The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-30
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party of the United
States assembled i'll National Convention in the
city of Chicago, on the 10th day of Nay, 1865
make the following de claration of principles =
FfySt-We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as cvinced by the adoption in the ma.
jOrity OF the State lately in rebellion of constitu
tionS securing equal civil and political rights to
all; and it is the duty OF the government 10 sus-
tain those institutions and to prevent the people
of those States from being rcmittcd to Il state OF
anarchy. (Cheers.)
Sc0Rd-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal m,n at the South de
manIcd 10y every consideration OF public safety
= of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main
taincd while the question OF suffrage i'll all the
loyal States properly belongs to the people oi
those States. (CheerS.)
TNird-We denounce all forms of reputation
as a national crime-(prolonged cheers)-and
the national honor requires the payment of the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors ut home aud abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted. (Appiause)
F0urfh-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should 1hsieq2saiked and reduced
as rapidly as the natI0ndi IaIrn Win permit.
FffA-The national debt contracted, as it has
been, for the preservation OF the Union LOT all
time to come, should be extended over fair Pc
riod for redemption; and it is the duty OF Con-
ress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever it can be honestly done.
Sirth-That the best policy to diminish our our
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must CON
tinue to pay so long as reputation, partial OF 10
tai. omen or covert, is threatened or suspected
So,,,otb-1he government of the United States
shouId he administered with the strictest econo
nv. and the corruptions which have been so
sLamefully nursed and fostercd by Andrew John-
son call loudly for radical reform.
E1q1.th-Wc professedly deplore the untlmely
and tragic death Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson to the fresl-
dency who has acted trcaoherously to the people
who elected him and the cause ne was pIIu?vu
TO support; who has usurrtd hlSh leSlSiatlNe
md iiIdicial functions; who has refused 20 eNe-
cntc the laws; who has used his hlSh ONCE 10
ignore and violate the laws, who has enlployGuu u
his executive powers TO renutr Hlsecu'0 :.i0
Ironertv the peace liberty and lite OF the clll-
Zen: who has abused the pardonlhg power VINO
has denounced the National Legislature as uii-
onstitutional: who has perslstcntly ana cor
unity resisted by every measure In his poMIl
ayery proper attempt at the reconstruction vi inc
States lately in rebellion; who has perVertGu nc
nubIic patronage into an engine ol I'nI HnoieiuiI
i-rnnfiion and who has been justly lmpcachtu
tiIr NIGH crimes and misdemeanors ana properly
I1rononnced guilty thereof by the vote W 'hir'y
five Senators. ~,
,7o0-Tbe doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
er European powers that occausI Ia a h,,.s ,ited at
a subject he is always So must nc reSistGu af &C.
arnrr hazard by the United States, as rene VI "
the feudal times, not authorized oy Lne Id" "a ~,
nations and at war with our nailo,a n,ntitind
,finnp
70 b1 protected in all their rights OF citlzGnsP
~ though they native born, ana no citI%v ,,r
- tbc Tinted Saatcs, native or naluI'iZC', nus
Oh iI ahfe TO arrest and imprisonment by any for-
en acts done or ToPdS Snd
# 10 the duty of the government to interfere In
his behalf. IT,, +;o1s of
1e"u'-O 1o thnre were none entitled to moro es-
pcca the Id ana and
Who endured the hardsniPS Pcs o in the service of
their county the oGungs and dRaSes RdesSTns PG pr the
iows n'on and orphans of the gallant dead are the
susse people, sacred legacy oequo''n' =
to the nation's protecting care.
6zeye,th-Foreign emigration, which In the pas ,st
has added so much to the wealth, devei1HnTm na.
md resources and increase of power to this ma
.i the ASYLUM of the oppressed OF all nations;
s%onId siU' be iostered and encouraged by hoerai
and just policy. ,,ouoo ;,so1f in
TsOe,fh-This Convention declares IlscnL i,;ot, ~
c,.a'r'oibv with all the oppressed people which
are Struggling for their rights.