Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-28
The Platform Of the National Re
publican Party, Adopted at
Chicago, May 2ist.

Ine tIuuOrm Oh the Nuttouui ske-
! publican Party, Adopted at
Chicago, May 2isi.
The chairman Of the committee on reso-
buttons reported az follows The National
Republican party Of the United States,
assembled in National Convention in the
! city Of Chicago, On the Goth day Of May
1865, make the following declaration of
principles:
|. We congratulate tho country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction poll
icy of Congress as evineed by the adop-
ton in the majority Of 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 people
of such States from being RENTED to a
state Of anarchy.
q The guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men at 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 loyal States properly be-
long TO the people Of these States.
3. We dcnounce all forms Of repudia-
ton as a national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment OF public
Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but in the spirit os
the laws under which it was contracted.
l. Ii is due To the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and re-
duccd rs rapidly as national faith will
permit.
), The national debt, contracted as it
has been, for the preservation of the Union
for all the time TO come, should be ex-
tended over a fair period for redemption,
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce
the rate of interest thereon whonovar 1t
can be honestly done
g. That the bost policy to diminish our
burden Of debt is to improve our credit,
that capitalists will seek to loan Us money
at lower rates of interest than We now
pay, and must continue to pay so long AS
reputation, partial or total, open or COW
cred, is threatened or suspected
!. The government of the nitea States
should be administered with the strietest
economy, and corruptions, which have
been so shamefully carried on, and fos-
tered by Andrew Johnson, call loudly for
radical reform.
s. We profoundly deplore the untime-
/ ly and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln,
and regret the accession of Andrew John.
son to the Presidency, who has acted 50
treaeherously to the people who elected
him, and the cause he was pledged to sup,
port, who has usurped. high leg islative
and judicial functions, who has refused
to execute laws, who has used his high
office to induce other officers to ignore
and violate laws, who has employed his
executive powers TO render insecure prop.
erty. peace, liberty and life of the citizen
who has abused the party in power, whe
has denounced the national legislature a,
unconstitutional, who has persistently and
corrnptly resisted by every measure in
his power, every proper attempt at recon
who has perverted public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and
who has been justly impeaehed for high
crimes and misdemeanora and properl,
pronounced guilty thereof by vote o
thirty-tiye Senators.
q The doetriue OF Great Britain ant
other European powers, that because
, man is once subject he is Away SO, mus
; be resisted at every hazard BY the 'nitet
States as q relic OF feudal times, not au
, thorized by the law OF nations, aud at wal
. with our national honor and independ
ence. Nuturalizcd citizens are entitled
n to be protected in all their rights of citi
i zenship as though they were native born
and no citizen OF the l'nited States, natiy
:. or naturaliled, must be liable to arres
and imprisonment. by any foreign powe
for acts done or words spoken III thi
country and ii so arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty Of the Government to inter
fcrc in his behalf
10 Of all who were faithful in trial
OF the late war there were none entitled t
more especial honor than the brave sol
tlifrs and seamen who endured the hard
ships OF campaign and cruise, and iinper
lied their lives in the service of thei
country. Bounties and pensions provide
BY laws for these brave defenders Of tn
nation are obligations never to be forgot
ten Widows and orphans of the gallan
dead are wards of the people, a sacre
;, legacy bequeathed 10 the nations pre-
!, tecting care
IL. Foreign emigration IN the past Ia
added SO much to wealth, development
: and resources, and increase of power +
this nation, the asylum of the oppressed
OF all nations, should be fostered and en-
:, couraged by a liberal and just policy.
:. Il. This Convention declares itself il
!. sympathy with all the oppressed peopl
who are struggling for their rights.
The Rev. Henry Jackson, missionar,
I to India, arrived in New York. April astl
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