Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-23
REPUBLICAN PLATFOR NJ.

Ist Resolved, That as citizens OF the nation,
representIug Tie Republican sentiment Oi an
honored comlnonM e2lth weresard wlth sincere
satisfaction the Itieilty cvInced 10y Gen. Grant
10 the Republican PARTY, and his policy, botn
foreign and domestic, Ol MS nAIlUiiai ;tdinInIs-
traliOn, and pieuge our coruiai support 10 the
measures inauguraIeu to insure concIlaatIoL,
ecolioLIy and Justice at home anu coLiini'nu
consideration aud respect abroad.
I'd That we shall han with the prOfOundest
satisfaction paLrlOJlc and constitutional dec
iar;iiIon oI President Grant, his Inaugural
aduless JuaL wiiiie he viii Oh ali SUBJECTS nave
a policy To recommend To Congress he Will lave
none enforce against the " III Of the peopIe-
4. sentiment winch assures the country OI an.
executive administration founded ON The m,St-
els oi the administrations Ol W aSnington aiid
Madison, and that Will secure TO Congress Tie
unrestricted exercise OF ITS constitutional iunc-
tIons, and b the people their right control oil
The Government.
Sd. That the abolition of slavery was natural
and necessary consequence of the war OF the re-
UtslliDn and that The reconstruction measures
ol Congress were measures we'll adapted To ef-
feet the reconstruction OF the Southern States
and secure the blessings Of liberty and free
government, and as a completion of those
measures, aud firmly believing in its essential
JUSTICE we are in favor of The ratification of the
fifteenth amendment TO the Constitution OF the
United States.
4th That the late Democratic General Assem-
bly,, in its reckless expenditures of the pubic
money its utter neglect of the business inter-
ests OF the State, by failing to enact the wise
and much needed financial measures providing
for the assessment and equaliz ization of taxation,
preceding General Assembly Its hostility to
our benevolent and literary Institutions; its
failure to carry out the repeated pledges of the
Democratic party TO secure economy in the
State; its extraordinary length of sessions in
time of peace, resulting in an expense TO the
State, amounting for the pay OF Its members
alone TO more than double that of the previous
General Assembly; its malignant at, empts to
disfranchise disabled soldiers and other citi-
zens of the State; its attempt 10 take from the
general government the right to pursue, arrest
and punish those who violate the laws made in
pursuance of the Constitution OF the United
States and the vicious acts intended TO destroy
the power cf the nation to preserve and protect
the liberty and safety of its citizens, has shown
the Democratic party unworthy of the trust
confidence and support of an honest and patri-
otic people.
9TH. That the Republican party of Ohio is in
favor of the speedy establishment Of a Soldiers
Orphans Home in Ohio. not only as act of
justice to the many poor and helpless orphans
of fdeceased soldiers, but as a recognition Of the
patriotic services of ther fathers in the late
war, and for the purpose Of redeeming the
pledges made by all loyal people TO protect the
families OF those who fought and fell in the
cause of human libertyand right.