The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-25
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party OF the united
States assembled in National Convention in the
city of Chicago on the Goth day of May, 1868,
make the following declaration of princlplcs:-
First-We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evnccd by the adoption III the ma
iorty of the State lately i'll rebellion of constitu-
lions securing equal civil and political rights to
ali: and it is the duty of the government to sus-
tain those institutions and to prevent the people
of those States from being RENTED to state OF
anarchy. (Cheers.)
SecoGd-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was de-
manded by every consideration of public safety,
of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main
tanned while the question of suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs to the people OF
those States. (CheerS
Ihird-Wc denounce all forms of reputation
as a national crimc-(prOlOnged cheers )-and
the national honor requires the payment of the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors ut home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter, but the spirit OF the laws
under which it was contracted (Applause.)
F0urh-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be eQualized and reduced
as rapidly as the national faith will permit.
FTfth-The national debt contracted, as 1t has
been, for the preservation OF the Union for all
time to come, should be extended over lar Pc
Rod for redemption; and it is the duty OF Con-
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever it can be honestly done
iSirth-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 now pay and must con-
tinue to pay so long as repudailon partlal OF 10
tai open or covert, is threatened or Suspected.
Sevsnth-The government of the United States
should be administered with the strlctest ccono
N.Y. and the corruptions which have been so
shamefuly nursed and fostered by Andrew john
son call loudly for radical reform.
EighA-We pr foundly dcplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln ana regret
the accession of Andrew Johnson 70 the fresi-
acted ClerOnSlS
who elected him and the cause he was Pieaged
to support; who has usurped high legislative
ana judicial fuucIitITS; who mas reused 10 eAe-
cute the laws; who las used his high office to
ignore and violate the laws who has employed
his executive powers to render insecure tne
property, the peace liberty and lite OF the cltl-
zen; who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as I'M
constitutional; who has persistently and cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction Of the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of wholesale
corruption and who has been Justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote OF thirty
five Senators.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and 9TH
err European powers, that because a man is once
a subject he is always So must be resisted at
every hazard by the United States, as relic of
the feudal times, not authorized by the law of
nations and at war with our national honor and
independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled
as though they were native born, and no citizeL
OF the United States, native or naturalized, must
he liable to arrest and imprisonment by any for
eign power, for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and if so arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to interfere in
his behalf
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to more es-
pecal honor than the brave soldiers and seamcn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise and impcrilled their lives in the service of
their country: the bounteS and RenSiOnS prOyi-
ded by the laws for these brave defenders of the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the
widows and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards of the people-a sacred legacy bequeathed
to the nations protecting care.
Ezeyeuth-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added SO much to the wealth, development
and resources and increase of power to this ma
tion, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations,
should be fostered and encouraged by liberal
and just policy.
Iioelfth-Tiis Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
are struggling for their rights.