Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-10
The National Republican
Platform.

The National Union Republican party OF the
United States, assembled Ia National Convention
In the city of Chicago on the 10th day OF May,
1913 make the following declaration oil principles
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success OF the restoration policy OF Congress. az
evidenced by the adoption in majority OF the
BtafcR lately In rebellion of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to ALL and regard IL
as the duty OF the government to sustain these
constitutions and prevent the people OF such
States from being RENTED 10 state OF anarchy
. or military rule.
H. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage
TO all loyal men OF the South MAS demanded by
every consideration of public safety, OF gratitude
and Of instice, and must be maintained, while the
question OF outrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people OF those States: We
highly commend the spirit of magnanimity and
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly and hon
estly cooperating with us in restoring the peace
Of the country and In reconstructing the Southern
State Governments upon the basis OF impartial
Justice and equal rights, are received back into
the communion Of the loyal people, and we are IN
favor of the removal OF the disqualitcations and
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels In the
same measure az the spirit Of dislOyaty dies out,
ana as may be consistent with the safety OF the
loyal people.
i'll We denounee all forms of reputation as a
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment of the public indcbtedness in the utmost
good faith TO all creditors. at home and abroad.
not only according to the letter, but the split OF
the laws under which ii was contracted.
~ II is due to the labor of the nation that tax
national faith viii permit
" The national debt. contracted as IL has been,
Tor the preservation of the Union for all time TO
come should be extended over n fair period for
redemption, and IL the duty of Congress to reduce
the rte of interest thereon, whenever II cen hon
estly be done.
of debt Is to improve our credit that capitalists
viii seek TO lend us money Ut lower rates OF In
tcrest than we now pay, and must continue to pay
20 long as Reputation, partial or total, open or
is Threatened pUEDgCtad.
VII. The Government of the Uuted States
should be administered with the strictest econ
omy. The corruptions which have been so shame
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
VII We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and regret the
Accession of Andrew johnson TO the Presidency.
who has acted treacheronsly to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged TO sup.
port has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions: has refused to execute the laws has
used his high Office TO induce other officers to VIC
late the laws; has employed his executive power
70 render sna % ,se s,zep se
doning power; has denounced the National Legis-
lature as unconstitutional; has persistently and
habitually resisted, by every means i'm his power,
every proper attempt Mt the reconstruction of the
States lately In rebellion, has perverted the pub
lie patronage into m engine OF wholesale cor
ruption. and has been justly impea:hed for high
crfInes and misdemeanOrs and pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes OF forty-fve Senators.
TX. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European powers, That because man was once n
subject he IL always So must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States relic Of the eudal
times not authorized by the law OF nations, and
at war with our national honor aud independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be protected
I'm all their rights of citizenship. NJ though they
were native born No citizen Of the United Slater,
native raturalized, must be liable to arrest or
imprisonment by any foreign power, for acts
done or words spoken I'm this country; and IL 30
arrested and imprisoned 1t Is the duty Of the Gov
eminent to interfere in his behalf
y. Ofau who were faithful In the trials OF the
late War, there were none entitled to more es-
pecial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen
who endured the hardships OF the camp and cruise
and imperilled their lives In the service Of their
country. The bounties and pensions appropriated
by law for these brave defenders Of the Union are
obligations never TO be forgotten. The widows
and orphans OF the gai,aHt dead are the wards Of
the people-=a sacred legacy bcqueathed to the
Emitted States protecting care.
XII Foreign emigration, which In the pfEt has
added so much to the wealth and increased the
resources of this nation-the asylum of all ma
qons-fhould be fostered by wise and just pol
icy.
XII. This convention declares It's sympathy to
all oppressed people who are struggling Tor their
rights.
Kill We recognize the great principles laid
down in the Declaration Of Independence az the
true platform of Democratic Government and we
hail with gladness every effort toward making
these principles living reality on every inch of
American soil.