Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-10-16
The National Republican
Plat form.

The National Union Republican party of tho
United States, assembled In National Convention
in the city OF Chicago on the Goth day of May,
1873 make the following declaration of principles
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the restoration policy of Congress az
evidenced nv the adoption In a majority of the
States lately in rebellion of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all, and regard il
as the duty OF IN" government to sustain these
States from being rcmitted to state OF anarchy
or military rale.
III. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage
TO all loyal men or the South demanded by
every consideration of public safety, of gratitude
and of instice and must be- maintained, while the
question of suffrage In all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people of those States. We
highly commend the spirit of magnanimity and
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly and hon.
estly cooperating with us i'm restoring the peace
OF the country and in reconstructing the Southern
State Governments upon the basis OF impartial
Justice and equal rightS, are received back into
the communion OF the loyal people and we are in
favor of the removal of the disqaalifcations and
restrictions imposed upon the late rebels i'm the
came measure a. the spirit of disoyalty dies ont,
ana as may be consistent with the safe I. of the
loyal people.
III. We denounce all forms of reputation M
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith to OF creditors. at home and abroad.
not only according to the letter. hut the spt.t of
the lave under which 1t was contracted.
". II IL due to the labor OF - nation that tax
alton should he equalized ana reduced rapidly
v The national debt. contracted "a Ii has been
for the press-~ation of the Union for all time to
come. shot Ie extended over a fair period for
redemption, and Is the duty of Congress to reduce
the rate of interest thereon, whenever 1t hon.
estly he done.
Vi. That the best policy to diminish our burden
of debt IL to improve our credit. that capitalists
will seek to lend us money at lower rates of in
screst than now pay, and must continue to pay
80 long as Reputation, partial or total, open or
covert. II threatened or suspected.
VII. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest econ
omy The corruptions which have been so shame
loudly for radical reform.
yIII. We profoundly deplore the untimely and
tragic death of Abraham Lincoln. and regret the
accession of Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously 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 laws; has
used his high Office to induce other officers to VIC
late the laws: has employed his executive power
10 render insecure the lives, property, peace lib
erfy and life OF the citizen: has abused the par
doning power: has denounced the National Legis-
lature unconstitutional: has persistently and
habituaiiy resisted, by every means in his power.
every proper attempt AT the reconstruction of the
States lately In rebellion; has perverted the pub
tic patronage into an engine of wholesale cor
ruption, and has been Justly impea he'd for high
crimes and misdcmeanors, and pronounced guilty
thereof by the votesf of forty-ave Senators
:. K. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European powers that because mar was once a
subject he il always go must be resisted ut every
hazard by the United States az relic of the feuda
{ mes not authorized by the law OF nations and
ut war with our national honor and Independence
Natnralzed citizens are entitled to be protected
sn all their rights OF citizenship. though they
were native born. No citizen of the United States
native or naturalized, must be liable to arrest or
imprisonment by any foreign power, for acts
done or words spoken IN this country. and IL 40
arrested and Imprisoned it Is the duty of the Coy
eminent 10 interfere in mis- behalf
y. Ofali who We faithful in the trials of the
late war. there were none entitled to more es-
pecia honor than tie brave soldiers and seamen |
who endured the hard-hips Of the camp and cruise
and impcrilled their lives In the service of their
countr Inc bounties and pensions appropriated |
10y law ,lese brave defenders of the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten The widows !
and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of |
che people--a sacred legacy bequeaihed to the |
Emitted States prot ectins care.
XII Foreign emigration, which In the past has |
afded much to the wealth and increased the |
resources OF this nation--the asylum of all ma /
tfons-rhould be fostered by wise and just pol |
Ey. |
MI. This convention declares its sympathy TO |
nil oppressed people who ere struggling Tor their
rights.
MIL We recognize the great principles laid |
down In the Declaration Of Independence as the |
true platform of Democratic Government. and we |
hail with gla1ness every effort toward making |
these principles living reality on every inch OF
American soil.