Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-07-03
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
PLATFORM

l We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evidenced by the adoption in a
majority of the States lately in rebellion Of
constitutions securing equal, civil and polite
al rights to all, and regard it as the duty Of
the Government to sustain these constitutions,
and prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED to q state of anarchy or mill.
tary rule.
= The guarantee by Congress of equal suf>
frage to all loyal men in the South was de.
manded 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 belongs 10 the
people of those States.
3 We denounce all forms Of reputation as
o national crime; and the national honor re-
luires the payment Of The public Indebtedness
in the utmost good faith to our creditors at
home and abroad, not only according to the
letter but the spirit Of the laws under which
it was contracted.
1t is due TO the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be equalized AMI reduced as
rapidly as the national faith will permit.
5 The national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation Of the Union for all
time to come, should be extended over fair
period for redemption, and it is the duty of
Congress to reduce the rate Of interest thereon
whenever 1t can honestly be done.
The best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt is to improve our credit that capitalists
viii seek to lend us money at lower rates of
interest than we now pay, and must continue
to pay so long as reputation, partial or total
open covert, is threatened or suspected
The Government Of the United States
should be administered with the stcictest
nd the corrI,ptiooc which, kav o hanp
SO shamefully nurscd and fosered by Andrew
Johnson, call loudly for radical reform.
We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson TO the Pres
idency, who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause he was
pledged to support; has refused to execute the
laws has used his high Office to induce other
officers to violate the laws; has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives
property, peace, liberty and life Of the citizen
has abused the pardoning power; has de-
nounced the National Legislature as uncon-
.titutional; has persistently and habitual!y
resisted, by every means in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion; has perverted the
public patronage into an CINE of wholesale
corruption, and has been justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanor, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes ef So
Senators.
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers that because man is once
subject he is always SO must be resisted at
every hazard by the United States as relic
Of the feudal times. Not authorized by the
laws of nations, and at war with our national
honor and independence. Naturalized citizens
are entitled to be protected in ell their rights
of citizenship as though they were native
born; no citizen Of the United States, native
or naturalized, must be liable for arrest or in
prisoned by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in the try, ami if arres-
ted and imprisoned, it is the duty Of the Gov
eminent to interfere in his behalf.
10 OF all who were faithful in the trials Of
the late war there are none entitled to more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and
sesmen who endured the hardships of the camp
and the cruise, and imperi!ed their lives il
the service of the country. The bountes and
pensions appropriated by law to these brave
defenders of the Union are obligations never
to be forgotten. The widows and orphans o.
the gallant dead are the wards Of the people
o sacred legacy bequeathed to the protecting
care OF the United States.
IL Foreign emigration, which in the pas
has added so much to the wealth and increas
Ell the resources of this nation, the asylum o
all nations, should be fostered by q liberia
and just policy.
II This Convention declares its sympath,
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
The following supplementary resolution
were adopted as part of the platform.
ReselOed That we recognize the great prin
ciples laid down in the Declaration Of indie
pendence as the true foundation of Democrat
Government, and we hail with gladness ever.
effort toward making these principles a Twin
reality on every inch of American soil.
RESOLVED, That we highly commend the spiri
Of magnanimity and forgiveness with whic
men who have served the rebellion, and VIII
are now frankly and honestly co-operatin
with us in restoring the peace Of the country
and in reconstructing the Southern State Gov
ernments upon the basis Of impartial justic
and equal rights are received back into tn
communion Of the loyal people, and that W
are in favor Of the removal Of the disquaiifi
cations and restrictions imposed upon the lat
rebels in the same measure as the spirit 3
disloyalty dies out, and A. may be consisten
with the safety of the loyal people.
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