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Editorial
May 4, 1872
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
The Liberal Republican Party's platform, adopted at the national convention in Cincinnati, proclaims principles emphasizing equality before the law, maintenance of the Union and amendments, universal amnesty, civil service reform, public credit, opposition to land grants to railroads, and peaceful foreign relations.
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The Liberal Republican Platform.
We, the Liberal Republicans of the United States, in national convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the following principles as essential to just government. We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of the Government in its dealings with the people to mete out equal justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or previous condition of servitude, religious or political.
2. We pledge ourselves to maintain the Union of the States, emancipation and enfranchisement, and to oppose any re-opening of the question settled by the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.
3. We demand the immediate and absolute 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 pacification in all sections of the country.
4. Local self-government, with impartial 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 freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with the public order; for the State self-government; and for the nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitations of its power.
5. The civil service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition and an object of selfish greed; it is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of a Republican Government.
6. We, therefore, regard a thorough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour; that honesty, capacity and fidelity constitute the only valid claims to public employment; that the offices of the Government cease to be a matter of arbitrary formation and patronage, and that public station becomes again a post of honor. To this end, it is imperatively required that no President shall be a candidate for re-election.
7. The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every fraudulent guise.
8. A speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government.
9. We remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned fame or the full rewards of their patriotism.
10. We are opposed to all further grants of lands to railroads; the public domain should be held sacred to actual settlers.
11. We hold that it is the duty of the Government in its intercourse with foreign nations to cultivate friendships of peace by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right or to submit to what is wrong.
of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous political affiliations.
HORACE WHITE,
Ch'n Com. on Resolutions.
We, the Liberal Republicans of the United States, in national convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the following principles as essential to just government. We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of the Government in its dealings with the people to mete out equal justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or previous condition of servitude, religious or political.
2. We pledge ourselves to maintain the Union of the States, emancipation and enfranchisement, and to oppose any re-opening of the question settled by the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.
3. We demand the immediate and absolute 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 pacification in all sections of the country.
4. Local self-government, with impartial 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 freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with the public order; for the State self-government; and for the nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitations of its power.
5. The civil service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and personal ambition and an object of selfish greed; it is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of a Republican Government.
6. We, therefore, regard a thorough reform of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour; that honesty, capacity and fidelity constitute the only valid claims to public employment; that the offices of the Government cease to be a matter of arbitrary formation and patronage, and that public station becomes again a post of honor. To this end, it is imperatively required that no President shall be a candidate for re-election.
7. The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every fraudulent guise.
8. A speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government.
9. We remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned fame or the full rewards of their patriotism.
10. We are opposed to all further grants of lands to railroads; the public domain should be held sacred to actual settlers.
11. We hold that it is the duty of the Government in its intercourse with foreign nations to cultivate friendships of peace by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right or to submit to what is wrong.
of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous political affiliations.
HORACE WHITE,
Ch'n Com. on Resolutions.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Liberal Republican Platform
Civil Service Reform
Universal Amnesty
Public Credit
Specie Payments
Land Grants
Foreign Policy
What entities or persons were involved?
Liberal Republicans
Cincinnati Convention
Horace White
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Liberal Republican Platform Principles
Stance / Tone
Proclamation Of Reformist Principles
Key Figures
Liberal Republicans
Cincinnati Convention
Horace White
Key Arguments
Equality Of All Men Before The Law
Maintain Union, Emancipation, Enfranchisement, And Oppose Reopening Constitutional Amendments
Demand Removal Of Disabilities From Rebellion For Universal Amnesty
Support Local Self Government, Impartial Suffrage, Civil Over Military Authority
Criticize Civil Service As Partisan Tyranny And Demand Thorough Reform
Maintain Public Credit And Denounce Repudiation
Demand Speedy Return To Specie Payments
Honor Soldiers And Sailors
Oppose Further Land Grants To Railroads
Cultivate Peaceful Foreign Relations On Fair Terms