Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-30
Tbe NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.

=. ,.,tonaI Union Republican party Of the United
oe sasntIed in National Convention in the city Of
2hcaoo on the goth day Of May, 1853, make the fol
lowing declaration OF principles;
Sye congratulate the country the assured sue.
of the reconstruction policy OF Congress as eyiden-
d nv the adoption in majority OF the States lately
: -eb.liop of Constitutions securing equal civil and
;tisl rights TO ALL and regard - as the duty OF the
vernment sustain these CONSTITUTIONS ana prevent
nnIe Of such States from being RENTED TO state
= anarchy or military rule.
~ ana MI gnarantee bv Congress of equal suffrage TO
~ men In the South was demanded by every
an Of public safety, Of gratitude and of justice
@ rst be maintained, while the question OF suffrage
y ~ re loyal states propery belongs to the people
Ne denounce ali forms Of reputation as national
crime and national honor requires tia payment of the
i,io i9iebtedness 10 the utmost good faith to our
creditors At and abroad not only according the
letter. but the spirit, Of the laws under which it was
contracted.
A. Itisdu TO the labor Of the nation that taxation
should be equalized and reduced rapidly national
faith will permit.
g. The national debt contracted az it has been for
the preservation for the Union for all time to come
should be extended fair period for redemption
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of in
terst thereon whenever it can honestly be done
g. That the best policy TO diminish our burden OF
debt is to improve credit that capitalists VIII
lend money at lower rates Of interest than
pay, and must continue to pay, so long as re-
pudation partial or total open or covert IS threaten
ed or suspected.
7. The Government Of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy. The
fostered Dy Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical
form.
8. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession
Andrew johnson to the Presidency has acted trea-
che-ousy to the people who elected him and the cause
he pledged support; has usurped hirb legisla
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
to render insecure the lives property peace liberty and
life OF the citizen; has abused the pardoning power
has denounced the National Legislature as unconstu
tonal; has persstenty and habitually resisted, by
every means IN his power every proper attempt at the
reconstruction of the States lately in rebellion has
perverted the public patronage into engine whole
sale corruption and has been Justly impeachel for high
crimes aud misdcmeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes fthirty-ve Senators.
g. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other European
Powers, that because man is subject he is al
ways So must be resisted at every hazard by the United
States relic of the feuda times, not authorized by
the law of nations and at with national honor
and independence. NaturaliZed citizens entitled
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship
though they native born No citizen Of the United
States native OF naturazed must be liable to arrest
or mprsonn emit by any foreign Power for acts done
words spe in this country; and if arrested and
imprisoned it is the duty of the Government to inter
fere in his behalf
10. OF all who were faithfully in the trials of the
late there none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and who endured
the hardships of the camp and cruise and mperiled
their lives 10 the service Of the country The bounties
and pensions appropriated by law for these brave
Tenders OF the Union are obligations to be for
are the wards of the peOpca sacred legacy bequeath-
TO the United States protecting care.
H. Foreign emigration, which in the past has added
SO much to the wealth and increased the of
this naon-the asylum of ali nations--should be fos-
tered by liberal and just policy
IL This convention declares its sympathy with all
oppressed people who struggling for their rights
Resotred, That we recognize the great principles laid
down In the Declaration Of Independence the true
platform OF democratic government, and hail with
gladness every effort toward making these principles
living reality every inch of American soil.
Resolved. That highly commend the spirit of
magnanimity and forgiveness with which men who
have served she rebellion have frankly and honest
. operated with Us in restoring the peace OF th .
country, and are reconstructed They are received
back into the Union Of the loyal people W. favor the
removal of the restrictions imposed upon the late rebels
rs soon as the spirit of rebellion has dod out