The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-02

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS
Pirst-We congratulate the country on the as
surei success Of the reconstruction poll cy OF
Congress ! eyinced by the adoption in MAJ 0rit.
of the States lately in rebellion of Constitution
securing equal civil and political rights to all
and we regard it as the duty Of the Government
to sustain these Constitutions and prevent tn,
people of such States from being RENTED to
state of anarchy and military rule.
Second-The guarantee by Congress Of equal
suffrage to all loyal men in the South WAS de-
Elanded by every consideration Of public safety
gratitude and justice and must be maintained
while the question Of suffrage in all the lnya
States properly belongs to the people Of those
-Ststes.
Third-we denounce all firms of reputation
a. a national Cline. The na.icn,i honor requires
the payment of the public Indebtedness ia the
utmost good faith to reiitors at home and
abroad only according to the letter but the
spirit of the law under which it was contracted
-Four th-lt is due to the lab or al the mutton
that taxation should he esualzei and reduced as
rapidly the national faith will permit
Ffth-Ihe national debt, Contracted as 1t hss
been for the preservation OF The Lni II fJr all
time to come, should be extended over fair
period, at a reduced rate OF interest thereon,
whenever it can honestly be done.
Sixth-That the best policy to dimini>h our
burden of debt is TO improve oGr credit that
capitalists W i'll seek to lend us money at lower
rates Of interest than We now ply ami must con
total open or overt, is threatened or SUSPECTED.
Seve.ith-The Government Of the United States
should be administered with the stfictes; eeono-
my. The corruptians which Ii ave been So shame
fully nursed aad f,stered b. Andrew Johnson cali
loudly for radical refornl.
Eighth-We profoundly dep'oTe the unti!nely
and tragic death ef Abraham Lincoln and =
Erot the accession If Andrew Johns N to the
Presidential chair, who has acted tieacherou,iy
To the people who elected him and the Cause he
was pledged to support. He has uSurped lesis-
htive ami iiicai functions has refused 20 exc
cute the laws, hiss use his Cthce II induce other
officers to violate the laws, has employed his
executive power to render insecure the lives
property, peace liberty ami If. of citizens. ha~
abuse1 the par,ion;ng power, has denounced the
National Legislature as unconstitutional, ms
Yersi-tentiy AMI habitually resisted by every
ne ans in his power every proper attempt at re
construction Of the States lately in rebellion,
has perverted tn. pnbiic patronage int an engine
of wholesale corruption. AM has been justly I'M
Y,eachei for high crimes AMI mis'iein e'.n'rs and
pronounced guilty thereof by the votes OF th!rty-
tive Senators.
Ninth-The doctrine of Great itain AM
otter Eur ppean Powers. that. because man is
a subject he is always must lie resisted
at every hazard hy the United States as relic
Of e.ulal times aI! not authorized by the Ia" Of
nations and al W IT with our nttionai honor AMI
t'ts independence Of nauTaliZ-d citizen. who
ere entitled to be prJt-ctel i'll al their righ
Of citizenship as though they were native born
uraizel. III lst be liable 70 arrest imrrison-
rnent by any reign Powerfr acts done or
W iris sooken in tlis country and if 50 arrested
rn-i imp i-cnAt, 1t is the duty cf the GJrern-
Inant W inteif. re IA his behalf.
TsntI-Jf all who were f.iJhfll in the trials
# he la'e war, there are Il me more fitted for
.sn.cial honor> tn an the brave soldiers AMI sea-
III n win endured the hardsiips Il camp AMI
crrise, and Imperfect their lives in the service
If tho Country and the b Iuujies All pensions
ted l.. for he
of tle UniJu. a.c 0b igatiOns never To be fhErt
tn The Wilnr@ n orphlEs Of tn ca liant
de al are 'he ward OF the ,pe sacred legtcr
bel he. to the !, ote-t ting care # the United
States.
.eveHth-F ,:e:gn INN .rlti,n in the past has
aided - rnrcl to III. wealth and increased re-
fnurces Of this matt n-tie As lam # all nttion<
that it should lie fJstered 10y LIBERAL and just
policy.
Tseifth-This invention declares its symps
thy with all oppressed pc Jple who strus Cling
f,r their rights.
IHeso1red, That the adjournment of this
Convention shall no. work a dissolution Of
The same, bat it shall remain as organized.
subject to be called together at any time and
lace that the Republican Executive Commit
ice shall designate.
Reso.re1, Tha: we highly commend the
syirii, magnanimiLy and forgiveness with
which men who haze served the rebellion and
who are now frankly and honestly co-opera-
ing with the United States in restoring the |
,eAce of the country, and in the rec0nStrnc |
ION OF the Southern States on basis OF i'm |
,artiIl justice and equal rights, an they are
eceived back into the communion of the |
pyal people; and that we are in favor Of the
enoval Of the disglaiihcations and restric-
ions imposed upon the late rebels in the
,ne measure as the sriri. Of diSloyalty is
ctnoved from them, and as speedily as may
,e consistent with the safety Of the loyal
PEOPLE.
Resoired. That we recognize the great
'rinciples laid down in the Declaration Of
ndep .ndrnce as the true foundation OF
democratic government, and we hail with
ladncss every effort towards making these
principles living reality ca every Incl. CT
American soil.