The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-08-28
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d rlu gs.y adopted by the National
Irr BHTHlulfn Conventional Chicago
uIF -I-f IsD-.
t--- N- -a-. zrstulIte the country on the
..r.raI r.Ha .l tine reCoustTuctinn projects
r. TrrE-l--. Tyiucei by the adoption, in
r..f-rry ri I.7 States lately In rebellion. of
-r-urlrIuas uriug equal evil and politi-
.TrI.I-. 90 a.I- md regGrsi 10 As the duty Of
r.- .....-...#.1t f1 sustain these institutions
.-I r. prevent The people ut such states from
...-- GiitHi 90 state Ot anarchy.
-...lI. The guarantee OF Congress Of equal
.a-rl-- Q. ali loyal men at the South was de-
Hr.aI ty every consideration of public
...... OF zraJItude. and OF justice, and mast
I. 1-lUfaiued, while the question Of suffrage
.- al1 tHa loyal states properly belongs 20 the
.-.fr-r. tra@e States.
Ia.ul. We dsnOunce all forms of repUdia-
r.rrl M "a national crime, and national honor
r.iu-za. tt payment OF the public indebted
H-s u f.1 utmost good faith 10 all creditors,
.r bone and abroad, uct only according 10
r.. Iru-r bur the spirit ~ the law under
s..rd it was contracted.
HrII. 10 Is due to the labor of the nation
r.Ir ragtffon should be equalized. and reiu-
..' ..rri 'ly as the national faith will per
.lIl. The national debt. contracted n it
. been lur tie reservation Of the Union
.-H.l time 20 come, should be extended over
... period Tor redsnption,andit 4 the duty
%. l1uEre-s 70 redrza tAs raips n iHteresf
.... Z. r.. .Ies -.-.cfn possibly be dune-
>zrh. That the best policy to diminish our
HTtaU ut debt j. 10 so improve our credit
IHrt capitalists Will seek 10 loan US money ut
l-p.- rates Of interest than we now pay, and
must continue q pay so long oS repudlation,
..r-.li or total open uT covert, IS threatened
.- -l-I.ste,is
seventh. TIE government Of the United
states should be- administered with the strict
s-f ECONOMY. and the CorruptiOns which have
#-au -1 -baupTully nursed and fostered bv
Andrew Johnson call loudly lor radical re-
l1TI.
El-rs. We profoundly deplore the untimeIy
and I-azIC Death Of Abraham Lincoln, and
-rZrst Tie accession Of Andrew johnson to
me Presidency. who has acted trpa ch herously
r. the people who elected him and the cause
.. vas rletgcd u support has usurPed leg
l.lII- .r and judicial functions has refused TO
F-s .rlfs she laws has use,t his high ONCE TO
D5lra other officers to ignore and violate the
av- bss employed has executive power To
.srIHr rI-aCuTn the property, peace, liberty
8rI hsr rI the citizens has abused the par
s.Hr.-- raUsr. Aas denuunced the National
Legislature As unconstitutional has persist
..i.r AID rHrEptly resisted, hy every means
90 lr. Power. 1uu every proper attempt at the
rr.ustruntTru ot the STATES Ately IL rebel
u.l hI, perverted the public patronage into
90 engine of wholesale corruption, and has
Hsu Justly impeached for high crimes and
a.lsiemsaaurs, and properly pronounced
guilty by the votes of thIrty-fVe Senator's
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Britain and
,'ts- European powers, that because a man
HIcs subject he IL always SO. must be re-
.lsJ-i at every hazard by the United States as
relic Ol the fsudSl times, not authorized by
The law ol nations and az war with our ma
EoEal honor aud Independence. NaturallZed
Citir-us are entitled 10 be ITotected ia all
fIaIr rights OF citizenship though they
were sltIvp bonn. and no citizen OF the United
>tptas, native or naturaIiEed, must be liable
o. arrest and Imprisonment by any t0relg a
power tor acts done or words spoken m THIS
country, And az 30 arrested and Imprisoned,
% Il fhe luty ol the government 20 interfere
a Ll- inhalf.
T.uth. nf an Who were faithful in the trIals
.. Che late war there were none entitled 20
E..-s especial honor than the brave soldiers
Hri -sAmea who enaureS the hnrdships OF
caUpaign aud cruise, ana lmperIlled their
dives Ia the service OF the country The
b1uuties and pensions provided by Law tor
these f.r.tys offenders Of the nation are oSll-
CATIONS never TO be forgotten The widows
and orphans Of the gallant dead are the words
ui thp people, n sacred legacy neqnea'hea u
the hnfiou's protecting care
Eleventh. Foreign emigration, which II
Ilz past has added so much 20 the wealth ana
.IrsrIoUment OF the resources and the lncEeaS'
I'D power ok this nstiou .'the asy lum oi th'
oppressed Of All nations, should be tosteFe'
Qua encouraged uy a liuethl 1hh Aueh f'A4Nf
Twelfth. Ibis convention declares lts sym
athy with aH The oppressed people who ar'
struggling for their rights
ia. motion Of Gep. Carl SchuT1 = be follow
~ additional resolutions weCe uuanlmousl !.
-l0ptsi as part Of the platform
Rssolypd. That ws highly commend ths
-Flrit Cd maEnauimiry and forbearance Nitl
ulich tue mrn Who have served Ia the rebel
l1G, bat now frankly aul honestly co-operat'
''th Us ar restoring the peace OF the country
and rrconstructing the southern State gov
-fuments upon the basis of impartial justle'
ADD equal rights. are received back into th'
communion Of the loyal people ant We taSo'
lac removal Of the disqualiheations ana re
'tUctiOns imposed upon the Late rebels tn tn'
sane measure their spirit OF loyalty VII
-lrert, and as may BE- consistent with th'
'1fsty OF the loyal people
Resolved. That We recOgnIze the greal
pEinciples laid dOvn in the immortal Declara
ration of fIndspendsnce as the true toundatio on
% Dsr8Ocrstie gOyerument, and We hail Niti
Sisdbess -ssry EFFORT toward making thes'
priaulpiss q living reality on eTery inch o.