The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-06-03

The National Republican party Of the
United States assembled in National Con-
vention in the city Of Chicago on the goth
day Of May, 1868, and made the following
declaration of principles:
1st. We congratulate the country on
the assured success of the reconstruction
policy of Congress as evinced by the
adoption in the majority of the States
lately in rebellion Of constitutions secur-
ing equal civil and political rights to all !;
and it is the duty of the government to
sustain those institutions and to prevent
the people of those States from being re-
mitted to state Of anarchy.
3D. The guarantee by Congress of equal
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration OF pub
lie safety, Of gratitude, and Of Justice, and
must be maintained; while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly
belongs to the people Of those States.
Sd. We denouncc all forms of repudia-
tion as national crime, and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the utmost good faith 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 equalized and re-
duced as rapidly as the national faith will
permit.
5th. The national debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation of the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption; and it
is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate
of interest thereon whenever it can be
honestly done.
9th. That the best policy to diminish
our burdens of debt is to so improve our
credit that capitalists will seek to loan us
money at lower rates Of interest than we
now pay, and must continue to pay, SO
long as reputation, partial OF total, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected
7th. The government of the Unitod
States should be administered with tho
strctest economy, and the corruptions
which have been so shamefully nursed and
fostcred by Andrew Johnson call loudly
for radical reform.
Sth. professedly deplorc the untimc-
ly and trag death Of Abraham Lincoln,
and regret the accession Of Andrew John
son to the Presidency, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected
him and tho cuuse he was pledged to sup
port; who has usurpcd high Legislative and
judicial functions; who has refused to ex-
ecute the laws; who has employed his
executive powers to render insecure the
property, the peace, liberty, and life OF
The citizen; who has abused the pardon
ing power; who has denounced tho Ma
tional Legislature us unconstitutional; who
has pcrsistcntly and corruptly resisted,
by every measure in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction OF
the States lately in rebellion; who has
perverted the public patronage into an
engine of wholesale corruption, and who
has been Justly impcachcd Tor high crimes
and misdemeanors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by tile vote OF
thirty-fve Senators.
9th. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers that because a
man is once subject he is alwaysso must
be resisted at every hazard by tho United
States. as relic of tho fcudal times, not
authorized by the law Of nations, and ct
war with our national honor and indie
pendence. Naturalizcd citizens are en-
titled to be protected in all their rights of
citizenship as though they were native
born and no citizen Of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable to
arrest and Imprisonment by any foreign
power for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and if so arrested and i'm
prisoned, it is the duty of the government
TO interfere in his behalf.
10th. OF all who were faithful in the
trials of the late war there were mono en-
titled to moro especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamcn who endured
tho hardships Of campaign and cruise,
and imperllcd their lives in the service OF
their country; the bountios and pensions
provided by the laws for these brave de-
tenders Of the nation are obligations never
to be forgotten the widows and orphans
Of the gallant dead are the wards of tho
people-a sacred legacy bequeathed to
the nations protecting care.
11th. Foreign emigration, which, in the
past, has added so much to tho wealth,
development, and resources and increase
of power to this nation, the asylum of the
oppressed of all nations should be fostered
and encouraged by a liberal and just
policy.
18th. This Convention declares itself in
sympathy with all tho oppressed people
which are struggling for their rights.
ADDITIONS TO TIE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
After the regular platform had been
adopted, the following resolutions were
passed:
Rcso1Ued, That we highly commend the
spirit of magnanimty and forgiveness
with which the men who have served in
the rebellion-but who now frankly and
honestly cooperate with US in restoring