Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-16
G55t Ytral0.
union Republican Platform

Hon Richard W. Thompson, Of Indiana
Chairman ofthe Committee on Resolutions
advanced to the platform and reported a
follows%
The National Republican Party of th
United States, assembled in National Con
vention in the city Of Chicago, on the 20tl
day of May, 1868, make the following dec
laration Of principles:
lst. We congratulate the country on tht
assured success of the reconstruction 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 as th'
duty Of the government to sustain thos'
Constitutions, and to prevent the power o
such States from being reduced to stat
Of anarchy. lCheers.
I'd. The guarantee by Congress of fquaI
suffrage TO all loyal men at the South wai
demanded by every consideration Of public
safety, Of gratitude, and Of Justice anC
must be maintaiIed--while the question o.
suffrage in ali the loyal States properly ba
longs to the people cfthose States Cheers,
80. We denounce all forms Of repudia'
tion 30 a national crime prolonged cheers j
and national honor requires the payment
of the national indebtedness in the utmost
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. II is due to the labor Of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and re-
dueed 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 a 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 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 repudiaton, partial or total, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected,
9TH. 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 impIore the un.
timely and tragic death of Abraham Lin
coin, aud regret the accession of Andrew
johnson TO the Presidency, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected
him, and the cause he was pledged to cup.
port has usurped high legislative and ju.
dicial functions; has used his high office
to induce other officers to ignore and vic.
late laws; has employed his executive
power and rendered insecure the property,
peace, liberty and life of the citizens; has
abused the pardoning poweri has denoun-
oed the National Legislature as unconsti-
tutional; has persisteatly and corruptly
ObstrucLed every proper attempt at the re
construction Of the States lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage
into an engine Of Wholesale corruption,
and has been justly impeached for bigl
crimes and misdemeauors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes Of
thirty-fve Senators.
9th. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European powers that because Il
man is once a subject he is always so,
must be resisted at every hazard by the
United States as a relic of icpdal times not
authorized by law Of nations, and at war
with our national honor and independence
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be pro-
tected in all their rights Of citizens as
though they were native born. Nocitizen
Of the United States, native or naturalized,
must bo liable TO arrest and imprisonment
by any foreign power for aetg done or words
spoken in this country and II so arrested
and imprisoned, it ls the duty of the Gov
ernment to interfere in his behalf
10th Ofall who were faithful in the tri
als Of the late war, none were entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seAmen, who endured the hardshlps Of
and cruise, and imperilled their
lives in the service of the country. The
bountes and pensions provided for these
brave defenders of the nation are an obliga
lion never TO be forgotten; the widows arAl
orphans of the gallant dead are the wards
Of the people--a sacred legacy bequeathed
10 the nations protecting care,
llth, Foreign immigration, which in the
past has added so much to wealth, devel-
opmentand resources, and increase of pow.
er to the nation, the asylum Of theoppress
ed Of all nations, should be fostered and
encouraged by liberal and just policy.
10Th, This committee declares its sym
pathy with all oppressed people which are
struggling for their rights.