The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-29
Republican Platform.
Adopted at atChicago May 81, 1868.

Republican Platform.
Adopted at Chicago May 81 1868.
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop
tlon, in the ajority OF the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty ofthe Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people of
such States from being remittcd to a State
of anarchy,
II The guaranty by Congress of equal
Suffrage to all loyalmen at the South was
demanded b, every consideration of public
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 Eepudia-
tion national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
indebtedntss IS 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. ~
| ". It is due to the labor of the Natl n
that taxation should be equalized, and re-
Isdueed as the natio al faith will permit
+ V. The National Debt, contracted, as it
mas been, for the preserx alton of the EHit'n
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemp. ion; and it is
the duty of Congres- to reduce the rate of
erestthereupon, whenever it can be hon
| estlv 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 paw so long
as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
| VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy and The eorrupttens which
have been so shamefully Ha'f,ed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form. ~
VII. We profoundly deplofe the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession toy she Presidency OF
| Andrew J Johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he wa 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 10 ignor and violate the
laws; who as employed his ex cutivc pow
ers to render insecure the property, the
peace the liberty. and life of the citizen;
fwho has abused the parloning power; who
Ehas denounced the Natiora Legislature as
uncunstit ttiur,al; who has persistently nd
cofrwptFy resisted; by every means in his
power. every proper attempt, at the recon
ssruetion of the States lately in rebellion
who has perverted the public patronage in
to- All eItsirfe Of wholesale corruption; an
who h. S been justly imneached for high
crimes and mIsdeincanors, and propcrl y
pronounced guilty thereof by the vot, ol
thirty-five Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because a man
is once a subject, he is always SC, must be
Eresisted at every hazard by the United
States. as a relic of feual times. not au
tborized by the laws Or nations, and at wal
with our national honor anG independence
n atrralizeI citizens are entitled to protec
tion. in all TIER ffgits of citizenship, as
though they were native born; aud no cit
izen of the United States, natlye or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest aud imprison-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
OF words spoken i'll this countr, and. it Sc
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty o
the Governmentto to interfere in his behalf.
x. of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal there were none entitled tt
more especial honor than. TIE brave soldier
and seamen who endured the hardships o
campaign end erssisej ard imperiled s4,ei
lives in Che serfidte Of the country; tie bou1'n
ties and pensions provided by the laws fo
these brave defenders of the nation are ob
, legations never to be forgotten; the widow
and orphans of the gallant dead are th'
4 wards Of the people-a sacred 1egaey be-
queathed to the nation protecting care.
X[ For ign immi grafton, which in tn
part has ADDED mitch to the wealth. devel-
opment, and resources and inefef Sc of pow
er to this Republic, the asylum of the op
pr ssed of all nations. should be fosteret
kand eneoursged Try liberal and just pol
I icy.
XII. This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with al! oppressed people strug
Cling for their rights.
Kill. That we hig ghly commend the spiri
of magnanimlt and fofbeafanGe with whic
the men who have served in the rebellion
out now frankly and honestly cooperat
with us In restoring the peace of the coun
t try ard reconstructng the Southern Stat
fGoTefhiInent 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
cations ID restrictions imposed upon th
late rebels in the same measure as thei
, spirit of loya atty will direct, and as may b
= consistent with the safety of the loya
people.
! XIV. That we recognize the great prir
ciple laid down with the immortal Decla
t ration ofIndependence of as the 5rne founda
. tion of Democratic government, and we hal
With gladness every effort toward maxim
these principles living reality on ever
5 inch of American soil.
t The following are the financial planks
our State. Platform:
f Resoloed, Tihatthe Republican 1'ii.i party pledg
itsetf to the faithful pay ment of the publ
debt according to law, and we hereby ez
: press our conviction, that according to tn
e laws under which the $50 bonds were is
!. sued, said bonds should be paid in the cul
renay Of the country, @hiek' ffay lie lega
tender when the Government shall be pre-
!, pared to redeem such bonds.
I. Resolped, That we heartily approved til
i policy of Congress in stopping the contrac
ion Of the currency; and believe that tn
+ isshe Of currency should be commensurat
l with the industrial and commercial inter
l ests of the people;
e ResoLued, That Justice and sound polio
, require that all property should bear il
equal share OF The public burdens, and tha
this principle ougl, to be applied to a
: United Stat es bonds hereafter issued, b
i making then, liable by express trcvisior
of law to taxation precisely as other proper
: ty.