The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-20
national Republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled in National
Convention I'm the City OF Chicago on the
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption In a
majority OF the States lately In rebellion Of
Constitutions securing equal civil and poliN-
the Government to sustain these Constitu-
lions and prevent the people of such States
nom being rernitted to q state of anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
nage to all loyal men In the South was de-
ma9Sed sye aSd 6S Oh PT3 ni
be maintained, while the question OF SUI.
mage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States. Il
3. We denounce all forms OF population
as a national crime, and national honor re-
elEes 81 the me- OF me 70 inaened
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter. but the spirit of the laws under
which IL was contracted.
4. 1t is due to the labor ofthe nation that
taxation should be eQuRlized and reduced as
rapidly as national ta1th Will permit.
&. The national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over
fair period for redemption, and IL is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminish orr bur
den OF debt is SO 10 improve our credit that
capitalists will seek 10 lend us money nj low.
or rates OF interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, SO long as Reputation!
:. The Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. Tie corruptions which have
been SO shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s: We PROFOUNDLY deplore the uptimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson 70
the Presidency, who has acted treacherouS1y
to the people who elected him and the cause
Iegi stai and judictai functions; has Re-
fused to execute the laws; has used MS nigh
ONCE TO induce other off1cers 70 violate the
laws; has employed his executive power TO
render Insecure The lives, property peace,
liberty and life OF the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation-
al egislafure as unconS titutionaI; has persist
emily and hnbltuRlly resisted by every means
IN his power. every proper atte1mPS ~ , t1e
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly inpeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF utlrtY-nVe
. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
once a subject he is always so, must 6e re-
as n relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence. Satu-
rallied citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights of citizenship, as though they
were native born. no clLlEen OF the Uulteu
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or words spoken In TINS
country; and II SO arrested and imprisoned,
it is the duty of the Government TO interfere
in his BEHALF
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and Seamen who endured the hardShtpS OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mper1led their
lives In the service of the country. The
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders Of the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans of the gallant dead are
queathed to the United States protecting
II. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and In.
creased the resources OF this nation-tne aSy-
lum of all nations-should be foStered oy
liberal and just policy. .,--
l2. This convention declares its sympathy
with ali oppressed people who are struggling
for their nghts. ,,--
ciples laid down in the Declaration Of Ind
dependence IS the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we nail win Blau-
ness every effort toward making THESE ptln-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
ResoIpei, That we highly commend the
spirit of maRnanimity and f0rbearance with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly COOPER
country and reconstructtng the southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion Of the loyal peo-
pie; and we favor the Temova! OF the dis
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people.