The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-23
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The Indiana Republican Plat.
form and Declaration OF Prin'
ciples.
INDIANAPOLIS, February 22.-The Re
publican State Convention to-day adopt
ed the following platform and resolu
tions:
The Republicans Of Indiana hail thi'
centennial year as an event which calls
for expression Of gratitude to Almighty
God that our civil and religious Liberties
have been preserved through all the vi
cissitudes Of a century; that the American
people have successfully maintained be
fore the world their capacity for self
government, and that the Union remain
unbroken either by foreign aggression
civil discord or domestic rebellion
The past Of our national history
Is secure, but its future depends
on the preservation Of the govern
ment's fundamental principles, which
the past has consecrated and are ex
pressed in the Declaration Of Indedend
ence and the Constitution OF the United
States with its several amendments. Tc
these the Republican party have Away
been devoted and faithful BY means O
Of its steady attachment to them. II
carried the country through four years O
civil war, suppressed an insurrection' II
opposition to the Constitution and the
laws, saved the government from dc
struction and the Union from dissolu
tion, and has faithfully observed
that part Of the Constitution which
requires that the government OF al
the States shall be Republican ID
form. Ithas made the principle Of popular
civil equality universal, SO that 1t embra'
ces every class OF American citizens, with
out regard to birth, previous condition OF
color. II has settledthe question ofthe ma
tionality Of the government against those
who submitted it to arbitratment OF tht
sword, so that it is no longer open fol
practical denial. It has successfully re-
jected and overthrown the doctrine that
the government Of the United States is 9
mere league between confederated
States, each with the reserved right to
secede from and break up the Union, sc
that under its administration Of public
affairs it became the settled policy Of the
nation that the Constitution and the laws
passed pursuant thereto are the supreme
law Of the land, anything in the Constitu'
ton or the laws Of any State to the CON
trary Notwithstanding. 1t carried The
government forward into the front rank
among the nations. It granted amnesty
with unparalleled liberality to those who
we're recently in arms against the life o.
the nation, asking them in return only
that they should unite heart and hand il
future efforts TO give increased honor and
glory 10 our country and perpetuity TO o
common union. 1t has by strict observ'
ances Of the laws diminished the public
debt, thereby lessening the pressure OF it.
burden on the people. II has furnished
the country with national currency 10
despite Of the opposition and denuncia
tion OF the Democratic party and al
who opposed the prosecution OF the'war
without which the rebellion could mol
have been suppressed and which its pnr
pose is TO maintain to the end that tht
legitimate wants Of commerce. and trade
may be assured and just rewards secured
to the laborer. Ii has maintained Al
economical standard In the public ex'
penses, keeping tliemwithin the limit re
quiSed by the necessarily increasing want
and interests OF the public service. ltha
required afaithful collection nddisburs'
ments Of the public revenue. Wher'
there may have been well grounded sus
picion OF uniaithfulness in 50 doint
| against any to whom this trust has beeI
confded, they have been removed. iron
office, and where any have been guilty o
fraud or conspiracy, no guilty man ha
been permitted to escape. We therefor
| in view Of this record OF the Republican
party do now assemble in State Conven
lion, and make the following declaration
ofprinciples. .,..,.t :
!. We will remain iaithfultot the prin
ciples OF the National Republican part.
in all things concerning the adnihistra
ton OF national affairs until'eyery righ
guaranteed by the constitution shall b
fully secured and enjoyed; until all exist
ing laws shall be faithfully executed AM
such others shall be passed as are necessa
| ry to that end: until the ballot box shall b
protected against all frauds and violence
until the right Of popular representation
shall be fully indicated, and until al
voters, whether white or black, shall b
so secured in the right 10 cast their ballot
that the laws shall rest upoR the consen
OF the governed.
2. We do not recognize the right OF
State to impede the execution OF the ma
tional laws, or 10 impair any OF th'
rights conferred by them, and hold 1t L
be the duty Of the Government to SCI
that these laws are executed in ever!
State, and that all these rights are en-
joyed without impediment or hindraace
8. We hold the government ot IN.
United States TO be nation and not
mere confederation Of States; that itrep
resents the sovereign authority OF tn
people Of the United States and not thi
States; that az the constitution and law
/ of the national government are supreme
no State has right to resist or imped
their execution or to withdraw from tn
| Union in consequence thereof, and tha
| although the result OF the late rebellion
settled this question against the right Q
a State to secede, yet the future harmon.
and safety OF the Union. requires tha
this doctrine shall be condemned, tha
under no possible exigency shall it eve
be hereafter revived. -
4. While we believe that the Naiona
Government is entirely independents 9
the States, when acting within its ow
proper circle, we also believe that IN
State Governments are entirely yindePend
ent Of the National Government whe
acting in their own proper, circles, an
we will maintain this Independence Z
both to the end thhthsrmony may exili
between them, that tho national iweltat
may be advanced, and that the States ma
be secured in the exercise OF ample Jnri'
diction over all their domestic affairs, :
flat they may be enabled to develop thei
material interests and employ all IN
means necessary to the intellectual an
moral enlightenment OF the people.
5. We are willing and anxious I
restore entirely amicable relations b'
tween the people Of the North and d
Southern States who Werc engaged !
the rebellion, and with a view theret
: arc ready TO forgive and grant amnest
10 ali those who desire TO be forgiven an