Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-10-02
Congressional Ticket.
The National Republican
Platform.

Tho National Union RcpuDlcan party OF the
United States, assembled in National Convention
in the city of Chicago on the Goth day of May.
1873. make the following declaration of principles
|. We CO... gratulatc the country on the assured
srccess of the restoration policy of Congress. a.
evidenced by the adoption in majority Of the
States lately in rebellion of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all and regard II
rs the duty of the government to sustain these
constitutions and prevent the people of snch
States from being remitted to u state OF anarchy
or military rule.
II. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage
IN all loyal men OF the South was demanded by
every consideration of public safety. of gratitude
md of Justice and must he maintained, while the
question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people OF tlosa States. We
highly commend the spirit or magnaninlity and
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly and hon
estly cooperating with us in restoring the peace
Of the country. and i'm reconsructing the Southern
State Governments upon the basis of impartial
Justice and equal rights. arc received back into
The communion OF the loyal people. aud We are in
favor of the removal of the disqualiications and
same mcasura ne the spirit Of disloyaltv dies out
ana a. may be consistent with the safe y of the
loyal people
Ill We dencunce all forms of reputation ~ a
national crime: end national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness IN the utmost
good Gath to all creditors, at home and abroad.
tho laws under which twas contracted
". Ii is due to the labor of the nation that tax
alton should be equalized and reduced as rapidly
AZ national faith viii permit.
V. The national debt, contracted as II has been.
for the preservation of the Union for all time TO
come, should be extended over fair period for
redemption. and II the GHty of Congress to reduce
the RITE of interest thereon, whenever 1t can hon
estly be done.
vi. That the best policy to diminish our burden
of debt Is to improve credit. that capitalists
will seek to lend us money at lower rates of i'm.
tcrest than we now nay, and must continue to pay
70 long as Reputation, partial or total open OF
covert, " threatened or suspected.
VII. The Government OF the Quilted States
should be administered with The strictcst econ.
omy. The coTuptions which have been so shame.
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson call
loudly for radical reform.
VIII. We profoundly depIore the untimeiy and
tragic death of Abraham Lincoln. and regret the
who has acted treacherously to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged 10 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 vio-
late the laws: has employed his executive power
to render insecure the lives. property, peace lib
crty and life of the citizen: has abused the par
doning power: has denounced the National Legis-
latnre AZ unconstitutional; has pcrsistcntly and
habitualy resisted, by every means in his power.
every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion: has perverted the pub
lie patronage into an engine of Wholesale cor
ruption. and has been justly impcashed for high
crimes and misdemeanors, aud pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes Of forty-fve Senators.
TX. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European powers. that because man was once a
subject he Is always must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States az relic of the feuda
times, not authorized by the law OF nations and
at war with our national honor and independence
Satnralized citizens arc entitled to be protected
in all their rights of citizenship az though they
we're native born No citizen of the United States,
native or naturaizea, must be liable to arrest or
imprisonment by any foreign power, for acts
done or words spoken In this country. and if so
arrested and imprisoned II IL the duty of the Gov
eminent TO Interfere IN his behalf
X. Ofall who were faithful In the trials of the
Ete war. there were none entitled to more es-
pacial honor than the brave soldiers and scamcn
who endured the bardshps of the camp aud cruise
and impcrilled their lives in the service of their
country. The bountics and pensions appropriated
by law for these brave defenders of the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The widows
aud orphans Of the gallant dead are the wards of
the peOple--a sacred legacy bequeathed TO the
United States protecting care. .. .....
NJ. Foreign emigration. which i'm the past has
added so much TO the wealth and increased the
resources of this nation-the asylum of all ma
tions-should be fostered by wise and just pol
fey. A-........ ..s.es - =
XII. This convention declares its sympathy 10
~ oppressed people who struggling Tor their
rights. - NIX. -
ALI. We recognize the great principles laid
down in the Declaration of Independence as the
true platform Of Democratic Government and we
hail With gladness every effort toward making
these principles living reality on every inch OF
American soil.