Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1868 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Ebl6* BspibUcss htaOMW, 1 We congratulate (ho oonutry cm the eieffuri'd saccees of the recauetructioD potter of emigres*, as evMi-ur.i-.iJ l>V tile adaption iu a msjo-ity of tba Htat?» iute'y la mbmllloif, of conatiliillous securing equal political rigtyn,to aft und iwgnrd It no the duty of ll»e (iaffirmytati , to sustain those constitutions, aDff t 4 (Smotit llie people ol ruch Statfs fropf being remitted to a state of anarchy or aijli'jary rule 'B. The guarenbeq by,CQ>iffr* M °f aqualnuf frage loull Joyaftpeji fft the South wusdemah ded by eVerV cousldcnttion of public safety, of grptUuifti aud jualica, and must be maintained, while (he qifeatfoit ol suffrage in all the loyal State* properly belongs to the people! of those Slate*. .. tr —"— — •i. We ds wen nee nil forms of rrp'tdlatlorf ■* a ui tlenal crime, and our national honor requires the paymeatof the public liidebtoune** li*the utmost good faith,to our creditors at home and abroad, not only aoeordittg to tho* letter hut the spirit of the law# ander which it wa* contracted. 4. It la due to the laborer* Of the nation fhnt luxation should be equnlisecf and rodp c d<) *• rapidly us the national faith will permit. 5. The national debt, contracted tm if haV been for the preservation of tn*.Union for all time to come, should bo extepded over a fair .period for redemption, *in«l ft Us the duty of Cougresa to reduce the rate of interest thereon whenever it can honestly be done. ( (j.Thnt th* heat policy to diminish on V burden of debt it to to improve our Credit that, capitalists will seek to loan us money at lanrer rate* of inter.**! than wc now pay and rpnsf: continue to pay so long as repudlatipu, part ia J or total, open or coven, la threatened or auapeeled. 7. The government of the Untied Stale* should he administered with the strictest economy. The cdiruptions Which have 6een*o shamefully nursed aqd fostered, by Johnson call loudly for radical reform- ~ 8. We profoundly deploie the untimely and tragic death of Abrahffin Lincoln, and regard us a uutioual calamity the saceoaioii of. An-, drew Johnson M the Presidency, who ba* acted treacherously to tho people Who etoiled him-, and to the cause he aas pledged to, support; liu>usurped high legiklatiy* and judlcial func' I)ous; lie#refused toe*Dcute the laws; has pfed. his high office to induce other officer* to iguoq* and violate the laws; has employed Ills excu'ltivo power to render insecure the live*, property, peeee and Hbertv of citizens; Ims abused the pardoning power';, has denounced the national Ivjnslqtpro tpi uuconstitullonal; ha» persistently and corruptedly resisted, by every measure in hia power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction of. the States lately in rebellion; has paryorted the public patronage into an engine ofwhele-. sale corruption; and has been justly impeached of high primes and mitde.ueanor* andt property pronounced guilty tbereot by the Vote* of tlrtffy-five Henutors. 9. The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers that because a mau is once - a subject he ts’alWeys so, must be resisted at every hazard by thhVpUed State* a a* relict of the feudal times, not, authorized by the law us nations, and is at w'qr with our national‘power aud independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected in all their riphts of citisrnehlp as though tfiey. Were native Corn, No citizen of the United States, native or naturalized, must be liable to .arrest and imprisonment by any foreign powef jTor acts done yr words spoken in this country; and If arrested aud imprisoned It is the duty, of the Government to Interfere in his behalf, 10. Of all Who were faithful lu the trhsfil of the lale dar L Ut*re i wpris noueeatHiedfo mere especlkt honor thyjj the bruVe soldiers and seamen Who endured the hardships of campaign and efoiko, aud imperilled their lives in the service of the country- The bounties aud pensions provided by law for those brave de* lenders of a nation are obligation* never to be forgotten. The widows aud orphans of the gallant deed ere the wards of the people; a sacred legacy .bequeathed to the nations’ proUotine care.

11. Foreign emigration, which in the past has added; so much to the weal vh,and development of the resource*, and to the increase of the power of this nation—the asylum of flie oppressed of ail aatlons—-aiioulii be fastened aud encouraged by a just ana liberal policy. 18. This Convention declarea ilj sympathy with all opprasaod people who are struggling for ihelr right*. Mosafvedi' —I 1. That We recognise the great principle* laid down in Ae immortal Declaration of In-, dependence a* tji» true. Jopudatfoq qf a Democrofic government, aud we.bqil w(tlj glajjness every. effort toward ntakfng tires* pHnolpiesp living reality on every inch oLthe American -foil2. Tiipt we highly commend the spirit o magnanimity and forgiveness with whicn tire men who have served Iq Hie rshellloirr -bflT now franNly and honestiy cc-operute with us in rest or this peace of the couatfy and, far construolug the Southern State Government* upon.the basis of impartial justice, and equal rights, are uow received back iuto the oe.j, muuion of the loyal people; and li]af we favor the removal of th* aiaqufflihdattous Bad' restrlctieus imposed upon the lat* rebels la tbe ssia* measure as the spirit of disloyalty w Iff direct; an I a* may be.consiileut eriti* the ssfety of the loyal people, —BM^——♦ • > —to* ISrTbe finest and beet a^Bort : mept of Boots and Shoes, And Rubber a'fid Kelt Over-Shoe*, Back, Wool And Cotton Gloves nt L. Jk N W. HOPKINS’.

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