The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-21


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the lac t'on,ly c.pVul ion mast and >,-;,li
n. guaranteed. Elsa.aia,d, ei,juy aHi
respected ~ yinore.
= 81! ihc political riri;'s aed fran
rhisr> which have been iv>l through 'hat
canvul>i0n should aud must br prompt
J, restored aud rc-v>t,blishci. 50 fhai
tharc .'rill b, haarHfo''h no prescribed
cla>S. aud uo ,li~irlurhi-cd ctsIr Within
the limits of our Crion. whose lour e.
ranged people shall rcnmiic AMI ir-'icr-
nize upon The broad basis oi universal
amnesty. Miia impartial suffrage.
). That. subject to our solenln constI-
tuliona' obligation 10 maintain the eoual
rights oil all citizens. our policy should
aim Mt local sclf-goyernment. aud not nj
Capitalization that The civil authority
should be supreme over the military.
that the writ of habeas corpus should
b. iealously upheld as the safeguard of
personal freedom: that the individual
citizen should enjoy the largest liberty
consistent with public order: and that
there shall be no Federal supervision of
The internal policy OF The several States
and municipalities. but that each shall
b.. LEFT free 10 enforce the rights and
promote the well being of its Inhabitants
by such means as the Judgment OF its
people shall prescribe.
T. That there shall be a real and not
merely simulated reform in the civil
service of the Republic: TO which end it
Is Indispensable that the chief dispenser
Of its vast official patronage shall be
shielded from the main temptation TO
use his power selli>hly by a rule mex
ogably forbidding and precluding his
reelection.
RESOLVED That we regard il as I'M
wise and imprudent 10 place two tickets
in nomination for the office of Pre>i-
dent and Vice President As the represen-
tatives of these principles. as the divis-
ion of its friends would insure the de-
feat of both. and it is therefore. the fixed
conviction of this convention that the
Democratic Convention TO assemble in
Baltimore in July should adopt the
nominee of the Liberal Republican Con-
vention. instead of maxim. other nomi-
nations for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency of the United States.
RESOLVED. That the delegates ap-
pointed from this State 10 the Baltimore
Convention be. and they are hereby in
structed 10 vote as unit upon all que<-
tions in accordance with the opinion of
q majority of the delegation.
Resolved. That all drainage and 9TH
er laws by which the owners of proper
" NAV be Invested of their title by ar
hitrary assessments or summary profess
should he carefully guarded. 81 ~ To
protect the people from undue oppre>-
sion. and their property from being
taken without just compensation and
due process of law. aud that all laws
confravening these principles should be
promptly repealed. or modified "a a. to
conform thereto.
WHFgEA>. The Union soldiers and
sailors. by their patriotism aud courage
in the great rebellion of 1861. preserved
the life OF the nation. and made our pub
lie domain valuable: therefore.
Rr>oLvED. That we demand for each
W
charged. and for the widows or orphans
Of the dead. one hundred aud sixty
acres Of the public lands not heretofore
entered. or given away bv the Republic
can Congress to railroad corporations :
10 be theirs absolutely. without requir-
ing them to became actual settlers there
ON.
RESOLVED. That justice and equality
demand that all soldiers who enlisted in
the military service Of the country dur
ing the war of the late rebellion. and
who have been honorably discharged
thereform. shall have bounty granted to
them by Congress in proportion TO the
time they may have served. whether
that time shall have been three months
or longer period
The reading of the resolutions was
frequently interrupted by running ac-
compartment of cheers, the delegates
manifesting their approval Of each saIi-
ent point by loud applause. and cries OF
good" 'that's right" that's good" etc.
and at the conclusion of the reading the
applause again broke out, the whole
Convention rising to their feet. swing
ing their hats aloft, and shouting with
an enthusiasm that augured well for the
success Of the party and the ticket in
the coming campaign.
The motion for their adoption was
put and carried with an enthusiasm the
like of which was never before witness
ed within the walls of the Academy.
The Districts were then called for
their Delegates to the Baltimore Conven-