The Montana post., 1868-09-18
OIR PLATFORM.

Unanimously adopted BY the National
UBiDn Republican COHvpntion-at Chicago
May 2Ist. 1868,
First. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the reconstruction projects
of Congress. a. eviucei by the adoption, In q
majority of the States lately In rebellion, Of
constitutions securing equal civil and politi-
cal rights TO all, and regard II as the duty of
tbe Government 10 sustain these constitutions
and TO prevent the people of such states from
being remitted To a state of anarchy.
second. The guarantee of Congress of equal
suffrage TO all loyal men at the South was de-
nanded by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude, and OF justice, and must
Je maintained, while the question of suffrage
In all the loyal States properly belongs 20 the
people OF those States.
Third We denounce all forms of rPpudia-
alton national crime, and national honor
requires the payment OF the public indebted
ness IN the utmost good faith 10 all crsdi tors,
at home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter but the spirit Of the laws under
which IL was contracted.
Fourth. Ii is due TO the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equaIized, and redu-
ed "a rapidly as the national faith will per
nit.
Fifth. The national debt, contracted as it
has been tor the preservation of the Union
FOR all time 10 come, should be extended over
a lair period for redemption, audit Is the duty
1f Congress 20 reduce the rates OF interest
thereon whenever it can possibly be done.
sixth. That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt - 10 so improve our credit
that capitalists will seek to loan us money at
lower rates of interest than We now pay, and
must continue TO pay so long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, l. threatened
OF suspected
Seventh. The government of the United
States should be administered with the strict
s,t economy, and the cOrruptious which have
l.
Andrew Johnson call loudly tor radical RS
form.
Blight. We profoundly depIore the untimeIy
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency. who has acted treacherously
20 the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support has usurped leg
islatiye and judicial functions has refused TO
execute the laws has used his high Office TO
induce other officers to ignore and violate the
avs has employed bis executive power to
render insecure the property, peace, liberty
and life of the citizens has abused the par
doning power, has denounced the National
Legislature As unconstitutional /; has persist
emily AID corruptly resisted, by every means
IN his power, every proper attempt at the
recoustruCtiOn of the States lately Ia rebel
lion has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly imPesched for high crimes and
uisdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty by the votes of thIrty-five Senator's.
Ninth, The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers, that because man
: once a subject be is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the Uaited States as
a relic of the fsudal times, not authorized by
the Law OF nations and at war with our ma
tionaI honor and independence NaturaliEed
citizens are entitled TO be protected in all
their rights Of citizenship as though they
were native born, and no citizen Of the United
.. -
o arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken In this
country. Aud AZ 80 arrested and imprisoned,
az 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 70
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamea who endured the haniships of
ampaiSn and cruise, and imperilled their
lives in the service of the country. The
bounties and pensions provided by law for
these brave defenders of the nation are Obli-
cations never TO be forgotten. The widows
and orphans Of the gallant dead are the wa rds
of the people, sacred legacy be4aeathed TO
the nations protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign immigration, which IN !
the past has added so much TO the wealth and
of the resources and the increase I
of power of this nation, "the asylum of the
of all nations" should be fostered I
and encouraged by liberal and just policy. 4
Twelfth. This convention declares It's sym
pathy with all oppressed people who are
uggling tor tAeir rights
On motion of Gen. Carl SehurE. the follow
NJ additional resolutions were unanimously
adopted as part of the platform
Resolved. That We highly commend the
spIrit OF magnanimify aud torbearanee With
which the men who have served IN the reSel-
lion, but now frankly and honestly eo-operate
with Us in restoring the peace of the country
and recouStruciing the Southern state gov
eroments upon the basis OF impartial justice
md equal rights. are received back into the
communion Of the loyal people ani We favor
the removal of the disqualiications and re-
trietiOns imposed upon the late rebels In the
ame measurs.As the spirit Of disloyalty will
lie out, and As may be consistent with the
afsty Of the loyal people. n
Resolved, That We recognize the great
principles laid down In the immSrtal Dsclara-
alton Of Independence as the true foundation
u DenOcratic gOvernment, and We hail with
.lsdnes every Effort toward making these ,
rinciPlps living reality on svecy inch OF
lnerscsa soii-