Nebraska advertiser., 1868-10-01

the Committee on Resolutions, was
unanimously adopted by the NatiOnal
Republican Convention in session at
Chicago:
The National Republican party OF
the United States, assembled in Nat
iOnal Convention in the city of Chicago
on the 20th day of May, 1868, make
the following declaration Of princi-
pies
First. We congratulate the country
on the assured success of the recon-
j structiOn projects of Congress, as evinc-
ed by the adoption, in a majority of
the States lately in rebellion, of con-
stitutiOns securing equal civil and
political rights to all and regard it as
the duty of the government to sustain
these institutions and to prevent the
! people of suclf States from being re-
mitted to a state of anarchy.
j Second. The guarantee of Congress
/ of equal suffrage TO all loyal men Of
/ the South was demanded Iy every
consideration of public safety, of graf
i itude, and of justice, and must he
maintained, while the question of
suffrage in all the loyal States proper
/ ly belongs to the people of those States.
Third. We denOunce all forms of
/ repudiatiOn as national crime, and
| honor requires the paymentOf the ma
/ tinOal Indebtedness in the utmost good
faith TO all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only accordingto the letter
but the spirit OF the laws under which
it was contracted.
Fourth. 1t is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
Fifth. The national debt, contracted
as it has been for the preservation of
the Union for all time TO come, should
be extended over a fair period for re-
demptiOn, and it is the duty of Con
gress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can possible be
done.
Sixth. That the best policy to dim
inish our burden of debt is TO so inn
prove ourcredit that capitalists viii
seek to loan US money at lower rates of |
interest than we now pay, and must |
continue to pay so long as Reputation, 1
partial OrtOtal, open or covert, is threat /
ened or suspected.
Seventh. The government of the |
United States should be administered /
with the strictest economy, and the |
cOrruptOns which have been sOshame-
fully nursed and fOstered by Andrew |
johnson call loudly for radical re-
form. i
Eighth. We profoundly deplore
the untimely and tragic death of |
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the ac- /
cessiOn of Andrew Johnson TO the I
Presidency; who has acted treacheF-
Ously to the people who elected him /
and the cause he was pledged to sup
port has usurped legislative and judi
icial functions has refused to execute
the laws; has used his high office to /
induce other officers to ignore and viO- /
late the laws; has employed his eX-
ecutive power to render insecure the1
prosperity, peace, liberty, and life of /
the citizens has abused the pardon /
ing power has denounced the Nation /
al Legislature as unconstitutional; |
has peTsistently and cOrFuptly resisted, /
by every means in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion has
perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and
mas been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanOTs, and prop
erly pronounced guilty by the votes
OF thfrty-five Senators.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Brit
ain and other European powers, that
because a man is once a subject he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as a relic
of the fedua1 times, not authorized by
the law of nations and at war with our
national honor and independence.
citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of citizen
ship as though they were native born,
and no citizen OF the United States,
native or naturaliZed, must be liable
10 arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done or words
spoken III this country. And ifs ar
rested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
.he Government to interfere in his
behalf. sUEt
Tenth. OF all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war there are none
entitled to more especial honor than
the brave soldiers and seamen who
endured the hardships Of campaign
and cruise, and imperiIed their lives in
the service of their country. The
bOunties and pensions provided by
law for these brave defenders of the
nation are obligations never 20 be for
gotten. The widows and orphans of
the gallant dead are the wards of the
peODle. a sacred legacy bequeathed TO
the nations protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign emigration,
which in the past has added 50 much
20 the wealth and development of the
resources and the increase of power of
this nation. 1.-THE asylum of the Op-
pressed ofail nations" should be fOst-
cred and encouraged by a liberal and
just policy. Ii
Twelfth. This convention declares
its sympathy with al the oppressed
people who are struggling for their
rights.
On motion Of Gen. Carl Sehurz, the
following additional resolutions we
unanimously adopted as part of the
platform:
ResoFred.. That we highly commend
the spirit of nagnanimity and forbear-
lnee with which the men who have
served in the rebellion, butnow frankly
and honestly cooperate with US IN
restoring the peace of the country and ,
Southern State gov
srnments Ipon the basis of impartial
Justice and equal rights, are received
back into the communion OF the loyal !
DeoDle. and we favor the removal of
he disoualificatiOns and restrictions
imposed upOn the late rebels in the
anne measure as their spirit of loyalty
viii direct as may be consistent with 7