The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-03
UNION REPUBLICAN
NOMINATIONS.
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS
Pirst-we congratulate the country on the as
sured success Of the reconstruction poll cy of
Congress evnced by the adoption in a maj nrity
of the States lately in rebellion Of Constitutions
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and regard it as the duty Of the Government
to sustain these Consritutiuns and prevent the
people of such States from being RENTED to a
state of anarchy and military rule.
Second-The guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the South de-
nanded by every consideration Of public safety.
gratitude and Justice and must he maintained
while the question Of suffrage in all the loyal
States properly belongs to the people Of those
States.
Third-we denounce all FIRMS Of reputation
~ a national ime. The Ia ion Il honor requires
the payment of the public indebtedness in the
utmost good filth TO creditors Mt home and
sb-oad-not only according To the letter buI the
spirit of the law rndee which it was contracted.
Fourth-lt is due to tine labor If the nation
that taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as the national faith will permit.
Ffsh-Ihe national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation OF he Uni f3r all
time to come, should he extended over air
period, at reduced rate of interest thereon,
whenever il can honestly be done.
SiXth-T,at the best policy to dimini II our
burden of debt is so to improve our credit that
capital lists W i'll seek to lend US money at lower
rates of interest than We now pay AMI mast a'on
time to pay, 50 long rrpudiatinn, partial or
total, open covert, is threatened or SUSPECTED
Seventh-The Government Of the United states
should be administered with the stfictest econo-
my. The corruptions which have been so sh tme
fully nursed AID fo~terei by Andrew Johnson cal
loudly for ra'iical reform.
Eighth-We profoundly dep'ore the Unt:raely
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, AID T
grct the accession CT Andrew johnson to the
Presidential chair, who has acted t'eacherOus!y
to the people who elected him and the c+use he
was pledged to support. He has uSnrped legis-
fative AMI Judicial frncfions- has refused TO exc
cuto the laws, has u>ei his Office 10 induce OTHER
officers to Wolfe tie laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives.
property, peace, liberty and Life II cItlEeIs. has
sbuse1 the par,'oninS power, has denounced the
National Legislature as unconstitutional, has
,.ersistently and habtually resisted by every
means in his power every proper attempt at re-
Of tie States iately in rebellion.
has perverted the public patronage into engine
II wholesale corruption, ani has been Justly inl-
reached for high crimes ami misdemeanars and
prom 9unced guilty thereof by tue votes Of thirty
Eve Senators.
Ninth The doctrine Of Great r itain ami /
.ther European Powers. that. because a man Is |
,nce subject he is always 50. mu>t he resisted |
II every hazard by the United States as relic |
,f f-udal times AID not authorized Ii the law Il
nations, and at with nitio;lal honor and |
he independence # na'uraliZei citizen who i
ire emitted to be protected in all their righ's
# citizenship as though they native born.
,raizei, Inst he liable 10 arrest or imprison
nsnt by any fregn PoweTfDr acts done or
vprds spoken in this country and if so arrested
nd !mD isonrd, it is the duty Of the Govern
7snt to intn~fare il his behalf.
Tenth-uf all who were fti,llfIl in the trials
f the iate war, there are none more fttei for |
speci,l honors than the brave soldiers ami sea
men who endured the har,.-hiIrS Of camp and
rrise, and irnper3llei their lives in The servl"e
f ias Country. and the boun,ies AM pensions
nm o-1ri ted hy law for these brave defenders
she Union. ~ o., iEations never TO be fTSAt
an. Tte VII ~ anl orplil3s Of the gallant
sai are the wall of the people: sacred legacy
sIgeai hei to the protecting care If the United
t.tns.
Z sveath-F5re;gn immigration N the 11st has
l led much to the wealth and inca eaSe3 re-
'urces f this nati"n-the rs linn # all nations
that = Should be fustered bya LIBERAL and just
,!icy.
Txelfh-Tsis Convention de siares its synpa
~ via all oppressed people who are struggling
r tn Dir rights. II
RssoIrel That the adjournment of this
onventInn shall not work a dissolution Of
e same, brt it shall remain organized. .
,bject to be called together at any time and
ace that the Republican Executive Commit
e shall designate.
Resolcei, That we highly commend the
brit, msgnan;mity and forgiveness with
iich men who have served the rebellion and r
ho are now frankly and honestly co-opera- {
az with the United States in restoring the I
ace of the country, and in the reconstrnc- a
IN of the Southern States on basis of i'm
rtial justice and equal rights, and they are t
ceived b1cil into the communion of the L
yai people: and that we are in favor of the r
moval OF TIE GisGualiications and restric- c
ms imposed upon the late rebels in the 0
me measure as the spirit of disloyalty is
moved from them, and as speedily may a
consistea. with the safety of the loyal n
nple. b
Resolped. That we recognize the great
inciples laid down in the Declaration of G
depandenee as the true foundation of a,
mocratic government, and we. hail with ic
.duess every effort towards making these a,
inciples a living reality on every inch OF
nerican soil.