The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-13
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

| Abe National Republican party of the Untet
States assembled in National Convention in the cit,
of Chicago, the 2lst day of May, 1866, make tn,
following declaration of principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the assured
success OF the reconstruction policy OF Congress- al
svlnced by the adoption, in the majority of Tho
States lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all and it is the
and to prevent the people of such States from being
RENTED to state of anarchy.
z. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage Ia
all loyal men at the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety of gratitude and Of
justice, and must DO maintained; while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belong
to the people of those States.
j. We denounce all forms of reputation as ma.
tional crime; and the national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness in the utter.
most good faith to oil creditors at home aud abroad
not only according to letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted.
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced as rapidly a.
tho national faith will permit.
s. The national debt contracted as 1t 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
interest thereon, whenever it can be honestly done
8. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt Is to SO improve our credit that capitalists wi
seek to loan money at lower cfinterest than
we now pay, and must continue 10 pay long as re-
rudiation, partial total open covert is threat
ened or suspected.
7. The Government of the Unitod States should be
administered with the strictest economy: and the
corruptons which have been so shamefully nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson call Loudly for radi-
cal reform.
8. We profoundly deplore the untimeIy and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret thu accession
to The Presidency of Andrew Johnson who has acted
trescherously to the people who elected him and the
high legislative and judicial functions; who has re.
fused TO execute the laws; who has used his itch
office to induce other officers to ignore and yiolato
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; who has denounced the national ieeisla-
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 rebellon who has perverted The
public patronage int an engine of wholesale cor
ruption; and who has been justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the vote of thirty five
Senators.
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other En-
ropean powers, that because man is once subject
he is always must DO resisted at every hazard Nv
the United States, as relic of feuda times not at
thorized by the laws of rations and war with our
national honor and independence. Naturalzed cit.
liens entitled to protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, as though they were native-born; and
citizen of the United States, native or natural.
lied, must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and, If arrested and imprisoned il
10 Ihe uuty OF inc government to Interfere in his
half.
TO- or all who were faithful in the trials of the
late war there were none entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and neamen who en-.
dured the hardslps Of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilled their lives in the service of the country:
the bounties ami pensions provided by the laws for
there brave defenders Of the nation are obligations
never to be forgotten the widows and orphans of
the gallant dead are 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. developement and re-
sources, and increase Of power Co this republic the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations should be
fostered aud encouraged by liberal and just policy
II. This convention declares itself in sympathy
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
l3. That We highly commend tho spirit of mag
nanmity 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 reconstructng the fouth-
erD 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 dsqua iticAtons and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels In the same measure as
the spirit of disoyafy will die ont as may be con-
sistent with the safety of the loyal people.
IA. That recognize the great principles laid
down In the immortal Declaration of independence
as the true foundation OF democratic government
and we hail with gadness every effort toward max
Ing these principles living reality every inch Of
American soil.