The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-01
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

The National Republican party of the United
of Chicago on the 2lst day of May, 1866, make tho
following declaration of principles
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
ev,nced by lac adoption, ia the majority of the
States a'ey rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil q political rights 10 all; and it is the
duty OF the Government to scstan taose institutions
and to prevent he people o. such Etates from being
rsmi;ted to state OF anarchy.
2. Tho 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 mantained while the question
of suh age in all tie loyal States properly belongs
to the people OF those States
3. We denounce all forms of reputation as ma.
tional crime; and the national honor requires the
paymen, of the public Indebtedness in The utter
most good faith to all creditors at home and abroad
not only according to letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which 1T was tracted.
A. 1t is due 20 the labo- of the nation that taxa
tion should be equalized, and reduced as rapidly es
the national faitn will permit
g. The national debt cout acted as it has been for
the preservation o, the Up'ou ior all time . come
should be extended over far pc 20. REDEMPTION:
and it is the duty OF Congress 10 he late OF
interest Thereon, Wherever, can be boces.v done.
9. That the best policy % al ni-l our burden of
debt is to SO improve credt that capitalists will
seek loan money at lower rates o. interest than
we now pay, arc mus continue to pay long as re-
pudiation par or total, open ,overl, is areat-
ered or suspecte
z. The Government of the UIited States should be
administered with Tho stiic ,st economy; aud tee
corruptions which have been shame.r " nu-sed
and fjstered by Andrew johnson call loudly .or rad-
cal reform.
8. We profoundly deplore the untimey and tragic
death of Abraham 'con, anG regre. The secession
to the Presiden;yoi Andrew 10 'nson, no acted
trsacberously to e people 20 elect ed him and the
cause he was .'edged to supper WHO has usurped
high Legislative and judicial unc. lions; who has re-
fused to execute the laws; who has used his high
Office to induce other officers to ignore and violate
the laws; who has employed his executive powers
to render insecure the property the peace liberty
and life of the citizen; who has abused the pardon
ing power; VINO has denounced the national legisa-
ture as constitutional; who has persistently and
.ruptly resisted, by every means in his power
every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an eo2ine of wholesale COR
ruptio1 aud who has been justly impeached for
high G, hes and misdsmeanors, aud properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the vote of thirty five
Senators.
ropean powers, tina because man is subject
ne is al ways So mus. be resisted every hazard by
the United States, as relic Of ferGa times au-
thorized by & laws OF nations and at war with our
national honor and independence. Naturallzed cit.
liens entitled to protection in all their rights OF
citireushio rs though they native-born; and
no citizen o. the Uhited States native or patural.
lied, must be / % to arrest and Imprisonment by
any foreign power for &C done words spoken in
this country; and, If SO arrested and imprisoned it
is the duty the Government to interfere in his be-
half.
10. or all who faithful In the trials of the
late war; there entitled 10 more espocial
honor tlan the . ave soldiers and keamen VINO en-
dured the hards fps Of campaign and c,uise and i'm
peried their lives in the service of the coun. v:
the bounties and pensions provided by the laws ior
these brave defenders of the nation obligations
never to be forgotten the widows and orphans of
the gallant dead the wards of the people-a sa-
cred legacy bequeaihed to the nations protecting
care.
IL. Foreign immigration, which in The past has
added so much to the wealth. development, aud re-
sources and increase of power to this republic the
asylum of the oppressed OF all nations, should be
fostered and encouraged by liberal and just policy
IL. This convention declares itself in sympathy
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
Is. That we highly commend the spirit of mag
nanmity and forbearance WIN which men who have
served in the rebellion, bu' % now frankly and
honestly cooperate with in restoring the peace
State governments upon the basis of impartial
Justice and equal rights, received back into the
communion OF the loyal people; and we favor the
removal of the disqualifcations and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the same as
the spirit of dsloyaly will die out, and may
sistent with the safety of the loyal people.
IA. That We recognize the great principles laid
down in the immortal Declaration Of Independence,
as the true foundation OF democratic government
and hail with gladness every effort toward max.
ing these principles living reality on every inch Of
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