Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-24
Union Republican Platform

Han. Richard W Thompson, of Indiana,
Chairman Of the Committee on Resolutions
advanced to the platform and reported as
follows; en
The National Republican Party OF the
limited States, assembled in National con
vention in the city Of Chicago, on the Zutn
dav Of Nav, 1868, make the following dec
laFati3n 81 prneiples;
Ia. We e0hgratulato the countryon ,the
assured snceess Of ofthereconstruetiOn policy
of Congress, as evinced by the adoption by
a majority of the States lately IN reoe mon,
Of Constitutions securing equal civil ana
political rights to all, and regard u rs 'no
duty Of the government to sustain those
Constitutions, and to prevent the power o.
aueh States from heing reduced oastaVe
Of anarchy. lOheers.l
I'd. The guarantee by Congress oi equai
aufFraRe to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration ofpubhe
ssfetv. IL gratitude, aud of justice, and
must be maintained--w hequestionn OF
suffrage in ali the loyal States properly be,
longs 10 the people fthose States 4 Cheers !
"a. We denounee all forms Of repudla-
tion as a national crime prolonged cheers j
and national honor requires the payment
Of me national indebtedness in The utmost
good faith to all creditors, at home ana
abroad, and not only according to tlle let-
Ter but the spirit of the law under which II
was contracted. (Applausel
4th. It is due to the labor OF the nhtlon
thAttaxation should be equalized and re-
duced as rapidly.as the nationalfath wall
5th. The National debt, contracted as 1t
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 Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon whenever it can honestly
be done. ..
6th. That the best policy TO diminish
our burden of debts to soimproye our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan us
money at lower rates Of interest than we
now pay, and must continue to pay go
long as Reputation, partial Or totall, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected,
7th. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictes economy; and the corruption
which has been so shamefully nursed and
fostered Dy Andrew johnson, calls loudly
for radical reform,
9Th. We profoundly deplore the un'
timely and tragic death Of Abraham Ian
coin, and regret the accession of Andrew
johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
trencherously to the people who elected
him, and the cause he was pledged to sup
Dort; has usurped high legislative and jn'
dioial functions; has used his high oillce
to induce other officers to ignore and Ylo'
late laws; has employed his eXeeuli''
power and rendered insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life Of the cltizensi has
ubused the pardonng power; has denonn'
eed the National Legislature as uneohsW'
tutional; has persistcntly and eofmptly
Obstructed every proper attempt ut the re
eonstruction Of Tie States lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage
into an engine Of Wholesale corruption
aud has been justly imPeNched for hl9l
crimes and msdemGanOrs, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes
thirty five Senators
Off. The doctrine OF Great Britain an(
thter European powers That because
man is once subject he Is always so
must be resisted at every hazard hy th'
United States as relic Of leudal times no
authorized by law Of nations, and at wa
with our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to he pro
tected in all their rights of citizens ~
though they were native born NoclGlze!
of the United States, native or naturallzed
must be liable to arrest and imPrlsonmen
BY any foreign power for nets done or words
spoken in this country and II 80 arrestco
and imprisoned, it IS the duty Of the Gov
ernment to interfere in his behalf
10th. OF all who were faithful IN the trl
ais Of the late war, none were entitled tC
more esp seial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen, who endured the hardshlPs o.
campaign aud cruise, and imporilled then
lives in the service of the country Ih'
bounties and pensions provided for thes'
brave defenders of the nation are an obllga
tion never to be forgotten; the widows anC
orphans Of the gallant dead are the ward
OF the people.-a sacred legacy bequeathe(
TO the nations protecting cHre.
llth. Foreign immigration, which IN IN
past has added so much to wealth, deyeI
opmentand resources, and increase OF pow
er to the nation the asylum of thooppress
ed of all nations, should be fostered NM
encouraged by liberal and just policy
18th. This convention declares It's sym
pathy with all oppressed people which ar
struggling for their rights
a.sa.a.