The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-20
AND RESOLUTIONS.

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
First-W-e congratulate the country the as
surei succcs, "f tn, rcronstru ,ti1u poll cy If
Congress ls eviuc,i 10y the adoption in maj jprity
uf the States lately in rebellion Of Constitutions
securing equal civil ant I"lItical rights 10 all
anl regard it as the duty If the government
10 sustain these Constitutions and prevent the
people Of such States from being RENTED to a
state Of anarchy aai nii!ttry rule.
SecJnl-Th- guaIaItce by Crn-ress If equal
suffrage t. al 'yal men in the South was de-
Tntndel by every consideration Of public SAFETY.
gratituis and justice ani must te maintained
while the question 4 suffrage in all the loyal
States properly btlrnss to the people Of those
Statr-.
Th.rI-Wc dcuoun,e all rms If reputation
a national line. The national honor requires
the paymcn: # the public indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to our creditor. at home and
abrdIa-npt only according t. the letter but the
spirit of the law under which il WAS contracted.
Fourth 1t Is due to the labor If the ,tion
that taxation should ho equazeI and reduced
rapidly : the rational faith will permit
Fif-h-The national debt, contracted As it has
been fJr the preservation ot The MIN for all
time II come should be extended over fair
peri =. at a re luce1 rate Of interest thereon,
whenever il can honestly be done.
Sixth-Thlt the best policy Ia diminish our
burden of debt i - to improve our credit that
capita lists " i'll seek to lend US money at lower
rate. Of Interest than We now pay and must CON
tinUe to pay, long as population. partial or
tc;sl. open or covert is threatened suspected.
Seyeath-The Guysrnment Of the United states
.ho1ll be administered with the -trctes' econo-
my. The corruptiens which have been 50 sh inIe
fully nGrsei AID f'stered By Andrew johnson call
loudly fr radical reform.
Eighth-We profoundly deplore the untinely
and traSc death Of Abraham Lincoln, and ro
gret the accession Ct Andrew Johnson 10 the
Presidential chair, who has acted treacherously |
TO the people who elected him and the cause he |
WAS pledged to support. He has usurPed legis-
latiSe an1 judicial functions, has refused to exc
cute the laws, has used his Office TO induce other
officers to vol,te the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives |
property, peace liberty and life Of citizens. has
abused the parionins power. has denounced the
National Legislature as unconstitutional, has
persistently and h.bituslly resisted by every
me ans in his power every proper attempt at re-
construction Of the States lately in rebellion,
has perverted the public patronage into an engine
IF wholesale corruption. and has been justly I'M
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors and
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes of thirty
Eve Senators.
Nnth-The doc:rin. Of Great Britain and
other European Powers. that, because a man is
once a subject he is always ~. must be resisted
1t every hazard by the United States relic
If feudal times aud not authorized by the law Of
nations, and at war with our national honor and
the independence Of naturalized 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
Iraized, must be liable to arrest or imprison- !
mcnt by any foreign Power for acts done or,
words spoken in this country and if So arrested
and imprisoned it is the duty Of the Govern
Dient to interfere in his behalf.
TsHth-Of all who were fAiIhful in the trials
Of the late war, there none more fitted for
especial honors than the brave soldiers and sea-
men who endured the har,ishps of camp and
cruise, and imperillei their lives in the service
Of the country. and the bpunties and pensions
app opritted by law for these brave defenders
Of the Union, are obligations never TO be forgot
ten. The widows and orphans Of the gallant
a. tt..r.
bequea;hed to the protecting care Of the United
States.
EleventIl-Foregn immigration in the past has
added SO much to the wealth and increased re-
sources of this nstion-the asylum Of all nations
that ii should be fostered by libsrAl and just
policy.
Twelfth-This Convention declares its symps-
hy with all oppressed people who are struggling
FOR their rights.
Resolrea, That the adjournment Of this
Convention shall not work = dissolution Of I
he same, but it shall remain as organized,
subject to be called together at any time and
,lace that the Republican Executive Commit
ee shall designate.
Resolred, That we highly commend the
spirit, magnanimity and forgiveness with
which men who have served the rebellion and
sho are now frankly and honestly co-opera-
ing with the United States in restoring the
'eace of the country, and in the reconstruc- 6
ion of the Southern States on 4 basis Of i'm
'artial justice and equal rights, and they are
eceived back into the communion of the
oya people and that we are in favor of the :
emoval of the disqualiications and restric-
ions imposed upon the late rebels in the S,
ane measure as the spiri. of disloyalty is q
emoved from them, and as speedily A. may
e consistent with the safety Of the loyal =
eople. IS
Resolred, That we recognize the great
rinciples laid down in the Declaration of
as the true foundation of L
emocratic government, and we hail with
ladness every effort towards making these
rinciples living reality on every inch of \
american SOIL