The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-06-25

Il. we congratulate lne country
on the assured success Of the Re-
construction policy Of Congress, as
evinced by the adoption, in the ma
jority Of the States lately in rcbel-
lion Of the Constitutions securing
Equal Civil and Political Rights to
on, and it is the duty Of the Gov
srHment TO sustain those instruc-
tions and to prevent the people
Of such States from being remittcd
TO a State Of anarchy.
H. The guaranty by Congress Of
EIral Suffrage to all loyal men at
the South was demanded by every
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 to the people of
those States.
III. We denouncc all forms of
reputation rs a National crime.
and National honor requires the
payment Of the public indebtedness
in the utmost good faith to all cred
itol 8, at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the
spirit Of the law under which il was
contracted.
lV. It's due to the Labor of.
the Nation that taxation should be
equalized and reduced as rapidly as
National faith will permit,
V. The National debt, contract
ed as it has been for the prescrya-
ton Of tue 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 be honestly done.
vi. That the best policy TO di-
minish our burden Of debt is to so
improve our credit that capitalists
viii seek to lend us money at low
er rates of interest than we now
pay, and must continue to pay so
long as Reputation partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
VII. That Government of tho
United States should be admins
tered with the strictcst economy;
and the corruptions which have
been so shomcrully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew Johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
VIII. We profoundly dcplorc
the untimely aud tragic death Of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession to the Presidency of An.
drew Johnson, who has acted treach-
erously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged
to support; who has usurped high
legislative and judicial fuuctions;
who has used his high Office to in
duce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws; who has employed
his executive powers to render iu-
secure the property, peace, liberty
and life of the citizens; who has
abused the pOrdoning power; who
has denounced the National Leg.
islature as unconstitutional; who
has pcrsistently and corruptly re-
sisted, 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 misdomeanors, aud
properly pronounced guilty thereof
by the vote Of thirty-fye Senators.
IN. The doctrine of Great ,
Britain and other European powers ,
that because man is once sub .
lect he is always so, must be re. :
sisted at all hazards by the United
States as a relic of feudal times not &
authorized by the laws of nations,
and at war with our national honor
and independence. Naturalizcd
citizens are entitled to protection
in all their rights of citizenship as
though they were nativo-born; and
no citizen Of the United States, ma |
tive or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest and Imprisonment by any
foreign power for act done or words ,
spoken in this country; and if so
arrested and imprisoned, it is the
duty Of the Government to inter,
fere in his behalf.
y. OF all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war thore were
none entitled to moro especial hon
ors than the brave soldiers and Sc
men, who endured the hardships
of camp and cruise, and emperillcd
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
liant dead are the wards Of the peo
plea sacred legacy bequeathed to
the nations protecting care.
XL Foreign immigration, which
in the past has added so much to
the wealth, deyelopement and
resources, and increase Of power
to the republic, the asylum Of the
oppressed Of all nations. should be
iostered and encouraged by a just
and liberal policy.
XII. This Convention declares
ifself in svmnathv with all opn,,ess-