The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-11
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
I:T.H
We publish below the resolutions
adopted by the Union Convention Of
the 10th.

l: We congratulate tho country on tho assured sue
cess Of the reconstruction policy Of Congress evil
denced 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 to sustain these insttutiona
and prevent thepeople Of such States from being
mitted to state of anarchy and military rule
, 2 The guarantee by Congress Of equal suhrag
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 questions Of
suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to
the people Of those States. .r.
3. We denounce all forms of reputation as
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment of the in the utmost cd
faith to all creditors ut home and abroad not only
according to the letter. but the SPIRIT of the laws
under which It was contracted.
T. 1t due to the labor of the nation that taxation
should be equazed and reduced IS rapidly national
faith will permit. .'i t:.|s-
s. The national debt, contracted a. It has been for
the preservation Of the Union for Il, time to come,
should be extended over fair rerod for redemption,
and it 10 the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate q
interest thereon whenever It honestly be done.
g. That tho best policy to diminish our burden OF
debt IL to improve credit that capitalists will
seek to lend money at lower rates Of interest than
now Pay, and must continue to pay long AZ re-
pudation partial or total open covert h threaten
I'd or expected. -*.t. .~ so
=. The Gov eminent Of the United States should be
administered with tho strictest economy. The cor
rurtions which have been 20 shamefully nursed and
fstsrel BY Andrew johnson call loudly for radical
form. -
8. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death Of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession Of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
zeacherously to the people who elected him and the
cause no was pledged to support; has usurped high
Legislative and judicial functions has refused to
cute the laws; has used his high Office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the property
peace, liberty and life Of the citizen; has abused the
pardoning powers has denounced the National Legis-
lature Al unconstitutional; has persstently and
ruptly resisted by every means In his power every
proper attempt ct the reconstruction Of the States
lately ID rebellion; has perverted the public patro
mage into engine Of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and misde
meanors and properly pronounced guilty thereof by
tho votes of thirtynve Senators. e..,s yagass
Q. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other Euro.
pean powers, that because man is once subject he
Il always no. must DO resisted at every hazard by the
United States a. relic of the feudal times, not au
thorized by the law of nations and at With our
national honor and Independence. Naturalizsd cit.
entitled to be protected in all their rights Of
citsienship, though they were native born. No
citizen Of the United States, native or naturaizcd