The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-06
THE CHICAGO PLArrORu.


We oonxrat ulsts the country 81 the assured %
cess q the policy d Congress . q
denced BY the adoption In . majority Of tho STAT
lately in rebellion Of CONSTITUTIONS securing eou.
civil and political rghts to al and regard 1t ~ III
duty Of the Government to susts these institutioo
and prevent thepeople Of such States from being r.
mitted to- state Of anarchy and military rule.
. The guarantee BY Congress OF equal suffrage
all loyal men in tho south was demanded by ever,
consideration Of public safety, Of gratitude and d
justceand must be maintained, while the questions d
suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs IA
the people Of those States t:s.s5E5 sffi
g. We denounce all forms Of reputation q
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment Of the Observation-Disclosures in the utmost &c
faith to al creditors It homo and abroad, not only
according to the letter. but the spirit, Of the laws
| under which It was contracted. /
T. It Is due to tho labor Of the nation that taxation
should be equalized and reduced rapidly national
faith wiIlpermit. &stszs*<:s2s ~
the preservation Of the Union for all time to come
should DO extended over fair period for redemption,
and It hthe duty Of Congress to reduce the rs4s O.
thereon Whenever It can honestly be done.
g. That the best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt II to 20 improve credit that capitalists viii
seek to lend ~ money sower rates Of interest than
We now pay, and must continue to pay 70 long a.
pudiaon, partial total open covert is threaten
ed or expected f,,y ,snsr.. ? =
Z. The Government Of the United States should be
administered with tho strictest economy. The cor
rurtions which have been 10 shamefully nursed and
tostdrel by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form. - u a. e s<S g. i*.5 :.
8. We profoundly deploro tho untmely and tragic
death Of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession Of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
reacherously to the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has refused to exc
cute tho laws has used bis high Office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws; has employed
his executive render insecure the property
peace, liberty and life of the citizen has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the National Legs-
lature unconstitutional; has persistenly and cor
rHptly resisted by every means in lis power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction of the States
lately in rebellion; has perverted the public patro
mage into an engine of wholesale corruption and has
boon justly impeached for high crimes and misds
meanors and properly pronounced guilty thereof by
the votes of thirty.hve Senators. - =
9. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other Euro
pean powers, that because man 10 once subject he
is always must BE- resisted at every hazard by the
United States relic Of the feudal times, not au-
thorzed BY the law Of nations, and a. war with our
national honor and independence. Naturalzed citi-
zens are entitled to be protected all their rights Of
as though they were native born. No
citizen Of the United States, native OF naturalzed
must be liable to arrest imprisoam ont by any for
egn power, for acts done or words spoken in this
country; and If 70 arrested andinprsoned it is the
duty Of the government to interfere in his BEHALF
10. OF all who were faithful in the trials Of the
late war there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hazdshipsof tie campaign and cruise, and
inperilled their lives 10 the service of the country
The bounies and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders Of the nation are never to
be forgotten. Thewidovs and orphans Of the gallant
dead are the wards Of the people, sacred legacy be
queathed to the nations protecting care.
II. Foreign emigration. which in tho past has add
ed 30 much to the wealth, development of resources
and increased the power of the Of
happpressed Of all natons-should be fostered and
by liberal and just policy.
H. This Convention declares its sympathy with al |
# the oppressed people who are struggling for
heir rights. ,s.o 80,
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