Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-10
Union Republican Platform,


Hon. Richard W Thompson, ofIndiandi
Chairman Oft the Committee oh Resolutions,
advanced to the platform and reported ~
follOwsi
| The Eotiohol Republican Party If the
United States, assembled in National Con
yenti0n in the city Of Chicago, on the Goth
day Of May, 1868, make the following dec
laration Of principles
lst We congratulate the eohhtrv on the
assured success ofthereconstructlon policy
Of Congress, as evinced by the adoption by
a majority Of the States lately in rebellion,
OF Constitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all, and regard it a. the
duty Of the government TO sustain those
Constitutions, and to prevent the power Of
such States from heing reduced 10 state
Of anarchy. tCheers.
I'd. The guarantee by Congress Of eqdal
suffrage TO all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration OfpubliG
safety, Of gratitude, and Of justice, and
must be maintained-w the question Of
suffrage in ali the loyal States properly be-
longs to the peoplec fthose States [Cheers
Sd. We denounce all forms Of repudia-
ton as a national crime prolonged cheers
and national honor requires the payment
OF the national Indebtedness in thentmost
good faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, and not only according to the let
ter but the spirit Of the law under which it
was contracted. [Applause.
4th. 1t is due to the labor Of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and re-
duced as rapidly as the national faith will
permit.
5th. 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 redemption. and it is
tie 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 80 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.
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 deplore the un.
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin.
coin, and regret the accession Of Andrew
johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
treaeherously to the people who elected
him, and 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 vio-
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.
eec the National Legislature as uHeonsti-
tutional; has persistently and corruptly
obstructed every proper attempt at the re"
of the States lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage
into an engine Of wholesale corruption,
and has been justly impeaehed for high
crimes and misdemeaaors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes Of
thirty five SeRa Sors.
9th. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that beeaHse a
man is once a subject he is always so,
must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States as a relic of ieudal times not
authorized by law of nations, and at war
with our national honor and independence.
Haturalized citizens are entitled to be pro-
tected in all their rights of citizens as
though they were native born. N0citizen
of the United States, native or natuFaIized,
must be liable to arrest and imprisonment
BY any foreign power for acts done OF words
spoken in this country; and if so arrested
aud imprisoned, it Is the duty of the Gov
sTnment to interfere in his behalf.
10th. fall who were faithful in the tri-
lls of the late war, none were entitled to
more special honor than the brave soldiers
md seamen, who endured the hardshIps Of
and cruise, and imperilled their
ives in the service of the country. The
,ounties and pensions provided for these
,rave defenders OF the nation are an Obliga.
ion never to be forgotten: the widows and
'rphans of the gallant dead are the wards
# the people--a sacred legacy bequeathed
o the nations protecting care.
lth. Foreign immigration, which in the
,ast has added so much to wealth. devel-
resources. and increase of pow
r to the nation, the asylum of the oppress-
d of all nations, should be fostered and
Encouraged by liberal and just policy.
18th. This convention declares its SYM
,athy with all oppressed people which are
truggling for their rights.