The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-02
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, 1865,
make the following de claratioh of principles
FTra-We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress aS evinccd by the adoption in the ma
iority of the State lately in rebellion of constitu-
touS securing equal civil and political rights to
all. and il is the duty OF the government to SuS-
tain those institutions and to prevent the people
of those States from being remitted to u state OF
anarchy. (Cheers)
Stoad-The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal m.n at the South was de-
maudrd bv every consideration of public safety,
of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main
tanned while the question OF suffrage in all the
loval States properly belongs to the people OF
those States. (Cheers.)
THird-We denouuce all forms of reputation
as national crme-{prolonged cheers)-and
the national honor requires the payment or the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good Ialtn 10
All creditors at home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter, but the spirit OF the laws
under which it was contracted (Appiause.)
Fo,ufb-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and reduced
as rapidly as the national faith will permit
FTtth-The national debt CONTRACTED, as 1t has
been for the preservation OF the Cnlon lot all
time to come, should be extended over isr pc
riod for redemption; and it is the duty OF Con-
rress to reduce the rate of interest thereon When-
ever it can be honestly done.
Sjrtb-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our credlt that
CAPITALISTS will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must con-
tinue to pay so long as reputation, partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened or suspected
Sc7satA-Ihc government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest econo
N.Y. and the cOrruptGns which have been so
shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew john
son call loudly for radical REFORM
Eiqhth-We professedly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presi-
dency, who has acted treaC herously to the people
who elected him and the cause he was pledged
to support; who has usurpcd high legislative
and judicial functions; who has refused 10 exc
cute the laws; who has used his high Office TO
ignore and violate the laws, who has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the
property the peace liberty and lite OF the clt-
zen who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as un-
constitutional; who has pcrsistcntly 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 lmpeacheu
for high crimes and misdemeanOrs and properly
pronounced guilty thereof Oy tue Note VI Unity
five Senators.
Ni1M-The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
er European powers that because a man is once
a subject he is always so, must he resisted at
every hazard by the United States, as relic OF
the fcndal times, not authorized by the law oI
nations and at war with our national honor ana
independence. ,ciIIHclis arc
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship
though they native born, and no cltlzel
of the United Saates. native or naturAllZcd, must
he liable to arrest and impris onmcnt by any tor
eign power, for acts done Or words spoken In
this country; and il arrested and Imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to Interfere III
his behalf
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war there were none entitled to more cs-
pecial honor than the brave soldiers ana seancn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
ruiS md m ed
their country; the bountes and pensions provi-
dcd by the laws for these brave defenders OF the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the
wi lows and orphans of the gallant dead are the
wards OF the people-a sacred legacy Dequeathcd
to the nations protecting care
E2eyea,th-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much to the wealth, 'deVeiopLheh'
and resources and increase of power to TINS ma
ton the asylum of the oppressed OF all na!lohs;
should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal
and just policy.
Tuelffh-This Convention declares itself In
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
arc struggling for their rights.