The Richmond palladium., 1868-06-30
COUNTY TICKET.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

success Of The reconstruction policy Of Congress- as
evinced by the adoption, in majority OF the States
lately in rebellion, of stitutions securing equal
civil and political rights to a and regard it
the duty Of the Government to sustain those insttu
tons and to prevent the people OF such states from
being remitted to a state of anarchy.
"2. The guarantee by congress OF equal suffrage
to all loyal men in the South demanded by every
consideration of public safety, OF grat'nde 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. aa
"3. VI denounce all forms of reputation
tional crimes, and the national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness. in the utmost
good faith all creditors; home and abraad, not
only according to the litter but the spirit OF the laws
{ under which it was contractej- .5i.5
"4 1t is due the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced as rapidly
our national faith will permit. s,slt.a
"5 The national debt, contracted as it has been
for the preservation of the Union for all time TO come
should be extended fair period for redemption,
and it is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereon, whenever it can honestly De done.
Sc. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt is to improve credit that capitalists will
seek loan money at lower rates of interest than
we now pay and must continue to pay so long as re-
pudaton, partial or total, open or covert, is threat
ened suspected.
-s7. The Government Of the United States should
be administered with the stricest economy, and the
corruptions which have been shamefuily nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson, cali loudly for
Radical reform. .E.-
..s We profoundly depore the untim-ly y and tragic
death Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
of Andrew johnson to the presidency. who has acted
treACDefO0Sly
cause he was pledged to support has usurped high
legislative aud judicial functions; has refused to
cute the laws; has used his high office to induce 9TH
er officers to ignore and 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
tenty and corrupty resisted by every measure In
his power every proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion has perverted the
public patronage into engine of wholesale corrup-
tion and has been justly mpeached for high crimes
and misdemeanors, and properly pronounced guilty
"9. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Euro
pean Powers, that because is subject he
is always must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States as a relic of the feudal time, not
thorixed by the law of nations and at war with our
national honor and Independence naturaized citizens
being entitled to be protected in all their rights OF
citizenship though they were natural born and no
CITIZEN of the United States, natural naturalized
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment % by any any
country and if arrested and imprisoned, it is the
duty Of the Government to interfere in his behalf
"lO Of all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war there none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and men who endur-
ed the hardships of campaign and cruise, and mPer-
lied their lives in the service of the country. The
bounties and pensions provided by law for those
brave defenders Of the nation obligations to
LIANT dead are the wards of the people, sacred legacy
bequeathed to the nations protecting care
al. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added much 10 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
tered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy.
"I2. This convention declares its sympathy with
all the oppressed people who are struggling for theil
rights" bsxeea sIta -
"Resolved, That we highly commend the spirit o.
magnanimity and forgiveness with which men WHIT
have served the rebellion, but now frankly and bon
esty cooperate with in restoring the peace OF the
country and demonstrating the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial justice and equa
rights are received back into the communion of thu
loyal people, and favor the removalof the disqual
icatons and restrictions imposed upon the late reb
els in the measure the spirit Of loyalty viii
direct, may be consistent with the safety of th,
loval people," lCries of Good good .eLs.H
"Resolped, That we recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration of lndepend
euce as the true foundation of democratic govern
ment; and hail with Rladness every effort towaft
making these principles living reality every incl
of American soil" s-ts 4+-