The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-03
The Republican pIsr,o,.,


The National republican party of tho ~.
States assembled in National Convention ,ud
city Of Chicago, on the 10th day Of Nav ,. ,as
make the following declaration of prinein,.s
Flrsf-We congratulate the country ON a,
assured success of the reconstruction pol;nr 'he
Congress as evinced BY the adoption in the % 81
jority Of the State lately in rebellion of cons,Iaa
tions securing equal civil and political riyhalsa
all and it is the duty Of the government in o
tain those institutions and to prevent the n.a e-
of those States from being reMitted to sta,lie
anarchy. (Cheers.) u. d
Second-The guarantee by Congress of a..
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was f%
mandcd by every consideration of public sas. SH
of gratitude aud OF justice, and must be NAY,
tanned while the question OF suffrage in all n,
loyal States properly belongs to the people
those States. (ChecB.)
Rird-We denouncc all forms OF repudioHo-
us national crime-(prol0nged cheers --aUaa
the national honor requires the payment of nu
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith ts
all creditors ut home and abroad, not only nv
cording to the letter, but the spirit of the law" C,
under which it was contracted. Applause W.
Fomrfh-It is due to the labor of the n,,io.
that taxation should be cqualized and rednsOa
rs rapidly as the national faith will permit. 'u
Flfh-Thc national debt contracted, as II 10,
been, for the preservation OF the Union for sli
time to come, should be extended over a fnr W. WI
Rod for redemption; and it is the duty of Con-,
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever it can be honestly done.
,Sirth-That the best policy to diminish ON,
burden Of debt is to SO improve our credit iLs,
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must CON
tinue to pay SO long as reputation, partial or t0
tai, open or covert, is threatened or suspected
Sesenth-The government OF the United STATES
should be administered with the strictest econo
my, and the corruptions which have been 81
shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew JOIN.
son call loudly for radical reform.
EigMh-We professedly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession OF Andrew johnson to the Presi.
dency, who has actedtreacherously 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 10 exc.
cute the laws; who has used his high Office 10
ignore and violate the laws, who has employed
his executive powers to render Insecure The
property, the peace, liberty and life Of the cli.
zen; who has abused the pardOning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as un
constitutional; who has persistcntly and Cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction Of The
States lately in rebellion; who has pervertedthe
public patronage into an engine OF wholesale
corruption, and who has been justly impeaehed
for high crimes and misdemcanOrs and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote Of thirty.
five Senators.
Ninth The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th.
er European powers, that because man is once
a subject he is always so, must he resisted at
every hazard by the United States, as relic Of
the feudal times, not authorized by the law of
ations and at war with our national honor and
independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship
as though they were native born, and no citizr.
OF the United States, native or naturalized, must
be liable to arrest and Imprisonment by any Tor
eign power, for acts done or words spoken il
this country; and IL so arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty OF the government to interfere in
his behalf
Isnth--Of all who were faithful in the trials Of
the late war there were none entitled to more Is.
pecial honor than the brave soldiers and seamcn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise and imperied their lives in the service Of
their country; the bounties and pensions provi.
ded by the laws for these brave defenders Of the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; The
widows and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards of the peOple-a sacred legacy bequeathcd
to the nations protecting care.
E7egesiLh-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much to the wealth, development
and resources and increase of power 10 this ma.
ton, the asylum of the oppressed OF all nations,
should be fostcred and encouraged by liberal
and just policy.
Tcelf.h-Ths Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
arc struggling for their rights.