The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-10-22
PLATFORM AND REsOL UTAo" :. !:
OF THE NATIONAL UNION PARTY

1
Frst-We congratulate the country on tie As
sureu success of the reconstruction poll CIV OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption in maj.ri,,
Oh the States lately In rebellion of Constitution
securing equal civil AMI political rights to all
and We regard it as the duty of the Goyernman,
TO sustain these Constitutions and prevent The
people Of such States from being RENTED to A
state ct anarchy and military rule.
| Second-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage . all loyal men in the South was de
m'nded by every consideration Of public safet,
gratitude and justice and must be u,arntain.h-
while the question Of suffrage in all the InyaI
Slafes properly belongs 10 the people Of those
States.
! Thhd-We denounce all forms of repu,iiati,u
as national C ime. The ma ion Al hon II reouIre.
the payment 1T the public Indebtedness in the
utmost good faith to our creditors at home and
abroad not only according to the letter bur the
spirit Of the law under which it was contracted
Four hit i Cue to the labor Of the nation
that taxation should be egualzcd and Ieiut ed rs
rapidly as the national faith will permit
ri h-lhe national debt, Contracted AS it has
| been Tor the preservation OF .he Uni II FIR all
time 10 come. should be extend d over a FAR
peri u. at reduced rate of interest thereon
whichever II can honestly be done.
SlNth-fhat the best policy to dmni-h our
ourcen II debt Is 50 10 improve our edit that
capita lists W i'll setk to lend us money at lower
rates If interest THAI now pay ami must CON
tInue t. Fay, long As repudiation partial or
total. open or covert, is threatened or SUSPECTED
Seventh-The Government Of the United states
should be administered with the sttictes' econo-
Lly. The corruptiens which have been sh me
fully nur>ed a ftStered by An.rew johnson call
loudly for ia'l cd r.flim.
Eighth--We profoundly depIore the untir?ely
and TRACE death Of Abraham Lincoln, Aad r
sret the accession If Andrew Johnson TO the
Presidential chair. who has acted eacheruu>ly
70 the people who elected him and the Cause he |
was piedg"t t. support. He has J!S'.rped legis-
iativf AM Judicial functions. has Iciused to exc
cute thu laws has u>ei his office. to jtilre OTHER
officers to violate tie laws, has employed liz
executive power To render in,, cure The lives |
property. peace. liberty ami liz. # citileus has
abused the pagdoning power has denounced the |
National Lr=lslltue Unconstitutional, has
per>i-tently and htbiIuaIy resisted hy ever, |
me ans i'll his power every proper atttm pt at It
construction IF The States lately in rebellion
has perve. ted the public patronage int an engine
If wholesale corruption, and has been justly i'm
pt-ache,i for high crimes ana n,i>.I-re.inurs ami
prom uuced guilty thereof by tue votes Of thirty
nv Senators.
Nih,h me dnctfne 81 Great Britain an
,i, ~ 'l''- Hr, '.'>T Il my.
n evarv I,z,rI ht ,ha .,ato 'v rl
f faniI time. a,,j not nnthnri1e,i hv rbe law ~
nat lcns. and atw.r with CIR n,tinraI !, NOR ami
the irriep~ a,lence f ma -ulalized citizen who
are entitled 10 hr prot ctei in all their rgfi
,, u GU z'hNh'p ~ th"n@h they wee native born
w. I,,1-t ne me- sac n"'I'e "i nat
r,s,,, D., u - ., mp lsn
" .r,iS krp in tl,fs and if ..rr..t,
,ni imp >onr,i. 1t is the dnty If the G,y,rn
nent II ntrt,.r- in hi br.a f.
Isntti-pt al wiio were f'i hful in the trial.
u me are war there are none more htted f'r
sis't - nouns IN 'l t"e ":3'T S'd's'S ana SEA
r,,i. s,.d i,',.-,i M. iL,!. tl'i' ,i'i
# III. c"unrry aud NE btrnrit.. AMI rcu.in,..
ny orr TED 10y law 1or these brave defenders
II the Union, are Oh icat.onS n-,yer to lie f1=.t