The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-09-11
.rpUsLrcAy PLATFORM.

-. w. .o,r,.tulats the country on the g.
.ursS svccsss Of the reeonstruction policy oi Con.
sr. synesd by sSs naopu Hs s o. -, %
csYinr EQUAL eiv, and political rights 70 al. 10
Ire duty OF the Government to sustain thee inst-
iutions. and TO prevent the people OF such states
S,sssS-Ths guaranty by cooyrsss Of equal SUI
nae 10 Ali loyal men 81 the South vas demanded
by every consideration OF public safety, OF grat-
whole question Of sudfaES In all the loyal States
properly belongs 10 the people Of those states
national crime. (prolongsd ehsersA and the na-
tional honor requires the payment Of the public
Indebtedness In lhe utmost good tath, TO oil eredi-
tors at home and abroad, mol only according 20 u.
Was contracted. tAppiauss)
YesvtA-It 10 due H. The labor Of The nation that
taxation should be squalised and reduced - rap
FUrA-rhs national debt, contracted - u has
been Cor the preservation Of the Onion for all time
TO come, should be extended over hlr period oI
Iedsmption. and u 70 the duty Of SonxI.ss 70 70,
sisfN-That The best policy to diminish our bur
den Of debt 10 TO % improve our credit, that eapi
taiists will SEX TO loan money 81 loser iAtss
interest than We nov pay, 30 long .. rspudiation
partial or total, open or covert 10 threatened Of
sssssfI-rhs aovsrnnsst OF The United STATE,
shoaId be- administered with the strietsst economy
and the conceptions which have been 80 shamefuily
nurssd and iostsrsd by Andrsv johnson. call loud
Essin-Ws profoundly d.Pior., IN. sn,la.iy,
hut tragic death % Abraham Lincoln, and isxrs'
sso sss ssssa ,rsssS.roSsiy 70 the people Who
elected MIN and The cause he was pledged 10 sup
port who has usurped high Legislative and judi
s. .sc IN. u..S ii. high once 10 ,sdSss
oineers 10 ignore and violate the laws Who has
employed bis executive powers 70 render insecure
,n. I,Spsy the psass s ,ns ssI
who has denounced the National LeysiAture rs
unoonstitutional, who has peIsistenty and cor
ruptly resisted: by s,s,y ms son.,,n.,ian or he
states lately In rebellion Who has perverted the
public patronage Into an engine of wholesale cor
sSp.. and .s1 n.. Sy se sna
nouneed guilt, thereof BY vote VI thlry'n'e
Nisn-rhe doctrines Of Great Britain and other
subject no 70 Away. so-must DO resisted Ut every
hazard by the United states - . relic Of we leu,
dial times not authorized by the Law OF nAtons Anu
~ var 9TH our national honor and indspsnasses !,
Natpralised oitsens are entitled TO be protected 10
all their right VI eitssnship rs though they wsre
native born. and no citizen Of the United states
native or naturalised, must DO liable TO arrest e
or words SPOKEN, in This country and u they ar'
80 arrested and imprisoned. u Is tho duty of th'
0overnmsnt " interfere In his behaf
Ts1tA-Ofali who were fAithful In the trials o
the late var there were none moro entitled 10 60
peclal honor than the brave soldiers and seamei
who endured the hardships CT campaign sne
cruise, and imperilled their lives In the service
the country. fhe bounties and pensions provides
by the laws for these brave defenders are ooiisA
tons never 70 DO forgotten. The widows and OF
phans Of the gallant dead are the wards OF tn
psopie-s sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation
practicing care.
EisrsaiA-forslgu emigration, which In the pas
has added % much To the wealth. development, 70
sources and the Inc rease VI power " this nation
should DO fostsred and encouraged by nbera
and just policy.
Tssi1i-fhis Convention declares itselfin sym
patty with ell the oppressed people which an
struggling Cor their rights-