The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-05-30
Platform Of Republican Party.

The Nutiona Rpubhcon Hu,W rf He
FRitcd StnieS, assembled IN Nationaj CDn.
rention IN The Cty o. Chjcugo, on The 2UA
day Of May, 1868, mahe The .foNoming
dcclMution Of pr'n'7p'es;
L. We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the Reconstruction policy of
Congress, us cvinced by the adoption il, the
majority Of the States lately in rehelliul, ut Con
siitntiuns securing equal civil and political
rights to ALL and it is lie duty Of the Govern
nlent 10 sustain those institutions aud to pre-
vent the people OF such states from being remit
ted to Il state oi anarchy
,. The guarantee by Congress Of equal sut.
Iiagc 10 all loyal men at the South was dcumu-
died by every consideration Of public safety,
of gratitude, and OF Justice, and must be naln-
taiped while the question Of suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs 10 the people Of
those States.
). We denounce all forms OF repudiatun as
Il national crime, and the national honor requires
the payment of the public Indebtedness in the
utternost 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 contracted.
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equalized, and reduced as
rapidly rs the national faith will permit.
5 The National debt contracted, as it has
bpcn for the preservation the Union for all time
to come. should be extended over IA fair period
for redemption ;and it is tue duty of Congress
to reduce the rate of interest thereon Whenever
it can be honestly done.
t. That the best policy tu diminish our bur
den Of debt is to 50 improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to loan us money ut lower
rates ot interest that we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, so long It's lcplldlatiCn.
partial OF tolal, open or covert, is threatened "r
suspected.
Z. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strclest econ
omy, and the corruptons which have been so
shamctully nursed and foatcred by Andrew
johnson call loudly for radical reform.
Z. We proiessedly deplore the untinely and
tragic death of Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson to the Prcsi-
dency, who has acted treacherously to the peo-
pie who elected him, and the cansd he was
pledged to support who has usnrped high leg
islatvc and judicial functions; who has refused
to execute the laws; who has USED his high
office tn induce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws who has employed his exet,
TIVE powers to render insecure the property the
peace, liberty and life Of the citizen who has
abused the pardoning power; who has deounc-
ed the National Legislature as unconstitutional :;
who has persstcntly and corruptly resisted by
every measure in his power. every proper
attempt at the reconstruction OF lie States
lately in rebellion who has perverted the public
patronage into AN engine OF whole ale corrup.
ton, and who has been Justly impeachcd for
high crimes and mishemeanors, and plnpery
pronounced guilty thcre"! by The vntc Of 81
Senators.
.. The doctrine o. Great Britain and other
Europeans powers, that because a man is once
a subject he is always 50, must hc resisted at
every hazard by the United States, II, Il relic
of the teiiluI times, not authorized by tue law Of
nations, and III var with our national honor and
independence. Naturazed citizens are entitled
to he protected in a their rights OF citizenship
us though they were native born, and no cli-
zen of the Iulted States, nGive or naiitrazed,
must be liable TO arrest and Imprisonment by
any foreign power for acts done or words spoken
in this country; and il 80 arrested aud inprs
uncd, il is tie duty nI the Government to inter
fore in his behalf
10. OF all who were faithful in thu tiyls of
ihe late WAY, there we've none entitled ia more
especial honor than the brave soldiers au. sea.
men who endured the hardships Of campaign and
cruise and inpe,iled their lives in the service
of the country The bcuniies and pensions pro
vided by the laws 70, these brave defenders Of
4he nation are obligations never to be forgotten
the widows and orphans Of tue gallant dead are
The wards of tn. people Il sacred legacy
bequeathed to the naiou's protecting care.
IT, Foreign graiiou--whch IN the past
has added much to the wealth, Development
and resources and increase Of power to thi
nation, the asylum Of the oppressed Of all ma
ions-shcul1 be foster.'l and encouraged by
liberal and Just policy
". This convention declares itself III SYN
patty with all the oppressed people which art
struggling for their rights.