New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-23
AZ CIncinnati Platforrn.


We, the Liberal Republicans of the
United States, in national convention as
sembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the fol
lowing principles as essential to just gov
eminent:
l. We recognize the equality of all men
before the law, and hold that it is the duty
of government, in its dealings with the
people, to mete out equal and exact justice
TO all, of whatever nativity, race, color or
persuasion, religious or political.
:. We pledge ourselves to maintain the
nniOn Of these States emancipation and
enfranchisement, and to oppose any re-
opening of the questions settled by the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments of the constitution.
3. We demand the immediate and absO-
lutte removal Of all disabilities imposed on
account Of the rebellion, which was finally
subdued seven years ago, believing that
universal amnesty will result in complete
pac1hcatlOn in all sections Of the country
4. A local selfgovernment, with Impair
flal suffrage, will guard the rights of all
citizens more securely than any centralized
power. The public welfare requires the
supremacy of the civil over the military
authority, and the freedom Of person under
the protection Of the habeas corpus. We
demand for the individual the largest lib
erty consistent with public order, for the
return to the methods of peace and the con-
stitutional limitations of power.
5. The civil service of the government
has become a mere instrument of partisan
tyranny and personal ambition, and an Oh
ject Of selfish greed. 1t is a scandal and
reprOach upon free institutions, and breeds
a Generalization dangerous to the per
petuity of republican government.
6. We therefore regard a thorough re-
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pressing necessities of the hour; that hon
osty, capacity and fidelity constitute the
only valid CLAIMS to public employment;
that the offices of the government cease to
be a matter of arbitrary favoTitism and
patronage, and that public station shall
become again a place of honor. To this
end it is imperatively required that no
President shall be a candidate for re-eleo-
ten.
z. We demand a system of federal taxa
ton which shall not unnecessarily inter
Fere with the industry of the people, and
which shah provide the means necessary to
paw the expenses of the government.
economically administer ed, the pensions,
the interest on the public debt, and mod
crate annual reduction of the principal
thereof; and recognizing that there are in
our midst honest but irrecOncllable differ
ences of opinion with regard TO the resPec-
tive systems OF protection and free trade,
we remit the discussion of the subject TO
the people in their congressional districts,
and the decision of Congress thereon,
wholly free from executive interference or
dictatiOn.
s. The public credit must be sacredly
mainted, and we denOunce Reputation in
every form and guise.
g. A speedy return to specie payments is
demanded alike by the highest cOnsidera-
lions OF commercial morality and honest
government
10. We remember with gratitude the he
roism and sacrifices OF the soldiers and
sailors Of the republic, and no act Of ours
shall ever detraet from their justly earned
fame or the full rewards Of their patriotism.
IL. We are opposed to all further grants
OF land to railroads or other corporations.