The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM,

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l. We congratulate the country ON the assured sue
cess Of the reconstruction policy of Congress owl
denced by tho adoption ina majority Of the States
civil and political rights to al and regard it a. the
and prevent thepsople of such States from being
mitted to state Of anarchy and military rule. =.
2 The guarantee by Congress Of equal suffrage t,
all loyal men in the South was demanded by every
consideration Of public safety, Of gratitude and of
justceand must b maintained while the questions Of
suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to
hepeople of those States.
" .. We denounce all forms Of reputation -
national crime; and national honor requires the
payment of 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 it was contracted.
L. It is due to the labor of the nation that taxation
should be equazed and reduced rapidly national
faith will permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as it. has been for
tho preservation of the Onion for al time to come
should he extended fair period for redemption,
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate
interest thereon whenever it can honestly be done.
9. That the best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt 10 to improve credit that capitalists will
seek to lend money at lower rates of interest than
lay, and must continue to pay 80 long a. re-
pudaton, partial or total open covert is threaten
ed or expected.
7. The Government Of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy. The cor.
ruptions which have been 30 shsmefally nursed and
fosterel by Andrew johnson call loudly for radical
8. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession Of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
teacerously to the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has refused to
cute the laws has used his high office to induce other
officers 70 ignore and violate the laws; has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the property
peace liberty and Life Of the citsen has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the National Legis
lature - unconstitutional; has persstently and
ruptly resisted By evey means in his power, every
proper attempt at tho reconstruction of the States
lately In rebellion; has perverted the public patro
mage into engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been justly impeached for high crimes and misde
meanors and properly pronounced guilty thereof by
the votes of thirty-hve Senators.
y. x0o QOctI10o OF dreaC BRITAIN ana Ot0er EURO
pean powers, that because man is once subject he
il always so must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States u relic of the fudal tines not au-
thorized by the law of nations, and at with our
nationalhonor and independence. Naturalized citi-
zens entitled to be protectedn all their rights Of
citizenship Is though they were native born. No
citizen of tho United States, native naturalized
must be liable to arrest imprisonment BY any for
egn power, for acts done words spoken in this
country; and If 10 arrested and imprisoned, it 10 the
duty Of The Government to interfere in his behalf
10. Of all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war there were entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seanen who en-
dured the hardshps of the campaign and cruise, and
inperied their lives in the service of the country
The bounties and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders of the nation obligations never to
be forgotten. The widows and orphans of the gallant
dead the wards of the peoples sacred legacy be
queathed to the nations protecting care. a.:
H. Foreign emigration, which in the past has add
ed 20 much to the wealth, development Of resources
and increased the power Of the nation-he asylum Of
the oppressed Of all nations should be fostered and
encouraged by . liberal and just policy.
II. This Convention declares ito sympathy with all
Of the oppressed people who are struggling for
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