The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-05-28
The Rnd,CaI Platform.

The following is the platform adopt
ed ut Chicago by the Radical National
Convention
l. We congratulate the country on
the assured success of the reconstruc-
ton policy of Congress, as evnhced by
the adoption IA q majority OF the States
lately in rebellion OF Constitutions Sc
curing equal civil and political rights
to all, and regard it as the dutY Of the
Government 60 sustain those lnstitu-
tions, and to prevent tho people OF
such States from being RENTED to q
state of anarchy.
2. The guarantee by Congress OF
equal suffrage to all loyal men Of the
South, was demanded by every con-
sideration Of safety, of gratitude and Of
justice, and must be maintained, while
the question Of suffrage in all tho loyal
States properly belongs to the people
Of these States.
3. We denouuco all forms Of rcpu.
diation as q National crime, and the
National honor requires the payment
of the public Indebtedness IN the ut
most 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.
4. 1t is due 10 the labor of the q
ton that taxation should be oquallzed
and reduced us rapidly as the Nation
nj faith will permit.
g.. The National debt, contracted,
MS it has been, for the preservation OF
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over II fair period for re-
dempiicn, and it is the duty Of Con-
gross to reduce. the rate of interest
thereon whenever. it can honestly be
done.
G.. That the best policy to diminish
our burden 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
or total, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
z. The Government Of tho United
States should be admlnistrated with
the strictest economy, aud the corrup.
TORS which have been SO shamefully
Injured and fosterod by Andrew John
son should call loudly Tor radlcU! re-
form.
8. We profoundly deplore the unit
molly aad tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession OF
Andrew Johnson TO the Presidency,
who has acted so troach urously TO the
people who elected HIM and the cause
he was plcdgedto support; has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions;
has refused to execute the laws; has
used his high Office to induce other
officers TO mgoro and violate the laws;
has employed his executive powers to
render insecure the property, peace,
liberty and life Of the ciuZcns; has
abused the p]ardoning power has dc
.nounCcd the National Legislature as
unconstitutional, has persIstcntly and
%corruplly resisted by every measure IN
his power every proper attempt at the
reconstruction Of the States latCly.'in I
rebellion, has perverted the public
patronage INTO an engine Of whOlesal 10
corruption, and has been fully ImpcaN
ched Tor high crimes and mi-demeanors
an1 properly pronounced guilty thereof
by the vore of thirty Eve Senators.
.. Tho doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers, that, because a
man Is once q subject he is always one,
must DO resisted at every hazard 10y
the United States, as q relic Of ieudEl
times, not authorized by the law Of
nations, and with war to u National
independence. Naturalized
citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights ofcitizenship as Trough
they were natural born, and no citizen
of the. United States, natural or naturu-
must be liable to arrest and i'm
p~risonment, by any foreign power for !.
nets done, or words spoken in this
country, and If so arrested and i'm.
prisoned- it IS the duty Of the Govern
20 interfere in his behalf.
10. OF all who were faithful in tho
Of the late war there wero none
entitled to more especial honor than
.he brave soldiers and seamen who en-
lured tho %hardships of tho campaign
aud cruise, and imperiled their lives IN
he service Of The country; the bounties
md pensions provided by las for these
defenders of the n alton are ob,
lRatlons never 10 DC lorSotJCnj the
and orphans OF tho gallant dead
IRE the wards of the people, a sacred
cgacy %bequeathed TO tho nations pro.
care.
II. That foreign emigration, which
tho past has added so much 10 the
wealth and development of resources,
Ind increase Of power to this Nation,
he asylum of the impressed of MI mt.
ons, should be fosteIed and encouraged
by liberal and just policy.
~. The Convention declares its sym,
oathy with ali the oppressed people
arc struggling for their rights.
10, That we highly oomTend tn
spirit Of nagnanimIty and forgiveness
VITA which men who have served the
-nhellinn- lint now franklv and hon