The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-06-18
Republican Platform

make the following declaration of
principles:
lst. We congratulate the country
OH the assured success of the recon-
struction policy of Congress, as
evinced by the adoption, in majority
of the States lately ia rebellion, Of
constitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to ALL and regard 1t as
the duty of the Government to sus-
tain those institutions, and to prevent
the people of such States from being
RENTED to state OF anarchy.
ID. The guarantee by Congress, OF
equal suffrage to all loyal men
in the South was demanded by every
consideration Of public safety, OF graf
itude and justice, and must be main
tanned. while the question of suffrage
in all the loyal States prope:ly be-
longs to the people of those States.
Sd. We deuounce all forms Of re.
pudiation as a rational crime, and the
national honor requires the payment
of the public Indebtedness, in the ut
most good faitlI, to all creditors, at
home and abroad, not only according
to the letter, but the spirit of the laws
under which it was contracted.
4th. 1t is due to the labor OF the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
9th. The national debt, contracted
as it has been, for the preservation OF
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re-
demtion, anu it is the duty of Con-
greSs to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon, whenever it can honestly be
done.
9Th. That the best policy to dimin-
ish our burden of debt is to improy c
our credit that capitalists will seek To
loan us money at lower rates Of in.
tcrest than We now pay, and must
continue to pay so long us repudla-
tiOn, partial or total, open or covert,
is threatened or suspected,
I. The Governments OF the United
States should be administered with
the strictcst economy, and the cor
ruptions which have been so shame
fully nurtured and tosteled by Andrew
Johnson cala loudly for radical re-
form, a
Sth.. We profoundly deplore the un-
timely and tragic death Of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession OF
Andrew johnson to the Presidency
who mas acted treacherously to the
people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to supports. has uiurp-
cd high Legislative and Judicial func-
tions; 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
erty, peace, liberty and lite of the
citizen s has abused the pardonihgpow-
er; has denounced the National Leg
islature as unconstitutional; has per-
sistently and corruptly resisted, by
every measure M 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 impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and properly pronounced guilty there
of by the vote Of thirty-tive Senators.
Och. Tn; doetIine of Great Britain
and othec European powers that be-
cause q man Is once q subject, he is
always so, must be resisted ut every
hazard BY the United States as a relic
of the feudal time, not authorized by
the law of nations, and ut war with
our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of citi-
zenship, as though they were natural
born, and 10 citizen Of the United
States, natural or natuaiized, 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
seamen, 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, sacred leg
acy bequeathed to the nations pro-
ttcting care.
1lth. Foreign emigration which In
the past has added so much to the
wealth, development Of resources,
and increase of power Of this nation,
tie asylum Of Tie oppressed of all ma
tions should be fostercd and cncour-
aged by liberal and just policy.
10Th. This Convention declares its
sympathy with all the oppressed peo-
pie who are struggling for their
rights.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
Resolred. That we highly commend