Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-07-01
THE TRIBUNE.
MINERAL POINT:
WEDNESDAY, JULY |. 1868.
National Republican Platform
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO, MAY 40, 1865

The National Union Republican party of
the United States, assembled in National
/ Convention, in the city of Chicago, on the
2Ot.. day of May, 1865 make the following
dec aratiUn OF principles
|. We congratulate the country or the as
sured success oi the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evidenced by the adoption. in a
majority of the states lately in rebellion, Of
constitutions securing equal civil and polit-
ical rights t. all, and regard IL a. the duty
of the Government 10 sustain these Consti-
tutIons, aud thus prevent the people of such
States from being remitted to a state oi an
archy and misrule.
2 The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage To all loyal men III the South, was
srInanded by eve,y consideration of public
safety, OF gratitude ana oi Justice, anu must
he maintained, while the question of suf-
trage in all the loyal States properly belongs
TO the people OF those States.
3. That we recognize tHe great principles
laId down in the Declaration of Iu,lepeu-
deuce as the true foundation Of democratic
government. aud we hail with glatimess every
effort toward max ing these principles liv-
ing reality on ever, inch IF American soil
4 That we highly commend the spirit of
maguanimity and forgiveness with which the
men who have served the rebellion, aud whe
are now frankly and honestly cooperating
with Us in Tec0hstructiug the Southern State
Governments upon the basis Of impartial
Justice and equal rights, are received back
INTO she communion OF the loyai people and
that We are in favor OF the removal OF the
dioqual iicatons and restrictions imposed
upon the late rebels in the same measure as
the spirit of disloyalty dies out, and a, NAV
he consistent with the safety of the loyal
people.
: ". dano,,prn all forms Of ,..,,,,,i;,+ i,,
as a national crime and national honor re
quires the payment of the national indebt-
vduess in the utmost good faith to our cred
itors at home and abroad, not only accord
ing TO the letter but the spirit Of the laws
unde. which it was contracted.
.. Ii is due TO the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalizcd and re-
Iuced as rapidly IS the national faith Will
permit.
:. The national debt, contracted as it has
beeu for the preservation OF the Union for
al; ti,,te to come. should be extended over
a fair period for redemption, ard Il is the
Jury of Congress to reduce the rae .! IN
tarr>t thereon whenever it can be honestly
done.
;. Tl.at the best policy to diminish our
hurien of deUt is 70 improve our credit, so
tuat capitalists wllI seek so lend us money
At lower rates ct interest IadH we now pay,
.,nd must continue TO pay, as long Is repud,-
alton. partial or total, open or covert, Il
threatened OF suspected.
= Tue t,uveruaient-ot the United States
-hould be administered with the >trictest
economy. The curruptIon> which have been
SO shameful uursed and tustered by Andrew
.i,hiS..u. call loudly for radical reform
les. We Frnt"undly dcplure the untImeIy
ana tragic dessh 81 Abraham Lincoln, ami
-egret the accession OF Andrew Johnson to
tls Pres deucy Who has acted treacherous-
I, 10 tie a1ie who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurp-
r,i high legislative and judicial functions /;
mas refused to execute tine laws has used
hiS hign office ta induce ether officers u ylo-
iate the laws has employed b'o executive
power 10 render insecure me lives, proper
tr. peace liberty and life of the citi@eh;
mas abused the pardoniIg poser; mas de-
nounced the National Legislature Il Uh,oh-
~t.tuttonaI has pcr-IetentIv and habituaily
resisted, by every means lu his power, eyerA
proper attempt ut the reconstruction ot the
States lately in rebellion; has perverted
tae public patronage into an engine OF
Wholesale corruption, and has been Justly
impeached for high crimes and misdeuean-
ors. and properly pronounced guilty thereof
by the votes of thrty-five Senators.
II. The doctrine of Great Britain sud
other European powers, that because a man
Is once a subject he j. always 50, must he re
sisted at ever, hazard bv the United States
as a relic of the ieudal & I,e~, not authorized
hy the law of nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence. Natural
zed citizens a e entitled TO be protected IN
all their rights OF citizenship. as though
they were native born. No citizen of the
United States. nat We or natUraIized, must
toe liable 10 arrest or Imprisonment by any
foreign power. for acts done or words spo-
ken in this country; and if so arrested and
imprisoned, it is the duty OF the Government
to interfere in his behalf.
IL ct all who were faithful in the trial of
the late war there were none more entitled
- special honor than the brave soldiers and
,eamen whc endured the hardships of the
camp and cruise and imperiied their lives
in the service of the country. The bounties
and pensions provided bl law for these brave
defenders of the Union are obligations ury-
,r To be forgotten. The widows and orphans
of the gallant dead are the wards OF the Veo-
plea sacred Legacy, bequrathed To the ia
ticu'> protecting care
13 A. immi grafton has in the past added
tc the werlti OF the country, the develop
meut 81 our resources, and the increase Of
our power a. a nation. the coming of the
oppressed Of all nations should be fostered
aud encouraged by an impartial aud just
policy.
a This Convention tenders its sympathy
To all the oppressed people which are strug-
CLING for their rights