Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-05-26
The NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.

~ ~s.,o,a, Union Republican party Of the United
- - ,,lied 10 National Convention Ia the city OF
hcsgo on the 2oth DAY o. may 'o"o' maAe lnS 1O'
iovTipS declaration Of principles:
-. tse reconstruction policy Of Congress As eyidsn-
- b. the adoption in majority Of tbs States lately
r.fon Of nstitutions securing equal civil and
;ticaI ghts to s aEd regard II as the duty OF the
sustain these Constitutions and prevent
tie psople Of such States irVa Icing RENTED " ase
u anarchy military rnle'
:, the guarantee by Congress Of equal suffrage %
ali loyaI in tbs South was demanded by every con-
tSrstion Of public safety Of gratitude and Of justice
"a must be maintained while the question Of suffrage
- All tho loyal States properly belongs to the people
Of those States.
4 We denounce ~ forms of reputation as national
crime and national honor requires the payment OF the
public indebtedness in the utmost good faith TO
creditors az homo and abroad not only according 80 the
letter. but the spirit, Of the laws under which II wa
a. tie due to the labor of the nation that taxation
should DO equazed and reduced rapidly as national
faith will permit.
s The national debt contracted as 1t has been for
rreaervotioV tor tina Union for all time to come,
terst thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
=. That the best policy TO diminish our burden OF
debt is improve credit that capitalists will
seek to end money at lower rates of interest than
now pay, and must continue to pay. 80 long
pndltpn partial tots', open or covert Is threaten
ed suspected.
The Government Of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy The cor
ruptions which have been 70 shamefully nursed and
tosi~red by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical re
form.
y We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln and regret the secession of
Andrew johnson 10 the Presidency who has acted trea
che7onsiy TO the people who elected him and the
he Wa pledged 70 support; has nsurped high legsla
hVeand Judicial functions has refused ~ execute the
laws has used his high Office to induce other officers
10 violate the laws has employed his executive power
20 render the lives property peace liberty and
life OF the citizen has abused the pardoning power
has denounced the National Legislature uhconsttu
tona; has Professionally and habtually resisted, by
every means in his power every proper attempt at the
reconstruction of the States lately 10 rebellion has
perverted the public patron re into engine OF whole
sale corruption and has been justly apeachsl for high
crimes aud misdemeanors and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by OF thirty i've Senators
g. The doctrine ofGreat Britain and other European
Power- that becsu.e a man IL once a subject he Is al
ways must be resisted at every hazard by the United
States relic Of the eudal times not authorized BY
the law Of Nations and at war with our national honor
and independence NaturaliLed citizens ent tied
to be protected in all their rights Of citizenship
though they native born No citizen of the United
States native naturnlized must be liable to
imprisonment by any foreign Power for acts dene
words spoken in this country and If 30 arrested and
Imprisoned it s the duty of the Government TO inter
tcre in his behalf.
10. OF all who we're faithfully In the trials of the
late there were entitled to especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seaen who endured
the hardshps Of the camp aud cruise, and imperiled
their lives the service of the country The bounes
aad pensions appropriated by law for these brave de-
tenders Of this Union obligations to be for
cotton The widows and Orphans Of the gallant dead
the wards Of the peoples sacred Legacy bequesh
% the United States protecting
81. Foreign emigration, which in the past mas added
% much 20 the wealth aud Increased tho Of
this naton-the asylum Of ali nRtiops-should be fos
tered by liberal AID jast policy
u. This convention declares its syalyathy with al
oppressed people who struggling for theiz rights
Resolved, That ogntze the great principles laid
Gown in this Declaration OF Independence the true
platform 0: democratic government, and hail With
gledssss syery effort toward making tnees principles
LIVING reality every inch Of American soil
Rssoved That We highly commend the spirit Of
inaguanimity and forgiveness with which men who
aaTsserVsd She rebellion haye now frankly and honest
y csopsEated with ia reetorng the peses OF th
eonntFy, and reconstructed. They are received
Back into the Union OF he loyal people. We favor the
removal Of the restrictions imposed upon tbs late reba
- sooa az the spirit Of rebellion has died cat.