The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-07-23
Republican Platform.

princlpIes:
LIST. We congratulate the country
OH the assured success Of the recon-
structionJ policy Of Congress, as
eyinced by the adoption, In majority
of :he States lately ia rebellion, of
constitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all and regard 1t as
the duty of the Government to sus-
tain those institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
remitted to a state Of anarchy.
%. The guarantee by Congress, OF
equal suffrage to all loyal men
in the South was demanded by every.
consideration Of public safety, OF graf
itude and justice, and must be main
taincd, while the question Of suffrage
In all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
81. We denounce all forms of re-
pudiatiOn as q rational crime, and the
national honor requires thepayment
of the public Indebtedness, in the ut
most good faltli, to all creditors, at
home and abroad, not only according
to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted.
4th. 1t is due to the labor OF the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied aud reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit. " 3
9Th. The national debt, contracted
as 1t has been, for the preservation oi
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re-
denton, anu it is the duty of Con-
gress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, wheneyerit can honestly bC
done.
9th. That the best policy to dimin-
lsh our burden Of debt Is to Improve
our credit that capitalists will seek tC
loan US money at lower rates Of In.
terest than We now pay, and must
continue to pay SO long rs repudia'
tion, partial or total, open or covert
Is threatened or suspected.
I. The Government of the United
States should be administered with
the strictcst economy, and the cor
ruptions which have been 50 shame
fully nurtured and fostercdby Andrew
johnson call loudly for radical re-
torn.
sth. We profoundly deplOre the un'
timely and tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regre: the accession o
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the caus,
he was pledged to support; has usurp.
ed high Legislative and Judicial func-
tions; has refused to execute the laws
has used hls high Office TO induce
Other officers to ignore and violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the prop.
erty, peace, liberty and lite of the
citizen; has abused the pardoningpow.
er; has denounced the National Leg.
islature as unconstitutional; has per-
sistently and corrupt!y resisted, by
every, measure in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
Of the States lately In rebellion ha;
perverted the public patronage into
into all engine Of wholesale corrup-
tion, and has been justly impeaehed
for high crimes and mis(emeanors,
and properly pronounced guilty there
of by the vote of thirty-tiye Senators
Och. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that be-
cause man is once subject, he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States rs a relic
of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, and ut war with
our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights OF citl-
zenship, AS though they were Hatural
born, hiid mo citizen of the United
States, natural or natuaiized, must be
liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power, for acts done, or
words spoken, In this country, and II
80 arrested and imprisoned, II is the
duty of the Government, to, interfere
in his behalf.
10th. OF those who were faithful
in the trials of the late war, there
were mons entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and
seamen, who endured the hardship,
of the campaign and cruise, and I'M.
perlled their lives in the service of TIL,
country. The bounties and pension,
provide by law, for these brave de.
Tenders of the nation, are obligation.
never to be forgotten. The widow,
and orphans OF the gallant dead M,
the wards of the people, u sacred leg
acy beqncathcd to the nations pro
hctlng care.
llth. Foreign emigration which il
the past has added SO much to til,
wealth, development of resources
and increase Of power of this nation
the asylum of the oppressed of all ma
tieDs should be fostered and cncour.
aged by a liberal and Just policy.
18th. This Convention declares ii.
sympathy with all the oppr, ssed peo-
pie who are struggling for thcil
rights. -tH Ii
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.