Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-06
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Union Republican Platform.

Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of Indiana,
Chairman ofthc Committee on Resolutions,
advanced 70 the platform and reported as
follows;
The National Republican Party Of the
United States, assembled in National Con
yention in the city OF Chicago, on the 2Oth
day of NAV, 1868, make the following dec
laration of principles;
lst. We congratulate the country on the
assured success Of the reconstruction policy
6fConkress, as evinced by the ADOPTION ny
a majority Of the States lately in felellion,
Of Constitutions securing equal ciyli and
political rights to all, and regard 1t as the
duty Of the government to sustain those
Constitutions, and to prevent the power Of
such States from being reduced TO state
of anarchy. tCheers.
Cd. The guarantee by Congress OF equal
suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration OF public
safety, Of gratitude, and Of Justice, and
must be maintained-while the question o.
suffrage in oil the loyal States properly be
longsto the people cfthose States Cheers
81. We denounee all forms OF repndia.'
tion as a national crime prolonged cheers J.
aud national honor requires the payment
OF the national Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith to all creditors, at home ana
abroad, and not only according to the let,
Ter but the spirit Of the law under which II
was contracted, Applause.
lth. II is due TO the labor Of The nation
that taxation should be equalized and re.
duced as rapidly as the national faith VIII
permit =,
5th. The National debt, contracted as ii
has been for the preservation Of the Union
for all time 10 come, should be extended
over fair period for redemption, and it is
tiie duty Of Congress to reduce the rate Of
interest thereon whenever it can honestly
be done.
9th. That the best policy to diminish
our burden Of debt is to so improve ouI
credit that capitalists will seek to loan US
money ut lower rates of interest than W.
now pay, and must continue to pay Sc
long as reputation, partal or tota !, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected
7th. The Government Of the United
States should be administered with the
strictes economy; and the corruption
which has been so shamefully nursed and
fostered by Andrew johnson, calls loudly
for radical reform.
9th. We profoundly implore the IN
timely and tragic death OF Abraham LIN
eoln, and regret the accession Of Andrew
johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected
him, aud the cause he was pledged to sup
port; has usurped high Legislative and ju.
dicial functions; has used his high office
TO induce other officers to ignore and yio-
late laws; has employed his executive
power and rendered insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life Of the citizens; has
abused the pardoning power; has denoun'
eed the National Legislature as unconsti
tutional; has persistently and corruptly
obstructed every proper attempt at the re
construction Of the States lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage
iuto an engine Of wholesale corruption
and has been justly impeached for hlgl
grimes and misdemean0rs, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes oI
thirty FIVE Senators.
OH. The doctrine of Great Britnin and
other European powers Tint because
man is once a subject ho is always So
must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States as n relic Of Icudal times not
authorized by law Of nations, and at wal
with our national honor and Independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be pro-
teoted in all their rights Of citizens us
though they were native born ROcltizen
Of the United States, native or naturallzed,
must be liable to arrest and Imprisonment
by any foreign powerfor acts done or words
spoken in this country and if so arrested
and imprisoned, ii IS the duty of the Coy
ernment 10 interfere in his behalf
10th. 0fall who were faithful in the trl
ais Of the late war, none were entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen, who endured the hnrdslllps OF
campaign aud cruise, and imperlled their
lives In the service Of the country. The
bonnties aud pensions provided for these
brave defenders of the nation are nm obliga,
tion never to be forgotten; the widows and
orphana Of tho gallant dead are the wards
Of the people-a sacred legacy bequeathed
TO the nation's protecting care
nth. Foreign immigration, which in th'
past has added so much to wealth, devel
opmentand resources, and incvolsoof pow
or to the nation, the asylum of the 0pprcss
ed Of all nations. should bo fostered anC
encouraged by q liberal and Just policy
18th. This committee declares ito sym
pathy with all oppressed people which arr
struggling for their rights,