Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-22
THE REPUBLICAN NATION.
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- ~"t oisPstcDre ytsFfuhy We gaVc Out
synopsis of the platform Of the Chicago
Republican Convention. The following is
the entire thing. It contains but one vital
issue, and that is susceptible, through
careful wording. Of being lodged when
occasion shall rsquire-we allude to the
bond question, and 1t is upon this that the
iorcs Of the battle 10 10 be expended. The
other issues are dead, or so nearly 50 that
they will not.bc warmly considered BY the
people, and some Of the planks laid down
are mere common place, over which there
10 no ground for dispute among the people
OF The country.
An attempt was made in the Convention
= read the snti-impsaohing Senators out Of
The party. bat 1t was quietly squelched -
step too dangerous to BE- taken. Net osly
were the Union League resolutions not
incorporated. but the motion of Car. Schurx
to add the words and UNANIMOUSLY occult.
ted BY the votes Of nineteen was not en-
tsstainsd. The fact ID, the repub lican par
~ dare not tread upon the toes Of those
Senators who slaughtered the impeachment
scheme. In the speeches and convention
the radicals favor reading out and kicking
out OF Congress and every other punish
ment in the political category, but when it
comes down to do ii in en- cfIectual way,
they show degree OF political lameness
and cowardice that is quite refreshing
THE REPUBLICAN RATIONAL rLA TFOBM
The following Is full copy OF the reso-
buttons adopted by the Republican National
Convention yesterday, as the platform of
the party.
I. We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction policy
OF Congress ~ evidenced by the adoption
in a sjority Of the States lately in rebel
lion. Of constitutions securing equal
civil and political rights to all. and
regard II ~ the duty Of the Government TO
sustain these constitutions, and prevent the
people Of such States nom being RENTED
to state Of anarchy or military rule.
ii. The guarantee Of Congress Of equal
suffrage 10 all loyal men in the South was
demanded by every consideration Of public
safety, IL gratitude and Of justice. and must
be maintained while the QUE stion OF suffrage
In eli the loyal States properly belongs TO
the people Of thsse States.
| ILL., We denouncc all forms oi repud.a
ton % national crime; and a national
honor requires the payment Of the public
indebtedness in the utmost good faith 10
our creditors AT home and abroad. not only
according 10 the letter but the spirit of the
| laws under which IL was contracted.
\, ID liz. tsae la. - ~.
that taxation should nc equaiized and re-
duced MS rapidly AS the national faith will
permit.
V. I he national debt, contracted rs II has
been for the preservation Of the Union for
all time 20 come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and il Is the
duty OF Congress to reduce the rate OF in,e-
Sess theseOn wherever IL can honestly DO
done.
VI The best policy 70 diminish our
4 burden Of dsbt is W 10 Improve our credit
| that capitalists will seek 10 lend US money
atlower rates Of intcrsst than We now pay,
and mus. continue TO pay. 30 long as rcpu
diation, partial or total, open or covert, is
threatened or suspected.
! VII. The Government Of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy, and the corruptions
which have been SO shameiully nursed and
| fostefed by Andrew Johnson, call loudly
for radical reform.
VIII. We profoundly deplore the un-
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coin. and regret the accession OF Andrew
Johnson TO the Presidency, who has acted
trcachcrously TO the people who elected |
him and the cause he was pledged to sup |
port; he has usurped the high legislative |
and judicial functions; he has used his high |
It'd e1~p -;
laws he has employed his executive power |
TO render insecure the lives, property, peace |
and liberty of the citizens; he has abused |
the pardoning power; be has denounced the |
National Legislature 40 unconstitutional; |
he has persistently and habitually resisted,
by every means 10 bic power, every proper
attempt at the reconstruction of the States
lately In rebellion; he has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of whole
sale corruption, and has been justly i'm
peached Tor high crimes and misdemesnors,
and properly pronounced guilty by the votes
OF thirty five Senators.
IN The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers that because man
is once q subject he is always SO, must be
resisted At every hazard by the United
States as relic of the feudal times, not
authorized by the law of nations, and at
war with our national honor aud independ- |
ence. Naturazed citizens are entitled to
be protected in all their rights of citizen
ship as though they were native born; no
citizen ~ the United States, native or nat.
uralized must he liable to arrest or impris-
onment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this country. and If SO
arrested and Imprisoned, it is the duty OF
the Government To Interfere in his behalf
\. OF all who were faithful in the trials
f.
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
ami seamen who endured the harishps OF
the camp aud the cruise, and impcried their
lives in the service of the country. The
boun,ies and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders of the Union are
obligations never TO be forgotten. The
widows and orphans Of tie gallant dead
are. ia the words Of the people, sacred
legacy bequeushed to the United States for
protecting care.
NJ. Foreign emigration, which In the
past has added % much to the wealth and
increased the resources Of this nation, the
asylum OF all nations. should be fostcrcd by
q liberal aud just policy.
MI. This Convention declares its SYM
patty with all oppressed people who are
struggling for their rights.
The following supplementary resolutions
were adopted as part Of the platform:
Resolved. That We recognize the great
principles laid down in the Declar alton Of
Independence as the true foundation Of
Democratic Government, and we hail with
gladnees every effort toward making these
principles living reality on every inch of
American soil.
spirit Of magnanimity and forgiveness with
which Ebn ha IN god inf ~. |