The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-06-25
Renul,lican Platform.

| tue Oultcu ObhtesS hSSShigie" ." N"a
tional Convention, III theeity Of Chi
cago, on the goth day Of May, 1863
make the following declaration OF
principles:
LIST. We congratulate the country
on 4eh9hfsdi succSsI bfa9 FefShI
struction policy of Congress, as
evinced by theadOption, in majority
hof The States lately ia rebellion, OF
| constitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all and regard 1t as
the duty Of the Government to sus-
tain those institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
remittPd 70 a,statp OF anarchy.
"a The gIhrahtee by Congress, Of
equal suffrage to all loyal men
in the South was demanded by every
consideration Of public safety, Of graf
itude and justice, and must be main
tlined. while the question Of suffrage
in all the loyal states pfopdrly be-
longs to the people of those States.
3D.. We dcnounce all forms of re-
pudiatlOn as a rational crime, and the
national honor requires the payment
of the public Indebtedness, In the ut
tmgsq spq& hth 10 An aHUtpsNtt
home and abroad, not only according
to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under. which 1t. was contracted.
h 4th. It is adneite the Labor OF the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and rsdaeeds as FpYi|lN assthe
national faith will permit.
7 9TH. The national debt, contracted
as 1t has been, for the preservation Of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over fair period for re-
\ demtion, ana it is the duty Of Con-
! sres 't9 BcJicN tfei1ateot btttfast
thereon, whenever 1t can honestly be
done.
9th. That the best policy to dimin-
ish our burden of debt is to improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money at lower rates of in-
tercst than We now pay, and must
coatinbe tospay'sp iopgps repndls-I
tlon, partial or total, open or covert,
is threatened or suspected.
7. The Government Of the United
States should be administered with
the -,stricteSt, economy, and the cor.
ruptiois wfief< <hdve bean CsoiskAn nel
fully nurtured and fostefed by Andrew
johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
Sth. We,prpfpundly .deplore the uDS
tihqlf and tfasi0death Of, AbrsiiaW,
Lincoln, and regret the accession of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously to the
ho ,ros n,o,,ooS ~ snnnn.. ta. :, ,rrn.
ed high legislative and Judicial fdhc!1
tions; has refused to execute the laws
has used his' high SmeS 6induce
other officers to ignore and violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the prop
erty, peace, liberty. and, Lie. of the,
citizen ;has abused the pardoninp powl
er; has denounced emo the National Leg
islature as unconstitutional; has per.
sistently and corruntIy resisted. by
every 'heasurel in his po&ek etefy
proper attempt at the reconstruction |
Of the States lately In rebellion has !
peryertedtReIpuBlip patronage fntoi
into an engine Of,wholesals, ,corrnp-
ton. and has been Justly impeached |
for high crimes and misdefneanofs,
and properly pronouncedguilty there
of by the vote Of thirty-fve Senators.
Och. The doctrine Of Great Britian
and other European powers that be-1
cause q man Is once a subject, he Is
always SO. must be resisted at every
hazard bv the Jrnitad,States as a relic
of the feudal time not authorized by
tile mwof nations. and at war with
our national honor and indeneudence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their risktG of citiI
as though they were natural
horn. and no citizen Of the limited
States. natural or natua,ized. must be
liable to arrest and imprisonmentbyl
anv. fore;cn power. for acts dome. or
words spoken, i'm this eountfysanal Ifl
80 arrested and imprisoned, it Is the
ilutv 81 fhe Government 10 interfere
in his bebalf. scf qt iafi,, nT
,o, NJ thoso u.,o u-oro c;,hs,,
,..1 ~ ~ IL x "a ~ 90 .S6i .aa.nI
,vera none entitled tn more esnecial
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