .ne iaW
or those eraVo me,'nuoaa y, h =, .ns na,i"n ar az
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