The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-10-29
NAT,ONAl. UNION REPUBLICAN,
" PLATFORM.

/ email 'Onvention IN Il City OF Chicago
on the 9th day of May. 1868, make
tho fOlDwipg declaration oil principles:
/, 70 congratulate the country on
the ssured success Of the reconstruction
poliS Of Congress as evincsd by the
ADOPTION 10 m'jcrily Of the States lately
in rIbr!lioo OF Constitutions securing
eOuIl civil aud political rights to all,
andregard il IS the duty Of the Govern.
meht 10 sustain these Constitutions and
prjvont the people Of such States from
6sng RENTED TO state Of anarchy or
military rule.
Q. The guarantee by Congress Of
EQUAL suffrage 70 all loyal men in the
South was demanded by every consider.
alton Of public safety, of gratitude and
of Justice. and must be maintained, while
the question Of suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs to tho people Of
those States.
3. We denouncs oil Iorms Of repudia
ton as national crime. and national
honor requires the payment oil the pub,
lie Indebtedness in The utmost good faith
to our creditors OF home and abroad,
not only according To the letter but the
spirit Of the laws under which it was
contracted.
A. It is due 10 the labor of the nation
tina, taxation should be equa'ized and re-
duced as rapidly as national faith will
permit.
8. The national debt, contracted as it
has hsOn for the preservation Of the
Union for all time to come, should be
extended over fair period for redempt-
ion, and ii is The duty Of Congress 10 re-
duco the rate Of interest thereon when
ever it can honestly be done.
Q. That the best policy 10 diminish
our burden Of debt is so to improve
our credit that capitalists will seek
10 lend US money at lower rates Of
interests than We now pay, and must
continue to pay, so long as population,
partial or total, open or covert, is threat
ened.
Z. The Government Of the United
States should bs administered with the
slrictest economy. The corrup,ious
which have been SO shamerully uursei
aad rOstered by Andrew johnson, call
loudly for radical reform,
8. We profoundly dPplorc the untime
ly and tragic death Of Abraham Lin
soln. and regret the accession Of Andrew
johnson to the Presidency. who has
acted treacherously to the people who
elected him and the cause be was pied
gsd 10 support; has usurped high legis-
lsti9e and judicial functions has refused
to execute the laws; has used his. high
office to induce other officers TO violate
The laws; has employed his executive
power 10 render insecure the lives, prop.
srty. peace, liberty and life Of the citizen;
has abused the pardOniug power; has
denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; has Professionally and
hGbiluahy resisted by every means in his
power, every proper attempt at the re.
construction Of the States lately in re-
belliOn; has perverted the public putro
mage into an engine Of Wholesale cor
ruptiun, aud has been Justly impeoched
tor high crimes and uisdemeaDors, and
properly pronounced guilty thereof by
the yotes OF thirly-Gve Senators.
9. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European Powers, that because a
man is oucea subject be is always SO,
must be resisted al every hazard by the
Uuited Sistss as arctic Of the feudal
times, not authorized BY the law Of ma
lions, and al war with our national hon
or and independence. Naluraiized cili.
gems are entitled to be protected in all
thsE rights Of citizenship. as though
they we're native born, No citizen Of
the UOited States, native OF naturalizcd,
must be liable 10 arrest or Imprisonment
by any foreign Power for acts done or
words spoken in this country; and if SO
crested and imprisoned, it is the duty
OF the government TO interfere in hisbehalf
10. Or who were faithful 10 the
trials Of The late war there were none en-.
dlIsd to more especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamen who endured
The hardships Of the camp and cruise,
and imPsriled their lives in the service
of,heir country, The bouuiics and pen.
Sions appropriated by law for these brave
defenders Of the Union ore obligations
meyer to DO forgotten. The widows and
orphans Of tue gallant dead ore the wards
OF The peoplo-a sacred legacy bequesrh
ed 70 the United States protecting care.
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the
past has added so much to the wealth
Gud increased the resources Of this rs
,,ion--Ibe asylum Of all uations--should
be lOStsred by liberal and Just policy.
i2. This convention declares its sym.
pathy With all oppressed people who ore
struggling for their rights.