New Harmony Register in New Harmony, Indiana

Reconstruction era resolutions urge taxation reform and oppose federal overreach

The Indiana state convention in January 1870 adopted resolutions denouncing Reconstruction measures as invasions of state sovereignty. They demand fair tax shifts away from slavery era burdens, call for greenbacks, challenge the national bank system, and oppose ratification of the fifteenth amendment. The discussions also criticize naturalization changes and warn against centralizing power, citing economic and political concerns.