Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-06-12
T'hcNational Republican
PLAT form.

The National Union Reputsican party OF the
tinted states assembled In National Convention
IN The city of Chicago ON the 10th day OF May
1Ses make the following declaration OF principles
T. We congratulate tho country on the assured
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States lately In rebellion Of consultations securing
,ual civil and political rights 70 oil, and regard Il
ms the duty Of The government. to sIs tain these
stases from being remitted to astafe OF anarch,
II: Ihe gussanty BY Congress- Of equal snfirag,
every consideration Of public safety, Of gratitude
and OF justice, and must be maintained, while tn,
question OF suage In all the loyal States properl,
highly commend the spirit of magnanimity and
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly and hon
estly cooperating with us in restoring the peace
of the country and In reconstructng the Southern
State Governments upon the bais OF impartia
Justice and equal rightf, are received back int
fhv e Of the removal of the disquaiidcations and
re trictions imposed upon the late rebels In the
"a nc measure the spirit OF disloyalty dies out
m as may be consistent with the safety OF the
III. We denounce all forms of reputation as
Aational crime; and national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness In the utInOet
god faifh TO alf creditors, at home and abroad,
mt only according to the letter. but the split oil
the laws under which 1t was contracted.
Nv. III II due to the labor OF the nation that tax
alton should be equalized and reduced rapidly
as national faith will permit.
" 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 fol
redemption. and Is the dnty of Congress 10 reduce
te rate Of interest thereon, whenever Il can hon
VI That the best policy to diminish our burden
OF debt IL to improve our credit that capitalists
viii seek to lend us money az lower rates Of In
te est than we now pay and must continue to pay
covert, II threatened suspected.
VII. The Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest econ
omy. The corruptions which have been SO shame
ftaly nursed and fosteicd by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform
VIIi. We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham lincoln. and regret the
accession of Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously TO the people VINO
elected him and the cause he was pledgcd TO sup
port; has usurped high iegislaure and judicial
Ased hts high office 10 induce other ofieers to yio-
late the laws has employed his executive power
to render insecure the lives, property peace, lib
doning power; has denounced the National Legis-
lafure ms unconstitutional; has persistently and
hnbitually resisted. by every means Ia his power.
every proper attempt at the reconstruction OF the
States lately In rebellion has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine Of wholesale cor
ruptlop. and has been justly .impea;hed for high
crimes and misdemeanOrs, and pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes Of forty-nve Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European powers. that because q man was once
subjsefhe Is always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States relic of the feudal
fimcs. not authorized by the law of nations, and
mt war with our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected
IN all their rights or citizenship as though they
were native born No citizen of the United States,
native or naturaized, must be liable to arrest or
done OF words spoken In this country; and If 90
arrested aud imprisoned. it in the duty of the Gov
eminent to interfere i'm his behalf