Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-10-30
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

81. We congratulate the coustry on the assured
success of tue reconstruction pocy OF Congress, as
evaced by he ption, majority of the states
lately Ia rebellion, VI constitutions securing equal
evil AID political rights 10 al; aud regard ~ as
the idty 81 the Government [" sustain those insttu
ons, aud to prevent the people of such states from
being reniHed ~ state vi anarchy.
-. The guarantee oy Congress OF equal suffrage
TO all 10y al men tho South demanded by
ever! consideration # public safety, of gratituJe
and vi justice, and must be maintalnedj hlle the
question: of suffrage ala the 'oyai states properly
belongs 10 the people of those states.
-. Ne denouace all forms 0t reputation as ma
tional crimes, and he national honor requires the
payment of the puoic Indebtedness, IN the Ut
most good faith, to AL creditor; at home and
,broai, not only ae;srding TO the latter, out the
spirit OF the laws under witch il was contracted.
"A. II Is due 10 the labor of the natl Thai
taxation should be equaized and reduced rap
Idly a. our natIonal faith will permit
rs. The national debt. contracted as 1t has been
tor the preservation of the Union Tor ali tIme tc
come, should be extended over fair period for
dempIOu; aud IL is the duty OF Congress 10 rsdncs
the of thereon, whenever il car
IN ssty be done.
"6 that the best policy to diminish our burder
Of debt is To improve our credit thai pitaist
will seek TO loan money at lower rates OF inter
est than we now pay and must continue to pay &
long repu iation, partial or total open OF covert
Is threatened or suspected.
be administered with the strierest economy, ant
The corrUptions which have been shame iull
uarseI aud fostersd by Andrew JOHNSON, cal
loudly for Radical eform.
IS. We profoundly deplore the untimely AM
tragic death Of Aorahi m Lincoln, and regret tbs
accession of Andrew Johnson to the presidency
who has acted treacherously to the people b.
elected him and the cause he was pledged 10 sup
port; has usurped high legislative and judicis
| functions; has refused to execute the laws; ha
used his high oshce to indacs other officers 10 tx
more aud violate the laws; has employed mis- exc
cutive powers to render insecure The property
peace, liberty and life of the citizen; has abused
| the p.rdoning power: has denounced the Nation
al Legislature ne unconstitutional; has persistent
/ y aud corrupty resisted, by every mcasurs in hi
power, every proper ATTEMPT at the reconstruction
of the states lately ia rebellion; has perverted
the public patronage Into an engine of wholesal
corruption, aud has been justly impeaehed TO
high crimes and misdsmsanOrs, and properly pro
nouncei guilty thereof by the voice of thirty fy
senators.
"9. The doctrine Of Great Britain aud othe
European Powers, that because rs
subject he IS always so, must be resisted ever,
hazard by the United States, as n relic of tn
feudal tine, not authorizei by the law Of nations
and at with our national honor and indepen
dence; naturallzsd citizens being entitled to b
protected in all their rights Of otizenship, n
though they were natural born, and no citizen o
the United states, natural or natursFizsd, must b
liable to arrest aud imprisonment by any foreigr
power for acts done or words spoken in thi
| country; and IL SO arrested aud imprisoned 10 i
1.-THE duty Of the GOyernmen, 20 Interfere 10 hie be
half. s