The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-10
Republican Platform.

Such is Demo cratic retrenchment.
Ohio State Journal. '-'.'' .1'
i Republican Platform. an
E.9- Adopted at Chicago May 81, 1868. .,,s
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
| icy of Congress, as eyinced by the adop-
| ton, in the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and POLITICAL Rights to all; and it ID
the duty of the Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people of
such States from being remlttcd to a State
of anarchy, l0as J,...i .5 ..3H. i 4,
LII The guaranty by Congress of equal
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude, and of justice. and
must be maintained; while the question of
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people Of those States .c> i9i5
/ HI. We denounce all forms of Repudla-
.tion as national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness 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, .,--.,,... :
". 1t is due to the labor of the Nati n
| that taxation should be equalized and re-
duced as the nation al faith will permit.
V! The National Debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation of the Union
| for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption; and it is
the duty of Congr to reduce the rate of
interest thereupon, whenever it can be hon
estly done. ,,..---..-s...
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 continue to pay SO long
as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected. ~ }5t
I VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy; and the corruptions which
have been so shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for
radical form. d; yz;...---.~s. r.. :...... Ef.,.
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, am
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew johnson, who. has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was 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 to ignore and violate the
laws; who has employed his executive pow
ers to render insecure the property, the
peace, the liberty, and life of the citizen
who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has persistently md
corruptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon-
s.ruetion of the States lately in rebellion
who h has'perverted the public patronage in.
TO an engine of wholesale corruption; an
who has been justly impeached for high
crimes and. misdemeanors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote Of
thirty-five Senators. - ,.t;-.- -.- tt-4. FL
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
Iother European powers that, because man
is once subject, he is always so, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as relic of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at wal
with our national honor and independence
Naturalizel citizens are entitled to protec
ton in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native born; and no cit
izen of the United States, .natiye or natural
/ ized, must be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment by any foreign. power for acts done
or words spoken in this country; and. if Sc
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty o.
: the Government to interfere in his behalf.
x. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal, there were none entitled t6
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships O.
campaign and cruise, and eimperiled theil
lives in heservice of the country; the boun
ties and pensions provided by the laws fol
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
legations never to be forgotten; the widows
and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations protecting care: :
XI. Foreign immigration, which in thu
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
opment, and resources and increase of pow
er to this Republic, the asylum of the op
pressed of all nations, should be fostereG
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
XII. This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with all oppressed people strug
Cling for their rights. tiE 49, :
/ XIII. That we highly commend the spiri
, of magnanimlty and forbearance with which
the men who have served in the rebellion
but now frankly and honestly co-operat,
with us IN restoring the peace of the coun
try and reconstructing the Southern Stat
Government upon the basis of impartia
Justice and equal rights, are received bacl
! into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the disqualifi
cationsand restrictions imposed upon tn
late rebels in the same measure as thei
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may b
4 cOuSlSCeHC WIN Une SaIety ot Gne 10y d
people.
: XIV. That we recognize the great prin
ciple laid down with the immortal Decla
ration ofIndependence as the true founda
tion of Democratic government, and we hal
with gladness every effort toward making
these principles a living reality on ever.
inch of American soil.
, The following are the financial planks Q
l our State Platform:
Resolued, Thatthe Republican party pledg
itself to the faithful payment of the publ
: debt according to law, and We hereby eS
press our conviction, that according to tn
laws under which the $50 bonds were is
sued, said bonds should be paid in theIcul
| rency of the country, which may be legs
+ tender when the Government shall be pre-
! pared to redeem such bonds.
Resolosd, That we heartily approved tn
e policy of Congress in stopping the eontrac
ion of the currency; and believe that tn
, issue of currency should be commensurat
with the industrial and commercial Intel
ests of the people;
4 ResoLoed, That justice and sound polio
!. require that all property should bear i
equal share Of the public burdens, and tn,
: this principle ought to be applied to a
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