The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-02

sossideration, Of public safety, 0
trhAtude and Of justice, and mus
he maintained; while the question
Of suffrage in all the loyal States
1prOperly belongs toathe people .o
those Statess s0 lirH
III. We denounce all forms oI
Reputation as National crime
aud Nitioual honor r6qutes 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 lcttor, but TIC
spirit OF the law uudcr which it was
contracted tA ~ - -
" Its due to the Labor oI
the Nation that taxation should be
requaliaed anibredaced as rapidly as
National faith willupermit,
V. The National de5t contract.
ed as il has been for the preserya-
lion, Of the Union for all timc to
eoDe sshould be exttpded over. a
fiir period FOR redemption; and it is
the duty Of Congress to reduce the
rate of interest thereon whenever
it can be honestly done.
VfsaTphat the best policy to di-
minidi Dur burden Of debt IL to so
improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to lend us money at low
nrrates Of interest than wot now
p&s ade must cbutinpe lto pay so
long as repudiation partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
VII. That Government Of the
United States should -bo admiuis.
.tepd With the stictcst ecolromy,
aud the corruptions which have
been so shamcrully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
VII. We profoundly deplorc
the untimely and tragic death of
Abraham Lincoln, aud regret the
accession to thc Presidency of An
PdrcwJohnsoh, who liusnctcd trcach.
orously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged
TO support; who has usurpod high
Legislative and judicial functions;
who has used his high Office TO in
duee other officers to ignore aud
vioiatothe laws; who has employed
his executive powers to render in
secure Che property, peace, liberty
aud 1le Of the citigens: who has
abusedlthe parlpnins power; who
has denounced the National Leg
islaturo as unconstitutional: who
has persistently and corruptly re-
sisted, byseycry megus in hispower,
overy proper attcuipt at Che recon.
struction of the States lately in re.
belhoaiwAOlbas perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine of
wholesale corruption; and who has
been justly impcaehcd for high
crimes aud inislsmeanors, said
properly pronounced guilty thereof
by theTete Of thirty five Senators.
TX. Phe doctrine of Great
Britain aud other European powers
th2tbecauSo,a e.ngvlis eaco a .slb-
jsetIho sthlvAys 40, mast he IRE
sisted at all hazerds by the United
States as relic of feudal times not
authorized by the laws of nations,
and at war with our national honor
and in independence. Naturalized
eltisehs Areentitcl 70 protection
in all their rights of citizenship as
though fheyNkefe natiye-borm and
no citiAen of the United States, ma.
tive or naturalized, must be liable
10 arrest and inprisopment BY. any
foreign power for act dono or words
spoken in this country; and If so
arrested ami imprisoned,' il is the
duty Of the Government to inter
ftie in his behalf.
X. OF all who were aithrl in
the trials of the late war there were
none entitled to moro especial hon
ors than the brave soldiers and so
men, " DO epdurol the hardsbips
Of camp and cruise, and emperill6a
tlieh' hves in the service OF their
country, The bounties and pen.
siops provided by the laws for these
brave defenders Of the nation are
an obligation never TO DO forgotten;
the widows and orphans of the gall
lapt dead are tkewarls ofthe peo-
plea sacred legacy bequeathed to
the pation'sproteetng care.
ri. Foreign immigration, which
10 ,the pasthRa added so much to
the oWeplthg q deEelopChoht and
resources, and increase of power
t6the ncpnblic, the asylum df the
oppressed Of all nations. should be
fostered and encodraged BY a Just
;nd5ibsal pOlicYfsBW 0H bnA
MI. This Convention declares
itself in sympathy with all oppress-
Hsms,sx ei1 Sf9SS,H' ~ wy 'S
unaiiibiously added on Motion
ofGenernl S6huiz, ns o"
ResOlved, That Ne highly COM
iaenaithe spirit of nagnanma,y and
forbearanoe with which mon who
have served In the rebellion, but
who now frankly cooperate with
US 10 restoring the peace Of the
ceahtry, and recons,ruoting the
Southern ateaGoverhments upon
thsh of Impariih Justice AMI
Equal Rigths, are received back