The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-28
TIE TWO PLATFORMS.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,

Adopted at the Ohicsws OOnvsnGion May
40, 1868.
The National Republican Party of the United
Sta es, assembled in National Convention In
the City of Chicago, on the 10th day Of Nav,
1868, make the following declaration of prin-
ciples:-
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success OF the Reconstruction policy of Con.
gress, as evinced by the adoption in the
majority OF the States lately in Rebellion, of
Constitutions securing equal civil and polite n
rights to all, and 1t is the duty of the Govern
ment to sustain those Constitutions, and to
prevent the people OF such States from being
RENTED to state OF anarchy.
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage to all loyal men at the South was de-
manded by every consideration of public safety,
OF gratitude and OF justice, and must be main-
tanned; while the question OF suffrage in all the
loyal states properly belongs to the people of
those states.
3. We denounce all forms of Reputation as
National crime; and the National honor requires
the payment OF the public Indebtedness In the
uttermost good faith TO all creditors at home
aud abroad, not only according to the letter but
the spirit OF the laws under which 1t was con.
traced.
4. 1t is due to the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as the National iaith will permit.
5. The National debt contracted, as it has
been, Tor the preservation OF the Union ior all
tine 10 come, should be extended over fair
period for redemption and it is the duty of
Congress TO reduce the rale of interest thereon,
Whenever u Ndu w nOueSJlN uODts
6. That the best policy 10 diminish our burden
OF debt is TO improve our credIt'that capitalists
will seek TO loan us money at lower rates of
interest than we now pay, aud must continue to
pay, so long as reputation, partial or total,
open or covert, is threatened or suspected.
Z. The Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest ecuno-
my, aud the corruptious which have Deeu so
sbameully nrrsed and fostered by Andrew
johnson call loudly tor radical reform.
s. We profoundly deplore the untlmely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, aud regret the
accession OF Andrew johnson to the Presidency,
who has &C, ed treachefouely TO the people who
elected him, and the cause he was pledged to
support; who has usurped high legislative aud
judicial functions; who has refused to execute
the laws; who has used his high office to induce
other officers to ignore and violate the laws;
VINO has employed his executive powers TO rem
der insecure the property, the peace liberty,
and lie OF the citizen; who has abused the par
donlpg power; who has denounced the national
Legislature as unconstitutional; who has
persistenty and corruptly resisted by
every measure in his power every proper
attempt at the reconstruction OF the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted
the public patronage into au engine of wholesale
corruption, and who has been Justly i'm moeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors, aud properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote OF thirty
five Senators.
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European po Wers, that because man is once
subj ct he Is always so, must be resisted at every
feudal times, not authorized by the law of ma
tions and at war with our national honor aud
independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled
TO be protected in all their rights of citizensh p
as though they were native born, and no citizen
Of the United states, native or naturalized,
must be liable 10 arrest and Imprisonment by
any foreign power tor acts done or words sooken
in this country; and il so arrested and imprl-
soned, it is the duty of the Government to in
terere in his behalf.
10. or all who we're faithful in the trials of
the late war, there were none entitled TO more
especial honor than the brase soldiers and sea-
men who endured the hardships of campaign
and cruise, and imperlled their lives in the ser.
vice OF the country; the bountles and pensions
provided by the laws for these brave defenders
OF the nation are obligations never to be for
gotten; the widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the wards of the people. sacred
legacy bequeathed to the nations protecting care.
IL. Foreign lmmigration--Wh'ch in the past
has added so much to the lalth, development
and resources and increase OF power to this
nation, tue asylum OF the oppressed of all
nations should be fostered and encouraged by
a liberal and just policy.
H. This Convention declares itself in SYM
pathy with all the oppressed people which are
struggling Tor their rights,
l3. That we highly commend the spirit of
magnanmity and forbearance with which the
men who have served in the Rebellion, but no "
frankly aud honestly cooperate with US in
restoring the peace of the country and recon-
structlng 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 favor the removal of the
disqualifcatlons and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels In the same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may be con-
sistent with the safety OF the loyal people.
Ia. That we recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration of Inde-
pendence us the true foundation of democratic
government, and we hail with gladness every
effort toward making these principles living
reality on every inch of American soil.