The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-29
Aiatinnal Aepnblitau.


ton In session ut Chicago n the 2lst int:
The National Republican party of the Uni
ted States, assembled In National Convention
70 the city of Chicago on the 20th day of May,
1868, make the following declaration Of princi-
pies:
First-We congratulate the country on the |
assured success of the reconstruction policy |
Of Congress, ns oyirced by the adoption, In n |
majority Of tho States lately In rebellion. of |
Constitution securing equal civil and political |
rights to all, and regard 1t as the duty Of the |
Government TO sustain these Institutions, and |
to prevent the people Of such States from be- |
ing RENTED to a state Of ANARCHY.
Second-Tho guarantee Of Congress Of equal |
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was |
demanded by every confederation Of public |
safety, Of gratitude aud Of justice, and must |
be maintained, while the question Of suffrage |
in oil the loyal States PROPERLY belongs to the |
teople of those StRtcS
Third-We donounee al forms OF repudis- |
ion Bs national crime, and the national honor |
icquires the payment Of the public indebted |
moss In the utmost good fifth to all creditors, |
ut home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter but the spirit Of the laws under
which it was contracted
f0urth--It ig due TO tho labor OF the nation
that taxation should be equalized, and reduced
nc rapidly as the national faith will permit.
hr been for the preservation Of tho Union for
oil time to come, should be extended over fair
period for redemption, and 1t is the duty Of
Congress to reduce the rate of interest there.
on whenever it can possibly be dono.
Sixtb-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our credit
that capitalists win seek TO loan US money at
lower rates Of interest than we now pay, and
must continue to pay so long as reputation,
~ oI nv NJ oil NJ De thraa na1
or suspected,
Seventh-The Government of tho United
States should DO administered with the strict.
est economy, and tho corruptons which have
been so shamefully pursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson call loudly for radical reform.
Eighth-Wo profoundly deplore the untimey
md tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and ro-
gret the accession OF Andrew Johnson to the
Presidency, who has acted trescherously to the
people who elected him and the cause he
Fus Ilsdged to support has usurped legisla.
tive and Judicial functions has refused to ex
ccute the laws has used his high office to in
iuce other officers to ignore and violate the
laws; has employed his executive power to
render insecure the prosperity, peace, liberty
and life Of the citizens; has abused the par
donipg power hss denounced the National
Legislature az unconstitutional has persis.
tently and corruptly resisted, by every means
construction of the States lately in rebellion;
has perverted the public patronage into an
engine of wholesale corruption and has been
Justly impcached for high crimes and misde.
reanors, and properly pronounced guilty by
the votes Of thIty-fve Senators
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that because man il
nee u subject he ia always so, must be resist
ed at every hazard by the United S.ntes rs
relic of the feudal times, not authorized by
the law Of nations and at war with cur ma
tionGl honor and independence. Naturalizrd
citizens are entitled to be protected In all their
rights of citizenship as though thoy were ma
tive born, and no citizen Of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable TO ar.
rest and imprisonment by any foreign power
for acts done or words spoken in this country.
And If 20 arrested and imprisoned, it ia the
duty Of the Government to interfere in his he
half.
Tenth-Of all who were flithIul in the trials
Of the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than tho brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships Of
campaign and cruise, and imperiled their
lives in the service ogthe country. The boun-
ties and pensions provided by law for these
bravo defenders Of the nation are obligations
never to be forgotten. The widows and or.
phans Of the gallant dead are the wards OF the
people, q sacred legacy bequeathed to the ma
lions protecting care.
E!eventh-FOreigu emigration, which in
the past has added so much to tho wealth and
development Of the resources and the in.rea So
Of power Of this nation, ''the asylum OF the
oppressed Of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged by iberll and Just policy.
Tweltth-This convention declares its syn
patty with all the oppressed people who are
struggling for their rights.
On motion of General Carl Schurz, the fol
lowing additional resolutions were unaLimou'.
ly adopted as part Of the platform.
Resolved, That We highly commend th,
spirit Of magnamimity and forbearance with
which the men who have served In the rebel
lion, but now frankly and honestly co operate
with US in restoring tho peace Of tho country
and reconstructing the Southern State Gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial justice
nd equal rights, are received back into tn,
communion Of the loyal people, and we favoi
the removal Of the disqualifcations and re
.tTictions imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure as their spirit Of loyalty will
direct and as may be consistent with tn,
safety of the loyal people.
RcS0lre3, That We recognize the great Irin
cplGs laid down In the immortal Declaration
Of Independence as the true foundation oil
drmocratic government, and We hail will
,lGlnes5 every effort toward making these
principles living reality on every inch of th,
American soil.
RANT AND CuLPAN-THEIR LETTERS or AC
CErTASCE-THE PLATFORM ENDORSED.
The following IRE the letters OF General Gran
aud Hon. Schuyler Colfax, accepting the nomi
aRtion for the Presidency aud Vice Pre3idonc
Of the United States By the Republican Ma
'iorll Convention:
WAsuyGrox, D. c., May 90, 1868.
Gen. JoStph Il, UaigIeg President Nati0ml
accepting tho nomination Of the Nationa
Union Republican Convention, of the 2lst G
May instant, it seems proper that some state
lnent Of views beyond the mers acceptance G
he nomination should be expressed.
The proceedings Of the Convention w,r
marked with wisdom, moderation and patri
jtism, and believe express the feelings of tn
great mass Of those who sustained tho countr
Trough its recent trials. endorse their re
HOutiOls. If elected to the Office OF Pres
lent Of the United States, 1t will be my en-
lcavor to administer all the laws in good faith
Aith economy and with the view OF giYin
acc, quiet and protection everywhere.
Ines like the present II Is impossible, or, 4
'1st, eminentiy improper, TO lay down q pol
to be adhered to, right Or wrong, thrOug
"a administration Of four years. New politi
al Issues, not lOrescon, arc constantly arising
the views Of the public on old ones arc con
family changing, and purely enthusiastically
"gcor should always be left FREQ to cxscut
he will of the people always have rcspecte
hat will, and always shall.
Peace and universal prosperity, its sequenC,
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