The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-06-03
THE PLATFORM OF THE RADICAL
PARTY.

United States assembled in National Con-
,,.ntion in the city II Chicago on the Goth
,iay Of May, 1868, make he following de-
clarltlon ol priuciples; @
Fmsl.-We congratulate the country on
the assured success of the reconstruction
policy oi Congress IS evidenced b. the adop..
tipn In the mIioriiy of the States lately IN
rebellion ol constitutions securing equal
civil and political rights to all; and y Is
the daly af the Government to sustain
thase. institutions aud To prevent The peo-
Pile Of thnse States from being remited to q
State Of anarchy. -. j.
sci second. rne guarantee by Congress OF
equal suffrage 10 all leyal men Al The South
MAS demanded BY every consideration OF
public safety, Of gratitude. and Of Justice.
and must be maintained; While the question
"A suffrage i'll ali The loyal States properly
belongs 10 the people ~ those States.
Th'rd.-- We denounce al fur,ns oi repu.
dianol as national crime, aud the no
itionsl honor requires the payment oi the
pabIic Indebtedness in the utmest good
iailh q all creditors at hoIne and abroad, /,
not nnly according tn The letter, bat the
spirit o the laws under which IL was con-
.tlacieti a .A@h1 &
Faurih. lit Il due IL the iabar Of the na.
ton that tsxa,ian should be cg0aliIra anil
reduced ss rapidly a the nalinnalisiih wIli
permit.
Filth.--fhe national debt. contracted.
as il has bssn, for The preservation oi the
Union Inr all time 10 conc, should be ex-
tended over fair period iar redemption !
and /, - The duty oi Congress TO reduce the
rate uf interest thereon whenever il can bc
honestly lnne. .ae@~4 s.. .
S1alh.--rh the best pnlicy tn diminish
ar oIr,!en VI debt i 10 81 imprnsr nar
credit ih,t"capitalsts will seek to loan rs
money al lower rates oi interest than We
nov par. aud must continue 10 pas 81 ioag
a. rep",!iat,on. partial or total. 1prn or CO.
vert, il threatened or suspected.
Se,eath.--The government the United
States should b. administered with The
.strislest srcnomy. and the c"rruptons
which have been 80 shamefuily nurse,l .u'l
stusirrsd by Andrew johnson call loudly Tor
radical reform. .
Eighth.-we prnfe-scdly dcplore the un-
timely and tragic death uf Abraham Lin.
ean. and regret the accession nt Andrew
Jnhnsen TO the Presidency, who has acted
trsaehereusly TO the people who elected him
and the cause he wa pledged to sappor,
win has usarpeJ high legislative and judi
cal functions /; who has relusedt to exrcufe
the law Who has used his high oIhce Ia
indaee other officers I" ignore and violate
tie laws: who has cmployed his executive
powers 10 render insecure the property, the
peace, Liberty and life Of the citizen /; whu
hss ABUSED the pardnning peser; Who ha:
denognced the National Legislature as IN
constitutional; who has persi.tenhy and
rorruptlY resisted, by every means in hi'
p3wer, every proper attempt ~ the rrcnn'
siruction uf the States lately in rebeliinn
-whohss perverted the public patronage lui'
NJ epgIrc 1T wholesale corruPiton, and wht
th.s justly been impcachrd inr high crimes
aud 1isdrmeaRprs, and propctly ptanuunc
ed guilty thereof BY the vote al ihirIy.iiS'
senators. # #z= -.*@ zr
Ntuth.--lrbe doeiFine af Great Britain
and niher European Powers that because
s1nauis snnce subj. ethe il nj ssys -, m u
g. be resisted at every hazard bs ihe rD,ird
Sians, Al relic ~ The leuilal tines. nn
aatlotIleI by The law of nalinns, and A
war with uur national honor anil ,n,lcrcn
drncc. Naiuralzed ciiizcEs are en,itlc,
t"br p,otee,ed IN all their rights u citizen
,slp = though they we're NATIVE born, an,
citizen Of thS United States, native o
rafbraiaed, must be liable 10 arrest an,
imprisonment, by any iOfeign Power fu
acis.d done or words spoken in this c0untr,
shd i sWfrested and imprisoned, !, i
a9fhs duty y the Government totnteriere ia
II behalf. f#afif tt. f ,tf
~ Tenfh.--Of al Win we're raithIuln N,
II tglalsol the late war there were nfue enii
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