The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-02
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention in The
CITY of Chicago, on the 29th day of May, lS6S
make the following declaration of principles :
F.l~t-We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction policy o.
Congress as cynced by the adoption i'll the ma
jority OF the State lately in rebellion OF conStitu
tons securing equal civil and political rights It
ali; ana it is the duty OF the government 10 sus
tain those institutions and to prevent dEe people
of those States from being rcmittcd to a state o
anarchy (Cheers.)
.Sscond-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal MN at the South was de
manded by every consideration at public safety,
OF gratitude and OF justice, and must be main
tanned while the question OF suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs to the people OF
1hird-We denounce all forms of epu,liation
national crime prolonged cheers )-and
the national honor requires the payment of the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only ac-
curling to the letter, but the spirit of tkS Laws
under wnich it Was contracted. (ApplaW-D
FouHh-lt is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be cquaized and reduced
rapidly the national faith will permit.
FJnt-The national debt contracted, as it has
been, for the preservation OF the Union for all
time II come, should be extended over fair pc
riod for redemption; and it is the duty of Con-
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever IL can be honestly done.
Strth-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our crcct that
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must con-
tinue to pay so long reputation, partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened "r suspected
lSerenth-The government of the United States
Should be administered with the strictest ccono
my, and the cOrruptions which have been so
shamefully nurscd and fOstered by Andrew John
son call loudly for radical reform.
Eiqhth-We profoundly dcpore the untimcly
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson to the Presi-
dency, who has acted treaCherously TO the people
al. t.,1 rTlt he
to support; who has usurred high legislative
and judicial functions; who has refused 20 exc
cute the laws; who hl$ used his nlgh once 10
ignore and violate the laws, Who ha> employed
his executive powers to render insecure the
property the peace liberty and life OF the cltl-
zen who has abused the pardoning power; VINO
has denounced the National Legislature as un-
constitutional who has pcrsIstcntly and cor
ruptly resisted by every measure Ill his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction OF the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into engine OF wholesale
corruption, and who has been Justly lmpe2ched
for high crimes and misdemeanors anG property
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote "t thirty
live Senator'S
Y1ath The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
er European powers, that because man Is once
a subject ne is always so, must he resisted at
every hazard bv the United States, a relic OF
the fcudal times, not authorized by the law OF
rations and at war with our national honor ana
intirpendencc. NaturaliZed citizens are entitled
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship
as though they native born, and no ctlzeT
OF the United Saatcs. native or naturaiZcd, must
be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any tor
Cirn power for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and il SO arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to Interfere IN
his behalf.
T9nH-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to more cs-
pccial honor than the brave soldiers and seancn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise and impcrillcd their lives in the service OF
their country; the bounties and pensions provi-
dcd by the laws for these brave defenders OF the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the
willows and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards OF the people-a sacred legacy bequeathed
to the nation's protecting care
E2eve,etA-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much to the wealth, development
and resources and increase of power to this ma
lion the asylum of the oppressed of all nations;
shOuld be fostered and encouraged by liberal
and just policy
T,reyffb-Tbis Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
arc Struggling for their rights.