The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-03
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM

1he National Republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention in the city
of Chicago, the 2lst day of May, 1865 make the
following declaration of principles: ,tiss 4a
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the reconstruction policy OF Congress-
ev,nced by the adoption, in the majority of the
States lately in 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
remitted to a state Of anarchy. has5iYa n :
z. The guaranty by Congress of equal suffrage to
consideration Of public safety, of gratitude and q
Justice, and must be maintained while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States. ..-sr $50
3. We denounce all forms of reputation as a ma
tionsl crime and the national honor requires the
payment Of the public indebtedness in the utter
most good faith to all 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 eauaiized and reduced as rapidly
8. The national debt, contracted as 1t has been for
the preservation of the Union for all time TO come
and it is the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon, whenever 1t be honestly DONE
8. That the best policy to diminish burden of
deos IL to SO 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 as re-
pudiaton, partial total open covert is threat
ened or suspected. seas f5 stiif
I. The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy; and the
corruptions which have been shamefnliy nursed
and fstered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radi-
cal reform. 1910 &a4--sffl+4 ~ ANAf
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death Of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
to the Presidency OF Andrew Johnson who has acted
trcacherously to the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; who has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions; who has re-
fused TO execute the laws who has used his iigh
on 10 ind &tl,n al.
the laws; who has employed his executive powers
to render insecure the property, the peace liberty
and life of the citizens who has abused the pardon
ing power; who has denounced the national legsla-
ture unconstitutional; who has ipersistently 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 s and who has been justly impbached for
high crimes and msdemeanors, and properly pre-
bounced guilty thereof by the vote Of thirty.fve
Senator's hlsa itt1 et7saSt
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu.
ropean powers that because man is once a subject
he 10 aRays so must be resisted at every hazard by
the United States as relic of feudal times not au-
thori2ed by the laws of natops and at war with our
national honor and Independence Naturalized cit.
izeps are entitled to Proteeon in all their rights
citizenship, as though they were native-born; and
no citizen of the United States, native or natural
lied. mnst be liable to arrest and Imprisonment by
auy foreign power for acts done words spoken in
this country and, if arrested and Imprisoned it
Is the duty OF the Government to interfere in his be-
half $50 ftlr
10. OF all who were faithful In the trials of the
late war, there were entitled to more especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seauaen who en-
dured the hardships Of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilled their lives In the service of the country
the bounties and pensons provided by the laws for
these brave defenders Of the nation are obligations
never TO be forgotten the widows and orphans of
tho gallant dead are the wards of the peoplea sa-
cred legacy bcquealhad to the nations protecting
care. s m. s5 -ss.i. lstfN aAs Gfi-,
II. Foreign Immigration, which In the past has
added SO much to the wealth, developement and re-
sources and Increase of power to this republic the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations should be
fostered aud 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 msg-
nanimity and forbearance with which men who have
served in the rebellion, but who now frankly and
honestly cooperate with us In restoring the peace
of tho country and reconstructing the South
ern 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 disqnac and restrictions i'm
posed upon the ats rebels in the same measure as
the spirit Of disloyalty will die out and as may be con-
slstent with the safety Of the legal people.
IA. That We recognize the great principles laid
down 10 the immortal Declaration of Independence,
as the true foundation OF democratic government
aud we hail with gladness every effort toward max.
lug these principles living reality every inch of
American soil.