The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-01
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM

The National Republican party of the United
States, assembled in National Convention in the city
Of Chicago, on the 2lst day of May, 1866 make the
following declaration of principles:
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
of the reconstruction policy of Congress- as
evlnced by the adoption, in the majority of the
States lately ia rebellion, of constitutions securing
equal civil and political rights ALL 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. fse -,
2. 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 tho people of those States. =
8. We denouncs all forms of reputation as ma
tionsl crime; and the national honor requires the
payment Of the public Indebtedness in the utter
most good faith to all creditors at homo aud abroad
not only according to letter, but the spirit of the
laws under which it was contracted.
a. 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. ssaT
g. 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
ana it s the duty Of Congress to reduce the rate Of
interest thereon, whenever 1t can be honestly DONE
Q. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt Is to SO improve our credit that capitalists will
seek to loan us money at lower rates of interest than
we now pay and must continue TO pay SO long as re-
pudaton, partial total, open covert is threat
ened or suspected. 11'fl
7. The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strctest economy; and the
corruptons which have been shamefuliy nursed
and f'stered by Andrew johnson call loudly for rad-
cal reform. s.a.,II'- -
s. We profoundly deplore tho untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
to the Presidency of Andrew Johnson who has acted
reacherously 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 bieh
ONCE 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 iegisla
ture as unconstitutional; who has persistently and
every proper attempt at the reconstruction of the
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
public patronage into an engine of wholesale cor.
ruptfon; and who has been justly impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanors, and properly pro.
bounced guilty thereof by tho vote OF thirty five
ropean powers, that because man is once a subiact
he is always 40 must be resisted at every hazard tv
the United States as relic of feuda times not au.
thorized by the laws of nations and at war with onr
national honor and Independence. Naturalized cir.
liens are entitled to protection in all their rights Of
citizenship, as though they were native-born; and
no citizen Of the United States native or natural
lied, must be liable to arrest and imnrisonman, Nv
any foreign power for acts done or words spoken in
this country; and, Ii so arrested and imprsoned II
Is the duty of the Government to interfara IN h;s
half $3.50 ~
~. Or all who were faithful In the trials of the
ate war; there were none entitled to more especial
nonor Ihan the brave soldiers and seamen who an
dured the hardshfps of campaign and cruise and i'm
perilled their lives in the service of the country
the oountes and pensions provided by 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 peooiea "a.
cred legacy bequealhed to the nations protecting
care. -
IL. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added SO much to the wealth, Development and re-
sources and increase OF power to this republic the
asylum OF the oppressed of all nations should he
fostered and encouraged by liberal and inst policy
~ This convention declares itself in s,mnathv
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
IL. That we highly commend the spirit of mag
nanimity and forbearance with which men who have
served IN the rebellion, but who now frankly and
honestly cooperate with ia restoring the peace
OF tho country and reconstructing the south-
err state governments upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, are received back into the
communion of the loval people; and we favor the
removal OF the disqualiho4tions and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the same measure as
the spirit OF dsloyaly will die out aud as may be con.
sistent with the safety Of the loyal people.
IA. That We recognize the great PRINCIPLES Lag
uowh IN the immortal Declaration of Indepepdens "a
~ .ne true foundation OF democratic governing nj
ano We nail with gladness every effort toward ,nsk.
American soil. AVN Oh