Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-08
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! aIionaI Repabiican Piatform.

The National Union Republican party OF the
! U1nJed states, assembledln National Conven-
lion in tiiecty OF Chieirgo on the ath day OF May
le5s. made the Iollowins} declaration OF prin-
ciples:
sl1red success Of the reconstruction policy of Con-
gress. as evinced by the adoption in majority
oi the states iaIey IN rebelllon, of constitutions
and regard il as the duty of the Government to
sustain these constitutions and to prevent the
! people OF such States from being remittedto a
stale of anarchy or military rule. :, E. ID. -.r,,.
~ Second-The guarantee by Congress OF equal
suffrage 10 slf loyal men in the SOUTH was de-
OF gratitude, and ofjustice, and must be main
tanned while, the question OF all the
loyal StAtesi properly belongs 70 the people OF
80 Z, I,kard-W denounce all forms of repudiation
as Z national crime, and national honor requlr-
e. the aynent OF the Indebtedness IN the Ut,
Iuosb good faith 10 all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only according TO the letter but the
spirit of the laws under which itwas contrac-
led. -slt4if -. - ID -iN~ fEtz . - ~ - 5ssl
bolszh-It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equaliZed and reduced as
rapidly as the national laith will permit
F'Jlt-Ine national debt, contracted as it has
been FOR the preservation OF the Union for all
time 10 come, should be extended over fair
perlGi Tor redemption. and it's the duty OF Con-
ever 1t can honestly be done.o III 30 -
q SiLLL+-Hhat the best policy to- diminish our
DurGen OF debt Is TO So improve our credit thal
capitalists VIII seek to land us money at lower
raies OF interest than we new pay, and must
continue 70 pay SO long as repuaiatlon' partial
SeCells-The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest econo-
my. The. corruptions which have been SO
shaIpeiully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson, gall loudly for radical reform, "a q
81 Es1iht-W e profoundly depiore the untimely
anCftragic death OF Abraham Lincoln; and re-
gret the accession OF Andrew johnson 10 the
Presidency, who has acted treacherouSly to the
people who elected him, and the cause he was
pledged tosupport; has usurped high legislative
and Judicial Iunetlons & has refused TO execute
other officers TO violate the laws; has em-
pioyed his Executive power to render tlse-
cure the property, peace, Liberty and LIE OF the
denounced the National Legislature as uncon-
stitutional; has persistently and habituai-
ly resisted by every means in his power,
every proper attempt at the reeonstruc-
tion of tine states lately in rebellion; has per-
verted the public patronage into an engine
Of wholesale corruption, and has been justly I'm.
peached for high crimes and misdemeanors and
property pronounced guilty thereofby the vote OF
Lhirgy-five Senators. - -4LtlE Jag %
Viath-The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European powers, that because man is once a
subject he is always so, must be resisted at every
hazard by the United States as relic of the feu-
dal times not authorized by the law OF nations
and al war with our natioual honor and 1nde-
pendence. NaturalfZed citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights OF citizenship as
though they were native born. No citizen of
the United States, native or naturallzed, must
be liable 10 arrest and imprisonment by any for
eign power-for acts done or words spoken in this
country, and if so arrested and imprisoned, it is
the duty OFT government to interfere in his
behalf. > ..-iF-f 3" ''- 2 if'E.'' -
Isatjt-Of all who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war, there were none entitled TO more
especial honor than the brave soldiers and sea-
men WHO endured the hardships OF the camp
and the cruise and imperiifed their lives in the
service OF the country. The bounties and pen
sions provided by law for these brave defenders
ofthe union are obligations never to be torgot-
ton.- The widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are thetwards OF the people, sacred legacy
/. .bequeathed 10 the nations protecting care. -.
tk2eUenth-F Foreign emigration which In the
past has added SO much 10 the wealth, and in
creased the resources of-this nation--the asy-
lum OF all nationS-should be foStered and en-
JtcetCllt-This Convention declares its SYM
pathy with all oppressed people which are
struggling for their rights
ReSOtred That we recognize the great princi-
pies laid down in the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence a. the true platform of democratic gov
crflment and we hail with gladness every effort
toward making these principles living reality
on eNeFy inch of American sell. j. f,tf-.s.tt'.,'
RcS0ired That we highly commend the spirit
OF m8gnanimity and forbearance with which
i1en Who have served in the Rebellion but who
now frankly and honesty cooperate with us in
Testorfng the peace of the country and. recon-
strncting blie southern State governments 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
dIsqualihcatious and restrictions imposed upon
The late Rebels in the same measure as their
SrliEiI-of loyalty Will Direct and may be
sstent with the safety Of the loyal people. M,