The Portland daily press., 1868-05-30

The National Republican Party Of the United
States, assembled IN National ConUention, in the
city Of Chicago, on ihe tUentieM day Of Mdy, 1868
make the Jothaoing declaration Qf principles:
First We congratulate thecountry on the assur-
ed success OF the reconstruction policy of Congress,
a. evineed by the adoption by minority OF the
States lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil aud political rights to ALL 1t Is the duty
OF the government TO sustain these institutions and
TO prevent the people of such States from being
mtted to a state OF anarchy.
Second-The guarantee by Congress OF equal sufi-
rage to all loyal men at the South demanded by
every consideration of public safety, of gratitude,
and ofjustice, and must be maintained. The whole
question of suffrage in the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people Of those States.
hrd-We denonnce all forms OF repudia ion a
national crime. The national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness in the utmost
good faith, to all creditors at home and abroad, not
law under which it was contracted
Fourth-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation shall be equatzed and reduced as rapidly
the national iaith shall permit.
Fitth-The national debt contracted as it has
been tor the preservation Of the Union for all time
to come, should be extended over fair period for
redemption, and it i the duty OF Congress to reduce
the rate OF interest thereon whenever it can he hon.
tly dcne
Sixth-The best policy to diminish our burden of
debt, is to so improve our credit, that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates Ointerest than
We now pay, and must continue pay so long as re-
pudiaton partial or total opsn covert is threat
ened or suspected.
Seventh-rhe government of the United States
SnOulu be administered with the StrlcteSt ecOnOny
and the c0rruptions which have been shamefny
nursed and fostered by Andrew johnson, call loudly
for a radical REFORM
Eighth.-We profoundly depore the untimely and
tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
cession of Andrew johnson to the presidency; who
has acted treacherOusly to the people who elected
him and the cause he was pledged to support who
has ururpe high legislative and judicial 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 emp0yet his executive
powers to render insecure the property the peace,
the liberty and the life Of the citizen; who has
abused the pardoning power; who has denounced
the national legislature unconstitutional who
has persistently and corruptly resisted by every
reconstruction OF the States lately in rebellion; who
has perverted the public patronage into engine of
whoies ile corruption, and who has justly been i'm
ly pronounced guilty thereof by vote OF So Sena-
tors.
European powers, that because a man is once a sub
jec he is always so, must be resisted at every haz
times, not authorized by the law of nations and at
war with our atiOnal honor and independence.
Naturazed citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights OF citizenship as though they were
native born and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable to and
Imprisonment by any foreign power for acts done
words spoken in this country; and il they are
rested and imprisoned it is the duty oil the govern
ment to interfere in their behalf.
Tenth-Of all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to more special
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who
dured the hardships of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilled their lives in the service of the country
The bountes and pensions provided by law for these
brave defenders obligations to be forgot
ten; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead
are the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations fostering care.
Eeventh-Foreign emigration, which in the past
has aided 50 much TO the wealth, development and
resources, and the increase of power to this nation
the asylum OF the oppressed of all nations, should
be fostered and encouraged by liberal and just
policy.
Twelfth-Ths convention declares itself in sym pa