The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-08-13
Rennbllcan Platform. !.

OH the assured success of the recon-
structlon policy Of Congress, as
cyinced by the adoption, in armajority
Of ;he States lately la rebellion, OF
constitutions securing equal civil and
political rightsto all. and regard it as
the duty Of the Government to sns-
tain those Institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
remltted to a stnte OF anarchy. O. y'..
81. The guarantee by Congress, OF
equal suffrage to all loyal men
in the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety, OF graf
itudc and justice, and must be main
tanned, while the question OF suffrage
in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States. q
81. We denOunce all forms of re-
pudlation as rational crime, and the
national honor requires the payment
of the public indebtedness, in the ut
most good faitlr, to all credltorS, at
home and abroad, not only according
to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which ID was contracted.
4th. 1t is due to the labor OF the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith win permit.
9TH, 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 re-
denton, anu 1t is the duty of Con-
gress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, whenever it can honestly be
done. ....... .....r..,.... ,.....
9th. That the best policy to dimin-
sh our burden OF debt Is to improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money at lower rates Of in
terest than We now pay, and must
continue to pay SO long rs repudia-
tion, partial or total, open or covert,
Is threatened or suspected. t'. "..
Z. The Government OF the United
States should be administered with
the strictest economy, and the cor
ruptions which have been so shame
fully nurtured and foster ed by Andrew
johnson call loudly for radical re-
form. ..r-.' '.a .-..t... ...... ...
9Th. We profoundly deplorc the un-
timely and tragic death Of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession OF
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurp-
ed high legislative and Judicial func-
tions; has refused to execute the laws;
has used his high office to induce
othef officers to ignore and violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the prop
erty, peace, liberty and lite Of the
citizen; has abused the pardoning pow
er; has denounced the National Leg
islature rs unconstitutional; has per-
sistently and corruptly resisted, BY
every measure in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion; has
perverted the public patronage into
into an engine of wholesale cOrrup-
tion, and has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanOrs,
and properly pronounced guilty there
of by the vote Of thirty-flve Senators.
u 9th The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that be-
cause q man is once a subject, he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as q relic
of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, and at war with
our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights Of citi-
zenship, as though they were natural
born, and no citizen of the United
States, natural or natualized, must be
liable to arrest and Imprisonment by
any foreign power, for acts done, or
words spoken, in this country, and if
so arrested and imprisoned, it is the
duty Of the Government to interfere
in his behalf. ......
10th. Of those who were 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 hardships
of the campaign and cruise, and I'M
periled their lives In the service Of the
country. The bounties and pensions
provide by law, for these brave de-
tenders Of the nation, are obligations
never to be forgotten. The widows
and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people, sacred leg
aey bequeathed to the nations pro-
ttcting care.
18th. Foreign emigration which in
the past has added so much to the
wealth, development of resources,
and increase of power of this nation,
the asylum of the oppressed of all ma
tioLs should be fostered and encour-
aged by aliberal and just policy.
18th. This Convention declares its
sympathy with all the oppressed peo-
pie who are struggling for their
rights.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
Res0lred, That We highly commend