Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-09-25
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

"1. We congratulate the country on the assured
success Of the reconstruction policy Of Congress, as
evinced by the adoption, In majority ofthe states
lately In rebellion, of constitutions securing equal
civil aad political rights to ALL and we regard II as
the duty the Goyernmentto sustain those insitu
tions and prevent the people Of such States from
being RENTED to a state of anarchy.
"2. The guarantee by Congress Of equal suffrage
TO all loyal men In the South was demanded by
every consideration of public safety, of gratitude
and of justice, and must be maintained; while the
question Of suffrage In al the loyal States properly
belongs to the people of those States.
"3. We denounce all forms Of reputation as ma
tional crimes, aud the national honor requires the
payment the public indebtedness, in the ut
most geo 9TH, to all creditor; ut home and
abroad, nj ally according to the latter, but the
spirit Of the laws under which II was contracted.
"a. 1t is due to the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be equalized and redused as rap
idly NJ our national faith will permit.
as. 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 re-
demption; and 1t Is the duty Of Congress TO reduce
the ratio Of interest thereon, whenever IL can
h on estly be done.
"6. That the best policy to diminish our burden
Of debt s to so improve credit that capitalists
will seek to loan money at lower rates of inter
est than We now pay and must continue to pay "a
long as repudiaton partial or total open or covert
is threatened or suspected.
be administered with the strictest economy, and
the corruptions which have been so shamefully
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson, call
loudly for Radical reform.
"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 treacherousiy to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pledged to 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 ig-
more and violate the laws; has employed his exc
cutiye powers to render insecure The property
peace, liberty and life of the citizen; has abused
the pardonng power; has denounced the Nation
al Legislature unconstitutional; has persistent L
ly and corruptly resisted by every measars in his
power, every proper attempt at the reconstruction
OF the states lately in rebellion; has perverted
the public patronage Into an engine OF wholesale
corruption, and has been justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors, and proPerly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the voice OF thirty five
Senators.
's9. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man is once a
subject he is always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States, as q relic OF the
feudal time, not authorized by tho law of nations
aud at war with our national honor and indepen-
dence; natu lized citizens being entitled to be
protected in all their rights Of citizenship, as
thoug Oh they were atural born, and no citizen Of
the United states, natural or naturalzed, must be
liable to arrest and imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken in this
countryJ andff so arrested and imprisoned IL il
the duty Of the Government to interfere in his be-
half.
.l0. OF all who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war, there we're none entitled 20 more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and seamsn