The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-17
Republican Platform.
Adnnted Mt Chicago MAY u. 1868.


Adopted at Chicago May 81, 1868.
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
lev of Congress, as evinced by the adop-
ton, in the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty of the Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people of
such States from being remitted to 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
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
Ill. We denounce all forms of Repudia-
tion as national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the uttermost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was enacted.
". 1t is due to the labor of the Nati, n
tn at taxation should be equalized, and re-
duced as the natio,- al faith wilt permit.
V. The National Debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation of the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption; and it is
the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interestthereupon, whenever it can be hon
estly done.
VI. That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is to SO improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan US
money at lower rates of interest than we
now pay, and must continu. to pay SO long
as repudiation, partial or total, open or
VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy; and the corruptions which
have been so shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form.
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was pledged to support; who
has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions who has refused to execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
duce other officers to ignore and violate the
laws; who has employed his executive pow
ers to render insecure the property, the
who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has persistently md
corruptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon-
s.ruction of the States lately in rebellion;
who has'peryerted the public patronage in
to an engine of wholesale corruption; an
who has been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and properly Y
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote Of
thirty-fve Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because man
is once subject, he is always SO, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as relic of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at wal
with our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to protec
ton in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native born; and no cit
izen of the United States, natiye OR natural
lied, must be liza BILE to arrest and imprlson-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this country; and. if Sc
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty O
the Government tointerfere in his behalf.
x. Of all who were faithful in the trial
of the late wal, there were none entitled tt
more especial honor than the brave soldier
and seamen who endured the hardships o
campaign and cruise, and imperiled thei
lives in the service of the country; the boun
ties and pensions provided by the laws fo
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
legations never to be forgotten; the widow
and orphans of the gallant dead are tn
wards of the people-a sacred lega"y be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
XXI. Foreign immigration, which in tn
part has added much to the wealth. devel
opment, and resources and increase of pow
er to this Republic, the ASYLUM of the op
pressed of all nations, should be fostere,
and encouraged by a liberal and just pol
icy.
XII. This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with all oppressed people strug
Cling for their rights.
i Kill. That wehighly commend the spiri
of magnanim1ty and forbearance with whic
the men who have served in the rebellion
but now frankly and honestly cooperat
: with us IN restoring the peace of the coun
try and reconstructing the Southern Stat
Government upon the basis of impartia
justice and equal rights, are received bac
into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the disqualif
cationsand restrictions imposed upon tn
late rebels in the same measure as thel
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may b
consistent with the safety of the loys
people.
XIV. That we recognize the great prlr
ciple laid down with the immortal Decls
ration of ofIndependence as the true found:
tion of Democratic government, and we ha
with gladness every effort toward maxim
these principles living reality on ever
inch of American soil.
The following are the financial planks
our State Platform:
Resoloed, That the Republican party plede
it self to the faithful payment of the publ
, debt according to law, and we hereby e,
press our conviction, that according to tt
, laws under which the $50 bonds were i
sued, said bonds should be paid in the Gu
rency of the country, which may be leg
tender when the Government shall be pr
pared to redeem suchbonds.
Resoloed, That we heartily approved tt
policy of Congress in stopping the contra
I ion of the currency; and believe that tt
e issue of currency should be commensura
with the industrial and commercial inte
ests of the people;
: RESOLVED, That justice and sound polio
7 require that all property should bear
equal share of the public burdens, and tn
1 this principle ought to be applied to {
J United States bonds hereafter issued,
5 making them liable by express provisio