The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-29


of their servants, as we do
about Ross, and not one of them will
ever dare to show their heads again to :
ask for political fayors. So far as we !
could Judge of the feelings of the. lOO,- 1
coo people assembled in Chicago, and q
we mingled freely among them for three /
days, it was TO bury the action of the {
seven Senator's beneath a mountain of
silent contemplate let them rest in un- I
disturbed decay and rottenness. Their ]
action will not hurt the party. We
were one of those who thought it
would, but this is mistake. There
will be no split. We did not even hear
Esthird party" mentioned once. On the
other hand the party seems more united
and more determined to conquer than
ever. Salmon p. Chase can not split .
the Republican party. He may sneak .
into the Democratic fold if he desires, !
but he cannot carry corporaFs guard /
of Republicans from each State with !
him.
The Platform of the party was adopt
ed with great unanimity. 1t is sound
to the core, and on it the party can go
to the country feeling sure of success.
We publish it in full below.
The convention adjourned Thursday
late in the afternoon. Its work was
done quickly and done well. Itwas
the most harmonious one ever held by
the party. The ticket is the best and
strongest one that could have been
made. The people everywhere are not
only satisfied but delighted.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on Resolutions, adj
yanced to the platform and reported fol-
lows:
The National Republican party OF the Uni
ted States, assembled in national convention in
the city of Chicago, OH the 10th day of May,
1863, make the following declaration Of prInci-
pies:
surcd success of the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evinced by the adoption, in q ma
joity of the States lately in rebellion, of const
buttons securing equal civil and political rights
to all. and regard it as the duty of the govern
ment to sustain these institutions and to pre-
vent the people Of such States from being re-
mittcd to state of anarchy. [Cheers.l.
I'd. The guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage tO:,ll loyal men in the South is de-
manded by every considerations of public safe
ty, of gratitude and justice, and must be main
tanned while the question of suffrage in all
the loyal States properly belongs to the people
| of those States. fCheers.
Sd. We denounce all forms of repu diation
as national crime,-l prolonged cheers and
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 1t was contracted. lAp-
plausc.l
: 4th. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that
l taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as the national faith will permit.
5th. The national debt contracted as it has
been for 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 10 reduce the rate of interest thereon
whenever it can honestly be done.
f 9th. That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to loan money at lower
g rates of interest than we now pay and must
continue to pay as long as reputation. partial
or total, open or covert, is threatened or sus-
pccted.
, 7th. The government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest econ.
+ omy, and the corruptiOns which have been sc
shamefully nursed and fOstered by Andrew
. johnson call loudly for radical reform.
G Sth. We profoundly deplore the untimely
3 and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession Of Andrew johnson to the
T Presidency, who has acted treacherously tc
the people who elected him, and the cause hC
was pledged to support; who has usurped high
= legislative and Judicial functions; has refused
to execute the laws; has used his high office
to induce other officers to Ignore and violate
- the laws; has employed his executive powers
to render insecure the property. peace, liberty
>. and life ofthe citizen; has abused the pardon
= ing power; has denounced the national Iegisla
+ ture as unconstitutional; has persistently and
- corruptly resisted, by every mea. lure in his pow
:. err. every proper attempt at the reconstruction
q ! of the States lately i'll rebellion; has perver
. ted the public patronage into the engine o.
d wholesale corruption, and has been justly inn
r. peached fOrhigh crimes and miSdemeanorS, anC
: properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vot,
| CT thirty-hVe Senators.
9Th. The doctrine of Great Britain and 9th
er European powers, that because man i:
:. once subject he Is always So must be resisted
at every hazard by the United States. as a rel
c ic of the fcudal times, nat authorized by the
honor and independence. Naturaliz ed citizen,
= are entitled to be protected in all their right:
}, Of citizenship as though they were native born
5. naturalizcd. must be liable to arrest and i'm
II prisonInent by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this country. and if so ar
C rested and Imprisoned it is the duty Of the
r. government to interfere i'll his behalf.
10th. OF all who were faithful in the trials
e OF the late war, there were none entitled tt
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seaInen who endured the hardships o.
# campaign and cruise, and imperiled theil
n lives in the service of their country. The
bounties and pensions provided by law fol
s those brave defenders of the nation obi
and orphans of tire gallant dead are the wards
I, of the people, sacred legacy bequeathed Il
the nations protecting care.
| IISii FtTSlSn lIlnISfaI1On, which In IH(
s past has added SO much to the wealth, deN ell
q opment of resources, and increase Of power t
= this nation. the asylum of the oppressed of ali
u nations should be foStered and encouraged by
4 a liberal and just policy.
18th. This convention declares its sympathy
t with all oppressed people who are struggling
; for their rights.
L General Carl Schurz presented the follow.
c ing additional resolutions, which were, by
unanimous consent, made portion of the plat
: form:
s ,Resolred, That we highly commend the spir.
y 1t Of magnaninIity and forgiveness with which
men who have served the rebellion, but now
q frankly and honestly cooperate with US in
restoring the peace Of the country, and recon
= structing the Southern State governments up.
e on the basis of impartial justice and equal
rights. are received back into the communion
of the loyal people; and we favor the remov al
of the disqualifeations and restrictions inn
posed upon the late rebels in the same meas
ure as the spirit of disloyalty will direct, and
as may be consistent with the safety of the
loyal people Cries of '.(iood.' s.CSoodr'1
s ReSOlred, TiEaf xe recognize the great pr:n.
ciples laid dsrsSsn ia the immortal Declaration
\ democratic government, and we hail with
n gladness every effort toward making these
principles living reality every inch Of
American soil
, Mr.. Thompson reported an additional reso-
luton, that an adjournment of this convention
n shall not work dissolution of the same, but ii
= shall remain organized, subject to be called
n National Republican Executive committee
, shall designate. Adopted.
The Impeachment Court met on Tues
day, and after taking a vote on the Sec