The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-23
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

Tho National Republican party of the United
States, assembled in National Convention in the city
of Chicago on the 2lst day of May, 1866, make tho
following declaration of principles;
l. We congratulate the country on the assured
success of the reconstruction policy OF Congress-
eylnced by the adoption, in the majority of the
statesl a'ely In rebeilon o. constitutions securing
duty of the Government to sustan those institutions
and prevent the people OF such States from being
RENTED to 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 Of
JUSTICE and must be maintained; while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to tho people Of those States.
g. We denounce 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 home aud abroad,
not only according to letter. but the spirit Of the
laws under which it was contracted
a. Ii is due 10 the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equalzed, and reduced es rapidly as
the national faith will permit.
8. The national deb, contracted as it has been for
the preservation of the Union for all time to come,
should be xtended fair period for redemption;
and it the duty of Congress to reduce the rate OF
interest thereon, whenever 1t can be honestly DONE
g. That the best policy to diminish our burden of
debt is to so improve credit that capitalists will
seek Is loan money at lower rates of interest than
we pay and must continue to pay so long as re-
ru1aton, partial or tota open OF COVERT, IL threat
EMU The Government of the United States should be
administered with the strictest economy; and the
corruptons which have been so shamefully nursed
and stered by Andrew johnson call loudly for radi
q We profoundly deplore the untimely and tragic
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
to the Presidency of Andre johnson, who has acted
treacherously to the people who elected him and the
cause he was pledged to support; who has usurped
high Legislative aud judicial functions; who has
f,ead IN the laws. who has used his fIgn
Office to induce other officers to ignore ana violate
the laws; who has employed his executive powers
10 render insecure the property the peace, liberty
and life OF the citizen who has abused the pardon
ing power who has denounced the national legisla
ture as unconstitutional who has persistenty and
every proper attempt ut 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 aud misdemeanors, and properly pro-
nounced guilty thereof by the vote Of thirty nVe
| Senators. ~
| o The doctrine of Great Britain and other Eu-
| ropean powers, that because man is once subject
he il always So must be resisted at every hazard by
the United States relic Of feudal times not au-
tho.ized by the laws of Iations and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Nsturalized cit
zens entitled 10 protection in all their rights OF
citizenship, though they were native-bornj and
no citizen of the United States native or natural
ized must be liable to arrest and imprisonment by
any foreign power for acts done words spoken in
this country and If 80 arrested and imprisoned, 1t
is the duty OF tn5 duVeIhelL 10 intefitto III hs De-
| half .,.,,, -,
| late war there were entitled to more especial
1 honor than the brave soldiers and seamen who en-
dured the hardships Of campaign and cruise, and i'm
perilled their lives in the service of the country
the beanties 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 peopie-a sa-
! cred legacy bequealhed TO the nations protecting
care.
IL Foreign immigration, which In the past has
added SO much the wealth, development, and re-
sources and increase of power to this republic the
| ASYLUM of the oppressed of all nations, should be
fostered and encouraged by liberal and just policy
| Ia This convention declares itself la sympathy
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
| 49, That we highly commend the spirit OF msg
nauimity and fofbearance with which men who have
| served in the rebellion, but who now frankly and
| honestly cooperate with Ia restoring the peace
1 of tho country and reconstructing the South
err 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 Disqualification and restrictions i'm
posed upon the late rebels in the same measure a.
the spirit of disloyaify will die out and may be con
! sisfeit with the aaiaty of the loyal people
/ IA That We recognize the great principles laid
down Ia tue immortsi Declaration Of Independence
/ as the true Foundation Of democratic government
! aud we hail With gladness every effort toward max
ing these principles living reality ON every inch o.
! American sol.