The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-01

1he National Republican party of the United
states assembled in National Convention in the cit,
Of Chicago, the 21st day of May, 1866, make tn,
following declaration of principles;
1. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the reconstruction policy of Congress
| evinced 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
and to prevent the people of such States from being
RENTED to a state Of anarchy.
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
justice, and must be maintained while the question
of suffrage in ell the loyal States properly belongs
| to the people of those States.
8. We denounce all forms of reputation as a M.
tionel crime; and the national honor requires the
payment Of the public Indebtedness in the utter
most good faith to all creditors home and 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 equazed, and reduced as ranidIv "a
| the national faith will permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as it has been for
the preservation of the Union for all time to come
and it ia the duty of Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon, whenever it be honestly done.
| g. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt is to SO improve credit that capitalists will
seek to loan us money at lower rates interest than
we now pay, and must continue 10 pay SO long as re-
rudiatlon partial or total open covert is threat
| ened or suspected.
7. The Government of the United States should ba
administered with the strictest economy: and the
oorruptions which have been so shamefnliy nursed
and fostered by Andrew johnson call loudly for radi-
cal reform.
8. We profoundly deplore the 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 fHnctions who has re-
fused to execute the laws who has used his high
OtficA other IN
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 loeisla
ture as unconstitutional who has persistenty 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
hlgh crimes aud misdemeanors and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the vote of thirty.fiye
Senators.
9. The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu
ropean powers, that because man is once subject
he is always must be resisted at every hazard Inv
the United States, relic of feudal times not ai-
thorized by the laws of nations and at war with our
national honor and Independence Naturalized cit
liens are entitled to protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, as though they were natiye-born: and
citizen of the United States native or 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 ii
is the duty OF the Government to interfere in his be-
half.
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 sealnen who en-
dured the hardships of campaign and cruise and inn
perlled their lives in the service of the country
the beunties and pensions provided by the laws for
these brave defenders of the nation are oblipatons
never to be forgotten the widows and orphans of
the gallant dead the wards of the people-a sa
cred legacy bequeathed to the nations protecting
care. Fe
IL. Foreign immigration, which in the past has
added SO much to the wealth, deyelopement and re
Sources and increase of power this republic the
asylum OF the oppressed of all nations, should be
fostered and encouraged by liberal and Just policy
H. This convention declares itself in sympathy |
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
L. That we highly commend the spirit of mag |
nanlmlty 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
era state governments upon tho basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, received back into The
communion of the loyal people; and we favor the
removal OF the disqualications and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the same measure as
the spirit of disoyaty will die out and as may be con-
sistent with the safety of the loyal people,
a. 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 gladness every effort toward max
American soil. s