Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-08-07
Congressional Ticket.
For Representative in congrcss-VI District
.-..-- GIIAS. POMEROT, .st
OF Webster County.
The National Republicans
Platform.

The National Union iepubliCan party OF the
Emitted States assembled In Nalonal Ionven,loh
in The city of Chicago on the Goth day OF May,
lss;sl make the following declaration % principles
L We congratulate the country on the assured
success oflhs restoration policy OF Iongress az
statfs lately in rehellion Of constitutions securing
sdmI civil and political rights 70 all and regard u
d the dutyAof th" governm.,n 10 aHstalt tl,e M
States from being romitted 10 a state OF anarchy
Or military rrlie. 4. - . -. -. -.-.'
efi. Iha guaranty ~ CGngrcss Of equal outrage
tell lovalnen of tho SOHih was demanded by
every c0aaiae raiuu Of public safety, OF gratlnde
and az iastiea and mast be maintained WINE t9e
0trStian Of suffrage In sll the loyal states properly
hs.itpc.s "a the people of those stateE. We
biehIy commend the spirit Of magnpnimity and
forgiyeness with which the men who have served
ne n bellior ard who are now frankly ana non
cstIy cooperating with US In restoring the peace
of the country, and in reconsructing INC southern
Siatn Cov.rnincntp upon the basis of impartial
Ttstice and equal ritFhts, are received hack INTO
the comniunion OF the loyal people, and we are in
flvor of the removal or the disqualihcations and
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels in the
same mcasureas the spirit OF disioyalty aief our
ana as nav be consistent with the safety OF the
"iitI W. drno-ncc all forms of repudiation as
national crime: aud national honor requires The
p1rmeut Of the public indebtedness in the utmost
GOOD faith to MI creditors. at home and abroad;
Mi c3y accordng 10 the letter, but the spitit of
the lass under which il was contracted
IF ~. Ii is due to the labor OF The nation thaI iaT
rtiOE should b. eqnalised and reduced a. rapidly
AZ national faith viii permit.
N The naliousl debt contracted az 1t hes BEEN
for fhe preservation Of she Union for all time TO
come should be extended over fair period for
rstiaaptign and l. the duty ofCongress to rednce
the rate of interest thereon, whenever II can nom
II INST The hest policy 10 diminish our harden
~ debts to 1nBruye orr credit, that capitalists
w!ll seek 10 lend ~ magiey al lower rates Of III
trrrst than we now pay, AND mast continue 10 pay
Rn long IN rnlf-iiaion. partial or total, open or
covert T. thnhtensa or suspected.
VII. The Government Of the United states
orrv.l Thr corI7tpfiuns which have been 50 shame
fully nurscd and fostefed by Andrew johnson call
lUudly for radical reform.
YIN We profoundly dCpl0rC the untimcly and
tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret
accession OF Andrew Johnson to the Prcslden%g
who has acted treqcherously TO the people who
elected him and The cause hc was pledged 70 sup,
mort: has uxnrned high Legislative and judicial
functions has refused to execute the laws has
rsed his high Office 10 induce other o1e.rs 10 Nlo-
late the laws has employed his executive power
TO render insecure the lives. property, peace, ND
csty ssid life Of the Citizen; has abused the par
doNing power; has denounced the Nailon&l Legs,
laiure o. unconstitutional mas Pef.lssehtIs anu
habitualIy resisted, by every means in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction ot the
States Gtcly in rebellion; has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine ol wnoi,tale cor
crimes and misdemeanors and pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes Of forty-fye Senators.
TX. The doctrine OF Great Britain anu other
subject he l. always So must he resisted at every
hazard by the United States az relic OF the teuda
times not authorized by the law OF nations and
at war with our national honor and independence
NaturnliE,d citizens are entitled to be protected
ia all their rights of citizenship, Gs though they
We're native born. No rttilen ot the United states
native or naturalized must be liable to arrest or
.inlpriscnment Try any foreign power, for acts
done or words spoken in this country; and II so
arrested and imprisoned II il the duty Of the Gov
crnmuut 10 Interfere in his behalf.
% X Ofall who were faithful in the trials OF the
late war there We're none entitled 10 more es-
pacial honor than the brave soldiers and seanIen
who cndur,d the hardships of the camp aud cruise
alsd fIipe He'd their lives in the service of their
country. The boHrties and pensions appropriated
NJ law for these brave defenders of the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The widows
and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of
the pauI,le-r-a sacred legacy bequeathed to the
United Ssarps' protecting care.
i EI. Foreign emigration. which in the past has
added so much to the wealth and increased the
resources Of this nation--the asylum of all ma
tions-ahould be fost5red by a vice and just pol
icy. 8.t. sftte 'F.. E...-
h XII This convention declares its sympathy to
an oppressed people who are struggling for their
rglu-. @
XIII. We recognize the great principles laid
GOWN in the DeclaafioB Of Independence a. the
true platform of Democratic Government, and we
hail with tslaaness every effort toward making
aliese principles living reality ON every inch OF
American soil. srr .s- ...a g.. .9-E .-.es