Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-09-11
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

II. we congratulate the country on the assured
success OF the reconstructon policy OF Congress- as
evinced by the adoption, In majority Of the states
lately In rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil and political rights TO all; aud regard Il
the duty II the Government TO sustain those nsttu
tons and to prevent the people Of such States from
being RENTED TO q state Of anarchy.
az. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage
TO all loyal men In the South was demanded by
every confederation OF public safety, Of gratitude
and of justice, and must be maintainedi while the
question Of suffrage In all tho loyal States properly
belongs TO the people Of those States.
"3. We denounce all forms of reputation as ma
tional crimes, aud the national honor requires the
payment OF the public Indebtedness, la the ut
most good faith, 70 all creditors at home and
abroad, not only according TO the latter, but the
spirit Of the laws under which II was contracted.
"a. 1t Is due to the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be equaized and rsduced as rap
idly as our national faith will permit.
40. The national debt, contracted rs II has been
for the preservation Of the Union for all time to
come, should be extended over fair period for
demption; and II IL the duty OF Congress reduce
the rate Of interest thereon, whenever II can
hon estly be done.
80. That the best policy TO diminish our burden
OF debt Is to so improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to loan US money at lower rates Of inter-
est than pay and must oontinue TO pay so
long as reputation, partial or total open or covert
10 threatened or suspected.
"7. The Government Of ne Unitsd States should
DC aumtnfotcrcd with the ttrtctcet economy ana
the corruptions which have been so shame fully
nursed and fostered by Andrew Johnson, call
loudly for Radical reform.
"8. We profoundly depIors the untimely and
tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession Of Andrew johnson TO the presidency,
who has acted trcacherousiy to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged TO sup
port has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions; has refused to execute the lawsj has
used his high Office To indsee other officers TO ig-
more and violate the lawsj has employed his exc
cutive powers to render insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life Of the citizen, has abused
the pardoning powerj has denounced the Nation
al Legislature az unconstitutional; has persistent
ly and corrupty resisted, by every measurs In his
power, every proper attempt At the reconstruction
OF the States lately In rebellion; has perverted
the public patronage Into an engine OF wholesale
corruption, and has been justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors, aud properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the voice Of thirty i've
Senators. l
40. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because q man IL once a
subject he 10 always so, must DO resisted at every
hazard By the United States, as q relic OF the
feudal time, not authorised by the law OF nations,
and at war with our national honor and indepen-
dsncej naturaiiEed citizens being entitled TO be
protested In all their rights Of citizenship, as
though they were natural born, and no citizen OF
tho United states, natural or natrralzed, must be
liable TO arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken In this
eountryj aud n so arrested and Imprisoned IL 10
the duty Of the Government to interfere In his be-
half.
"10. or all who were faithful In the trials Of
the late war, there were none entitled to more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamen
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise, and lmpsrilsd their lives In the service Of
the country. The bounties aud pensions provi-
ded by law for those bravo defenders OF the ma
ton are obligations never TO be forgotten. The
widows and orphans ofthe gallant dead are tbs
wards Of the people, sacred Legacy bsqueathsd