The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-10
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

The National Republican party of the United
States assembled in National Convention in the city
of Chicago, on the 2iss day of May, 1866, make the
following declaration of principles:
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the reconstruction policy OF Congress as
evlnced by the adoption, in the majority of the
States larely la rebellion of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to ALI and it is the
duty of the Government to sustain those Institutions
and to prevent the people of such States from being
RENTED to state of anarchy.
z. The 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 maintained; while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States.
3. We denouncs all forms of reputation as q 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 1T was contracted.
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalZed, and reduced as rapidly as
the national faith will permit.
s. The national deb 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 1t ID the duty OF Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon, whenever it can be honestly DONE
8. That the best policy to dminisHl6hr burden of
debt to SO improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan money ut lower rates of interest than
pay, and must continue to pay so long as re-
Pudiation partial or total open or covert, is threat
ened or suspected. "a
7. The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy; and the
corruptions which have been SO shamefully nursed
aud fstered by Andrew johnson call loudly for radi
cal reform. -ff
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
treacheronsy to the people who elected him and the
Cause he was pledged to support; who has usurpsd
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 citizsn who has abused the pardon
ing power; who has denounced the national legisa-
ture 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 into an engine of Wholesale COR
ruption; and who has BEEN justly impeached for
high crimes and misdsmespors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the vote of thirty five
Senators.
o. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu.
ropean powers, that because man Is once subject
he is al ways must be resisted every hazard by
the United States, as relic of feuds times, NOT au-
thofized BY the laws OF atoms, and at with
national honor and independence. Naturalzed cit
zens entitled 10 protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, as though they were natiye-born and
citizen of the United states, native OF natural
lied must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power for acts done words spoken in
this country and, if sled and imprisoned lit
is the duty of the Government to interfere in his be-
half
IL. OF all who faithful In the trials of the
late war, there were none entitled to especial
honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardshps Of campaign and cruise and im-
pered their lives in the service of the country:
the bounties and pensions provided 10y the laws for
these 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
cred legacy bequea,hed to the nations protecting
care.
H. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added so much to the wealth, development, aud
sources and increase of power to this republic the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be
osered and encouraged by liberal aud Just policy
IL This convention declares itself in sympathy
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
49, That we highly commend the spirit of mag
nanimty and torbearance with which men who have
honestly cooperate with us in restoring the peace
of tho country and reconstructing the south-
erA State governments upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights are received back into the
communion of the loyal people; and favor the
removal OF the disqualification and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in ths same measure rs
the spirit of disloyalty will die out aud may be con
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 we hail with gtadness every effort toward max
log these principles living reality every inch OF
American soil