Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-17

The neutrality-suspicious.
Platform.

The National Union Republican party OF the
United States assembled in National convention
Al the city of Chicago on the 2oth day oi May,
is;S make the following declaration of principles
l. We congratulate the country ON the assured
success of the restoration policy OF Congress. a.
evidenced by the adoption in majority OF The
States lately i'm rebellion Of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all and regard A.
as the duty of the government to sustain these
constitutions and prevent the people Oh snch
States from being remitted to state OF anarchy
III. The guaranty ty co%rress Of equal suffrage
TO all loyal men of the South was demanded ~
every confederation of public safety, OF gratitude
and of Justice and must be maintained, while the
cues ton OF snrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs TO the people OF those s.aies; wa
forgiveness with which the men who have served
the rebellion and who are now frankly and hon
cstly cooperating with US IN restoring me peace
OF the country. and in reeonstructin. the southern
State Governments upon the basis of impartial
Justice and equal rights, arc received bSck into
the comanon Of me o{s ps%pie as0 we are en y,
INSTITUTIONS imposed upon the late rebels in tho
zane measure as the spirit of disloyalty dies out
ana as may be consistent with the safety OF the
LOYAL people.
III. We dcnounce all forms of Reputation ~ a
national crime: and national honor requires the
payment OF the public Indebtedness In the utmost
good faith to all creditors. at home and abroad
NOT only according to the letter, but the split OF
tIc laws under which il was contracted.
" 1t il due to the labor Of the nation that tax
as national faith viii permit
V The national debt contracted NJ ii has been.
for the preservation of the Union for all time to
come should he extended over fair period for
redemption. and is the duty of Congress TO reduce
the rate Of interest thereon, whenever II can ho5l-
t~iiy he done.
ri. That rhc best policy to diminish our burden
Of debt IL to improve credit, that capitalists
win seek TO lend ~ money at lower rates OF In
tcrest than we now pay, and must continue to pay
80 long as reputation, partial or total, open or
covert Is threatened or suspected
VII. The Government OF the United States
rnouid re administered with the strictest econ
smy The eorruptons which have been O shame
fully nursed and fostefcd by Andrew Johnso on call
loudly for radical reform.
VIII We profoundly depiore the untimely and
tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession of Andrew johnson to the Presidency.
who has acted treacherously 10 the people who
elected him and the causc he was pledged to sup
mort has usurped high legislative and judicial
functions: has refused to execute the laws; has
used HE high office To induce other officers to Nio
late the laws: has employed his executive power
10 render insecure the lives, property, peace, lib
crty aud life Of the citizen: has abused the par
doning power; has denounced the National Iegis-
laiure "a unconstitutional; has persistcntly 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 PAL ronage into an engine of Wholesale cor
ruption,. and has been justly impea.hed for high
crimes and misdcmcanors. and pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes of forty-hve Senators.
IN. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European powers, that because man was once a
subject he IL always must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States relic of the feuda
times. not authorized by the law OF nations, and
nj war with our national honor and independence
NaturIiizcd citizens are entitled to be protected
IN all their rights of citizenship. as though they
were natiss born. No citizen Of the United States
native oFREsnralized, must be liable to arrest or
imprisonment by any foreign power, for acts
done or sryls sp0k "a in this country: and III so
arrested ard IMPRISONED IL IL me duty OF the Gov
yrnment to;interfcre in his behalf.
Y. ofall who were faithful in the trials OF the
late war, there were none entitled to more es-
pecial honor than the brave soldiers and seamcn
who endured the hardships of the camp and cruise.
and inperillcd their lives In the service of their
country. The bounties 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 peoplc-a sacred legacy bequeathed to the
United States protecting care E
NJ. Foreign emigration, which in the past has
added much to the wealth and increased the
resources of this nation--the asylum Of all ma
iions-should be fostered by wise and just pol
ICY.
NIL This convention declares its sympathy 10
all oppressed people who are struggling Tor their
XIII. We recognize the great principles laid
doEn in the Declaration Of independence a. the
irue platform of Democratic Government and We
nail with gladness every effort toward making
these principles living reality ON every inch OF
American soil.