Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-08
THE JACOBIN PLATFORM.

THE JACOBIN PLATFORM.
AS q general rule, nothing is les:
verify OF respect than 8 party plat
form for It is rarely the case that it is
not dictated by expediency and a crook
ed policy, that it is not fraudulent and
deceptive, that it does not abound in
false and hollow professions, assert
in principle and theory what the party
invariably contemns and disregards in
practice, and suppress the real senti-
timents, principles and purposes Of the
men who announce it IS their creed.
Is that Of the JseObin party an honest
exposition and frank statement of these?
Do not their practices and purposes give
It the lie? Ought it to commend them
and their candidates to the public IA
YOUR?
It ought to be examined without pre-
JUDGE, and criticized with q fair frank
meas. Vague de~nunciations of It, and
mere declsmatory invectives will be, as
they ought to be, as idle as Intentional
Misrepresentation, or libelIOus rantlngs
at the candidates who stand upon it.
The platform speaks for itself. Il is SIS
fOllows:
PLATFORM.
The National Republican party of the
United $ ates, assembled in National
Convention, in the city Of Chicago, on
the 2Jth day Of May, 1868, make the
following declaration Of principles
FTSt-We congratulate the country
ID the assured success Of the recon
struction policy OF Congress, as evinced
by the adoption in the msjority Of the
States lately 10 rebellion of constitutions
securing equal civil and religious rights
10 sll and IL is the duty Of the Govern
ment TO sustain those institutions, and
to prevent the people OF those States
from being remitted to a state OF an
srchy.
SecOnd-The guarantee by Congress
Of equal suffrage to sll loyal men ct the
South was demanded by every consider
alton Of public safety, Of gratitude, and
of Justice, and must be maintained.
while the question Of suffrage in ali the
loyal States properly belongs to the
people OF those States.
Third-We denounce all forms of re-
pudistion as q national crime, and the
national honor requires the payment Of
the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only according to the letter,
but the spirit Of the laws under which it
was contracted.
Fourth-It is due to the labor Of the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and reduced as rapidly as the ma
tiOnal faith will permit.
FJh-The national debt, contracted,
as Ii has been, for the preservation Of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over q fair period for re-
demption; and it is the duty Of Congress
to reduce the rate OF interest thereon
whenever il can be honestly done.
SL5tb-That the best policy to dimin-
ish 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 reputation, partial or to-
tai, open or covert, Is threatened or sus-
pected.
Ssuenh-The Government Of the
United States should be administered
with the strictest economy, and the cor
ruptions which have been so shamefully
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson
N~A ASe1Ay - ~ AEAuAA "
Eghth-We profoundly deplore the
untimely and tragic death OF Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession of An
drew Johnson TO the Presidency, who
has scted trescherously TO the people
who elected him and the cause he was
pledged to uppOrt; who has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; who
has refused TO execute the laws; who has
used his high Office to induce other off,
GERS 10 ignore and violate the laws; who
employed his executive powers to render
insecure the property, the peace, liberty,
and life Of the citizen; who has abused
b p~ardoning power; who h8sdenounced
the National Legislature IS uncOnstitu-
tionsi; who has persistently and cor
Fuptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt st the re-
construction Of the States lately in
rebellion; who has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine OF wholesale
corruption, and who has been Justly i'm
peAched for high crimes and misdemean-
orsi snd properly pronounced guilty
thereof by a vote Of thirty. five Senators.
htnth-The doctrine Of Great Britain
and other European powers, that because
8 mai Is once q subject be Is always so,
must be resisted at every hszard by the
United states, as a relic OF the feudal
times, moi authorized by the law of ma
lions, d at war with our national hon
or q Independence. NsturAIized citi-
Zens are entitled to be protected in all
their rights Of citizenship as though thew
were native born; and no citizen of the
United States, native or naturaIized.
must be liable to arrest OF imprisonment
by any foreign power for acts done or
words spoken 10 this country; and If 50
arrested and imprisoned, il is the dutv of
the Government 10 interfere In his be-
half.
Tsnth-Ofa ll who were faithful Ia the
trials Of the late war, there were none
entitled 10 more especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamen who endured
the hardships Of campaign and cruise.
and imperilled their lives in the service
of their country; the bOunties and pen
sions provided by the laws for these
brave defenders of the nation are obliga.
tions never to be forgotten the widows
and orphans OF the gallant dead are tht
wards of the people-a sacred legacy be.
QueRthed TO the nations protecting care,
EeUenth Foreign emigration, which
in the past has added so much TO the
wealth, development and resources, and
Increase OF power to this nation, the asy-
um Of the oppressed Of All nations