The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-27
NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
NOMINATIONS.
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS
First-we congratulate the country on the a
sured success of the reconstruction poll cy
Congress evinced by the adoption in maj crit
of the States lately in rebellion of Constitution
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and we regard it as the duty Of the Governmer
to sustain these Constitutions and prevent til
people Of such States from being RENTED to
state of anarchy and military rule.
Second-The guarantee by Congress of equa
suffrage to all loyal men in the South was de
manded by every consideration of public safety
gratitude and justice and must be maintained
while the question Of suffrage in all the l"ya
States properly belongs to the people Of thos
States.
Third-We denounce all forms of Reputation
~ national ime. The ma ion Il honor require
tho payment of the public indebtedness in thu
utmost good faith to creditors at home anC
abroad-not only according to the letter but the
spirit of the law under which it was contracted
Fourth-1t Is due to the labor OF the nation
that taxation should be equaZed and reduced a.
rapidly as the national faith will permit
Fifth-The national debt, contracted as it has
been for tho preservation Of The Uni Tor all
time to come, should be extended over fair
period, at reduced rate of interest thereon,
whenever it can honestly be done.
Sixth-That the best policy to dimini our
burden of debt is to improve our credit that
capita lists W ill seek to lend money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must con-
nnue to pay. so long as reputation, parts or
total, open pvert, is threatened or suspected.
Seventh-The Government Of the United states
should be administered with the strictest econo-
my. The coTruptions which have been SO shame
fully nurse1 a d fJstered by Andrew johnson cal
loudly for "a iical reform.
Eighth-we profoundly dep'ore the untirely
and tragic death If Abraham Lincoln, AID :
grot the accession CT Andrew johnson TO the
Presidential chair, who has acted tieacferou-iy
to the people who elected him and the cause he
was pledged to support lie has usrrped legis-
Iative ami judicial functions. has refused to exc
cute the laws has u,el his office to Iniuce oIher
officers to violate the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives.
property, peace liberty AMI life Of citizens. has
abased the parsioning power. has denounced the
National Legislature as uncot>ttutonai' mas
persistsntly and hebitualy resisted by every
means in his power every proper attempt at re
construction Of tie States lately in rebellion
has perverted the public patronage into an engine
Of wholesale corruption, and has been justly mi
peachei for high crimes and nisdenean'rs and
guilty thereof by the votes oi thirty
Eve Senator's
Ninth-The 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 a 1eilc
fandal times and not authorized by the law Of
nations, and a. W with our national h NOR and
the in dependence # ma ural;zed citizen who
are entitled to he protected in all their riGh
No citizen Of the United States, native or nat
uralized must he Liable TO arrest or imprison-
ment BY any f,reign Powerf,r acts done or
words spoken in this country and if so arrested
.nd imp isoned, it is the duty Of the Govern !
mont to int, FIRE in his behalf.
Tsnth-f all who fifhful in the trials |
u the late wfr, there none more fitted Tor |
speci.l honors than the brave soldiers and sea |
nen who endured the hard-hips of camp and
.ri'ise and mperilled their lives in the service |
Il the country and the bounties and pensions |
lpr orri ,ted by law for these brave defenders
4 the Union, are obligations never TO be frs"t
On Tie widows a7l orphans of the ga iaHt
he I'd the wards of the people: sacred legacy
to the protecting care Of the United
L ites.
S'sventh-Foreign immigration in the past has
81 ID 80 much to the wealth and increased re-
rurces If this natirn-the asvlum Of all nations
til 1t 1t should be fostered by LIBERAL and just
Oily.
Twslfih-This Convention declares its sympa-
ny with all oppressed people who are struggling
~ .heir rights.
Resolred, That the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work a dissolution Of
he same, bat it shall remain as organized,
INFECT to be called together at any time and
Lace that the Republican Executive Commit
,e shall designate.
Resoyre1, That we highly commend the
pirii, 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
.ace of the country, and in the reconstruc-
on of the Southern States on basis of i'm ,
.rtial justice and equal rights, and they are
ceived back into the communion of the
val people: and that We are in favor of the {
moval of the disqualifications and restric- ,
,ns imposed upon the late rebels in the I
me m easure as the spirit of disloyaity is
moved from them, and as speedily as may |
consistent with the safety Of the loyal r
,onle. Z
Resolre3. That we recognize the great |
incipies laid down in the Declaration OF '
as the true foundation of E
mocratic government, and we hail with
adness every effort towards making these =
;nciples living reality on every inch Of fl
merican soil. a