Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-08-07
REPuBLIcAN PLATFoaM

"l. We oong rstulste the ceaasry 90 The assured
success OF the reconsuucton policy VI Congress- %
esineed BY the adoption, IN majority OF the tstos
Iately In rseeii'on " sscuripg equal
civil snd political rights " ALI and ~ regard t
the duty fths Govern msnt 10 susiain those nstu-
ons and TO prevent the people ef suoh states from
being RENTED 10 state Of anarchy.
"2. The guarantee BY consrsss Of equal suarsgs
TO ell 10y al men In the south was demanded by
stsf, consideration Of public sanity, Of gratitude
shd Of Justice, asd must be msintsiasdj ShiIs the
question Of sufrsksin ali tbs loyal states properly
belongs TO the people Of those States.
80. We denouncs all forms of repadiation a. M.
ttonal crimos, end The national haaor requires the
payment Of the public Indebtedness, In the ut
most good faith, to all creditor; at home and
abroad, not only according to the latter, bat the
spirit OF the laws under which Il was contracted.
-. II IL due 10 the labor Of The nation that
taxation should be equalised and refused ~ rap
idly ~ our national faith will permit.
as. The national debt, eontrsotsd - II has bean
for the preservation Of tie Union for all time TO
come, should be extended over fair period for re-
ption; and Il 10 the duty Of Congress TO reduce
the rate Of inherent thereon, Whenever II can
hon sstiy be done. =
80, That the best policy to dininIsh our burden
Of debt s to 20 improve our credit ptslists
will seek to loan money At lower rates OF inter-
est than Ne now pay aud fnust continue 70 pay 90
long As repudiatcn, partial OF total opsa or covert
10 threatened or suspected. ars !
be administered with the slrictsst economy, aud
the corrvptions which have been ~ sham fully
nursed and fostsred by AndrsW johnson, call
loudly for Radical tsform. t
IS. We profoundly dspiofs the untimsly aud
tragic death Of abraham Lincoln, aud regret the
accession Of Andrew Johnsop 10 the presidency,
who has acted treaehsrousy to the people who
elected him and the oaass 10 was pledged 10 sup-
port; has usurped high Legislative. and judicial
funetionsj has refused 10 execute the laws has
used his high ONCE to indaos other odieers TO ig-
more and violate the lava; has employed his exc.
cutivs powers to render Insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life ofths citizen; has abused
the Pardoning power hns denounced the Nation
nj Legislators as uneonstutionaii has persistent
ly and corruptiy resisted, BY every msasurs in his
Of the states lately In rebsliionj has perverted
the public patronage Into an engineof wholesale
corrupticn, and has been Justly impenched for
high crimes and nisdemeanors, and properly pro-
noanesd guilty thereof BY tho voice Of thirty ave
Senators.
80. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Ia once q
subject be 10 always So must be resisted ct every
hazard by the United rtatss, as relic Of the
fcuda time, not authorized by the law Of nations
and at war With our national honor and indepen-
dence; naturai,Esd citissns being entitled TO be
protected In all their rights OF citizenship, rs
though they we're natural born, and no citizen Of
the United states natural or naturalifed, must be
liable to arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken In this
countryj and IL so arrested aud imprisoned II IL
the duty Of the Government to interfere In bis be-
half.
'1o. OF all who we're faithful In the trials Of
the late war, there were none entitled to more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen
who endured the bsrdships Of campaign and
cruise, and impsrilsd their lives In the service Of
the country. The bountiss and pensions provi-
dcd by law for those brave defenders OF the ma
ton are obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows aud orphans Of the gallant dead are the
wards OF tho people, sacred legacy beqreathsd
| to the nations protecting care.
"il. Persign immigration, which In the past
has added 20 much 10 the wealth and develop
mens Of the resources aud increase Of power "a
this nation, the asylu Of the oppressed OF al
nations, should be fostered end encouraged by a
liberal aud just policy.
az. This convention declares its sympathy
with all the oppressed people whoars struggling
for their rights"
"RssoLvsp, That We highly commend the spirit
Of magnanimty and forgiveness with which men
who have served tho rebellion. but now frankly
and honestly o-operats with US In restoring the
peace Of the county, and reconsuucting the
Southern State governments rpon the basis OF I'm
partial justice and equal rights, are received
back into the communion Of the loyal people, and
We favor the removal OF the disquaifeatious and
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels In thS
same measure as the spirit of loyalty will direct
az may be consistent with the yafsty Of the loyal
people," [cries o. Good goodil
"hxsotvxp, That re fecognife The great prin
eiples laid down In the imm,rtsi Declarations Of
tndspsp dsncc as the true fouddsticn ofdemocrati'
govsrumentI and We hail with siadness ever,
effort toward ,ankinx ths-s -pfinriples living
reality on every inoh Of Amerftan coil"