The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-28
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

Tho National Republican party of the United
States, assembled in National Convention in the city
of Chicago, on the 2lst day of May 1866, make tbs
following declaration of principles: sft (,
l. We congratulate tho country on the assured
of the reconstruction policy of Congress- az
evlnced by the adoption, in the majority of the
States lately III rebellion of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all; and it is the
duty of the Government to sustain those institutions
and to prevent the people of such States from being
RENTED to a state of anarchy.
e. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage to
all loyal men at the South demanded by every
consideration of public safety, of gratitude and Of
justice, and must be maintained; while the question
OF outrage in all the 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
most good faith to all creditors home aud abroad
not only according to letter. but tho spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted rs
a. 1t is due to the labor Of the nation that taxa
tion should be equalzed and reduced az rapidly as
the national faitn will permit.
g. The national debt, contracted as it has been for
the preservation Of the Union for all time to come,
should be extended over fair period for redemption;
and it is the duty of Congress TO reduce the rate OF
Interest thereon, whenever it can be honestly DONE
8. That tho beat policy to diminish our burden of
debt Is to so improve our credit that capital wi
seek to loan money vt lower rates Of interest thu
we pay and must continue 10 pay so long as re-
pudiatioh partial total open covert, s Threat
ered or suspected
Z. The Government of the United Slater Should be
administered with the strctest econ, nv: ana tho
corruptions which have been so sham fully nursed
and fstered by Andrew johnson call loudly for radi-
cal reform. .t-1+-- 81
8. We profoundly deplore the untimey and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, aud regret the accession
to the Presidency OF Andrew johnson, who has acted
treacherousy to tho people who elected him and tho
cause he was pledged to support; who has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions; who has re-
fused to execute the lava who has used bis Ugh
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 cizen who has abused the pardon
ing power; who has denounced the national legisla
ture as unconstitutional; who has persistently and
corruptly 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 iato an engine of wholesale cor.
ruption; and who has been Justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeapors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty the cot by the vote of thirty five
Senators.
8. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other Eu.
ropean powers, that because man is once subject
he is always must be resisted at every hazard by
the United states, as relic of feuda times not ail
thorzed by the laws OF Iatious and war with our
national honor and independence, Neturalzed cit.
izens are entitled TO protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, as though they were Datiye-born; and
citizen of the United States, native or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest and imprisonne by
any foreign power for acts done words spoken In
this country; and if so arrested and imprisoned IL
is the duty OF tbs Government to interfere in his be-
half. ss9
10. OF all who were faithful In the trials Of the
late war, there none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardsips Of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilied their lives in the service of the country
the bounties and pensions provided by the laws for
these brave defenders Of the nation are Obligations
never to be forgotten ; the widows and orphans of
the gallant dead the wards of the people-a sa-
cred legacy bequea,hed to the nations protecting
care.
II. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added SO much to the wealth, developemeut and 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.
II. This convention declares itself IN sympathy
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their to-
ID. That We highly commend this spirit of mag
nanimity and forbearance with which men who have
served in the rebellion, bu' who now frankly and
honestly cooperate with in restoring the peace
OF tho country and reccnstrueting the South
era 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 dFqna Itons aud restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the measure as
the spirit of dsoyaty will die out and may be con-
sistent with the safety of the legal people.
IA. That we recognize the great principles laid
down in the immortal Declaration of Independence,
as the true foundation of democratic government
and we hail with gladness every effort toward max
Ing these principles living reality on every inch of
American soil.