The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-07-16
RenubIican Platform.

OH the assured success of the recon-
struction policy Of Congress, rs
eyinccd by the adoption, in a majority
of ;he States lately ia rebellion, of
constitutions securing equal OWL and
political rights to all, and regard it as
the duty of the Government to sus-
tain those institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
renlitted to a state OF anarchy.
ID. The guarantee by Congress, OF
equal suffrage to Ill loyal men
in the South was demanded by'every
consideration of public saftpy!oi graf
itude and justice, and must bemHin-
tanned, while the question of suffrage
in nll the l0yul States properly be
longs to the people of those States.
3d. We dcnounce all forms of re-
pudiation as q rational crime, and the
national honor requires the payment
of the public Indebtedness, in the Mt
most good faitlr, to all creditors, at
home and abroad, not only according
to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it WAS contracted.
18th. 1t is due to the labor OF the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied aud reduced as rapidly as the
national fifth viii permit.
9TH. The national debt, contracted
us it has been, for the preservation OF
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over q fair period for re-
demtion, and 1T is the DUTY of Con-
gress to reduce the rate 'Ut interest
thereon, whenever it can honestly be
done.
9Th. That the best policy to dimin-
ish our burden of debt is to improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money ut lower rates of in-
tercst than VIC now pay, and must
to pay so long rs repudia-
tion, partial or total, open or covert,
is threatened or suspected.
J. The Government of the United
States should be administered with
the strictcst economy, and the cor
rugtions which have been so shame
fully nurtured and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
sth. We profoundly deplerc the un-
timely and tragic Death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession of
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who has acted trcacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurp-
el high Legislative and Judicial func-
lions; has refused to execute the laws; !;
has used his high office to induce
othec officers to ignore and violate
the laws; has employed his executive
powers to render insecure the prop
crty, peace, liberty and litc of the
citizen ;has abused the pardoning pow
err; has denounced the National Leg
islaturc as unconstitutional; has per-
sistcntly and corruptly 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
into an engine of wholesale corrup-
tion, and has been justly inpeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and properly pronounced guilty there
of by the vote of thirty-iive Senators.
Och. The doctrine of Great Britain
and ether European powers that be-
cause nan is csscc subject, lie is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as a relic
of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law Of nations, and at war with
our national ttolOr and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of citi-
as though they were natural
born, and no citizen Of the United
States, natural or natualized, 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 imprisoned, it 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 none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and
scamcn, .who endured the hardships
Of the campaign and cruise, and I'M
periled their lives in the service of the
country. The bounties and pensions
provide by law, 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 the people, Il sacred leg
acy ,bequeathed to Nie nations pro-
t citing care. aAa tt'
11th. Foreign emigration which in
the past has added SO much to the
wealth, development Of resources,
allt, |, Increase Ct power of this natloh.
the asylum of the oppressed of au ma
tiOns should be foster0d and encOur-
aged by liberal and just policy.
18th. This Convention declares its
sympathy with all the oppressed peo-
pie who arc struggling for their
rights.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
ReS0lred, That we highly commend
the spirit of magnanimity and for
giveness with which the men who