The Portland daily press., 1868-09-19
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
OF ILLINnIa.
FOR vICE-pRESIDENT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
OF INDIANA.
The Republican Platform.

The National Republican Party Of the United
States, assembled in National toaUentioa, IN tie
city Of Chicago. on ihe t1centeh day Of Nay, 1868,
make the toH-acin1 declaration Of principles
First We congratulate the country on the assur-
ed success OF the reconstruction policy of Congress-
as evinced by the adoption by majority of the
States lately in rebellion, of constitutions sc urpg
equal civil and political rights ALL 1t is the duty
OF the government 10 sustain these institutions and
TO prevent the people ofsuch States from being re-
,nitted to a state OF anarchy.
Seccnd-The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
rage TO all loyal men at the South demanded by
every consideration of public safety, of gratitude,
and 0fjustice, and must be maintained. The whole
question of suffrage in the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
1hird-We denounce all forms OF repudia ion as a
national crime. rne national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith, to all creditors at home and abroad, not
only aeco ding 10 the letter. but TO the spirit OF the
law under which iC was contracted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation shall be equalized aud reduced as rapidly
as the national faith shall permit.
Fifth-The national debt, contracted as it has
been tor the preservation Of the Union for all time
to come, should be extended over fair period for
redemption and it is the duty OF Congress to re1ce
tly dcne.
Sixth-The best policy to diminish our burden of
debt, is to SO improve credit that capitalists VIII
seek 10 loan us money at lower rates ofinterest than
we now pay, and must continue t. pay so long
pudation partial or total open or covert, is threat
ened or suspected.
should be administered with the strictest economy,
and the corruptions which have been shamefully
nursad and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly
for radical reform.
Eighth.--We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln anu regret The ac
cesson OF Andrew JohnsoH to the presidency; who
has acted treacherously to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged to support; who
has ururpe high legislative and judicial functions;
who has refused to execute the laws; who has used
his high office to induce other officers to ignore and
violate the laws: who has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the property, the peace,
the liberty and the life of the citizen; who has
abused the pardoning power; who has denounced
the national legislature as unconstitutional; who
has persistently and corruptly resisted by every
measure i'll his power every proper attemnt at the
reconstruction the States lately in rebellion; who
has perverted the public patronage into engine of
wholesale corruption ana who las justly been i'm
peached for high crimes and msdem5anor and prop
ly pronounced guilty thereof by vote OF So Sena-
tors.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European powers, that because man is once a sub
ect he is always so, must be resisted at every haz
ard by the United States as relic of the feudal
times not authorized by the law OF nations and at
war with our hatlonll honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights OF citizenship as though they
native born; and no citizen of the United Statts
native or naturazed, must be liable to arrest and
Imprisonment by any foreign power for acts done
words spoken in this country and if they are so ar
rested and imprisoned it is the duty OF the govern
ment to interfere in their behalf.
Tenth-O all who were faithful in the trials Of
the late war there none entitled to more special
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardships Of campaign ami cruise and i'm
perlled their lives in the service of the country.
The bounties and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders obligations never TO be forgot
ten; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead
are the wards of the peope-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations fostering care.
Eleventh-Foreign emigration, which in the past
mas added so much TO the wealth, development and
resources and the increase of power to this nation
the asylum OF the oppressed of all nations, should
be fostered and encouraged by liberal and just
policy.
Twelfth-This convention declares itself in sympa-
thy with all the oppressed peoples which are strug-
Cling for their rights.
UNANIMOUSLY added, on motion OF Gen. Scharz
Resotrea, That we highly commend the spirit of
magnanimity and iorbearance with which men who
have served in the Rebellion but who frankly
and honestly cooperate with in restoring the peace
OF the country and reconstructing the Southern
State governments upon the bass of Impartial JUS
tice and Equal Rights, received back into the
communion of the loyal people; and we favor the re-
mOva of the disqualfcations and estTicions impos
ed upon the late Rebe in the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty wi0fect, and may be consistent
with the safety OF the loyal people.
Resotued, That we recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration OF lndepend-
ence as the true foundation of democratic govern
ment; and we hail with gadnsss every effort towards
making these PRINCIPLES living reality on every
inch of American soil.