The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-10-07

mo HAcPuDthcan h>IHtfOrm. l ~lt
re ,u,ds National Rspu0liean Party Of the United
cay o. = hicdgo. on fhe tUeRtieth day of Man. 1865
make the foil t0ing declaration Of principles:
First We congratulate the country on the assur
ed s. OF the reconstruction policy of Congress-
q evinced by the adoption by a m1jority OF tbe
States lately in rebellion of constitutions Sc urno
90 al civil and political rights ALL 1t is the duIy
OF the government 10 sustain these irstu ions and
to prevent the people of such States from being re-
mitted to state OF anarchy. d -.-rO
Second-The guarantee by Congress of equal sniff
rage 10 all loyal men at the South was demanded bv
every ms liberation of pubic safety, of gratitude
ana of Justice, and must be maintained. The whole
question OF suffrage ia the loyal States properly be-
longs TO the people Of hose States. - : 6..e
1hird-We denounce all forms OF repudia ion rs n
national crime., fhe national honor requires the
payment OF the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good iath to all creditors at home and abroad, not
only acc ding to the letter, to the spirit OF the
law under which IL was contracted.
Fourth-lt is due to the lahor of the nation that
eaxatlon "a shsl be- equalize and reduced rapidly
as The The national faith shall permit
Ftth-The national debt, contracted as it has
peen tor the Preservation Of the Union for all tme
to come, should be ext nded oye fair period for
redemption, and 1t the duty OF congress 10 red ,e
the ra,e OF interest thereon whenever it can lie hon.
tly dcne.
Sixth-The best policy to diminish our burden Of
debt, is to Sc improve our credit, that CAPITALISTS will
seek to loan us monev at lower o. than
we now pay, and must continue pay so long as re-
pudauon partial or total op or covert, is threat
Seventh-rhe government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest economy,
and the corruption which have been shamefuIly
nurs d and fOstered by Andrew ,Johuson call loudly
for a radi, al reform. .-sil q
Eighth.-We profoundly depiore the untimeiy and
trasic death Q, Abraham Lioroln ami regret The ac
cession Of ndrew Johnsou to he presiden v: who
has acted trt acher0usly to the people who elected
him ana tie cause he was pledged to support; who
mas ururpe high legislative and judicial funetons
who has r fused to execute the laws; who has used
his high office to induce other officers to ignore ana
vio are ihe laws; who has emplo et his executive
powers to render insecure the property. tn peace,
the liberty and the life Of the citizen; who has
abused the pardoning power; VIII, has denounced
the national legislature as unconstitutional; who
has persisently and corruptly resisted by every
measure III his power every proper attemSt at the
feconsruction OF ire States lately in rebellion who
mas perverted the pnLlc patronage into an engine of
wholes.l corruption, ana who las Justly been i'm
peaehed for high crimes and msdem, anors and prop
y pronounced guilty thereof by vote OF S5 Sena-
Nmth-The doctrine of Great Britain and other
european powers, that because man is once a sub
]ect he is always So must be resisted every haz
ard by The United States as a relic of the feudal
times, not authorized by the law OF nations ana at
war with atlona1 honor and independence
Naturalized citizens entitled to be protected in
all their rights OF citizenship though they were
native born; and no citizen OF the United States,
native or naturalz d. must be liable to arrest and
lmprisonment by any foreign power for acts done
words spoken in this country and if they are SO ar
rested and imprisoned il the duty OF the govern
ment to interfere in their behalf
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were entitled to special
honor than fhe trave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardships Of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilled their lives in the service of the country
The bounties and pensions provided by law for these
brave efenders obligations never to be forgot
ten; the WILLOWS and orphans of the gallant dead
are tne wards OIL the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations fostering
Eleventh-Foregn emigration, which in the past
mas a lded 80 much TO the wealth, development and
resources, and the increase of power to this naton
the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should
be fostered and encouraged by liberal and just
policy.
Twelfth-This convention declares itself in sympa-
thy with all the oppressed peoples which are strug-
Cling for their rights.
Unanimously added, on motion OF Cen. Schurz
Resotced, That we highly commend tn spirit of
magnanimty and iorbearance with which men who
have served in the Rebellion but who now frankly
and honestly cooperate with in restoring the
OF the country aud reconstructing the Southern
5 ate governments upon The bas Of Impartial Jus
tice and Equal Rights, received back into the
communion of the Loyal people, and we lavor the re-
moval of the dsqual ficaons and est lotions impos
ed upon the late Rebe in the same measure their
spirit of loyalty will direct and may be consistent
with the safety OF the loyal people.
Resolved That recognize the great principles
laid down in The immortal Declaration OF Independ
ence, as the true foundation of democratic govern
ment; and we hail with gadness every effort towards
making these PRINCIPLES a living reality on every
inch of American soil.