The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-06-23
COUNTY TICKET.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

81. We congratulate the country the assured
success of the reconstruction policy of Congress,
evinced by the adoption, in majority of the States
lately in rebellion, of stitutions securing equal
civil and political rights to ALL and regard it
the duty Of the Government to sustain those nstitu-
tions and to prevent the people of such States from
being RENTED 70 state of anarchy. b.f u e
"2. The guarantee BY Congress of equal suffrage
to all loyal in the South demanded by every
consideration of public safety of gratitude and of
Justice and must be maintained; while the question
Of suffrage In all the loyal States properly belongs to
IS. We denounce all forms of reputation
tional crimes, ard the national honor requires the
good faith to all eredkors at home and abraad, not
only according to the stter but the spirit of the laws
under which Il was contracted. q ~ @tls4
"a. 1t il due to the labor OF the nation that taxa
ton should be equaized and reduced rapidly
national faith will permit. orr UU
"5. The national debt, contracted as it has been
for the preservation of the MON for all time TO
should be extended fair period for redemption;
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereon, whenever il honestly be done.
49, That the best policy to diminish burden of
debt is improve credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lever rates Of interest than
now pay and must continue to pay so long as re-
pudiation partial total, open covert is threat
a. The Government of the United States should
be administered with the strctest economy and the
corruptions which have been so shanefuliy nursed
and fostered By. Andrew Johnson, cab loudly for
Radical reform.
"S We profoundly deplore the untmely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
of Andrew Johnson to the presidency, who has acted
cause he was pledged to supports has usurped high
legislative aud judicial functions; has refused to
cute the laws; has used his high office to induce 9TH
! officers to ignoreand violate the laws; has en-
poyed his executive powers to render insecure the
property peace, liberty and life of the citizens has
abused the pardoning powers has denounced the
National Legislature UNCONSTITUTIONAL has persis-
renty and corruptly resisted by every measure in
his every proper attempt at the
puhl mi info Al Il wi
ton, and has been justly imPeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors, and properly pronounced guilty
thereof by the voice Of thirty five Senators.
q "9. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Euro
pean Powers, that because man is once subject he
s always must resisted at every hazard by the
United States relic of the feudal time, not au-
thorzed by the of nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence, naturalized citizens
being entitled to be protected in all their rights of
citizenship, though they natural born, and
citizen of the United States, natural naturazed,
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done words spoken in this
country: and If so arrested and imprisoned it is the
duty OF the Government to interfere in his behalf.
40. Of all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war, there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who endur
ed the hardships of campaign and cruise, and imper-
lied their lives in the service OF the country The
bounties and pensions provided by law for those
brave defenders of the nation obligations never to
be forgotten. The widows and orphans of the gal
liant dead the wards of the people, sacred legacy
,bequeathed to the nations protecting care oY,e.
oil Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added so much to the wealth and development of the
resources and increase of power to this nation, the
asylum Of the oppressed Of all nations should be fos
8 tered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy.
"12. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who struggling for their
rights" - rt4 .....,,., - e..-... 49,,
"Resolred, That we highly commend the spirit OF
magnanimity and forgiveness with which men who
have served the rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly cooperate with in restoring the peace of the
country, and demonstrating the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis Of impartial justice and equa
loyal people, and favor the removal of the dsqual
LEGATIONS and restrictions imposed upon the late reb
els in the same measure the spirit of loyalty will
direct as may be consistent with the safety of the
L loyal people," ICries of Good good j 90 .,
''ResoIred, That recognize the great principles
laid down in The immortal Declaration of lndepend
euce IS the true foundation of democratic govern
ment; and hail with gladness every effort towart
making these principles living reality on every incl
of American SOIL"