The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-08
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party Of the United
< States assembled in; National Convention in the
. city Of Chicago, on the 10Th day OF May, 1868,
!, make the following deciaratioh Of principles
b Hsa-we congratulate the country on the
, assured success Of the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evinced BY the adoption in the ma
jority OF the State lately in rebellion of constitu-
lions securing equal civil and political rights to
all and it is the duty oil the government TO sus-
tain those institutions and TO prevent the people
of those States from being relnitted to state of
anarchy. lCheers.) aea ns{iait ~ t.QY =
Secomd-fhc guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal MEN at the South was de-
manded by every consideration Of public safety
of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main
tanned while the question OF suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs to the people Of
those States. Cheers ~ III. u ~,
b. 7hird-We denounce all forms OF Reputation
as a national crime prolonged cheers land
the national honor requires the pyenat, Of the
all creditors ut home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted (Applause
Fourth-It Is due TO the labor Of the nation
Z that taxation should be cqualized and reduced
as rapidly as the national faith will permit. ID
FitUNThe national debt contracted, as 1t has
been, for the preservation OF the Union for all
time to come, should be extended over a fair Pc
Rod for redemption; and IT is the duty of Con.
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
y
Sirth-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to 80 improve our credit that
capitalists viii seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than VIC now, pay and must con-
tinue to pay SO long as regulations partial or to-
tai, open or covert, is threatened or suspected.
Seoentt-The government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest econo
my, and the corruptions which have been so
shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew john
son call loudly for radical REFORM Z, ssi ;tl.Si d
M mr. nly dppI nm %
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew johnson to the Presi-
dency, who has ENTHUSIASTICALLY to the people
! who elected him and the cause he was pledged
and Judicial functions; WHO has refused to exc
cnte the laws; who has used his high Office to
ignore and violate the laws, wh0;has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the
property, the peace, liberty and life of the citi-
zen; who has abused the pardoning power; who
has denounced the National Legislature as I'm
constitutional; who has persistcntly and cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine Of Wholesale
corruption, and who has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the yotecf thirty
five Senators. ~ ,f..y, ,,sies3t ,tls a. yga d :
Math-The doctrine of Great Britain and 9TH
er European powers, that because man is once
subject he is always SO, must be resisted at
every hazard by the United States, as a relic of
the feudal times, not authorized by the law of
nations and at war with our national honor and
independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship
as though they were native born; and no citizei
OF the United Saates native ornatualized, must
be liable to arrest and Imprisonment by any for
eign power, for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and If SO arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to interfere in
his behalf. r as-Il, Ial ia Eeigoltt fasila
I'm Tenth-Of all 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
Il who endured the harlships of campaign and
cruise and imperilled their lives in the service of
their country i the bounties and pensions provi-
! ded by the laws for these brave defenders of the
nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the
widows and orphans Of the gallant dead are the
wards of the peoples sacred legacy bequeathed
Z to the nations protecting care. =
Eeuent1-7Foreign emigration, which, IN the past
has added so much to the wealth, development
and resources and increase of power to this ma
ton, the asylum of the oppressed Of all nations,
/. should be fostered and encouraged by liberal
and just policy. al3 lBaegrS shi To- faazi
m TaoeLfth-This Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
are struggling for their rights.