The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-24
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Republican Platform.
, Adopted att1hicago May ii ,1s6s. :
l. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction. pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop
ton, in the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, efsConstitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty of he Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people of
such States from being remitted to State
of anarchy, -
81 IL The guaranty by Congress nof equal
Suffrageseo~aH leya imen nat=the7South~ss~as
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude and Of [justfce, and
must be maintained; while the question of
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
Ill. WeTlenon4rce all forms Of Repudia-
tion as a national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the uttermost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which twas enacted. +
=. ". Tt is due to the labor of the Natl, n
hat taxation should be equalized, and re-
lduced as the natioI al faith wilt permit.
V. The National Debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation Of the Union
for. all time to, come, should be extended
over a fair, period for redemption; and it is
the duty of Con gress to reduce the rate Of
interest thereupon, whenever it can be hon
estly done:
vi. 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 we
now pay, and must continue to pay so long
as repudiation, partial or total, open. or
covert, is threatened or suspected. ..}sJG
VII. The Government of the United
States shouldTbe administered with the
strictest economy; and til corruptions which
have been so shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form. rr5 ''-' s'' 80
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and dtragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew Joh nson, who has acted treacher
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he vas pledged to support; who
has usurped high Legislative and Judicial
functions who has refused to execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
duce other officers TO ignore and violate The
laws; who has employed hisex cutive pow
ers to render insecure the property, the
who has abused the pardonirg power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has persistently md
colruptfy resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon
struotion of the States lately in rebellion /;
who has'peryerted the public patronage in
to an engine of wholesale corruption; an
who has been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
thirty-fve Senators. m ns;s-aisa {
|. TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because man
is once a subject, he is always SC, must be
resisted at every hazzard by the United
States, as a relic of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at war
with our national honor and Independence.
N Naturaiized citizens are entitled to protec-
tion in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were, native born; and no cit
izen Of the United States, natiy e or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
Or words spokenein this country; and. if so
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
| the Government to interfere in his beha alf.
x. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal, there We're none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
ana SeaneH VINO cultured Ine HafuSllps vi
campaign and cruise, and lmperlled their
lives in TIL service of the country; the boun-
ties and pensions provided by the laws for
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
| legations never to be forgotten; the widows
and orphans Of the gallant dead are the
wards of the people-a sacred lega"y be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
XII Foreign immigration, which in the
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
optneuI: ana ,sSIaioJs 4ho anu if II, pom
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Win US IN restoring Ihe peace ., Che couh-
try ana reconsi ucIihS tne Asouthefh otate
GoVernmeht upon tne oasls oi llliParCi !,
justice ana equal rights are received l, oaek
into the G communion NM OF the 10y a. people
and we favor tn removal OF the olsq uailn III
catlonsand restrictions imposed upon the
late rebels IN the same measure as then
spirit OF loyalty wilt direct, and as may be
! consistent with the safety OF the .loya
people. .-...5..., =,
ration of fIndenendence as the true founda