Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-10
THE VOICE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Platform of The Republican Union
Party OF Pennsylvania.

presenting the Union loving and loyal
people of Pennsylvania, who never des-
paired of tho Republic, and who poured
out milliens Of treasure and devoted yet
more precious bleod for the rescue of the
country from the felonious attacks of a
wicked and causeless rebellion, whose sons
fought on every battle field, and suffered
in .every Southern prison-pen of torture
and starvation, whose noble dead lie on
the soil of every State where they fell un-
der the folds of the national banner, here
renew their pledges of unfaltering devO-
ton to the Federal Union, and repeat
their determined purpose that it shall be
preserved.
and. RESOLVED, That is the sToS impH-
dtire duty of the President to gather the
legitimate fruits of the i0dT, IN order that
our constitution may come out o. the re
5sILion purified, our Institutions strength
ened, and our national life prolonged.
Sd. ResoIUsA, That failure in these erase
duties OoUid Be scarcely teas criminal thar
l0osad hare been an deqUiGscsnce in secession,
and IN the trsdsOnGbLe Vaccinations Of the
eoHspirators, and wotld BE- on iesrdt to
evsTy soleiN gho took up arms 10 saps the
eosstTg.
4th, RsseIoed, That filed with admira-
ton at the patriotic devotion and fearless
courage with which Andrew johnson re-
sisted and denounced the efforts of the
rebels TO overthrow the national govern
ment, Pennsylvania rejsiced to express
her entire confidence in his character and
principles, and appreciation of his noble
conduct, by ~bestowing her suffrage upon
him for the second position in honor and
dignity in the country. His bold and out
spoken denunciatioAs Of the crime of
treason, his firm demand for the punish
ment of the guilty offenders, and his ex-
pressisns of thorough sympathy with the
friends Of the Union, secured for him the
warmest attachment of her people, who
remembering his great s~ervices and sacri-
fees while traitors and their sympathiEers
alike denounced his patriotic actions, ap-
peal to aim TO stand firmly by the side and
repose upon the support Of the loyal mas
ses, whose votes Termed the foundation of
his promotion, and who pledged to him
their answering support ir oil measures
By Which treason shall be stigmatized,
loyalty recognised, and the freedom, stability
and unity Of the nation secured.
9Th. ResoIUsd, That the tOork Of restor-
sng the late aasVrresttoHary States to their
proper relations to The Union necessarily
devolUss upon tho Ia'0 making posOsr, and
that until such action Be taken, no state
lately in iilsurrsctioH shall be entitled to
representation IN either branch of CONGRESS:
that as preliminary to ssIeh action, Il IS the
right OF Congress to Investigate for Itself
the conditions Of the legislation Of those
~statesj TO inquire respecting their LoyaLk,
and to prescribe Ae ter11s Of restoration,
and that to deny Jhjs necessary soasijtu-
tsonaL poaCer IS 70 deny and inpsrI one Of
the dearet rights belonging to our reprssgi-
hatiSs JorDs o. gooaFnsisat; AID hat sos cor
dislly approVs Of the setior of TIE Union
representatives IN Congress from PeansyI-
VaHia on this subject.
9th. ResoL1sd, That no man whs has
Voluntarily engaged in the late rebellion
or has held Office under the rebel organi-
z%ation, should be allowed to sit in the
Congress Of the Union, and that the law
known as the test cath should not be re-
pealed but should be enforced against all
claimants for seats in Congress.
18th. Rseolvsd, That the national faith is
saeredly pledged to the payment of the
national debt incurred in the war to save
the country and to suppress the rebellion,
and that the people will not suffer this
faith to be violated or impaired. but all
debts incurred to support the rebellion
were unlawful, void, and of no obligation,
and shall never be assumed by the United
States, nor shall any state be permitted to
pay any evidence Of SO vile and wicked an
engagement.
sth. RSOLsea, That the public faith is
/ MT faEa GR1aaraWlu nlad-nI -
tion and engagement of all their natural
rights, of their persons, property and de-
nestle relations Of the colored population,
who have been ~emancipated by the fat Of
the people, and under the providence of
GOD, and who deserved liberty by their
kindness and fidelity to our soldiers in
prison, or wounded, or seeking escape
from their tormentors, and by their cour-
age in bearing arms for and fighting the
battles of the Union. Even az man is
more precious than money in every lust
account SO the homer of the nation is more
sscredly engaged in these humble but
never t~rescherous friends, than to those
who hold its bonds stamped with the broad
seal of the United States that their free
dem shall not BE- a nloeksry, nor their Just
hgces Of security, education and elevation.
iateHseFOai and moral Improvement disaD.
pointed, o,sd this JGiN mast b kepI issto-
gste.
9th. RGssIsed That protection 10 all
branshes OF useful and productive industry |
Is the only wise policy in present ma
tom condition, isthe true plan Of -estor-
ing the losses and ravages of war, Of ad-
vanclng the national prosperity, i~ncreas-
ing the national wealth and supplying the
means Of maintaining the public faith
with the public credit, and ultimately
wiping out the national debt that in
The provision Of internal revenue and the
laying of duties on importations from for
eign nations, the object should be to cause
the former TO press lightly apon the latter.
to protect as fully as possible our own cit
lzens who are engaged in the work of la
Dor, mining, manufacturing and every
other province of home industry, against
unequal and unfair competition with for
eigR capital and policy, which neither con-
tribute to develop the resources of cur
country, assist to pay u taxes, Ror sre
concerned to maintain our Government,
or confirm our national power efauthority,
which during the recent life struggle they
In%sidiously strove to subvert.
10th. ResoIsSa That the administration
Of the public affairs Of Pennsylvania by
Andrew G.. Curtin during the
years Of trial, toll, responsibility and
anxieties which have recently passed over
rs, has been marked by such patriotic de-
unyielding courage, constant
wstohfulness, uhwearied labor and shining
as have made his name illustrious
n the annals Of this Commonwealth, and
given him a place in the affections and
memory of the people which cannot be
ost. His enviable title of the soldiers
riend, Is in itself expressive of the highest
'ulogiums that could be pronounced on
my public officer; and when his term Of
honorable, useful and most beneficial ser
nee shall close, he shall not be forgotten.
'ut honored and loved; and we tender to
he membeEs Of the General Assembly
'ur thanks for their e~onsiderate attention
Q relieve the popular burdens, while thew
.onhdently refer to It as q proof of the su- :
'erior capacity of the Union organization !
or the beneficial conduct of public affairs; t
hat atfectionate remembrance and the /
laudits of a grateful people shall cluster !
round his person and make his nam :
honorable. [
18th. Resolved, That this Convention {
congratulate the people Of the State on :
he passage of a law relieving the real es- !
ate Of the Commonwealth from taxation :
'r State purposes. After a long and ex- I
war the debt of Pennsylvania is .
and the taxes imposed in time of !
eace by their political opponents are 2
Unfinished by the judicieus management a