The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-10-01
NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.

on Tue SUth DAY oil May 1913, make
tho following declaration Of principles;
I. We congratulate the country on
The assured success Of the reconstruction,
policy of Congress as evinced by the
adoption in ma rily Of the States lately
in rebellion Of Constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights TO oil,
ind regard il as the duty Of The Govern
ment 10 sustain these Constitutions and
prevent We people Of such States from
oeing relhitlsd to stale OF anarchy or
military rule.
2. The guarantee by Congress Of
equal suffrage 10 all IoyOl men in the
South was demanded by every consider.
alton Of public safety, Of gratitude and
ofjusticO, and must be maintained, while
the question Of suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs TO tho people of
those States.
8. We denouqco all Iorms of rspudia
ton as national crime, and national
honor requires the payment Of tho pub,
lie Indebtedness in the utmost good faith
to our creditors OF home and abroad,
not only according to The letter but the
spirit Of the laws under which il was
contracted.
a It is due 10 the labor Of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and re-.
duced OsrOpidly as national faith will
permit.
5. 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 rehempt.
ion, and il is The duty Of Congress to re-
duce the rate u interest thereon when
ever it can honestly be done.
8. That the best policy 10 diminish
our burden OF debt is so to Improve
our credit that capitalists will seek
to lend US money at lower rates Of
Interests than We now pay, and must
continue to pay, so long as repudialion,
partial or total, open or covert is lhrea.
ened.
Z. The Government OF the United
States should be administered with the
sIrictest economy. The corruptious
which have been so shamerully nursei
'aRj fosterCd by Andrew Johnson, call
loudly for radical reform.
8. We profoundly dtplorO the uniime
'ly and tragic death of Abraham. Lin
coin. and regret the accession OF Andrew
johnson to the Presidency. who has
acted treacherouiy to the people who
elected him and the cause he was pied
gsd 10 support: has usGrred high legis-
lative and Judicial functions; has refused
10 execute the laws; has used his high
office to induce other officers TO violate
the laws; has employed his executive
power 10 render insecure the lives, prop
erty. peace. liberty aud life Of the citizen;
has abused the pardOning power; has
denounced the National Legislature as
,unconsti,uional; has persistentIy and |
.habilually resisted by every means in his
power, every proper attempt at the re.
construction Of the States lately in re-
bellion; has perverted the public pntro.
mage into an engine Of wholesale cor
.ruption, and has been Justly impcached
for high crimes and uisdemcanors, snd |
properly pronounced guilty thereof by |
the votes Of thiry-fve Senators.
9. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European Powers, that because a
man is once subject be is always so,
must be resisted at every hazard BY the
Uuited States as relic Of the fsudal
times, not authorized BY the law of ma
lions, and al war with our national hon
or aud independence. Naturaiized citi.
.zeus are entitled to be protected in all
their rights Of citizenship, as though
they we're native born. No citizen Of
the United States, native or naiuraiz,d,
must be liable 10 arrest or Imprisonment
By any foreign Power for acts don, or
words spoken 10 this country; ard if so
arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty
Of the7gnveruaont to interfere in hisbahalt
10. OF all who were faithful 10 the
trials of the late war there were none en-.
+,illed to more especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamcn who endured
the hardships Of the camp and cruise,
and impsriIej their tivesin the service
of their country, The boRniics and pen
Bions appropriated by lawfor these brave
defenders Of the Union are obligations
meyer to be forgotten. The widows and
orphans Of the gallant dead are the wards
of the people-n sacred legacy bequea'h
ed to the United States protecting care.
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the
past has added so much to the wealth
aud increased the resources Of this no
tion--lhe asylum Of oil natious--should
BE !o0tSsed 5y aiibcral aud just policy,
~. This convention declares its sym.
pathy with all oppressed people who are
struggling FOR their rights,
,Resolced, That we recognize the great
r-,r;rktnIea latd dnwn IN tho nnclaroiinn