Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-16
The NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN,
PLATFORM.

The National Union Republican party Of the United
states assemble in National Convention in the city OF
Chicago, the goth day OF May, laoS make the tpl
lowing declaration Of principles
We congratulate the country on the assured sue
mas of the reconstruction policy OF Congress eyiden-
cad by the adoption in majority OF the States lately
II rebellion Of Constitutions securing equal civil and
poica rights to all and regard it as the duty Of the
sustain these Constitutions and prevent
the people Of such states IRON being RENTED to state
IL anarchy or military rule,
. The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to
All loya men in tho South was demanded by every
alteration Of public safety Of gratitude and of jus ce
ina nust be maintained. while the question of suffrage
in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people
Of those States
crime and national honor requires tn payment of the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith TO our
creditors at home and &hroadSo only according to the
letter, but the spirit, Of the laws Under which il war
contracted
4. tits due to the labor OF the natou that taxation
should equaZed and reduced rapia as national
faith will permit.
s. The national debt contracted as it has been for
the preservation for the Union for all time to come,
should be extended fair period for reden ton,
and is the duty Of Congress TO reduce the rate of n
terst thereon whenever it can honestly be done.
9. That the best policy TO diminish our burden OF
debt to improve credit that capitalists viii
seek u lend money at lower rates of Interest thar
pay, and must continue to pay, SO long as
quotation, partial total, open covert is threaten.
ed or suspected.
Z. The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy. The cor
fostered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
S. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession Of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency who has acted tre
GENEROUSLY to the people who elected him and the
he was pledged support has usurped high legisla
tive and judicial functions has refused execute the
laws; has used his high Office to induce other officers
70 violate the laws; has employed his executive power
70 render insecure the lives property peace liberty and
NE OF the citizen; has abused the pardonng power
has denounced the National Legislature unconstitu-
tional; has persstently and habituay resisted, by
every means in his power every proper attempt at the
reconstruction of the States lately In rebellion has
perverted the public patronage into engine ofwhoe-
sale corruption and has been justly impeachej for high
crimes aud msdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes Of thirty-ive Senators
g. The doctrine fGreat Britain and other European
Powers, that because man is subject he is al
ways musbe resisted at every hazard by the United
states as relic OF the feuda times, not authorized by
the law OF nations and at with national honor
and independence. Naturalized citizens are entitled
to be protected in all their rights of citizenship.
though they were native born No citizen of the United
states native or naturalzed must be liable to arrest
or imprisonment by any foreign Power for acts done
words spoken in this country and if arrested and
imprisoned II is the duty OF the Government to inter
fere in his behalf.
10. OF all who were faithfully in the trials of the
late war there were none entitled to especial
honor than the brave soldiers and who endured
the hardshps OF the camp and cruise, and imperiled
their lives in the service of the country The bounes
and pensions appropriated by law for these brave de-
tenders OF the Union obligations 10 for
COTTON The widows and orphans of the gallant dead
the wards Of the peoplea sacred yacy bequeath
90 the United States pr tGcting
IL. Foreign emigration hich in the past has added
so much to the wealth and increased the resources of
this naon-the asylum Of all nations-should be os.
tered by liberal and just policy
II. This convention declares its sympathy with all
oppressed people who struggling for their rights
hesored That We recognize the great principles laid
down in the Declaration of Independence as the true
platform Of democratic government and we hail with
gialness every effort toward making these principles
living reality every inch OF American soil
wei oil IL and ~.
magnanimty and forgiveness with which men who
nave served she rebellion have frankly and honest
~ cs-operated with in restoring the peace of the
country, and are reconstructed They are received
sck into the Union of the loyal people We favor the
emoYa OF the restrictions imposed upon the late rebels
IS soon as the spirit of II helliou has died out.