The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-09

Equal Civil and Political Rights :
all, and il is the duty Of the Gov
ernment 70 sustain those instruc
tons and to prevent the peopl
Of such States from being remitte,
to State Of anarchy.
IL The guaranty by Congress o
Fll'l Suffrage TO all legal men a
tue South was demanded by ever,
con ,ideration of public safety, o
gratitude and Of justice, and mus
be maintained; while tho question
Of suffrage in oil the loyal States
properly belongs to the people oI
those States.
III. We dcnounce all forms oi
repudiation as a National crime;
and National honor requires the
payment Of the public indebtedness
in the utmost good faith to all cred
ito 8, at home aud abroad, not only
according TO the letter, but the
spirit Of the law under which il was
contracted.
IV. 1t is due to the Labor OF
the Nation that taxation should be
equaliEed and reduced as rapidly as
National faith will permit,
V. The National debt, contract.
ed as IL has been for tho preserya-
tiOn Of the Union for all time to
come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption; and II is
the duty Of Congress to reduce the
rate Of interest thereon whenever
II can be- honestly done.
vi. That the best policy to di-
minish our burden Of debt is TO so
Improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to lend us money at low
er rates Of interest than we now
pay, and must continue to pay so
long as population partial or to-
tal, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
VII. That Government Of the
United States should be admins
tered with the strictest economy;
aud the corYuptions which have
been so shOmofully nursed and fos.
tered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
FVIIL we profoundly deplorc
the untimely and tragic death Of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession to the Presidency of An.
drewJohnson, who has acted treach.
erously TO the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged
70 support; who has usurped high
Legislative and judicial functions,
who has used his high office to in.
duce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws; who has employed
bis executive powers to render in.
secure the property, peace, liberty
and life of the citizens; who has
abused the pardoning power, who
has denounced the National Leg
islature as unconstitutional; who
has persistently and corruptly re-
aisted, by every means in his power,
every proper attempt at the recon.
struction Of the States lately in re.
bellion; who has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine of
wholesale corruption; and who has
been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdcmeanors, and
properly pronounced guilty thereof
by the vote Of thirty-fve Senators,
TX. The doctrine Of Great
Britain and other European powers
that because man is once a sub
ject he is always so, must be re.
sisted at all hazards by the United
States as q relic Of feudal times not
authorized by the laws Of nations,
and at war with our national honor
and Independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled TO protection
in all their rights Of citizenship as
though they were natiye.boru and
no citizen Of the United States, ma.
tive or naturaliIed, must be liable
70 arrest and Imprisonment by any
foreign power for act done or words
spoken in this country; and if so
arrested and imprisoned, il is the
duty Of the Government 10 inter.
fere in his behalf.
X. OF all who were faithful in
the trials Of the late war there we're
none entitled to more especial hon.
ors than the brave soldiers and se =
men, who endured the hardShips
OF camp and cruise, and emperilled
their lives in the service of their
country. The bounties and pen,
Sions provided by the laws for these
brave defenders Of the nation are
an obligation never to be forgotten;
the widows and orphans Of the gal.
lant dead are the wards Of the peo
plea sacred legacy bequeathed u
the nations protecting care.
XI. Foreign immigration, which
in the past has added so much tC
the wealth, developement and
resources, and increase of power
TO the republic, the asylum of the
oppressed Of all nations, should b,
fostered and encouraged by a JUS
and liberal policy.
XII. This Convention declare,
ltself in sympathy with all oppress
cd people struggling for theil
rights.
Unanimously added on motion
ofGeneral Schurs.
Resolved, That We highly com
mend the spirit Of mignlnimity aRd
forbearance with which men who
have served in the rebellion, but
who now frankly cooperate with