The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-27

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policy which their party, in all the north
ern states, have denounced as disloyal, and
tending to reputation.
This resolution, IF presented to congress
for their action, would not probably get
dozen Jacobin votes. a resolution ofsim-
liar import vas introduced into congress at
the beginning of the present session, and
Yves buried so deep that no resurrection
will ever be able to call it forth So we
see the republican party, which processes
to be national party, advocating in the
eastern states, and Though the republican
representatives in all the states, 10 congress,
the boadhOlder's policy of paying the prin-
cipa of the bonds in gold, while the party
10 Indiana, afraid to stem the tide Of pub
lie opinion, attempts to mislead the people
by resolving that certain financial policy
should be adopted By the government,
when their party have tie power to COM
NIT the government to that policy, yet re-
fuse to do it.
The fifth resolution amounts to nothing !;
and the sixth to less than nothing. We
| append them, together with the seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh, on
which there is 20 issue:
S. The large and rapid contraction of
the currency sanctioned by the votes of
the democratic party in both houses of
congress has had most Injurious effect
upon the country, and it is the duty of
congress to provide by law for supplying
the deficiency of legaltender notes, COM
monty called greenbacks, to the full extent
required by the business wants of the coun-
try.
6. We are opposed to the payment of
any part of the rebel debt, or to any pay
ment whatever for emancpated slaves.
7. Ofall who were faithful in the trials
of the late war, there were none entitled
to more especial hoEor than the brave SOL
dlers and seamen who endured the hard
ships of the campaign and the cruise. and
imperiled their lives in the service Of the
country. The bounties and pensions pro-
vided by law for these brave defenders OF
the nation are obligations never to be for
gotten the widows and orphans of the gal.
liant dead are the wards of the nation
a sacred legacy, bequeathed to the nation
protecting care.
s. The public lands are the property Of
the people. Monopoies of them, either
by individuals or corporations, should b.
: prohibited. They should be reserved fo
actual settlers and, as a substantial recog
milton of the services of the unica off cer
and soldiers in the late civil war, the,
should each be allowed one hundred ant
+. sixty acres thereof.
: g. The doctrine of Great Britain aut
other European powers, that because
man Is once citizen he is always so, mus
be resisted at every hazard by the Unite
States, as relic of the feudaI times, 10
e authorized by the law Of nations, and a
+ war with our national honor and indepen
dence. Naturalized citizens are entitle
to be protected in all their rights Of cit
zenship, as though they were native bern
and no citizen of the United States, nativ
or naturaized, must be liable to arrest an
Imprisonment by any foreign power TO
acts done or words spoken in this country
: and, if so arrested and imprisoned, it is tn
!, duty of the government to interfere in hi
u behalf
10. While We cordially approve tn
course Of the republican members of con
s gress in their active support Of the bill prJ
e hibiting further contraction Of the cul
rency, in which they faithfully represente
the will Of the people of Indiana, this con
o vention expresses its unwavcring conf
s dence in the wisdom and patriotism Of Oh
yer Z. Morton. His devotion to the vita
interests of the ration during the pas
:, six years has endeared him to every love
u of union and liberty, and We send hin
y greeting in the American senate, and as
: surance to him Of our unqualified indorsc
4, ment of his course.
II. Gen. u. s. Grant and the Hor
Schuyler Colfax are the choice of Indian
$ for president and vice president the I'm
: ted States, and this convention hereby in
c strucis the delegates to the national cor
vention to cast the vote of Indiana ic
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