Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-09-17
National Republio.n platform.

The National Union Republican party OF ths
| United States. assembled in National ConNen
tion in the city of Chicago the 10th day of May
| 1865. made the following declaration OF prlh
ciples: 81 -.
sured success of the reconstruction policy o1Con
eress as evinced by the adoption IN majority
Of the States lately in rebellion, OF constitution
SECURING equal civil and political rights TO all
and regard 1t as the duty of the Government .
sustain these constitutions ana 10 prevent tnt
people OF such States from being remltted 10
state of anarchy or military rule.
Seeoad-The guarantee by Congress OF equal
suffrage to all loyal men In the Sonlhi was 9e
of gratitude, and of justice, and must pc main
tained while, the question ofsunrage IN an tnt
loyal States properly belongs 10 ihe peopie u
Phtrd~We denounce all forms of repudiation
as national crime. and national honor requir
es the payment of the Indebtedness In the ut,
most good faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only according to the letter out the
spirit of the laws under which IL was contrae'
ted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
RAPIDLY as the national faith Will permit
Fffyt-The national debt, contracted as 1t has
been for the preservation OF the Union 1or al
time to come, should be extended over Iail
gress oTeduce the rate ofinterest thereon, Wheh-
ever il can honestly be done. .,
Ss1za-That the best policy 10 diInlnlsn our
burden of debt is 10 so improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend US money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay; ana must
or total, open or covert, is threatened OF sus-
pected. -, Co..
should be administered with the strictest econo-
my. The corruptions which have been SO
shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for radical reform.
ESghn.-We profoundly deplore the unt1meIy
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln; and re-
gret the accession of Andrew johnson TO the
Presidency who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him, and the cause ne was
pledged to support; has usurped high legislative
the laws: has used his high office to induce
other officers to violate the laws; has en-
ployed his Executive power to render lase-
cure the property, peace, liberty and LIE OF the
citizen; has abused the pardonlng power; mas
denounced the National Legislature as uncon-
stitutional; has persistently and hapituaI-
every proper attempt at the reconstruc-
ton of the States lately in rebellion; has per-
Verted the public patronage into an engine
of wholesale corruption, and has been justly I'M
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors and
properly pronounced guilty thereofby the vote OF
WinthLThe 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 relic of the feu-
dal times not authorized by the law of nations
and at war with our natioual honor and indie
pendence Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights OF cltlzenshp as
though they were native born. No citizen of
the United States native or naturallzed, must
be liable to arrest and Imprisonment by any for
eign power for acts done or words spoken in this
country, and il arrested and imprisoned, III Is
the duty of the government TO interfere In his
behalf.
Tenh-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war; there were none entitled to more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and sea-
men who endured the hardships of the camp
and the cruise, and imperilled their lives in the
service of the country. The bounties and PEN
sions provided by law for these brave defenders
of the union are obligations never to DE forgot
ton. The widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are thefwards of the people-a sacred legacy
bequeathed to the nations protecting care.
EzeUesth-Foreign emigration which in the
past has added so much to the wealth, and in
creased the resources of this nation-the asy-
lum of all nations-should be fostered and en-
couraged by a liberal and just policy.
ItCelUth-This Convention declares Its SYM
pathy with all oppressed people which are
struggling for their rights.
ResotUed, That we recognize the great prlncl-
pies laid down in the Declaration OF lndepen-
dence as the true platform of democratic gov
eminent and we hail with gladness every effort
toward making these principles living reality
on every inch of American soil.
ResoIUed, That we highly commend the spirit
of magnanimity and forbearance with which
men who have served in the Rebellion but who
now frankly and honesty cooperate with us in
restoring the peace OF the country and recon-
structing the Southern State governments upon
the basis of Impartial Justice and Equal hlgntS,
are received back into the communion OF the
loyal people; and we favor the removal of the
and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be con-
sistent with the safety of the loyal people.