The Portland daily press., 1868-06-17

The National Republican Party Of the United
States assembled in National Convention, in the
city Of Chicago on ne t,centiefh ddy 9t May 1885,
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
eqna civil and political rights to all. 1t is the duty
OF the government 10 sustain these institutions and
to prevent the people of such States from being re-
mitted to a state OF anarchy.
Second-The guarantee by Congress OF equal suff-
rage TO 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.
lhird-We denounce all forms OF repudia ion as a
national crime. The national honor requires the
good faith, to all creditors at home and abroad, not
only ding to the letter. but to the spirit of the
law under which it was contracted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation shall be equalized and reduced as rapidly
as the national faith shall permit.
Fifth-The national debt, contracted it has
been the preservation of the Union for all time
to come, should be extended over fair period for
redemption and 1t is the duty of Congress to reduce
the rate OF interest thereon whenever it can be hon
estly dcne.
Sixth-The best policy to diminish burden Of
debt, is to so improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan us money at lower rates than
we now pay, and must continue t. pay SO long as
pudation partial or total open or covert is threat
ened or suspected
should be administered with the strictest economy,
and the corruptions which have been shametuliy
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly
for a radical REFORM
Eighth.-we profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
cession 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 ururpel high legislative and judicial fnctions
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 employer 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 i'll his power every proper attempt at the
reconstruction OF the States lately in rebellion who
has perverted the public patronage into an engine of
wholesale corruption, and who has justly been i'm
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors and prop
y 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
ect 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 our uational 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 natural zed, must be liable to arrest and
Imprisonment by any foreign power for acts done OF
words spoken in this country and if they are so ar
rested and imprisoned, it is the duty OF the govern
| ment to interfere in their behalf.
Tenth OF all who were faithful in the trials o.
the late war there were none entitled to more special
| honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardshps Of campaign anu cruise ana I'M
perilled their lives in the service of the country
The bountes and pensions provided by law iof these
brave defenders are obligations never to be forgot
| ten; the widows and orphans OF the gailant deae
| are the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations fostering care.
Eleyenth-Foregn emigration, which in the pas
has added 80 much to the wealth, development ant