The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-07-31
OUR PLATFORM.

The Nationd Rspu5Ecan party of Il
United Sntes, assembled in Natio,
al Conyeation in tie City of Chic,
II 90, ON tie 2lst day Of Nay, 1865
make the following Declaration q
! Principles: .na'I
/. We congratulate the country on the As
sured success of the Reconstruction polio,
| of Congress, as evinced by the adoption, ii
the majority Of the statse lately in rebelIio,
of Constitutions securing equal, Civil AM
Political Rights to all, and II is the duty O
| the Government 10 sustain those institution.
and to prevent the people OF such States
from being remitfed tn = state OF anarchy.
IL. The guaranty by Congress Of Equal
Suffrage to all loyal men At the South was
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, OF gratitude, and of justice. and must
be maintained, while the question Of ofsuffrage
In M the loyal States properly belongs to
the people OF those States
hi. We denounce all forms OF Reputation
as National crime; and National honor re-
qaires the payment OF the public indebted.
ress In the uttermost good iaith 70 all credit
srs, at home and abroad, not only according
10 the letter but the spirit OF the law under
which it was contracted.
Nv, 1t is due to the Labor OF The Nation
that taxation should be equaliZed and re.
duced as rapidly as the National faith will
permit.
v. The National Debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation oi tue Union for
4 fair period for redemption; and it ia the
iuty of Congress TO reduce the rate OF inter.
sst thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
vi. That the best policy to diminish our
burden Of debt is to so improve our credit
that capitalists will seek 10 loan us money
at lower rates of interest than we now pay.
and must continue to pay so long as repudi-
alton, partial or total, open or covert, is
or suspected.
VII. The Government of the United States
should be administered win the strictest
and the cOrruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson call loudly for radical re-
orm.
VIII. We profoundly deplOre the untimely
md tragic death OF Abraham LincOlr, and re.
ret the accession to the Presidency of Am
rev johnson, who has acted treacherOusly
o the people who elected him and the cause
ie was pledged TO support; who has usurped
Ugh legislative and judicial functions; who |
las used his high office to induce other OIL |
ers to ignore and violate the laws; who has
mployed his executive powers to render In.
ecure the property, the peace. liberty and
fe of the citizens; who has abused tho par
onng power; who has denounced the Ma
lonal Legislature as unconstitutional; who
as persistently and corruptly resisted, by
very means in his power, every proper at.
emPt at the reconstruction Of the States
ataly in rebellion; who has perverted the
ublic patronage into an engi inc OF wholesale
eruption; and who hiss been justly i'm
cached for high crimes and misdemeanors,
nd properly pronounced guilty thereof by
be vot0 OF thirty five Senators.
lX- The doctrine of Great Britain and 9TH
r European powers that because a man is
nee subject he is always 80. must be re-
sted at every hazard by the United States
5 relic of ieudal times not authorized by
ne laws of nations. and at war with our na-
onai honor and independence. Naturalized
itiZens are entitled 10 protection in all their
ghis OF citizenship as though they were ma
ye-bOrn; and no citizen of the United States,
atiye or naturalized, must be liable TO ar I
est and Imprisonment by anv foreign pow
+ for acts done OF words spoken IN this
nuntrY; and il so arrested and imprisoned,
is the duty of the Government 10 interfere
his behalf. |.
Y. or ali who were faithful in the trials OF
10 late war there were none entitled to {
ore especial honor than the brave soldiers
I'd seamen, who endured the hardships of
lmpaign and cruise and imperillcd their
yes IN Tue service OF me country. TIE
)unties and pensions provided by the laws ,
r these brave defenders of the nation are
! obligation never To be forgotten: the wild s
ys and orphans OF the gallant dead are the I
ards of the peOple-a sacred legacy be-
leathed TO the nations protecting care.
NJ. Foreign immigration. which In the
ist has added so much TO the wealth. de-
lOpment and resources, and increase OF
'wer 10 this republic. the asy lum of the {
pressed of all nations, should be fostered I
ID encouraged cy liberal and Just policy.
XII. This Convention declares itself In .
mpathy with all oppressed peoples strug {
ng for their rights
added on motion of General
hurZ: III
Rssoiced. That we highly commend the
irii Of magnanimity and forbearaDce with ,
iich men who have served in the REBEL on
t who now frankly and honestly Co oper- =
0 with us in restoring the peace of the ,
untry. and reconstructing tho Southern
ates governments upon the basis OF Impair I
Il Justice and EQUAL Rights. are received :
Ok INTO the communion af the loyal people; {
d We favor the removal of the disqualified
ms and restrictions imposed upon the late
beis in th Q same measure az their spirit ,
loyalty viii direct. and as may Dc consist
I with the safety OF the loyal people.
That We recognize the great prin- |
pies laid down in the immortal Declaration
Independence. az the true foundation 4
mOcratic government; and We hail with
,dness every effort toward making these
iDciples Il living reality ON every inch OF
nericAn soil.