The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-10-22
NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN
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OF The United States assembled in Ma.
/ email Convention 10 Il o CITY Of Chicago
mn the Goth day Of May, 1868. make
rho following declaration OF principles;
/. We congratulate the country on
the assured success Of the Reconstruction
policy Of Congress as evineed by the
edcpIion ia o npjoriIy of the States lately
In REBELLION Of Constitutions sscudng
rquaIcivi and political rights 10 all,
and regard il as The Jdty Of the Govern.
msut 10 sustain these Constitutions and
prevent the people Of such States from
being remilled TO q state OF anarchy or
military rule. lsN Z
Q, The guarantee By Congress Of
EQUAL suffrage 70 all loyal men in the
South was demanded by every consider.
alton ofpublic safety, of gratitude and
Of justice. and must be maint oiuod, while
the Question oil suffrage 10 all the loyal
States properly belongs 10 tho people Of
those States. 800
3. We denounco bl forms of rapudia
ton az q national crime, and national
honor requires the payment Of tho pub
lie indebtedness in the utmost good faith
10 our creditors at home and abroad,
not only according to the Letter but the
spirit Of the laws under which twas
contracted.
A. 1t is due TO the labor Of the nation
that taxation should be equa'ized and re-.
dnced asropidlyas national faith will
permit.
8. International debt. contracted us it
has been for the preservation Of the
Union Tor all time to come, should be
extended over fair period for redemp,.
ion, and It is the duty Of Congress 10 re.
duco the rate of interest thereon when
ever ii can honestly be done.
8. That the best policy TO diminish
our burden OF debt is so 10 Improve
our credit that capitalists win seek
to lend us money at lower rates Of
Interests Than We now pay, and must
continue 10 pay, so long as repudialion,
partial or total, open or covert, is threat
eued.
Z. The Government OF the United
Ststss should be Administered with the
ttrictest economy. The corruptions
which have been SO shamerully nursei
and FosletGd by Andrew johnson. call
loudly for radical reform,
8 We profoundly deploro the ualime
" and tragic death of Abfsbam Lin
coin, and regret the accession Of Andrew
johnson TO the Presidency. who has
acted treacherOusly to the people who
elected him aud the cause he was pied
gsd 10 support; has usurred high legis-
Ia,ive and judicial functions; has refused
10 execute the laws; has used his high
Office to induce other officers to violate
the laws; has employed bis executive
power 10 render insecure theliveS, prop
erty, peace. liberty and life Of the citizen;
has abused the psrdOning power; has
denounced the National Legislature as
Unconstitutional; hos perSistently and
habilually resisted BY every means in his
power, every proper attempt at the re
construction Of the States lately in re-
bsllion; has perverted the public Patro.
mage into an engine Of Wholesale cor
rupion, aud has been Justly impeached
for high crimes and uisdemeAuors, and
properly pronounced guilty thereof by
the votes OF lhihy-6ve Senators.
8. The doctrine Of Great Britain and
other European Powers, that because a
man is once subject he is always so,
must be resisted al every hazard BY the
United States as q relic Of the feudal
times, not authorized BY the law Of ma
tons, aud at war With our national hon
or and independence. Naturalized ciIi.
gems are entitled to be protected in all
their rights of citizenship. as though
they we're naive born. No citizen Of
che Uuited States, native OF naIureliz?d,
must be liable 10 arrest or Imprisonment
By any foreign Power for acts done OF
words spoken 10 this country; and If SC
arrested and imprisoned. it is the duty
OF the gcVernm ent to interfere in hiSbebal
10. or all who were faithful IN the
trials Of the late war there were none go
titled to more especial honor than the
brave soldiers and seamen who endured
the hardships ofth camp aud cruise
Apd impsriled their livesin the seryiCc
of thsir country. The bouniies and pen
sions Appropriated by law for these brave
defenders of the uuion are obligations
never 10 DO forgotten. The widows ant
orphans Of the gallant dead are the wards
Of the people "a sacred legacy bequeath
ed to the United Sla!es' protecting care
IL. Foreign emigration, which in tht
past has added SO much TO the wealth
add increased the resources of this "a
tion--lhe asylum Of ell natiOns--shOult
be IoSlered BY liberal and Just policy.
II, ThiS convention declares its sym
vA,tkv r,;Ik al onn,aseaJ nanNIa m ho a.,