The Portland daily press., 1868-06-18
The Republican Platform.

The National Republican Party of the United
States, assembled in National ConUentioa, IN the
city Of Chicago on The ttreRtiefh ddy of Man. 1863
make the tottraciag declaration Of principles:
First We congratulate the country on the assur-
ed success OF the reconstruction policy of Congress-
evinced by the adoption by majority OF the
States lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all. 1t is the duty
OF the government 10 sustain these institutions and
10 prevent the people of such States IRON being
mitted to a state OF anarchy.
Second-The guarantee by Congress of equal suff-
rage 10 all loyal men at the South demanded by
every consideration of public safety of gratitude
question of suffrage in the loyal States properly be-
longs TO the people Of those States.
] hird--We denounce all forms of repulia ion as
national crime. The national honor requires the
payment Of the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith, to all creditors at home and abroad not
only ding to the letter. but to the spirit OF the
law under which ii was contracted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation shall be equaized and reduced rapidly
as the national faith shall permit.
Fitth-The national debt, contracted it has
been tor the preservation OF the Union for all time
TO come, should be extended fair period for
redemption and Is the duty of Congress reduce
the rate OF interest thereon whenever it can he hon.
etly dcne.
Sxth-The best policy to diminish our burden of
debt, is to so improve credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates onterest than
we now pay, and must continue t pay long re-
pudation partial or total open or covert is threat
ened or suspected. a4
SeVentn-Ine government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest economy,
and the c0rruptiOns which have been shamefully
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly
for radical reform,
Eighh.--We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
cesson of Andrew johnson to the presidency; who
has acted treacherously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged to support who
has ururpei high legislative and 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: who has employ ell his executive
powers to render insecure the property, the peace
the liberty and the life of the citizen; who has
abused the pardoning power; who has denounced
the national legislature unconstitutional; who
has persistently and corruptly resisted by every
measure III his power every proper attemnt at the
reconstruction OF the States lately in rebellion who
has perverted the public patronage into an engine of
wholesale corruption, and who Las Justly been i'm
peached for high crimes and msdeme auors and prop
ly pronounced guilty thereof by vote OF 80 Sena-
tors.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European powers, that because man is once sub
ject he is always so, must be resisted at every haz-
ard by the United States as relic of the feudal
times, not authorized by the law OF nations and at
war with rational honor and independence.
NaturaliZed citizens entitled to be protected in
all their rights of citizenship though they were
native born; and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturahz 3D. must be liable to arrest and
Imprisonment by any foreign power for acts done or
words spoken in this country and if they so ar
rested and imprisoned il is the duty OF the govern
ment to Interfere in their behalf.
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials Of
the late war there entitled to more special
honor than the trave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hartships of campaign and cruise and i'm
pered their lives in the service of the country.
The bounties and pensions provided by law for these
brave blenders obligations never to be forgot
ten; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead
are the wards of the peope-a sacred legacy be-
| queathed to the nations fostering care.
Eleventh-Foreign emigration, which in the past
| mas added 50 much to the wealth, development and