The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-29
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
OF THE NATIONAL UNION PARTY.

| UC HE NA11UNdL UN4UN tAhl4 I.
First-We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction poll cy o
Congress as evinced by the adoption in a majorit
OF the States lately in rebellion of Constitution
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and regard it as the duty of the Government
| to sustain these Constitutions and prevent tn
people of such States from being RENTED to
state of anarchy and military rule.
| SecOnd-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage To all loyal men in the South was de-
III ,nded 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 10 the people OF those
States
Thrd-We denounce all forms of reputation
us national cline. The natona honor requires
the payment Of the public indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to creditors at home and
abrotd-nut only according to the letter but the
spirit of the law under which it contracted.
Fourth-lt is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be eguaiZed and reduced as
rapidly as the national faith will permit.
Fifsh-The national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation of the Union for all
time 10 come. should be extended over fair
period, at reduced rate of interest thereon,
whenever it eau honestly be done.
Sixth-That the best policy to diminish
burden of debt is to improve credit that
capitalists W ill seek to lend money at lower
rates Of interest than we now pay and must CON
tinue t. pay, 50 long reputation, partial
total, open or covert, is threatened or suspected
Seyenth-The Government Of the United States
should be administered with the strictest econo-
nly. The corruptions which have been SO shame
fully nursed ard fostered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
Eighth-We profoundly deplOre the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, aud
greet the accession CT Andrew Johnson to the
Presidential chair, who has acted treacherously
to the people who elected him and the cause he
was pledged to support. He has usurped legis
latIve ami Judicial functions. has refused to
cute the laws, has used his 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 citizens. has
abused the pardonng power, has denounced the
National Legislature unconstitutional, has
persi.ttntly and habitualy resisted by every
means III his power every proper attempt at re
of the States lately in rebellion |
has perverted the public patronage into engine
Of wholesale corruption, and has been justly I'M |
peache! for high crimes and misdemeanors and |
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes of thirty
five Senators.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and |
other European Powers, that. because man is |
once subject he is always must be resisted |
at every hazard by the United States relic |
Of feudal times and not authorized by the law of |
nations and at w,r with our national honor and |
the independence IF na;uralized citizen , who |
are entitled to be protected in all their rights |
IF citizenship as though they Were native born.
No citizen of the United States, native nat
nent by any foreign Power for acts done or
words spoken in this country and if so arrested
and imp isonei, it is the duty of the Govern
nent to interfere in his behalf.
Tenth-0f all who We're faithful in the trials
II the late war, there none more fitted for |
special honors than the brave soldiers ami sea-
men who endured the hard>hips If camp and
ruise, and imperilled their lives in The service
# the country. and the bounties and pensions
pp opriated by law for these brave defenders
an nj IDr uty| IN r
en-. The widows and orphans of the gallant |
cad are the wards of the people: sacred legacy
to the protecting care If the Unised
tates.
Eleventh-Foreisn immigration in the past has
dded 50 much TO the wealth and increased re-
1urces of this naTion-the asylum of all nations
that it should be fostered by "a liberal and just
olicy.
Twslfth-This c ,nrention declares its synpa
by with all oppressed people who are struggling
Dr their rights
ResoIred, That the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work a dissolution of
ne same, but it shall remain as organized,
Ibject to be called together at any time and
lace that the Republican Executive Commit
,e shall designate.
Resolred, That we highly commend the
pirif, magnanimity and forgiveness with
hich men who have served the rebellion and
no are now frankly and honestly co-opera-
ng with the United States in restoring the
eace of the country, and in the reconstruc-
on of the Southern States on basis of i'm
artial justice and equal rights, and they are :
.ceived back into the communion of the
val people: and that we are in favor of the
of the disqualifcations and restric-
ons imposed upon the late rebels in the
.me measure as the spirit of disloyalty is
moved from them, and as speedily as may
, consistent with the safety OF the loyal |
.ople. =,
Resolred, That we recognize the great ,
.inciples laid down in the Declaration Of 4
as the true foundation of
government, and we hail with !
adness every effort towards making these t
inciples living reality on every inch of .
merican soil. ~