The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-09
Natlonnl RepneIean fIlalferm.

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled IN National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
SOth day OF May, 1858, make the following
declaration OF principles: 81
1. We congratulate the country on the as.
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as eYineed by the adoption IN q
majority Of the States lately in rebellion OF
cal riphts 10 ali; and regard 1t as the duty Of
the Government 10 sustain these oons1to-
tions and prevent the people o. sucn SUE .,
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage 70 all loYAl2 men u me SCUM was az.
safety, OF graft tude and Of Justiees ana must
be maintaineds while the question OF SUI.
10 the people OF those States. gsff
8. We denounee all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
QuireS the payment Of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
at home and abroad. not only according 70
the letter, but the spirit of the laws under
which 1t was contracted. s..5..;,.
4. It is due to the labor of the nation that
taxationBhould be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faiLh Will permit. ~
s. 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 It Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever it can honestly be done.
g. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den OF debt is so to improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend MS money at low
Il
must continue 10 pay, SO long asrepudiatIon,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected.
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corruptlonS which have
been so shamefully nnrsed and tostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s. we profoundly deploIe the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherouSIy
TO the people who elected him and the cause
legislative and Judicial functions; has Re-
fused to execute the laws; has used his high
Office 10 induce other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power TO
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: hns abused the
pardOning power; has denounced the Nation
al Legislature as uncons titutional; has persist
emily and habltuRlly resisted by every means
IN his power every proper ntteimPG az Leb Iae
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been justly impeached for high crimes and
mIsdemeanors, aud properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thnty-hVe
Senators.
European Powers, that because man Is
once subject he is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
as q relic OF the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Natu-
rallied citizens are entitled to be protected in
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native born. NO citizen of the United
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
10 arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken in this
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 hardshlps OF
the camp and cruise and imported their
lives in the service OF the country. The
hnuutieS 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
the wards of the peOple-a sacred legacy be-
Queathed to the United States protecting
care.
IL Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much to the wealth and ln'
creased the resources of this nattOn-the aSy-
lum of all nations-shonld be fostered by u
liberal and Just policy.
l9, This convention declares lis sympathy
with all oppressed people who are Struggling
for their rights.
cIples laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
dependence as the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every elliott toward making these prln-
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIUei, That we highly commend the
spirit OF masnRnimity and forbeRrance with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconRructinB the southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tial ustice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
ple: and we favor the removal OF the Dis
Qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
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.