The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-06-11

pi.ei,aion asa rational crime, apd the
national honor requires the payment
of the public Indebtedness, in the ut
most good faitlt, to all creditors, at
home and abroad, not only according
ito the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted.
4th. 1t is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equal
Ii4sq add yedeced -as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
/ 9th, The national debt, contracted
as it has been, for the preservation OF
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re-
dcmtion, ana it Is the duty of Con-
gress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, whenever it can honestly be
dbhe.T LIS ,YcItN1t e-l@
9th. That the best policy to dimin-
ish our burden of debt is to improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money at lower rates of in
terest than we now pay, and must
continue to pay so long as repudia-
tion, partial or total, open or covert
Is threatenedior orstnpeeted.?
7, The Government of the United
States should be administered with
the strlctcst economy, and the cor
fuptions which have been so shame
fully nurtured and foster ed by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form. - ........- ..-
Sth. We profoundly deplore the nm
timely and tragic death Of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession Of
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has uSurp-
djbhighj hjSSiSlatyd and Judicialfuue-
.tions; has refused to execute the laws
has used his high Office to induce
dthec officers to ignore and violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render Hsecure the prop
erty, peace, liberty and life of the
citizen has abused the pardoning pow
,er; has denounced the National Leg
islature rs unconstitutional; has per-
sistently and corruptly resisted, by
every measure. .~in-his power every
proper Attempt at the reconstruction
Of the States lately in rebellion; has
perverted the public patronage into
into an engine Of wholesale corrup-
tion, and has been justly impeached
FOR high crimes and misdemeanors,
and properly pronounced guilty there
Of by the vote Of thirty-fve Senators.
0Gh. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that be-
cause q man Is once q subject, he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as q relic
Of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, and at war with
our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of Cit
Eqnship, as though they were natural
born, and no citizen of the United
States, natural or natualized, must be
liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power, for acts done, or
words spoken, in this country, and if
50 arrested and imprisoned, it is the
duty of the Government to interfere
in iispehaIfT CITY 81
10TH E'bf those who were faithful
in the trials of the late war, there
we're none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and
seamcn, who endured the hardships
ofIthe campaign and crGise, aud I'M
periled their lives in the seryiceoi the
country. 'Fhe, 'bounties and pensions
provide by law, for these brave de-
fehders Of the nation, are obligations
never to be forgotten. The widows
anil orphans OF the gallant dead are
I'll ! wards of the people, a sacred leg
acy Pe99qiqfhen' TO- tFf ratidh's pro-
tCctlng care.
18th. Foreign emigration which in
the past has added SO much to the
Wealth, development of resources,
ami increase of power of this nation.
the asylum of the oppressed of all ma
tidns should be fostered and encour-
aged by a liberal aud Just policy.
18th. This Convention declares its
with all the oppressed peo-
PIE who are struggling for their
rights.
- ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
ReSOIred, That we highly commend
the spirit ef-magnaninity and for
giyeuess with which the men who
hayc served the rebellion but now
frankly and honestly cooperate with
us in restoring the peace of the coun-
tpy, and the reconstructing of the
Southern State Governments upon the
bssis of impartial justice and equal
rights, be received back INTO the COM
mdnion of the loyal people; and we
favor the removal of the Disqualified
tions and restriction imposed upon
the late rebels in the same measure as
the spirit of disloyalty will direct.
and as may be consistent with the
safety OF the loyal people.
R9SRted,J That I've recognize the
great principles laid down in the i'm
mortal Declaration of Independence