The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-05-29
The ChicaxO Platform.

The National Republican party OF the
United States, assembled in National Con
,vention in the city of Chicago on the 2Otl
day Of May 1868, make the following dec
laration Of principles.
The Government must sustain
those (ncgro) institutions in the
South.
]. We congratulate the country on the us
.,,red success Of the reconstruction policy
Of Congress, az cvinccd hy the adoption in
a majority Of the States lately in rebellion
Of Constitutions assuring equal civil and
political rights to all, and regard II as tbs
dHty Of If the Government to sustain those
institutions and to prevent the people Of
such States from being yemittcd 81 Il state
Of ansrchv. g"o .a@ @s&E al 2sa
I'VE arc all men aud brethren
Congress to control the right Of suf.
fragc in Il. South. The States Of
the North so long as they are loyal,
that is republican. to control the
question III their own states L.,
,. The guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
dema n,lcd By every consideration Of public
safety, Of gratitude, and Of justice, and
must be maintained while the question OF
suffrage in the loyal States properly he
longs to the people of those States.
'. A lick at Butler, Stevens and
other rcpudiationists; Gold for bond
holders, rags for soldiers, laborers,
aud mechanics. Zee.
3. We denouncc all forms Of Reputation
as u naticxal crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment Of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to all credit
ors IT home and abroad mot only according
to the letter, but the spirit, Of the laws nm
der which it was contracted.
A resolution in antagonists Of the
foregoing resolve, or "form of re-
pudiation" denounced in the Bird
resolution, and probably in favor Of
taxing bonds, especially in localities
where the scheme ", uld be popular.
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation tina,
taxation should be cqualizcd and reduced
as rapidly rs national faith will permit.
A form OF resolution yepudiating
so much Of the Bird and 4th planks
as would iWurc the bondholders.
5. The national debt, contracted as it
has been for the preservation ofthe 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 thereon whenever it can honest.
~ he done.
\ blow at the impeachment man
ayers, and resolve to improve our
credit by spending less money for
such schemes Of corruption. -proba
bly.
s. That the best policy to diminish our
harden OF debt is to improve cur credit that
capital will seek to loan us money at low
er rates OF interest than We now pay so
long as reputation, partial or otal, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected.
\ resolution calling FIR radical
rcf,rm,' Or the thieves plead guilty
Of shameful corrupsions and -'rc-
solve to do better. They resolved
for economy in 1860, when the ex-
penses were $75. 900. 900 annually,
and in 1867 they expended $346,
O00, 900. This is the way they
practice.
Z. The Government af til: United States
should BE- administered with the strictcst
economy: and the eorruptions which have
been so shameiully nursed and fostcred by
Andrew Joknson call loudly for radical
reform.
-.Untimcly and tragic Oh dear,
Johnson is acquitted.
$. We profoundly lcplore the untimely
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, and
reg. ct the accession of Andrew Johnson
to the presidency, who has acted trcacher-
ously to the people who elected him and
the cause he was pledged to support: has
usurp.i high legislative judicial functions,
has refused to execute the laws: has used
his high office to induce other stficers to
ignore and violate the law; has employed
his executive power to render insecure the
property. peace, liberty, and life Of the
citizen: has abused the pardoning power;
has denounced the national legislature rs
unconstitutional: has persistontly and corr
ruptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt ut the recon.
struc.;on Of the States lately III rebellion:
has pervcrt ID the public patronage into
an engine Of wholesale corruption: and
been Justly iinpcached for high crimes and
mis,lemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty Thereof by the vote Of IS senators.
Sympathy for Geo Francis Train.
3. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers. that because man
is once subject he is always SO, must be
resisted Mt every hazard by the United
States as relic Of the feudal times. not
authorized by the Law Of nations. aud ut
War with our national honor and independ-
Cnce. Naturalizcd citizens are entitled to
be protected in all their rights Of citizen
ship, rs though they were native born;
and no citizen Of the United State, native
or naturalized, must be liable to arrest and
imprisonment by any foreign powx, for
nets done or words spoken in this country:
aud, il 50 arrested and imprisoned, it j,
the duty oftlle government to interfere in
his behalf.
A Puff in consideration of which
soldiers and Seamen are expected to
vote for party that taxes them in
every thing while it excmprs the
property of the rich Bondholdcrs