The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-07-23
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Republican Platform.
Adonted attrhicaro NAV 81 1868.

Republican Platform. 81
Adopted at Chicago May 81, 1868.
1--we congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction poll
lev Of Congress, as evinced by the adop-'
ton, in the majority Of the States lately in
rebellion of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all; and it is
the duty of the Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people OF
such States from being reglitted to~a State
of anarchy, ,... ...s.-. .-,s..,-, -,
H.. The guaranty by Congress: Of equal
Suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and
must be maintained; while the question of
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
! Ill. We denounce all forms of Repudia-
ton as a national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the uttermost 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 enacted.
". 1t is due to the labor of the Nati' n
tn at taxation should be squalized, and re-
duced as the natior al faith wilt permit.
V. The National Debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation ofFthe Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption: and it is
the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereupon whenever it can be hon
estly done.
VI. That the best policy to diminish
kour 'unrden1of debt is to SO imHoye our
credit that capitalists WiH seek Kldan rs
money at lower rates Of interest than we
now paw, and must continu to pay SO long
as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened Or Suspected.
t ! VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy; and the corruptions which
have been.so shamefully nureed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
| ra dical form.
! VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was pledged to support; who
has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions who has refusedto execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
/ duce other officers TO ignore and violate the
laws; who has employed his executive pow
/ ers to render insecure the property, the
peace, the liberty, and life of the citizen;
who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; who has persistently md
colruptly. resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon
ssruetion of the States lately in rebellion;
who has'perverted the public patronage in
to an engine of VIII olesaler rcerruptien; an |
who hrs been justly impeacfied for high
crimes and misdemeanois, and properly
pronounced uiltythereofehy the vote of
| thirty-five Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other Europeanspower ers that, becausesa man
| is once sd beet, he is always Sc, must be
! resisted at every hazard BY the United
States, as a relic of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at war
with our national honor and independence.
Naturalizel citizens are entitled to protee7
tion in all their rights. of citizenship as
| though they were native born aud No cit
| izen of the United States, snatiye or n atural
ment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this e country y-and. if so
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
he-Goverhmentt to1 Interfere in his beh alf.
| K. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of t he late wal, there were none entitledte
more especial honor than the Brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships of
campai gu and cruise, and imperiled1 their
lives in the service of the country the boun-
ties and pensions provided by the. laws for
these brave defenders of the nation are OBJ
legations never to be forgotten; the widows
and orphans of the gallant dead are, the
wards Of the people-a sacred 1ega"y be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
XXI. Foreign immigration, which in the
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
opment, and resources and ineree se of pow
er to this Republic, the asylum of the op-
pressed of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy.
XII This Conv ention declares. itself <ir
sympathy with all oppressed people strug
CLING for their rights. IL -
/ XIII. That we highly commend the spirit
of magnanimlty and forbearance with which
the men who have served in the rebellion
i Dutnow frankly and honestly Co operate
i with us.ln restoring the peace of the fcoun
4 try and reconstructing the Southern State
Government upon the basis of impartia
Justice and equal rights; are received bach
into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the disquali6
d cationsand restrictions imposed upon the
j late rebels IN the same, measure as then
Ispirit of loyalty viii direct, and as may b.
consistent with the safety Of the loya
1people. ies
9XfV:~Fhat we recognize the great ~pria
4 ciple laid down with the immortal, Decla
s ration ofIndependence as the true foundn
4 tion of Democratic government, and we hal
with gladness every effort toward making
4 these principles living reality on every
a inch Of Am erioan soil. sssk@S Eggas 8
Il The following are the financial pIanks o
our State Platform:
4 ResolUed. That tie Republican party pied g,
itself to the faithful payment of the public
4 debt according to law, and we hereby ex
press our conviction, that according to tn,
laws under which the $50 bonds were is
sued, said bonds legal tender When th,
Government shall be prepared to redeem
such bonds 81 sA&asB
Resolued, That we heartily approved tn,
! policy of Congress in stopping the contrac
ion of the currency; and believe that th,
issue of currency should be e,commensurat
with the ind ustrial and commefcial inter
ests al the people;54 atitas Jls4J, j5U
Resolued, That justice and sound polio.
require that all property should bear it
equal share of the public burdens, and tina
this principle ought to be applied to al
United States bonds thereafter .issued, by
making them liable by express provision
of law to tax alton. precisely as other proper
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! MONEY NO OBJECT, Compared with
! the benefit Derived from the ,,eo ~