The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-31
NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS
Pipt-we congratulate the country on the as
cured success Of the reconstruction poll cy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption in a majority
of the States lately in rebellion of Constitution
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and we regard it IS the duty of the Government
70 sustain these Constitutions and prevent the
people of such States from being RENTED to a
state of anarchy and military rule.
Second-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the South was de-
manded by every consideration of public safety.
gratitude and justice and must be maintained
while the question d suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs to the people If those
States.
Third-we denounce all forms of reputation
~ . national ime. The national honor requires
tho payment of the public indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to our creditors at home and
abroad-not only according to the letter but the
spirit of the law under which it was contracted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and reduced rs
rapidly Is the national faith will permit.
Fifth-The national debt, contracted as 1t has
been for tho preservation Of The Uni n for all
time to come should be extended over fair
period, at q reduced rate of interest thereon,
whenever it can honestly be done.
SiXth-That the best policy to dimini-h our
burden of debt is to Improve our credit that
capita lists W i'll seek to lend Ms money at lower
rates of interest thaD we now pay and must CON
tinue 70 pay, so long as reputation, partial or
total, open covert, is threatened or suspected.
Scvenfh-The Government of the United States
Nhould be administered with the strictest econo-
my. The corruptions which have been so shame
fully nursed AID fostered BY Andrew johnson cali
loudly for radical reform.
Eighth-we profoundly dep,ore the untimely
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, aud r.
gret the accession Ct Andrew johnson to the
Presidential chair, who has acted treacherousiy
TO tbs people Who elected him and the cause he
nloa .J 30 Ia as nan IapIS-
lative and judicial functions, has refused to exc
cute the laws. has uset his Office to induce other
of6cen TO violate the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives,
property, peace, liberty and life Of citizens. has
abused the pardoning power, has denounced the
National Legislature unconstitutional, has
persistently and habitually resisted by every
means in his power every proper attempt at re-
construction of the States lately in rebellion,
has perverted the public patronage into an engine
At wholesale corruption, and has been justly i'm
peachsd for high crimes and misdemeanors and
pronounced guilty thereof by tho votes Of thirty
Ave Senators.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and
Other European Powers. that. because man is
once . subject he il always 50. must be resisted
at every hazard by the United States as relic
Il fsudal times and not authorized by the law OF
nations, and at with our national honor and
the independence # nataralized citizen, who
are entitled to be protected in all their rights
Of citizenship as though they were native born.
No citizen of the United States, native or nat
uralizcd, must be liable to arrest or imprison- |
s'ent BY any foreign Powerf,r acts done or
w'rds spoken in this country; and if 50 arrested
and imp isonei, it is the duty of the Govern
mont to interfere in his behalf.
Tenth-f all who were fdthful IN tue trlale
ct the late war, there none more fitted for |
especial honors than the brave soldiers and sea-
men who endured the hard-hps of camp and
cruise. and imperiled their lives in the service |
u the country, and the bounties AMI pensions |
app opri ted by law for these brave defenders |
Of the Union, are Obligations never TO be f,rgot |
ten. The widows aud orphans Of the gallant |
dead are the ~aris Of the people; sacred legacy |
to the protecting care Of the United
States.
Eisventh-Foreign immigration IN the past has |
afded % much to the wealth aud increased re-
scurces Of this nation-the asrlum If all nations
that it should be fostered by a liberal and just
pulley.
rwelfsh-This c invention declares its sympa-
.hy with all oppressed people who are struggling
or their rights.
Reso1red, That the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work a dissolution Of
he same, but it shall remain as organized,
'ubject to be called together at any time and
place that the Republican, Executive Commit
ZEE shall designate.
Resokued, That we highly commend the
,pirit. magnanimity and forgiveness with
which men who have served the rebellion and
vhO are now frankly and honestly co-opera-
ing with the United States in restoring the
'eace of the country, and in the reconstruc-
ion Of the Southern States on basis of i'm
'artial justice and equal rights, and they are
eeeived back into the communion of the
oyal people; and that we are in favor of the
emoval of the Disqualification and restric-
ions imposed upon the late rebels in the
anne measure as the spirit OF disloyalty is
smoved from them, and as speedily as may
70 consistent with the safety of the loyal
'enple.
Rssolred. That we recognize the great
',inciples laid down in the Declaration of
as the true foundation of
emocratic government, and we hail with
ladness every effort towards making these :,
living reality on every inch of .
american soil. Ii