The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-10
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 the
following declaration of principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the assured
success OF the reconstruction policy of Congress. as
eynced 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
duty of the Government to sustain those institutions
and to prevent the people of such States from being
RENTED to state of anarchy
e The guaranty by Congress OF equal suffrage to
all loyal men ut the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety of gratitude and OF
Justice and must DO maintained; while the question
of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the 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. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that taxa
ton should be equallzed, and reduced repidly
che national faith will permit.
6. The national debt, contracted asit has been for
the preser yation of the Union for all time to cOme
should DO extended over fair period for redempton;
and it tie duty of Congress to reduce the rate oil
intea est thereon whenever it can be honestly DONE
g. That the best policy to diminish our burden OF
debt IL to 30 improve credit that capitalists wi
seek to loan money ut lower rates of interest than
we now pay and must continue TO pay SO long as
pudatun partial or total open or covert, IS threat
= The Goyernment of the United States should be
| administered with the strictest economy; and the
| corruptons which have been go shamefuly nursed
and fstered by Andrew Johnson call loudly Tor radi-
| cal reform
death of Abraham Lincoln, and regret the accession
to the Presidency Andrew Johnson, who has acted
treacherously the people who elected him and the
| cause he was pledged to support; who has usurped
high legislative and judicial functions; VINO has re-
| g.. c.,fa ha lnxya
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 citizen who hos abused the pardon
| ing power who has denounced the national iegsla
tuTe as unconstitutional who has persistently ant
corruptly resisted, by every means in his power
States lately in rebellion; who has perverted the
| public patronage into an engine OF Wholesale cor
ruption; and who has been Justly impeached fo
| high crimes and misdemeanors, and properly pro
nounced guilty thereof by the vote Of thirty fiv'
Senators.
9. The doctrine Of Great Britain and other Eu
| ropean powers, that because man Is once su9ec
he Ia alays 40 must be resisted at every hazard by
| the United States as a relic of feuda times not au
thorzed by the laws Of rations, and atwar with ou
national honor and independence. Naturallzed GU
izans are entitled to protection in all their rights
| citizensho as though they were native-born; ant
no citizen of the Unitod States, native or natural
lied must be liable to arrest and Imprisonment b!
any foreign power for acts done or words spoken II
shis country: and if SO arrested and imprisoned, i
is the duty OF the Government to interfere in his be
half.
| 10 of all who were faithful In the trials of Thu
late war. there were none entitled to more especia
| honor than the brave soldiers and seamen VINO en-
dured the hardshps Of campaign and cruise, and i'm
neriled their lives in the service of the country
Inc bouuties and pensions provided by the laws To-
these brave defenders Of the nation are obligation
| never 70 be forgotten the widows and orphans o.
the gallant dead are the wards of the people-a sa
cred legacy bequealhed to the nations protecting
| care. 80, -,
| IL. Foreign immigration, which IN the past ma
added SO much to the wealth, Development, and re
sources and increase of power to this republic tb
| asyum of the oppressed of all nations, should d.
fostered and encouraged by liberal and just polcy
| 49, This convention declares itself IN sympath.
with all oppressed peoples struggling for their rights
| 49, That we highly commend the spirit OF mag
napirnity and forbearance with which men who nav
served in tho rebellion, bu, who now frankly ant
honestly cooperate with in restoring the peace
of tho country and reconstructing the south
| ern State governments upon the basis OF impartia
Justice and equal rights, are received back into IN
Communion of the loyal people; and we iavor tn
removal of the disqualifcations ana restrctions I'm
| posed upon the late rebels in the same measure a
the spirit of dsloyay will die out aud as may be con
| sistent with the safety of the loyal people.
Ia. That we recognize the great principles Lax
| down in the immortal Declaration OF Independence
| a. tho true foundation OF democratic government
and we hail with gladness every effort toward max
ing these principles living reality on every Inch
American noil.