The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

Wa conoratu,ate the country on the assured
success of the reconstruction policy OF Congress as
eylnced by the adoption, in the majority Oh tne
States lately in rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights to all and ~ IS tne
duty of the Government to sustain those instutons
and to prevent the people OF such ctates io oeins
RENTED to q state OF anarchy.
2. The guaranty by Congress Of equal suffrage to
all loyal men at the sonh was &c oy and T
Justice and must be maintained; whiie INC question
Of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
| 10 the people of those States.
p We denounce all forms of reputation as a ma
tionai crime; and the national honor requires the
payment of the public Indebtedness IN tne uttsI-
most rood faith to all creditors at home aud Abroad
not ony according to letter, but the spirit OF tne
| laws under which it was contracted.
H. It is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
tiou should be equalzed, and reuuceo as rapiuiy "s
| the national faith will permit
E The national debt contracted as it has been for
the preservation Of the Union Tor al time 10 come.
aboud be extended fair period for redemption;
and it the duty of Congress TO reduce the rate o
interest thereon whenever it can be honestly done.
| q That the best policy to diminish our burden OF
dart Ia to 40 our credit that capitalists VIII
seek to loan money at lower rates OF IMAM
we now pay, and must continue to pay so long as re-
rudation, partial or totai, open vi oo'oi'' ~ 'n
en gha 1lovernment of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy anu .ne
corruptous which have been SO shamefulty nursed
na stered by Andrew johnson call loudly for radi-
cal reform. :. ..x,.,,, ,,,d +ra,;c
dootb of Abraham Lincoln and regret the accession
to The presideno of Andrew johnson, VINO mas acteo
treacherously to the people who elected MIN ana tne
cause he was pledged to support who has usurped
high legislative aud judicial functions; who has re-
, fused 10 execute the laws who mas USED ms in
Office to induce other officers to ignore ana Violate
the laws; who has employed his executive Poweis
n render insecure the property, the peace, liberty
and life of the citizen; who has abused the paraoh
ing power; who has denounced the atlonai iags,a
ture as unconstitutional who has persstentiy anq
| corruptly resisted, by every means IN MS power
every proper attempt at the reconstr ucuon 81 .h'
States lately in rebellion; who mas perverted an'
nnblic patronage into engine OF wholesale cor
rnntion: and who has been justly lmpeached io
D bi9h crimes and misdemeauors, and properly pro
t nounced guilty thereof by the vote oil tnireY'hS
:, O. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu
ropean powers, that because man Is once supJeo
he ia al says so must be resisted at every hazato "
fine limited States as relic of feuda times, not au
thorized by the laws OF batons, and atw win gu
VI national honor and independence. NatutaAeu VI
izeus are entitled protection in all their rlghts
= citizenship, as though they were natNe-porn an
no citizen of the United States, native or natural
il ICED must be liable to arrest and Imprisonment.
| any foreign power for acts done or words spoken ,
: this country; and, If so arrested ana lmprisoheu
d Is the duty of the Government to interfere in ms p
\, half. .,,.s., i, A., .u,o,s of tb
" ,ata var there were entitled to more especlt
= honor than the brave soldiers and seamen VINO 81
dnred the hardships OF campaign and cruise ana III
I'd ariIIed their lives in the service of the country
ID the bounties and pensions provided by the laws ie
- these brave defenders OF the nation are opigauol
l. The gallant dead the wards Of the peope-a 8
: cred legacy bequeaihed to the nations protector
IN IL Foreign immigration, which in the past h
he added 60 much to the wealth. developement, and
sources, and increase OF power Go ms repuplie,
e. asyinm of the oppressed of all nations, should
he ered and encouraged by liberal and just polio
"a ~ This convention declares itself in sympatl
Az with all oppressed peoples struggling ior tne Tgn
of is. That we highly commend the spirit OF ma
he nanimity and iosbearance with which men who ma
no served in the rebellion, but who now frankly a
ed honestly cooperate with us in restoring the pea
to Of tho country and reconstrueting me 9 son
op nstice and equal rights are received back into
he Communion OF the loyal people; and we favor !
nv removal of the Disqualification and restrictions
y" posed upon the late rebels in the same measure
do the spirit Of disoyaty Will die out and as may be
aft sistent with the safety of the loyal people
Ia That we recognize the great principles J
sys down ia the immortal Declaration OF Independent
30. as the true foundation of democratic goyernme
r. and we hail with gladness every effort towaia IN
ing these principles living reality on every incl
OW American soil.