The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-12
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The National Republican party Of the United
Staes assembled in National Convention in the city
OF Chicago, on the 2lst day of May, 1885, make the
following declaration of principles;

l. We congratulate the country ON the assured
SUCCESS the reconstruction policy OF Congress- as
evlnced by the adoption, in the majority of the
States LACEY ia rebellioa, at constitutions securing
equs civil and poiti al rights TO ALL and it is the
duty of the Government to sustain those institutions
and tn proven the people OF such States from being
RENTED to a state OF anarchy.
z. 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
just ce and must be- maintained; while the question
of outrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States.
8. We oenoupcs all forms of reputation as a ma
tionsl crme and the national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness the utter
most good faith to all creditors at heme aud abroad
not only according to letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted
4. 1t is due to tue labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalized and reduced rapidly as
the national faith will permit.
s. The national deb, contracted it has been for
the preservation of the Union for all time TO come
should be extended over fair period for redemptiop
and it Is the duty of Congress to reduce the rate of
interest thereon whenever it be honestly done.
6. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt is to improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money at lower rates of interest than
we now pay, and must continue to pay SO long
pudiation partial total open covert is threat
ened or suspected
I. The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strctest economy; and the
corruptions which have been shamefully nursed
and fJstered by Andrew johnson call loudly for rad
cal reform.
g. We profoundly deplore the untmey and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
to The Presidency of andrew johnson, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected him and the
cause he pledged to support who has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions; who has re-
fused to execute the laws who has used his 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 citizen; who has abused the pardon-
ing power; who has denounced the national legsla-
ture as unconstitutional who has persstently 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 into 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.
Q. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu-
ropean powers, that because man is once subject
he is al ways must be resisted at every hazard by
the United States, relic of feudal times,
thorized by the laws OF Iations, and with
national honor and independence. Naturazed cit
liens entitled to protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, as though they were native-born; and
no citizen of the United States native natural
lied must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power for acts done words spoken in
this country and if arrested and imprisoned, il
is the duly of the Government to Interfere in his be-
half
TO- Of all who were faithful In tho trials of the
late war; there were none entitled to more especial
honor than tho brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardships of campaign and cruise, and i'm
perlled their lives IN the service oil the country
the bounties aud pensions provided by the laws fol
these brave defenders of the nation obligations
nevor to be forgotten; the widows and orphans OF
the gallant dead are the wards Of the people--a
cred legacy bequeahed to tho nations protecting
care.
IL. Foreign immigration, which in the past hsi
added 80 much to the wealth, development, and re-
sources, and increase of power to this republic ths
asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be
fostered and encouraged by liberal and just policy
IL This convention declares itself in sympath,
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
Is. That we highly commend the spirit of M G
nanimity and forbearance with which men who hav,
served in the rebellion, but who frankly ant
honestly cooperate with in restoring the peac,
of tho country and reconstructng the fouth
era State governments upon the basis OF impartia
justice and equal rights, received back Into thu
communion OF the loyal pc pie; and we favor tn,
removal Of the dsqua itcstons and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the measure ~
the spirit Of disoyaty will die out and may be
sistent with the safety Of the loyal people.
IA. That recognize the great principles lsit
down In the immortal Declaration of Indepeu dence
as the true foundation of democratic government
and we hail with gadness every effort toward max
ing these principles living reality every inch o
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