The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-12

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS

First-We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction ppli cy of
Congress As eyncei by the adoption in a mi ,rity
of tho States lately in rebellion IF Constitutions
securing equal cIvii and political rights to all
and We regard it as the duty of the Government
TO sustain these Constitutions aLd prevent the
people Of such States from being remittei TO n
state Of anarchy and military rule.
Second-Th- guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage - al loyal men in the South de-
manded by every consideration Of public saf-ty.
gratitude AMI Justice aud must be maintained
while the question Cf suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs 10 the people If those
States.
Third-we denounce all firms Of reputation
as a national ime. The nariuns! honor requires
the payment Of the public indebtc lness ia the
utmost good faith to our creditors at home and
abroad-not only according To the letter but the
spirit of the wv undec which it was crntractei
FOurth-lt i. due to the labor Of the mutton
that taxation shoGli he equ,lzcl and reduced as
rapidly as the national faith Will p-rmit.
Fifih-TiI- national debt, contracted a. il has
been for the preservation Of the Uni for all
time to come, should he extend i a fair
Ieri,d, at reduced rate Of interest thereon,
whenever it can honestly be done.
Sixth-Thtt the best policy Ia dimini-h cur
burden Of debt is to improve credit that
capital lists " i'll seek 10 lend ,ney at lower
rates of interest thal We now pay ami must CON
tlnue To pay, - long a. reputation, partial OF
total, open cpyert is threatened or suspected.
Seveuth-The Government If the United states
should be administered with the strictrst econc-
my. The cpiTuptians which have been So sh tme |
fully nursed a f Srerei by Andrew johnson call |
loudly f'r radical reform.
Eighth-"e profoundly dep'ore the untirE!ely |
and trag.c death Of Abraham Lincoln, and r. |
gret the accession Cf Andrew johnson to the |
Presidential chtir who has acted treacheruu-y |
to the pc ,pe who elected him and the cause he
was pledged 10 supp TT. lie has usnrped legis
iative ant Judicial functions. has refused to exc
cute the laws has uScl his Office to induce other
officers to vol.te the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives,
property, peace. liberty AMI life Of citizens has
abused the pardoning power, has denounced the
National LcEi>litu e As unconstitutional, has
persistentiy ani habtually resisted by every
means in his power every proper attempt at re
construction Of the States lately in rebellion, |
has perve ted the public patronage into engine
Of wholesale corruption, AMI has been justly im-
peachei for high crimes AMI EIisdemeanrrs and
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes of thirty
I've Senators.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European Powers, that. because man is
once a subject he is always must be resisted
at every haz ,ri by the United States relic
Of feudal times aud not authorized by the law Of
nations. and at W tr with our national honor ami
the independence ,f naturalized citizen who
are entitled to be protected in all their righ's
of citizenship as though they Were native born.
No citizen of the United States, native or nat
must be Liable to arrest imprison-
ment by any reiga Power for acts done or
words spoken in this country and if so arrested
and imprisoned. it is the duty of the Govern
nlent to inteIf f.re in his behalf.
Tsnth-Uf all who flithful in the trials |
of the late war, there more fitted for
especial honors thtn the brave soldiers and sea-
men who endured the hard,hips Of camp and |
cruise, and imprrlled their lives in the service c
Of the country, and the bounties and pensions
app Opri.ted by law for these brave defenders
of the Union, ob igatons never TO be forgot c
ten. The widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the waris of the people a sacred legacy
bequeahed to the protecting care Of the United
States
Eleventh-Fo-eign immigration in the past has !
added SO much To the wealth and increased re-
,ources Of this natin-the ylum of all nations
that it should be fostered by a liberal and just
policy.
Twelfth-This Convention declares its sympa
Thy with all oppressed people who strugs cling Y
for their rights
Resolred, That the adjournment of this
Convention shall not work q dissolution Of
he same, but it shall remain as organized,
ubject to be called together at any time and I
,lace that the Republican Executive Commit
ee shall designate.
Resolrcd, That we highly commend the
,pirif, magnanimty and forgiveness with
which men who have served the rebellion and
rho are now frankly and honestly co-opera-
ing with the United States in restoring the
'eace of the country, and in the recor. struc-
ion of the Southern States on basis of i'm
'artial justice and equal rights, and they are
eceived back into the communion of the
oyal people; and that we are in favor of the I
emoval of the disqualihcations and restric-
ions imposed upon the late rebels in the 4
ane measure as the spirit of disloyalty is
emoved from them, and as speedily as may
e consistent with the safety of the loyal
eople.
ResoLred, That we recognize the great
rinciples laid down in the Declaration of :,
as the true foundation of L
emocratic government, and we hail with
ladness every effort towards making these
rinciples living reality on every inch of {
american soil. Il