The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-08
The Radical Plat form.

The following is the platform as adopted
against the protest of nearly all the pre-,
tended delegates from the southern States:
|. RcSoired, That the loyal people of the
South cordially unite with the loyal pco.
pie of the North in thanksgiving to AL
mighty God, through whose will rebel
lion unparalleled for its causelessncsS, its
cruelty, and its criminality, has been over
ruled, to the vindication of the supremacy
Of the Federal Constitution over every
State and Territory of the Republic.
2. ReSOlrcd, That We demand now, a. we
have demanded at all Zines since the ces-
Sation of hostilities, tho restoration OF the
States in which We live 10 their old rcla-
tions with the Union, o. the simplest and
icweSt conditions consistent with the p!o-
lection Of our lives, property, and po.iti-
cal rights, now i'll jeopardy from the UNI
qucnched cnnlity Of rebels lately il arms.
5. Resolled, That The unhappy policy
pursued by Andrew johnson, President OF
the United States, III !ta elects UPON the
loyal people Of tho South, IL unjust, OPP
prcSsivc, and into.erablc; and accordingly,
however ardently We desire to See our
respective States once more represented
III inc CoUrIcSS vi INC liai!oAB VIC "ouih
dcplore their restoration Oh the inadequate
conditions prescribed By tic President, as
tending not to abatc, but only to magnify
the pcris and sorrows OF our condition.
4. Resolred, That with pride in the
patriotism of the Congress, with gratitude
for the fearless and persistent support they
have given to the cause OF loyalty, and
their efforts to restore all the States to
their former condition rs States in the
American Union, we will stand by the po-
sitions taken by them, and use all means
consistent with q peaceful and lawful
course to secure the ratification of the
amendments to the Constitution Of the
United States as proposed by the Congress
at its recent session, and regret that the
! Congress in it's wisdom did not provide by
law for the greater security OF the loyal
people in the States not yet admitted to
representation.
5. Resolred, That the political power of
the Government of the United States, in
the administration of public affairs, is by
the Constitution conlidcd to the popular or
law making department Of the Govern
mCnt.
6. ResOIred, That the political situation
of the States lately in rebellion to the
United States Government, and the rights
OF the people Of such States, are political
questions, and are therefore clearly within
the control Of Congress, to the exclusion
of the independent action OF any and every
other department Of the Government.
:. RcSolred, That there is no right, po-
litical, legal, or constitutional, in any State
to secedc or withdraw from the Union !;
but they may, by wicked and unauthorized
revolution and force, sever the relations
which they have sustained to the Union !;
and when they do 50, and assume the atti-
tudc of public enemies AT war with the
/ United States, they subject themselves to
all the rules and principles of intcrna-
/ tional law, and the laws of war applicable
to bclligcrcnts, according to modern
usage.
s. ReSolrcd, That we are unaltcrably in
! favor of the union Of the States, and earn
cstly desire the legal and speedy rcstora-
ton of all the States 10 their proper places
in the Union, and the establishment in each
OF them of influences OF patriotism and
! iustirc. bv which the whole nation shall he
combined to carry forward triumphantly
the PRINCIPLES of freedom and progress
until all men OF all races shall everywhere
beneath the flag Of our country have ac-
corded to them freely all that their virtues,
intelligence, industry, patriotism, and en-
ergv may cntitlc them To attain.
.. RcSoired, That the organizations i'll the
unrcpre>cntcd States, assuming to be State
governments, not having been legally cs-
tablishcd, are not legitimate governments
until recognized by Congress.
~ \, I,,,r n
received from the loyal citizens of Phila-
dclphia, under the roof Of the timc-hon-
orcd hall in which the Declaration Of In
dependence was adopted, inspires us with
an animating hope that the principles OF
Just and equal government which were
made the foundation Of the Republic at
| its origin shall become the cornerstone
of reconstruction.
IL. ReSoiccd, That we cherish with ten
der hearts the memory OF the virtues, pa
triotism, sublime faith, upright Christian
| life, and generous nature Of the martyr
! President, Abraham Lincoln.
! ~. ReSOlued, That We are in favor OF
universal liberty the world over, and feel
the deepest sympathy with the oppressed
peoples of all countries in their struggle
for freedom, and the inherent right Of all
men to devise and control for themselves
the character of the government under
which they live.
Is. ReSolred, That the lasting gratitude
of the nation is due the men who bore the
battle, and in covering themselves with
impcrishablo glory have saved to the
world its hope of free government and
relying on TIE inyincible soldiers and
sailors " who "made the grand army and
navy" OF the Republic to be true to the
principles for which they fought, we pledge
them that we will stand by them in main
tanning the honor due the saviours of the
nation, and in securing the fruits Of their
victories.
ii. ResolUea, That remembering with
profound gratitude and love the precepts
of Washington, that we should accustom
ourselves to consider the Union as the
primaryolect Of patriotic desire, which has
heretofore sustained us with great power
in our love of the Union, when SO many OF
our neighhors in the South were waging
war for its destruction, our deep and
abiding love for the memory OF the Father
of his Country and for the Union is more
deeply engraven upon our hearts than ever.
From New Orleans.