The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-01-25

shortest and safest way of reaching the end.
Resolved That all the property Of the country,
including the government bonds, which receives
the equal protection of the government, should
bear an equal share in it's burthens, III
Resolred, That we indignantly reject the prin.
ciple, derived from the feudal system, that the
masses of the people belong to the governments
under which they live. which, in another form,
is contended for by the monarchs of Europe, in
Guiding Great Britain-"once a subject, slways
a subje,t;" that we on the contrary, maintain
that an individual can, by emigration and resi-
dence in another country, forswear his previous
allegiance and be admitted into all the civil and
political rights of his new home American citi-
zens, by adoption and naturalization, are entitled
to all rights thaebetween the United States and
foreign powers can be claimed by our native-born
citizens, and it il the duty of the federal govern
ment to protect and maintain them by every
means in its power.
ResOlced, That the people will sustain Andrew
johnson, President of the United States, in his
struggle with congressional usurpaton, and that
we pledge the democracy of Ohio to support him
in all constitutional measures to relieve the white
people of the south from the negro government
now being imposed upon them.
ReSolred, That the fortitnde and galantry of
our soldiers in the recent civil war in defence of
our union, entities them to the gratitude of the
country, and they should ever be remembered by
it in its bounties Ht
Resolced, That the democracy of the country
have neither the purpose nor desire to re-estab-
fish slavery, nor to assume any portion of the
debts of the states lately in rebellion.
.rt INDIANA
Mr.. Reeves, from the committee on resolutions,
reported the following platform:
R@solDed, That language is inadequate to ex-
press our adherence and condemnation Of the
radical reconstruction policy of congress, "a pol
icy condemned by every consideration of Justice
and constitutional obligation; policy fraught
with the most alarming apprehension of evil to
10 states of the union and destruction to the I'M
ion itself; policy that largely increases tax
alton: policy that requires large standing
army, which AIDES nearly 100000 600 annually
to the expenses of the government, while it beg
gars the people; policy the avowed object of
which is to cont Aus in power the most venal
and corrupt political party that ever dishonored
any civilization a policy vindictively enacted
and mercilessly prosecuted with the unconstitu-
tional purpose of centralizing and perpetuating
all the political power Of the government in the
dominant radical party in congress- and a policy
which, if not early arrested by the American
people, will, sooner or later, overwhelm our ma
tional government in one common and appall-
ing ruin.
repeal of any act Of congress comforting exclu-
sive rights and privileges upon any class or class
es of citizens at the expense of other classes.
Resolved That the national bank system, or
ganised in the interest of the bondholders, ought
to be abolished, and United States notes substi-
tuted in lieu of the national bank currency, thus
saving to tbs people in interest alone more than
$48, 000, 900 annually; and, until such system of
banks shall be abolished, we demand that the
shares Of such banks in Indiana shall be subject
to the same taxes. state and municipal, as other
property of the state. t3 ss ,-rar
Resolced, That the bonds and other securities
of the United States, with every other descrp.
ton of property, should bear their equal proper
ton of tax for state county and municipal pur.
poses; and to that end the bonds and other secu-
rites of the United States ought to be taxed by
congress for national purposes an amount sub
stantially equal to the tax imposed on property
in the several states for local purposes
Resoloed, That we are in favor OF the payment
of'the government bonds in treasury notes. COM
monty called grecnboclrs, except whore expressly
Rod
Resoloed, That the unjust and ubiquitous tariff
laws in force ought to be repealed, and tariff
adopted looking to revenue only.
Resolred, That the monstrous expense of the
republican leaders in the administration of the
government, at all times and in all places has
been profigate to an extent unexampled in his
tory and for the hundreds of millions of dollars
expended by them since the close of the war they
have nothing to show save military despotism,
oppression usurped power and a mutilated con-
stitution that the burthen of taxation too griev-
Gus to be borne, demands their removal from all
places of trust and thorough course of retrench-
ment and reform.
Resolred, That we are opposed to comforting
the. right of suffrage upon the negro, and we deny
the right of the general government to interfere
with the question Of suffrage in any Of the states
in the union. s.....
Resared, That it is tho duty Of the United
States to protect all citizens, whether native or
nataralized, in every right, at home and
abroad, without regard to the pretended claim of
foreign nations to perpetual allegiance.
Resolred, That the attempt to regulate the
moral ideas Of the people by legislation is unwise
and despotic and we are opposed to that class of
Legislation which seeks 70 prohibit the people
from the enjoyment Of all proper appetitss and
amusemsnts. i.4a 84s aGt trd! s9safa
Resolved, That we shall ever hold in sacred rec
collection the dead who freely sacrificed their
lives in the defence of our once glorious union.
that the present and future generation might en-
Joy the rich inheritance Of form Of government
that secures equality of rights and privileges to
all the citizens thereof that the nation owos the
surviving soldiers and sailors Of the union the
highest mark ofprase and gratitude for the great
sacrifice they made in the late war, and to those
disabled in the service Of the union, and the Wild
ows and orphan children Of those who fell in
battle or died Of wounds or in the military SER
vice of the union, such aid as will enable them
to enjoy the substantial Necessities of life
Resoloed, That we recognize in the measure of
Andrew johnson, president Of the United States,
policy which would have given peace and prof.
nerity tn tha statoa and d;snallod Tho dorL coodo