Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MORNING LEADER
mORNING, aIAR. I6, 1s64,
Mr.. PonasrOy,s Platform

In MS speech on Thursday last, Mr.
Pomeroy, in view Of the fact that all par
ties had been killed BY the rebelliob, pro
posed to organize new party based upon
q platform embOdying the living issues Of
the present day. The telegraph furnished
asynopsis. We reprint the entire pro
gramme:
FiTst-The immediate suppression Of
the rebellion by using and controlling, If
need be, for the time being, all the civil
and all the military power Of this nation,
without premature offers Of pardon by
proclamation, Of amnesty to traitors, but
reserving to 8 triumphant people the right
to determine to what extent mercy shall
be tempered with justice.
Sscoad-Such amendments to the Con-
stitutioR as shall prohibit Slavery wherev-
er the flag Of the Union floats, with suits-
ble encouragement TO 3 general system of
education, in order that suffrage shall be
intelligent as well as free, thus furnishing
additional guarantees for the perpetuity Of
our liberties.
Third-The maintenance Of the Monroe
dccLrine, by which the despotism that af-
ficts ths Old World shall be denied any
additional footholdin the New, thus guard
ing onr country sgsinst the encroach-
ments Of tyranny, and dedicsting tho
American contest to the development of
popular institutions.
FOarth-The organisation Of 8 signal
economy in The administration of public
affairs, in order both to relieve the burdens
of the people and to insure the financial
credit Of the nation.
F1th-The confscstion Of the property
Of leading rebels, and Inauguration Of
Republican governments in all the dis.
tricts in rebellion whenever the loyal in
habitants shall voluntarily aoquiesce in
and adopt the same.
SiEth-The perfection Of q sound system
ofnstional currency made stable and sure
by pledge Of the wealth and resources
Of the whole country, thus protecting the
people from the evils Of the issue Of IN
guarded paper currency, and supplying
them with safe and convenient me-
dium Of commercial exchsngein q national
currency Of uniform value in all parts Of
the country, and convertible into gold
without loss.
SeVenth-Such subordination Of the sew
eral States with the general government
IS shall secure Homogeneous and undis-
puted nationality, while not destroying
the rights reserved for the States, so that
allegiance TO the National Government
shall always be regarded as the highest
feslty, and the title Of American citizen
the proudest thst can be borne: haliavinR !
him TO be sn American who has an Amer |
icsn heart in his bosom, no matter what
has been the accident of his birth or edu-
cation, for he is ss likely to be ss truly
an American citizen who becomes one
from choice, ss be who is compelled to be-
come one from necessity.
Eighth-A generous adherence to the
usage Of the Government for thirty years
past in the the one term policy IS applied
to the Office Of the Presidency, believing
that the policy Of second and third is
fruitful Of temptations and tends to impair
the purity and patriotism Of his admin
istration, and to surround him with infu-
enoes fatal to the use Of free and unbias-
ed Executive patronage, End highly dan
gerous TO the popular liberty which he Wss
chosen to protect.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to individ-
ual right, including those Of the writ Of
babeas corpus, and the liberty Of speech
and publication, while, ct the same time
there are suitable safeguards against
treasonsble, subsidized and corrupt press.
Tenth-The support Of q liberal and
practical system Of foreign emigration,
which shall attest our sympsthies with
the struggling people Of Europe, while it
replenishes the wastes Of the destructive
war, stimulate our injured commerce and
supply the demand for labor, and develope
those immense resources Of our country
on which we must 80 greatly rely for the
speedy extinguishment Of the national
debt.
EIeVenth-The extension Of suitable aid
for the construction Of railway scross
the continent for the better union Of the
Atlantic and Psoifc States, and their essi-
er defence against possible foreign enc
mics, as well as to hasten the development
Of the rich new mining regions Of the con-
tinent, which we have reason to believe
are destined 10 control the commercial
values Of the world.