The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-05-26
Chicago commandments
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, chairman
of the Committee Resolutions, advanced to the
platform and reported as follows: ~
q "The National Republican paaty of the United
States as sembed in National Convention in the City
of Chicago. the goth day of May, 1868, make the
following declaration of principles:
al. We congratulate the country on the assured
of the struction policy of Congress-
evineed by the adoption, in majority of the States
lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil and political rights TO all; and regard it
the duty of the Government 10 sustain those nstitu
tions and prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED TO = state of anarchy. .sa z5.5s
"2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage
20 all loyal men in the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety of gratitude and Of
justice. and must be maintained; while the question
Of suffrage In all the loyal States properly belongs to
81. We denounce all forms of reputation ~ ma
tional crimes, and the nasion! honor requires the
good faith, to all creditors; at home and abraad, not
only according TO the latter but the spirit OF the laws
under which it was contracted. 5iA
"a Il is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equazed and reduced as rapidly as
our national faith will permit. &9
SIS. The national debt, contracted az it has been
the preservation of the Union for all time to come
should be extended fair period for redemption
and is the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate Of
So. That the best policy to diminish our burden OF
debt is 70 improve our credit that capitalists will
,ss1 y psp and %us pay 90 long as
pudation partial or total open or covert Is threat
=" 81 The Government Of the United States should
DE administered with the strctest economy, and the
corruptions which have been shametuly nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly for
Radical reform.
Ns. We profoundly deplore the untimely 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 usurped high
legislative aud judicial unctons has refused to exc
quite the lews has used his high Office TO induce 9TH
er officers TO ignore and violate the laws; has en-
ployed his executive powers to render insecure the
property peace liberty and lite OF the citizens has
National Legislature As unconstitutional; has perss
,ently and corruptly resisted by every measure in
of the States lately in rebellion; has perverted the
public patronage into engine of wholesale corrup-
ton, and has been justly impeashed for high crimes
thereof BY The voice Of tbirty-nvs Senators. -
Is 49, The doctrine of Great Britain and other Euro
pean Powers that because man is once subject ne
always so must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States, IS relic of the feudal time, not au
thorized by the law of nations, and It war with ou1
national honor and independence, naturazed citizens
being entitled TO be projected in all their rights o.
eitzenship though they natural born, and NJ
must BE- liable to arrest and imprsonsssns BY any
foreiGn power fog done words spoken in thii
country; and if arrested and imprisoned, il III
40. OF all who were faithful in the trials Of tn
iste war, there none entitled to more sspecia
honor than tbs brave soldiers and ssamsn who endur
Cd the hardships Of campaign and cruise, and imper
lea their lives in the service of the country. Th
bounties and pensions provided BY law for thos
brave defenders Of the nation arc obligations never
Sc forgotten. The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead the wards of the people, sacred legac
bsouesthed to the nations protesting care
aiI Foreign immigration, which in the past ha
sAded 10 much TO the wealth and development OF To
resources and increase OF power 70 this nation To
ssylum Of the oppressed Of all nations should be fos
1s5ed and encouraged By liberal and inst policy.
- NII This convention declares its sympathy Wit
al the oppressed people who are struggling for thei
rghN."~
20 aThe Following additional resolutions
were presented by Carl Schurz. In OF
/, fering them, Mr.. Schurz, said ~ vii
scov read what intended to ask tn
-coryention to adopt as an independen
resolution