The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-08
Republican Platform.
Adopted at Chicago May ii, 1868.

RGDuDIICan fllCIOrIns
Adopted at Chicago May Fl, 1868.
1. We congratulate the country on the
assured success of the Reconstruction pol
icy of Congress, as evinced by the adop-
ton, in the majority of the States lately in
rebellion, of Constitutions securing Equal
Civil and Political Rights to all and it is
the duty Oft the Government to sustain those
institutions, and to prevent the people Of
such States from being remitted to a State
of anarchy, .-,-
H. The guaranty by Congress of equal
Suffrage to all loyal men at the South was
demanded by every consideration of public
safety, of gratitude, and of Justice, and
must be maintained; while the question of
Suffrage in all the loyal States properly be-
longs to the people of those States.
III. We denounce all forms of Repudia-
tion as national crime; and the national
honor requires the payment of the public
Indebtedness in the uttermost good faith to
all creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was enacted.
". 1t is due to the labor of the Natis n
that taxation should be equalized, and re-
dueed as the natioi al faith will permit.
v. The National Debt, contracted, as it
has been, for the preservation of the Union
for all time to come, should be extended
over fair perio1 for redemption; and it is
the duty of Con gres. to reduce the rate of
interestthereupon, whenever it can be hon
estly done.
VI. 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 continue to pay SO long
as Reputation, partial or total, open or
covert, is threatened or suspected.
VII. The Government of the United
States should be administered with the
strictest economy; and the corruptions which
have been so shamefully nursed and fos-
tered by Andrew johnson call loudly for
radical form. @
VII. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession to the Presidency of
Andrew johnson, who has acted treacher-
ously 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 execute the
laws; who has used the high office to in
duce other officers to ignore and violate the
laws; who has employed his ex .cutive pow
ers to render insecure the property. the
peace, the liberty, and life of the citizen;
who has abused the pardoning power; who
unconstitutional; who has persistently md
colruptly resisted, by every means in his
power, every proper attempt, at the recon-
struction of the States lately in rebellion;
who has'perverted the public patronage in
to an engine of wholesale corruption; an |
who h:s been justly impeaehed for high
| crimes and misdemeanors, and properly
pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
| thirty-fve Senators.
TX. The doctrine of Great Britain and
other European powers that, because a man
| is once subject, he is always Sc, must be
resisted at every hazard by the United
States, as a relic of feudal times. not au-
thorized by the laws or nations, and at war
with our national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to protec-
ton in all their rights of citizenship, as
though they were native born; and no cit
izen of the United States, natiye or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest and imprison-
ment by any foreign power for acts done
or words spoken in this country; and. If SC
| arrested and imprisoned, it is the duty oi
the Government to interfere in his behalf.
x. Of all who were faithful in the trials
of the late wal, there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships oi
campaign and cruise, and imperiled theil
lives in theservice of the country; the boun.
ties and pensions provided by the laws fol
| these brave defenders of the nation are ob
legations never to be forgotten; the widows
wards of the peop1e-a sacred legacy be-
queathed to the nations protecting care.
XI. Foreign immigration, which in the
part has added much to the wealth. devel-
opment, and resources and increa Sc of pow
er to this Republic, the ASYLUM of the op
pr, ssed of all nations, should be fostered
and encouraged by liberal and just pol
icy.
XII. This Convention declares itself il
sympathy with all oppressed people strug
Cling for their rights. rt=ll.--
XIII. That we highly commend the spirit
of fmagnanim1ty and forbearance with which
the men who have served in the rebellion
but now frankly and honestly cooperate
with us In restoring the peace of the coun
try and reconstructing the Southern STATE
Government upon the basis of impartia
justice and equal rights, are received bacl
into the communion of the loyal people
and we favor the removal of the disquali6
cationsand restI lotions imposed upon th'
late rebels in the same measure as thei
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may b.
consistent with the safety of the loya
people.
| XIV. That we recognize the great prin
ciple laid down with the immortal Decla
ration of ofIndependence as the true founda
tion of Democratic government, and we hal
with gladness every effort toward making
these principles living reality on ever.
inch of American soil.
The following are the financial planks o
our State Platform:
ResoIoed, Thatthe Republican party pledg
itself to the faithful payment of the publ
debt according to law, and we hereby ex
press our conviction, that according to tn
laws under which the $50 bonds were is
sued, said bonds should be paid in the cur
rency of the country, which may be lega
tender when the Government shall be pre-
pared to redeem suchbonds.
Resolped, That we heartily approved tn
policy of Congress in stopping the contrac
ion Of the currency; and believe that tn
issue of currency should be commensurat
with the industrial and commercial lntel
ests of the people;
Resolued, That justice and sound polio
| require that all property should bear il
eq ual share of the public burdens, and tha
this principle ought to be applied to a
United States bonds hereafter issued, b
, making then, liable by express provision
of law to taxation precisely as other proper
f ty.