Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-08-28
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

al. We congratulate tho country on the assured
success Of the reconstruction policy Of Congress, as
evinced by the adoption, In majority oftne states
lately In rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil asd political rights to ALI and we regard IL as
the duty If the government to sustain those institu
tons and TO prev the people Of such States from
being RENTED to a state of anarchy.
"2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suffrage
TO all loyal men in the South was demanded by
every consideration Of public safety, Of gratitude
and Of justice, and must be maintained; while the
question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people Of those states.
"3. We denounce all forms Of reputation as ma
tional crimes, aud the national honor requires the
payment Of the public indebtedness, In the ut
most good faith, to all creditor; at home aud
abroad, not only according to the latter, but the
spirit OF the laws under which 1t was contracted.
"a. II is due to the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be -equalized and refused as rap
idly as our national faith will permit.
as. The national debt, contracted as IL has been
for the preservation of the Union for all time to
come, should be extended fair period for re-
mption and IL Is the duty Of Congress to reduce
the rate Of interest thereon, Whenever IL can
on estly be done.
&c. That the best policy to diminish our burden
Of debt Is to improve our credit that capitalists
will seek TO loan money at lower rates oil inter-
est than we now pay and must continue to pay so
long as Reputation partial or total open or covert
~. The Government Of the United States should
be administered with the strictest economy, and
the corruptions which have been so shamefully
nursed and fostered bye Androw johnson, call
loudly for Radical reform.
IS. We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession of Andrew johnson 70 the presidency
who has acted treacherously to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged TO sup
port; has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions; has refused TO execute the laws; has
used his high office to induce other officers to ig-
more and violate the laws; has employed his exc
cutive powers to render insecure the property
peace, liberty and life Of the citizen; has abused
the pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
al Leg stature unconstitutional; has persistent
ly and corrupty resisted, by every measure in his
power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion; h as perverted
the public patronage into an engine Of wholesale
corruption, and has been justly impeached for
hgh crimes and misdemeanors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the voice of thirty i've
Senators.
"s. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other
| European Powers, that because man is once
subject he is always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States, as q relic of the
feudal time, not authorized by the law Of nations
and at war with our national honor aud indepen
denc naturalized citizens being entitled to b,
protected in all their rights oil citizenship, al
thou Oh they we're natural born, and no citizen o.
the United States natural or naturaliBed, must be
liable to arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken in thii
country; and if so arrested aud imprisoned il Il
the duty Of the Government to Interfere in his be-
half.
$40. OF all who were faithful in the trials o.
the late war, there were none entitled to NOR
especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamer
who endured the hardships of campaign anC
cruise, and imperiled their lives in the service
the country, The boqnties and pensions provi
ded by law for those brave defenders of the ma
ton are obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans Of the gallant dead are IN
wards of tho people, a sacred legacy bequeathec
to the nations protecting care.
sql. Foreign immigration, which in the pas
has adde1so much TO the wealth and develop
mens Of the resources aud increase of power q
this nation, the asylum Of the oppressed Of 81