Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-10-29

the Committee on Resolutions, was
unanimously adopted by the NatiOna
Republican Convention in session at
Chicago:
The National Republican party of
the United States, assembled in Nat
iOnal Convention in the city of Chicago
on the 10th day of May, 1858, make
the following declaration of princi-
pies:
First. We congratulate the country
on the assured success Of the recon
structiOn projects of Congress, as evine-
ed by the adoption, in q majority of
the States lately in rebellion, of con-
stitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all, and regard it as
the duty Of the government TO sustain
these institutions and to prevent the
people of such States from being re-
mttted to a state of anarchy.
/ Second. The guarantee of Congress
of equal suffrage to all loyal men of
the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety, of graf
itude, and of justice, and must be
maintained, while the question Of
suffrage in all the loyal States proper
ly belongs TO the people of those States.
Third. We denounce all forms of
repudiatiOn as a national crime, and
honor requires the paymentOf the ma
tinOal Indebtedness in the utmost good
faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only accordingtO the letter
but the spirit of the laws under which
il was contracted.
Fourth. 1t is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equal
lied and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
Fifth. The national debS, contracted
as it has been for the preservation of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re-
demptiOn, and it is the duty of Con- |
gress to reduce the rate of interest |
thereon whenever it can possible be |
done.
Sixth. That the best policy to dim
inish our burden of debt is to so inn |
prove Ourcredit that capitalists will |
seek to loan us money at lower rates OF I
interest than we now pay, and must |
continue to pay so long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threat |
ened or suspected.
Seventh. The government of the /
United States should be administered |
with the strictest economy, and the |
eOrruDtiOns which have been Oshame- !
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew |
Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form.
Eighth. We profoundly deplore
the untimely and tragic death of |
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the ae- |
cessiOn of Andrew johnson to the |
Presidency, who has acted treacher-
Ously to the people who elected him
and the cause he was pledged to sup
port has usurped legislative andjud- |
icial functions has refused 10 execute |
the laws; has used his high office to |
induce other officers to ignore and viO- |
late the laws; has employed his ex-
ecutive power to render insecure the !
prosperity, peace, liberty, and life of
the citizens has abused the pardon |
ing power: has denounced the Nation |
al Legislature as unconstitutional F;
has persistently and cOrruptly resisted, |
by every means in his power, every |
proper attempt at the reconstruction |
Of the States lately in rebellion has
perverted the public patronage into /.
an engine of wholesale corruption, and
has been justly imPeached for high /
crimes and misdemeanOrs, and prop |
erly pronounced guilty by the votes /
of thfrty-five Senators.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Brit |
ain and other European powers, that
because q man is once q subject he is 4
always so, must be resisted at every /
hazard by the United States as a relic /
of the fedual times, not authorized by /.
the law of nations and at war with our |
national honor and independence. |
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be /
protected in all their rights of citizen |
ship as though they were native born,
and no citizen of the United States, /
native or naturaliZed, must be liable /
to arrest and imprisonment by any /
foreign power for acts done or words /
spoken in this country. And ifsO ar /
rested and imprisoned, it is the duty of /
the Government to interfere in his /
behalf.
Tenth. OF all who were faithful in |
the trials of the late war there are none /
entitled to more especial honor than /
the brave soldiers and seamen who |
endured the hardships of campaign /
and cruise, and imperiled their lives in /
the service of their country. The |
bounties and pensions provided by |
law for these brave defenders of the /
nation are obligations never to be for /
gotten. The widows and orphans of /
the gallant dead are the wards of the 1
people, a sacred legacy bequeathed to 1
the nations protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign emigration, /
which in the past has added so much |
to the wealth and development of the /
resources and the increase of power of |
this nation, 1.-The asylum of the Op-
pressed Ofall nations, should be fOst- /
cred and encouraged by a liberal and |
just policy.
Twelfth. This convention declares |
its svmpathy with all the oppressed !
people who are struggling for their
rights.
On motion of Gen. Carl Sehurz, the |
following additional resolutions we
unanimously adopted as part of the |
platform:
ResoIUed. That we highly commend !
the spirit of magnaninaity and forbear- |
anee with which the men who have
served in the rebellion, butnOw frankly |
and honestly cooperate with US in |
restoring the peace of the country and /
reconstructingthe Southern State gov
ernnlents upon the basis of impartial |
justice and equal rights, are received |
back into the communion of the loyal
people: and we favor the removal of
the disQualificatiOns and restrictions
imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure as their spirit Of loyalty
viii direct, as may be consistent with
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