The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-07
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention in the
may make et the FOLLOWING declaration of PRINCIPLES
Ftrst-We congratulate the country on the
assured success OF the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evinced by the adoption in the ma
iorty of the State lately in rebellion of consttu
tions securing equal civil and political rights to
all; and it is the duty OF the government to sus-
tain those institutions and to prevent the people
of those States from being reInitted to state of
anarchy. (Checrs.)
.Sccond-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was de-
of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main,
tanned while the question OF suffrage in all the
loyal States property belongs to the people OF
Ihird-We denounce all forms of reputation
as a national crimc-(prolOnged cheers)-and
the national honor requires the payment of the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors ut home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter. but the spirit OF the laws
under which it was contracted. (Applause.)
FoaGrtt-1t is due 10 the labor OF the nation
that taxation should be cqualiZed and reduced
as rapidly as the national faith will permit.
Ffth-Thc national debt contracted, as it has
BEEN for the preservation OF the Union ior all
time to come, should be extended over ialr pc
Rod for redemption; and it is the duty of Con-
gress to reduce the of interest thereon when
ever it can be honestly DONE q
!Sirth-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our credlt thaI
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 repudlalon' partial or 70
ta open or covert, Is threateneu 9T $50
SeUenth-The government OF the United States
should be administered with the strlctest econo
my, and the corruptions which have been SO
shamefully nursed and fostered by andre" 1ohn-
son call loudly for radical reform.
EiqYtth-Wc profoundly deplore the untmely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson to the Fresl-
dency, who has acted treacherousiy 10 the people
l,;,, nd Tim
to support; who has usurped high legislative
and judicial functions vino has refused 10 exc
who as sSsa ~: sh a.as i.svs "a
his executive powerF to render insecure the
property, the peace, liberty and life of the citi
zen; who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as I'M
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 perverted the
public patronage into engine of wholesale
corruption, and who has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote cf thirty
five Senators.
Ninth The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
err European powers, that because man is once
subject he is always so, must be resisted at
every hazard by the United States, relic OF
the feudal times, not authorized by the law of
nations and ut 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 citizel-
of the United States, native or naturalizcd, must
he liable to arrest and imprisonment by any tor
el@n power, for acts done or words spoken III
this country; and if so arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to Interfere in
his behalf.
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to more cs-
pecial honor than the brave soldiers and seamcn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise and mpcrillcd their lives in the rvice OF
their country; the bounties and pensions proVl-
ded By the laws for these brave defenders of the