The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-08-13
Republican Platform.
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Adopted at Chicago May 81, 1868

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Adopted at Chicago May 21, 1868.
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop
ton, in the majority of the States lately in
| rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
| Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty of the Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people OF
such States from being remitted to State
of anarchy,
ii The guaranty by Congress Of equal
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 preperl be
longs to the people Of those States.
Ill. We denounce all forms of Repudia-
tion as q national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
ind ebte dnsss in the uttermost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter. but the spirit of the
laws under which it was enacted.
". 1t is due to the labor of the Natl, n
that taxation should be equalized, and re-
duced as the natio al faith wilt permit.
v. The National Debt, contracted, as 1t
has been, for the preservation of the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over far period for redemp, ion; and 1t is
the duty of Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereupon, whenever it can be hon
esily done.
vi. 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 continu to pay so long
as reputation, partial or; total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
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States should be administered with the
strictest economy; and the corruptions which
have been so shamefully nur-ed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form.
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was pledged to support; who
has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions who has refused to execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
laws; who has employed his ex cutive pow
ers 70 render insecure the property, the
peace, the liberty, and life of the citizen;
who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has perslstently nd
colruptly resisted, by every means In his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon
s.ruction of the States lately in rebellion;
who has perverted the public patronage IL
TO an engine of wholesale corruption; an |
who h. been justly impeached for high
crimes and mlsdemeanors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
thirty five Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because man
is once subject, he is always SC, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as relic Of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at war
with our national honor anG Independence.
N NaturalizeI citizens are entitled to protec-
ton in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native born; and no cit
izen of the United States, natiye or natural
lied, must be lia bile to arrest and imprison-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this countrl and. if so
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
the Government to interfere in his behalf.
K. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships of
campaign and cruise, and imperiled their
lives in the service of the country; the boun-
ties and pensions provided by the laws for
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
legations never to be forgotten; the widows
and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards of he people-a sacred Legacy be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
X1 Foreign immigration, which in the
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
opment, and resources and incres Sc of pow
er to this Republic, the asylum of the op-
pr ssed of all nations. should be fostered
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy.
XII. This Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all oppressed people strug-
Cling for their rights.
XIII. That We highly commend the spirit
of magnanimlt' and forbearance with which
the men who have served in the rebellion
out now frankly and honestly cooperate
with us IN restoring the peace of the coun.
try and reconstructing the Southern State
Government upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, are received back
into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the dlsqualih
cationsand resti lotions imposed upon the
late rebels in the same measure as theil
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may bt
consistent with the safety of the loya
people.
XIV. That we recognize the great prin
cIple l6ld down with the immortal Oecla
ration of Independence as the true founda
tion of Democratic government, and we hal
with gtadness every effort toward making
these principles living reality on everj
inch of American soil.
The following are the financial planks o
our State Platform:
Resoloed. That the Republican party pledge
it self to. the faithful pa, ment of the public
debt according to law. and We hereby ex
press our conviction, that according to tn,
laws under which the 5 30 bonds were is
sued, said bonds legal tender when the
Government shall be prepared to redeem
such bonds.
Resolued, That we heartily approved thu
policy of Congress in stopping the contrac
ion Of the currency; and believe that th'
issue of currency should be commensurate,
with the industrial and commercial inter
ests of the people;
ResoLued, That justice and sound policy
require that all property should bear it
equal share Of the public burdens, and tina
this principle ought to be applied to al
United States bonds hereafter issued, by
making then, HabIe by express provision