Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-31
Congressional Ticket.
For Representative in Congrcss--VI District
CHAS. POMEROY,
OF Webster County.
The ~ n tionalR Republican
Platform.

The National Union republican party oil me
United States assembled in National Convention
ia the city of Chicago on the soth Gay o. May
l. We congratulate the country ON the assured
success of the restoration policy OF Congress as
evidenced by the adoption in majority Oh me
cnugl civil and political rights 10 ALL and regard II
- the duty of the government to sustain these
constitutions ard prevent the people OF snch
States from hcing remitted to state OF anarchy
or military rule.
III The gnaranty by Congress Of equal suffrage
to all loyal men Of the South was demanded by
very consideration of public safety, of gratitude
md Of inztice and must be maintained while the
uueston of Suffrage in all the loyal States properly
Belongs to the people. OF those states: We
highly commend the spirit OF magnanim1ty ana
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly ana non
cstly cooperating with Us in restoring the peace
OF the country and in recOnstructing the southern
State Governments upon the basis OF impartial
Justice and equal rights, are received back INTO
the communion Of the loyal people. and we are In
favor of the removal of the dlsqnaliheatlons ana
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure az the spirit OF disloyalty dies ont,
ANA ~ may be consistent with the safety OF the
lovGl people a.,
III. we denounce all forms of reputation as
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness In the utmost
good faith to Ill creditors. at home ana abroad
rot only according to the letter, but the split OF
tire laws under which it was contracted.
" II Is due to the labor Of the nation that tax
% national faith viii permit.
Y. The national debt. contracted as II has been.
for the preservation of the Union for all time to
come should be extended over fair period for
redemption ard il the duty of Congress to reduce
the rate of interest thereon, whenever 1t can hon
cstly he done. . ,
~ debt l. to improve our credit, that capitalists
win seek to lend us money at lower rates OF In
t"rest than we now pay, and must continue to pay
80 long as reputation, partial or total, open or
81 pnpnO r EuAnpctpu,
WI flin Government of the Uuited States
should be administered with the strictest econ
cn,y The corruptions which have been so shame
fuIly nurpod and fostered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
tragic death Of abraham Lincoln: ana regret inc
arccfafon of Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treachcrOusly 10 the people VINO
elected him and the cause he was pledged 10 sup
port has usurped high ieglsiaiVe anu lnu'SlM
functions: has refused to execute the laws has
sed hiS high Office TO induce other offlccrs 10 Vlo
late the laws; has employed his executive power
70 render insecure the i've PROPERTY Pe ace na p
Il ,ning power: has denounced the National Legis.
lature as unconstitutional; has persistent!y and
habitually resisted, by every means In ms power
VERY proper attempt at the reconstruction OF the
states lately in rebellion: has perverted the pub
lic patronage into an engine OF wholesale cor
upton. and has been justly impea3hed for high
crirlce and misdemeanors, aud pronounced guilty
hereof by the voter of forty-iiye senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European powers, that because man was once
inject he Il always 40. must be resisted at every
azara bv the United States Gs relic of the feudal
ines, not authorized by the law OF nations, and
~ war with or national honor and independence;
Naturaized citizens are entitled obe protected
IN all their rights OF citizenship az though they
sre native born. No citizen of the United States,
stiye or naturalized, must be liable To arrest or
ir;prisonmCnt by any foreign power, FOR acts
lone or words spoken in this country; and IL so
Trosed and imprisoned. il Is the duty OF the Gov
o-lment to interfere IN his behalf