The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-15
Republican Platform.
Adopted atGhicago May 81, 1s6

Adopted at atChicago May 81, 1868.
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop-
ton, in the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty of he Governmental to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people of
such States from beng remitted to a State
of anarchy,
IL. The guaranty by Congress of equal
Suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude, and OF justice, and
must be maintained; while the question of
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
Ill. We denounce all forms of Repudia-
tion as national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the uttermost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was enacted.
". 1t is due to the labor of the Natl n
tn at taxation should be equalized, and re-
duced as the natio' al faith will permit.
V. The National Debt, contracted, as 1t
has been, for the preservation OF the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redempl ion; and it Is
the duty of Congress to reduce the rate OF
terestthereupon, whenever it can be hon
estly done.
VI. That the best policy to diminish
our burden of debt is to SO improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan us
money at lower rates of interest than we
now pay, and must continu, to pay so long
as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy; andth the corruptions which
have been SO shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form.
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency OF
Andrew johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was pledged to support; who
has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions who has refused to execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
duce other officers to ignor and violate the
laws; who has employed his ex -cutive pow
ers to render insecure the property the
peace, the liberty, and life of the citizen;
who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has persistently nd
coIruptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon
s.ruction of the States lately in rebellion
who has perverted the public patronage in
to an engine of wholesale corruption; an
who h; S been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote Of
| thirty-five Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because man
is once a subject, he is always SC, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as a relic of feudal times. not au
| thorized by the laws or nations, and at wal
with our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to protec
tion in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native born; and no cit
izen of the United States, natiye or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this country; and. if sc
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty Of
the Government to interfere in his behalf.
| x. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal, there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships o.
campaign and cruise, and imperiled theil
lives in theservice of the country; the boun
ties and pensions provided by the laws fol
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
| legations never to be forgotten; the widow!
and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
| XII Foreign immigration, which in tht
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
er to this Republic, the asylum Of the op
| Of l. shn nrIlI
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy.
XII. This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with all oppressed people strug
Cling for theirrights.
XIII. That we highly commend the spiri
of ofmagnanim1te and forbearance with whicl
the men who have served in the rebellion
put now frankly and honestly co,operat
with us In restoring the peace of the coun
try and reconstructing the Southern Stat
Government upon the basis OF impartia
justice and equal rights, are received bacl
into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the disqualfi
cationsand restrictions imposed upon tn
late rebels in the same measure as thei
spirit of loyalty wilt direct, and as may b
consistent with the safety of the loya
people.
XIV. That we recognize the great prin
ciple laid down with the immortal Decla
ration ofIndependence as the true founda
tion of Democratic government, and we hal
with gladness every effort toward maxim:
these principles living reality on ever,
! inch of American soil.
The following are the financial planks @
our State Platform:
Resolued. That the Republican party pledg
If self TO th e faithful Dayment of the Dubli