The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-27
RALEIGH, N. c., SATURDAY ,
The Republican Platform.

The National republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention i'll the
city OF Chicago, on the 10th day of May, 1S6S,
make the following declaration of principles -
Ffr%t-We congratulate the country the
assured success Of the reconstruction policy of
Congress "a cvncUd by the adoption in the ma
j0rty of the State lately in rebellion or constitu-
tons securing equal civil and political rights to
all; and it is the duty of the government to sus-
tain those institutions and to prevent the people
of those States from being reunited to a state of
anarchy. (CheCrs.)
SecOnd-The guarantee by Congress OF equal
suffrage to all loyal MN at the South was de-
mandcd by every consideration of public safety,
of gratitude and OF justice, and must be main-
tanned while the question OF suffrage IN all the
loyal States properly belongs TO the people OF
Ihird-We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime-(prolonged cheers land
the national honor requires the payment OF the
public Indebtedness in the utmost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only ac-
cording to the letter, but the spirit OF the laws
under which it was contracted. (Applause.)
FotlrtA-It is due to the labor of the nation
that taxation should be equalized and reduced
as rapidly as the national faith will permit.
Fltth-The national debt contracted, as it has
been, for the preservation OF the Union for all
time to come, should be extended over Il fair pc
riod for redemption; and it is the duty OF Con-
gress to reduce the rate of interest thereon when
ever it can be honestly done.
Sirth-That the best policy to diminish our
burden of debt is to so improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than we now pay and must con-
tinue to pay so long as reputation, partial or TO-
tai, open or covert, is threatened or suspected
.Seuenth-Ihe government OF the United States
should he administered with the strlctest econo
my, and the corruptions which have been so
shamefully nursed and fostered by Andrew john
son call loudly for radical reform.
Eighth-Wc profoundly dcplorc the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and regret
the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presl-
dency, who has actedtreacherously to the people
who elected him and the cause he was pledged
to support; who has uSurped high legislative
and judicial functions; who has refused to exc
cute the laws; who has used his high office to
ignore and violate the laws, who has employed
his executive powers to render insecure the
property, the peace, liberty and life OF the cltl-
zen; who has abused the pardoning power who
has denounced the National Legislature as un-
constitutional; who has perslstently ana cor
ruptly resisted by every measure in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of wholesale
corruption, and who has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanorS and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote cf thirty
five Senators.
Ninth The doctrine of Great Britain and 9TH
er European powers, that because man is once
subject he is always so, must he resisted at
every hazard by the United States, relic OF
the teudal times, not authorized by the law OF
nations and at war with our national honor and
independence NuturaiiZed citizens are entitled
to be protected in all their rights OF citizenship
as though they were native born, and no citizeI-
OF the United Saatcs. nativv or naturaliz,d d. must
he liable TO arrest and Imprisonment by any Tor
eign power, for acts done words spoken in
this country; and if SO arrested and imprisoned
it is the duty of the government to Interfere in
his behalf
Tsath-Ot all who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war there were none entitled to more
pccal honor than the brave soldiers and seamcn
who endured the hardships of campaign and
cruise and impcrillcd their lives in the service OF
their country; the bounties and pensions provi
dcd by the laws for these brave defenders of the
nation obligations never to be forgotten; tht
widows and orphans of the gallant dead are tho
wards of the people-a sacred legacy bequeathct
to the Eation's protecting care.
E7ere1th-Foreign emigration, which in the pas
has added so much to the wealth, deyeopmen
and resources and increase of power to ti;s ma
tion the yturr tho ol-rreszod OF all nutiorrs
should be fostered and encouraged by liberia
and just policy.
Ttcelffh-This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with all the oppressed people which
arc struggling for their rights.