The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-27

TUG slIiceesk economy. we are
How shall it be done? BY
turning out the thieves who have been
robbing the treasury. and the people,
for the last eight years? Yes. You
say Andrew johnson is the guilty par
ty. Let US see. You made a law
called HThe Tenure of offce law y
That law tied Andrew johnson hand
and feot. 1t was intended to prevent
him from removing any government
officer without the consent Of the SEN
ate, for any crime, theft or m;sdemean
or. Congress took upon itself then.
the responsibility of keeping the thieves
in Office u Who will the people hold
!? Congress.
8. We profoundly dep1ore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to power of Andrew
treacherously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged to sup
port has usurped high Legislative and jul
laws; has used his high Office to induce 9TH
er officers to Ignore and violate the laws;
has employed his executive powers to render
insecure the property, peace, life and liberty
of the citizen has abused the pardoning
power; has denounced the National Legisla-
ture as unconstitutional has persistentlv
and corruptly resisted 55y every measure in
MS power, every proper attempt at the re-
construction of the States lately in Rebellion !;
has perverted the public patronage into an
engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been fully impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the vote of shirty-five sem
ators.
Every step in the late impeachuen,
trial most conclusively demonstrates
that Andrew johnson has followed out
in good faith, the entire plan laid
down by President Lincoln for the re-
construction of the southern States /;
and that if Lincoln bad survived, he
would have been tried for high crimes
and misdemeancrs instead of President
Johnson. There wal no occasion to
drag the dead body of Lincoln before
that convention. Il was in exceeding
ly bad taste.
9. The doctrine of Great Britain and 9TH
u european O1og bAoSt q
once a subject he is always one, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States,
as a relic of feudal tins, not authorized by
the laws of nations, and at war with our Ma
tionnl honor and Independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled to be protected in all
their rights of citizenship as though they
were natural born, and no citizen OF the
United States, natural or naturalized, mus
be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done, or words spo-
ken in this country, and if so arrested and
imprisoned, it is the duty of the government
to interferC in his behalf,
This is a gin set to eDtrap the Ger
mans, the Scotch and Welsh. W.
hardly think they will relish the ides
of being associated with the negroes a
the polls. Ben. Wade, and othel
leading republicans hare always helc
that in point of intelligence, the negro
was far above any naturalized citizen
That proposition will catch no votes.
10. Of all who were faithful in the trials o
the late war there were non entitled to NOR,
e~special honor than the brave soldiers ant
| seamen who endured the hardships of thu
campaign and cruise, and imperilled theil
bounties and pensions provided by law fol
these brave defenders OF the nation are OBJ
legations never to be forgotten the widow!
and orphans of the gaffunt- tn
wards Of the people, a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
When the soldier remembers tina
nearly all the leading republican speak
| ers clxim that the government is dton
Indebted for its success, in putting
| down the southern rebellion, to tn
NEGRO soldiers" he will be able to re-
, .lize the ~bypocracy of the above reso.
luton. If anything more is needed
we call his attention to the eight hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars OF tn
soldiers relief fund stolen by a repuol'
can Legislature of Ohio in 1866 ant
1867, and applied to other purposes
while the wives and children of sol
diers were suffering for the commo
necessaries of life. Yes, you arc tn
soldiers friend.
II. That foreign immigration, which in tn
past has added SO much to the wealth and oe
yeIopment ofrescource and increase OF poWe
to this Nation, the asylum OF the oppresse
of all nations, should be fostered and en-
couraged by a liberal and just pollcy'
II. The Convention declares its sympath
with all the oppressed people which al
struggling for their rights.
1t is within the recollection OF ever
one, that nearly all the present leader
of the republican party were engage
in a crusade, under "The native Amel
icar Flag" to keep out the "Dutch
and "Irish )" aud absolutely propose
to require them to live in this countr.
twenty-one years before they could
n~aturalized. Now these fellows al
patting the "Dutch'' and "Iriah' Q
the back, and want more immigration
Will the paturalized citizens be d
ceived by a dodge so transparent. "