The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-08-21
OTR PLATFORM.

Unanimously adopted by the National
rriu Republican Convention-at Chicago
May 2Ist, lo6s.
ls-,r.,i success Of the reconstruction projects
,7F Courress, a. eyinced by the adoption, in a
majority of the States lately In rebellion, of
r.5-1stituIious securing equal civil and politi-
cal rights 70 all, and regard II as the duty of
tho Government TO sustain these institutions
ana 10 prevent the people of such states from
baiDy remitted TO a state of anarchy.
second. The guarantee of Congress of equal
suffrage Co all loyal men at the South was de-
nandel by every consideration of public
safety, If gratitude, and OF justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of suffrage
IN all the loyal States property belongs TO the
people of those States
Third. We denOunce all forms of Tepudia-
stiou s. a national crime, and national honor
requires the payment of the public indebted
ness IA the utmost good faith to all creditors,
20 home and abroad, not only according to
Ihs letter but the spirit of the laws under
which il was contracted
Fourth. IL Is due To the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized, and redu-
csd n rapidly rs the national faith will per
nit
Fifth. The national debt, contracted as il
has been for the preservation of the Union
.all time 10 come, should be extended over
a fair period for redemption, and it Is the duty
of Congress TO reduce the rates of interest
thereon whenever il can possibly be done.
sixth. That the best policy TO diminish our
burden of debt Is to so improve our credit
that capitalists will seek to loan US money at
lower rates of interest than we now pay, and
must continue TO pay so long RS reputation,
partial or total, open OF covert, Is threatened
OF suspected
seventh. The government of the United
states should be administered wdh the strict
ct economy, and the corruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed aud fOstered bv
Andrew johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
Eight We profoundly deplore the untimeIy
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
20 the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged 20 support has usurped leg
lsIative and judicial functions ; has refused to
execute the laws has used his high Office to
induce other officers to ignore and violate the
laws has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the property, peace, liberty
and life OF the citizens has abused the par
lOninE power, has denounced the National
Legislature as unconstitutional has persist
entity and COuuptly resisted, by every means
his power, AMI every proper attempt At the
reconstruction of the States lately In rebel
lion has perverted the public patronage into
an engine Of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
mIsderneanors, and properly pronounced
guilty 10y the votes of th1rty-fiye Senators.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers, that because man
Obce q subject he Is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States rs
q relic Of the feudAl times, not authorized by
the law of nations and at war with our ma
tiOnaI honor and independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled TO be protected In all
their nights Of citizenship as though they
were native born, and no citizen of the United
States. native OF natuTaliEed, must be liable
20 arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done words spoken IN this
country. And If so arrested and imprisoned,
It i the duty OF the government to interfere
IN his behalf.
Tenth. OF all who were faithful in the trials
nj the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than tle brave soldiers
md seamen who endured the hardships of
camr.siE,u -Ena cruise, and impeFIlled their
bouutieS and pensions provided by law for
these brave defenders of the nation are O5ii-
cations never to be forgotten. The widows
and orphans Of the gallant dead are the words
Ol the people, sacred legacy bequeHthed TO
the nations protecting care
Eleventh. Foreign emigration, which an
the past has added so much TO the wealth end
development of the resources and the increase
Of power of this nation, 'sthe asylum of the
oppressed of all nations, should be tostered
and encouraged by liberal anu just Pohcy'
Twelfth. This convention declares ITS sym
atby with all the oppressed people who are
struggling for their rights
On motion Of Gen. Carl SchuTZ, the follow
ug additional resolutions were unanimously
adopted rs part of the platform
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit of maguanimity and foTbearance with
which the men who have served IN the rebel
liou but now frankly and honestly cO-Operate
with Us In restoring the peace of the country
ard rec0ustructing the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial justice
and equal rights. are received back into the
communion of the loyal people and we favor
tie removal of the disqualIhcations aud re-
strietions imposed upon the late rebels IN the
same measure as their spirit of loyalty wall
direct, and as may be consistent with the
saiety OF IN ~ ~ rope
Resolved, Itrt rs Tc1iEnlze the great
principles Ia. Ia7fn in tte limortal Declara-
ration of Ind ,r nd -lcs A. ttE true foundation
uf Democrat ~ ernru mt, n1d We hail with
gladness ever sflrt rBaart making these
principles liFlr- r.rluy every inch OF