The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-28
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention i'll the
city of Chicago on the 10Th day of May, 1868,
make the following de claratioh of principles :
FirN-We congratulate the couetry on the
assured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption in the ma
iority OF the State lately in rebellion of constitu
tions securing equal civil and political rights to
all; and it is the duty OF the government to SuS-
tain those Institutions and to prevent the people
OF those States from being reunited to a state OF
anarchy. (Cheers.)
Sstond-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage TO all loyal mtn at the South was de-
manded by every consideration nf public safety,
OF gratitude and OF Justice, and must be main
tanned while the question OF suffrage IN all the the
loyal States properly belongs 10 the people oi
those States. (Cheers)
Thiytl-Wc denounce all forms of reputation
as Il national crime-(prolongcd cheers and
the national honor requires the payment OF the
Dublic Indebtedness in the utmost good falth TO
all creditors ut home and abroad, not cnly ac-
cordng to the letter, but the spirit OF thc laws
under which it Was contracted. (Applause)
Fousah-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be cqualiZed and reduced
as raridlv as the national faith will permit.
fTfh-The national debt contracted, as it has
been, for the preservation OF the Union tor all
time to come, should be extended over TAR r pc
Rod for redemption; and it Is the duty OF Con-
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon When-
ever it can be honestly done.
Sirth-That the best policy to diminish our
burden OF dent l. 10 so improve our cTtuil tIldI
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than now pay and must con-
tnue to pay so long as repudailon, partial or TO-
tal9oDen covert, is threatened or suspected
,S7antb-Ihe government OF the United States
should be Administered with the strictest ecOno
NV and the corruptions which have been so
shameFuIly nursed and fostercd BY Andrew John
son call loudly for radical reform
E;gbth-Wc Drofessedly dcpIore the untimeiy
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Prcsi-
dency, who has acted treac hcrously to the people
who elected him and the caust he was pledged
TO s1DnOrt: who has usurped higi! legislative
and judicial functions: who has refused 10 exc
cute the laws; who has used his high olfce 10
ignore and violate the laws, who has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the
property the peace, liberty and lie OF the citl-
ZEN who has abused the pnrdoning power; VINO
has denounced the National Legislature as un-
constitutional: who has persistcntly and cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction OF tiie
States lately in rebellion; VINO has PerFeriGu tlic
public patronage into an engine OF whoicsaiG
corruption, and who has been justly Impeachcd
for high crimes and misdemeanors and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote tf thirty
five senators.
Vjufh The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
er European powers, that because man Is once
a subject he is awavs so, must he resisted at
every hazard by the United States, as a relic OF
the fuudal times, not authorized by the law OF
nations and at war with our national honor ana
Independence. Naturazed citizens arc entitled
as though they were native born, and no cltIztI
OF the United States, native or naturalizcd must
be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any for-
eirn power for acts done Or words spoken III
this country; and il so arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to interfere I'D
his behalf.
Tsnth-Of all who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war there were none entitled to more es-
pecial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen
WHO endured the hardshps of campaign and
cruise and imperled their lives in the service OF
their country; the bounties and pensions proVl-
ded by the laws for these brave defenders OF the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the
WILLOWS and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards OF the people-a sacred legacy bequealhed
to the ration's protecting care
E1eyeatth-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much to the wealth, development
and resources and increase of power to this ma
ton, the asylum of the oppressed OF all nations,
should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal
and just policy.
TlceJffH-This Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all the oppressed people whlch
arc struggling for their rights.