The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-24

: RHPUns.IcA1 ALAEUORA.
Tha National Union Republican party Of
M Unjted States, assembled in Nation /
Cnoyention ii the city Of Chicago, on the 10th
isyoe May, 1858, make the following dscla.
ration Of principles:
/. We cong sAnlsts ~ ees3tU % - -.
aeed e,o3sss q Z tesdfsaeips pm 1,tf
,coksfsn tappaAaseJ, - ssslencsA. " s.s
.sdoctioll in ! majority Of the States lately in
illioa. 81 eonssitutaoosse esffng equal civil
- p0Iitteaa rlkhts 70 al Iapplansel, and 70
eard il q the duty Of the government TO sus.
tain these constitutions end prsSeut thepeo-
81 of such States from being renitssd 70
stass Of anarchy or military ruie. rs
.. The guarantee by Congress OF equal
suffrage TO ali loyal men in the South was de-
mandsd BY every consideration OF public
safsty, Of gratitude and Of jsstice, and mutt
Do naintsiaed [applsnael while the quest \
Of suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs 70 the people Of those States lAp-
plause. ~.
8. We denounce all forms Of Reputation
as . national crime immense appla- Sc snd
nAtiopaf honor requires the payment Of the
| public indebtedness in the utmost good faith
| to our creditors at home and abroad sp-.
plause not only according to the letter, but
| the spirit, of the laws under WHICH II was
contracted. IApplause.l
| 4. Il il due TO the labor Of tie nation that
/ taxation should be equalized and reduced -
RAPIDLY IS national faith will permit. Ap-
plause.l
6. The national debt, contracted as it has
4 been for the preservation Of the Union Tor all
/ time to come, should be extended ever fair
period for redemption, and il ia the duty OF
A Congress to reduce the rate Of interest there
{ on whenever il can honestly be done. APP
plause.
G. That .be best policy to diminish our bur-
den OF debt is 20 TO improve orr credit that
capitalists will seek to lend us money at lower
4 rstes of interest than We now pay, and must
| continue TO pay so long as reputation, partial
or total, open or covert, is threatened or ex.
pected. IApplause.l ,,
Tho Government Of the United States
|, shouid be administered with the strlctest
4 economy. The corFuptions which have been
SO shamefuIly nursed and fostered by Andrew
,hnson call loudly for radical reform. Loud
cheers
i 8. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and trsgic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accessio of Andrew johnson to
the Presidency [cheersl. who has acted
treacherously TO tho people who elected him
aud the cause he vas pledged to support ;
mas usntpeu nikA itkiea1eo s"u
functions; has refused 70 execute inc laws
has used his oGoe to induce other officers 70
violate the laws; has employed his execu,
tive power to render insecure the lives, prop
erty, peace, liberty and life Of the citizen
has accused the pardoning power; has de-
nounced the National Legislature as uneon-
; stiIutional has perrisientiy and habiiually
resisted, By every means IN his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction Of the
States lately In rebellion has perverted thf
public patronage into an engine OF wholesale
, corruption, and has been justly impeached
| for high crimes and mlsdemeanors, lgood'
good j and properly pronounced guilty
thereof by the votes OF thirty-hTe Senators-
! Good good AID applause
g. The doctrine Of Great Britain, and
! other Europeon powers, that because man
is once q subject he Is always 50, must be re-
sisted O. every hazard hy the United Stale
a. relic Of The ieuaei times NOT authorized
By the Law OF nations aud a. war win our
national honor ana independence. Na.arsi'
lied citizens are enthied 20 pc plotec'ea 10
all their rights o. ciazensniP. Is 'nougI .eey
we're native porn. NO ci1i@sn o. INC = ai.e :,
States, native CT na'nrshzed, must De iiADse
: to arrest OF imprisonment oy any fofeign
power, tor acts done or xords sPokea IN tnia
country; and 20 arfessso ana imprisoned
it is the duty OF the government 70 ihtefiers
in his behalf.
TO- VI all Who we're iAitn'li " tne IfiAis o.
i the late war there we're none enutieaio more
:. especial honor than ths brave soldiers ana
seamen Who endured 'he narasniPs o. tns
camp and cruise, and impenhed Their ives II
( the service Of The country. Inc hounf,el
!. and pensions Appropriated by law inr tnes'
brase defenders OF the Union are oni,gat 70,
= never TO be forgotten; lCheeFs I'M