The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-25
platform of the Radical Party.

,,,,ferm of the RadicaB Party.
~" ~ National Republican party of the
,.'i,cd States assembled in National Con-
V"' ,;on in the city Of Chicago on the Goth
VENT nF Nav, 1868, make the following de-
a. .,sIro,ion Of principles:
c",..J We congratulate the country on
"ns.,,rea success of the reconstruction
i've S;, g Of Congress rs evinced by the adop-
I .n n the majority Of the States lately In
''T ",I,;on Of constitutions securing equal
,., and political rights to all; and it is
q, jnty Of the Government to sustain those
~! .S.;.ntions and to prevent the people Of
. .n. States from being RENTED to a state
>,rrond.-The guarantee by Congress- Of
.oI suffrage to all loyal men at the South
Jrmande! by every consideration of
brn safety, of gratitude, and of Justice,
W mis-, he maintained; while the ques-
'"n # suffrage in all the loyal States pro-
', ..,r belongs to the people Of those States.
T7;y6 We denounce all forms Of repu-
,.,%on rs national crime, and the ma
.,naI honor requires the payment of the
'% ,II;r Indebtedness in the utmost good faith
ii creditors at home and abroad, not
,,r according to the letter, but the spirit
va" .DfIe laws under which it was contracted.
Eayib.--lt is due to the labor Of the ma
49,, that taxation should be equalized and
,n,osea as rapidly rs the national faith
viii permit;
=, has been, for the preservation of the
Ic;op for all time to come, should be ex-
,.n3cI over fair period for redemption !;
and i is the duty of Congress to reduce the
r,,s Of interest thereon whenever it can be
honestly done.
SJN.-That the best policy to diminish
,,r burden Of debt is to so improve our credit
,Sst capitalists will seek to loan MS money
., lower rates of interest than we now pay,
and must continue to pay 80 long as repu-
liation, partial or total, open or covert, is
threatened or suspected. azs
.cere7M. The government of the United
States should be administered with the
s,ric,c.t economy, and the corruptions
which have been so shamefHlly nursed and
f,.tercd by Andrew Johnson call loudly for
ra.lical reform. is. ss.rra
Eyhh.-Wc professedly deplore the un-
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
roln. and regret the accession Of Andrew
Johnson to the Presidency, who has acted
rcachcrously to the people who elected him
and the cause he was pledged to support;
who has usprped high Legislative and judi
cia functions: who has refused to execute
the laws: who has used his high Office
to induce other officers to ignore and violate
the laws who has employed his executive
powers 10 render insecure the property, the
peace, liberty, and life of the citizen; who
las abused the pardoning power; who has
Denounced the National Legislature rs un-
constitutional who has persistently and
corruptly resisted, by every measure in his
power, every proper attempt at the recon-
strnclon of the States lately in rebellion ;
who has perverted the public patronage into
an engine Of wholesale corruption, and who
has been Justly impeached for high crimes
andmisdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the vote Of thirty-five SEN
atnrS.
-NinM.-Thc doctrine of Great Britain and
other European Powers that because o man
is once subject he is always SO must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as relic of the feudal times, not
by the law of nations, and at
war with our national honor and indepen-
dcnce. Naturalized citizens are entitled to
be protected in al their rights of citizen
ship as though they were native-born, and
no citizen of the United States, native or
must be liable to arrest and
imprisonment by any foreign Power for
acts done on words spoken in this country
and if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the
duty of the Government to interfere in his
behalf
Teuth.-Of nll who were faithful in the
trials Of the late war there were none emit
tied to more especial honor than the brave
soldiers and seamen who endured the hard
ships of campaign and cruise, and i'm
perilcd their lives in the service of their
country: the bounties and pensions pro-
yitcd Nv the laws for these brave defend
~. Of the nation are obligations never to be
forgotten; the widows and orphans OF the
gallant dead are the wards of the people
sacred legacy bequeathed to the nations
protecting care.
Eerepth.-Foreign emigration, which, in
the past, has added so much to the wealth,
development, and resources and increase OF
power to this nation, the asylum Of the OPP
pressed of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged by a liberal and just
policy.
TrdW This Convention declares itself
msympathy with all the oppressed people
which are struggling for their rights.