The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-04
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

First-we congratulate the country on the as
eured success of the reconstruction poll cy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption in maj ority
of the States lately in rebellion of Constitutions
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and we regard it as the duty Of tie Government
to 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-
nlanded by every consideration of public safety.
gratitude and justice and must be maintained
while the question Of suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs to the people CT those
States.
"a a national crime. The national honor requires
the payment of the public Indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to 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 eGualized and reduced
rapidly as the national faith Will permit.
Fiflh-The national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation of The Uni, Il for all
time to come, should be extended over a fair
teriod, at reduced rate of interest thereon,
whenever it can honestly be done.
Sixth--That the best policy To diminish our
burden Of debt is so to improve our credit that
capitals will seek TO lend US money at lower
rates of interest than pay and must con-
tinGe to pay, SO long as reputation, partial or
total, open covert. is threatened or suspected.
SeVeHtn-Ihe GoVerGHeEI W inc til'eu stites
should be administered with the strictest econo-
ray. The corruptens which have been so shame
fully nHrsed and fostered by Andrew johnson cal!
loudly for radical reform.
Eighth-We profoundly dep'ore the untfmely
and tragic death cf Abraham Lincoln, and r.
gIet the accession CT Andrew johnson to the
Presidential chair, who has acted tfeacherousiy
to the people who elected him and the cause he
was pledged to support. He has usur2ed legis-
lativs and Judicial functions has refused to exc
cute the laws, has usei his Office to induce other
officers to violite the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the Hves,
property, peace, liberty and life Of citizens. has
abused the pc..ioning power, has denounced the
National Legislature as unconstitutional, has
fsrsistently and habtually 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
Of wholesale corruption. and has been justly i'm
peachei for high crimes AMI misdemeanors and
pronounced guilty thereof By the votes Of thirty
i've Senators.
Ninth-Tha doctrine OF Great Britain AMI
ether European Powers, that. because man is
once a subject he is always So must be resisted |
at every hazard by the United States as II relic |
Of feudal times aud not authorized by the law q
nations, and at w,r with cur national honor AMI
tiis Independence ,f nauraliZed citizen, who |
are entitled TO be protected in all their rights
of citizenship though they Wee native born.
No citizen Of the United States, native or nat
Ire.lized, must be liable to arrest imPrison-
inent by any reign Powerfr acts done or
words spoken in this country and if 50 arrested
and imprisoned, it is the duty Of the Govern
s.Ient TO interfere in his behalf
Tsuth-Jf all who We're fdthfnl in the trials
cf the late war, there are none more fitted for
special houGrs tn N the brave soldiers ami sea-
Clen who endured TIE hard hips If camp and
c-siise, and imperiIIed their lives in the service
# tta country, aud the b1uutes AMI pensions
app ofritted hy law for these brave defenders
IF the Union, obligations never 10 be forgot
ten. The widows and orphlHs Of the ga LIANT
he I. oft ia 10 a
ba.Ieathej to the protecting care Of the United
States
yenti-Forciga immigration in the pas has
,Iied 50 much to the wealth and increased re-
'ources Of this nation-the as lunl Of all nations
that it should be fOstered bya liberal and just
,nicy.
Tself.h-Thfs ConFentioR declares its syEra
by with all oppressed people who are struggling
d their rights.
ResoEced, That the adjournment Of this
Convention shall not wor!, a dissolution Of
he same, but it shall remain as organized,
inject to be called together at any time and
Lar that the Republican Executive Commit
&c shall designate.
ResoIred, That we highly commend the
pirii, magnanimity and forgiveness with ,
1hich men who have served the rebellion and
rho are uoE frankly and honestly c3-opera-
IN with the United States in restoring the {
eace of the country, and in the reconstruct
on of the Southern States on basis Of im-
artial justice and equal rights, and they are :
eceived back into the communion Of the
,yal people; and that we are in favor of the Il
asnoral OF the disqualiications and restric- t
oEs imposed upon the late rebels in the :,
.Rle measure as the spirit OF djsloyalty is "
,rored from them, and as speedily as may =
: consistent with the safety OF the loyal ,
eopie.
Rrso3ced. That we recognize the great b
rincples laid down in the Declaration of 4
as the true foundation of
government, and we hail with
adness every effort towards making these
.ic;ples living reality on every inch of
me.ican soil.