The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-09-01
COUNTY TICKET.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

az. We congratulate the country on the assured
Of the recon structon policy Of Congress, as
lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil and political rights TO ALL and regard It
the duty Of the Government to sustain those nstitu
ons and to prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED to a state of anarchy.
SO. The guarantee by Congress Of equal suffrage
TO 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
the people of those States. s.
"3. We denounce all forms of reputation
tional crimes, and the national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness, in the utmost
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.
a. It is due to the labor Of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced rapidly
our national faith will permit
as The national debt, contracted it has been
for the preservation of the Union for all time to
should be extended over fair period for redemption
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereon, whenever it can honestly be DONE
&C. That the best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt ID to improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates OF interest than
we pay and must continue to pay so long as re-
pudiation partial total open or covert, is threat
a. The Government of the United States should
be administered with the strctest economy, and the
corruptions which have been so shamefully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly for
Radical reform.
death of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession
of Andrew johnson to the presidency who has acted
treacherously the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative aud judicial functions; has refused to exc
cute the laws 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 life of the citizens has
abused the pardonng powers; has denounced the
tently and corruptly resisted by every measure in
his power every proper attempt at the
of the States lately in rebellion; has perverted the
pafrO napein int wholesale
ton, and has been justly impeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors, and properly pronounced guilty
"9. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Euro
pean Powers, that because a is subject he
So Be ss % e
thorzed by the law of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. naturazed citizens
being entitled to be protected In all their rights OF
citizenship as though they natural BORN and
citizen the United States natural naturalized
must be liable to arrest and Imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done words spoken in this
country; and if arrested and imprisoned, 1t is the
duty OF the Government to interfere in his behalf.
" "lO OF all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and who endur
ed the hardshps of campaign and cruise, and mper-
lied their lives in the service OF the country. The
bonnties and pensions provided by law for those
brave soldiers Of the nation obligations never to
be forgotten The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead the wards of the people, sacred legacy
bequeathed to the na3ion's protecting care
al. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added SO much to the wealth ana oeveioPment OF tne
resources and increase of power to this nation, the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations should be fos-
tered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy.
az. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who struggling for their
rights"
"Resolved That we highly commend the spirit oi
maQnanmity and forgiveness with which men who
have served the rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly cooperate with in restoring the peace OF the
country, and reconsructng the Southern State gov,
rights, received back into the communion of the
loyal people, and favor the removal of the dsqual
fcations and restrictions imposed upon the late reb
els in the same the spirit of loyalty will
direct may be consistent with the safety of the
loyal people,"
laid down in the immortal Declaration of Independ
euce IS the true foundation of democratic govern
ment and we hail with gladness every effort toward
making these principles living reality on every incl
of American soil"