The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-17
natIonal RepublIean Platform.

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The National Union Republican party o
the United States assembled In NationRi
Sonyention in the City Of Chicago on Tn
declaration OF pnnciplesi = 80 =; =
L 1. We Congratulate the country on the as.
SEred success OF me 30 ~ policy o
majority of the States lately In rebellion o.
Constitutions securing equal civn and politf.
the Government 70 sustain these Consfftu.
tons and prevent the people OF such State
nom being remitted to state OF anarchy OF
2 The guarantee by Congres1 of equal SUI.
1rage to all loyal men In The South was de
manded by every consideration Of public
safety, of gratitude and Of justice, and mus
be maintained, while the question of suf
mage In all the loyal States properly belong
| to the people OF those States. :
8. We ienounce all forms OF Reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
| ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according 10
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
/ 4. 1t Is due TO the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equalIZed and reduced as
rapidly as national fRith Will permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as It has
been for the preservation OF the Onion for
all time 10 come, should be extended over q
fair period for redemption, and It Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of Interest
thereon whenever1 1t can honestly be done.
6. Tint the best policy to diminish our bur-
den OF debt is so to improve our credit that
capitalists Will seek to lend rs money at low
er rates OF interests than we now pay, and
must continue to pay so long as Reputation,
partial or total open or covert. Is threatened
or suspected. .2
T. 1he Government of the United States
should be administered with the Etrictest
economy. The corrupttonB which have
beenso financially nnrsed and hostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
8; We profoundly dsploEe The untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson 10
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousiy
TO the people who elected him and the cause
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused 10 execute the laws; has used his high
office to induce other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power 10
render insecure tne lives, property, peace,
liberty and life OF the citizen: has abused the
parIioning poWer; has denounced the Nation-
aILegIslaIure as unconstitutionRl;h has persist
emily and habitualIy resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public p0fronage1nto
an engine OF wholesale corTuP1ons and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
instantaneous, and properly pronounced
guilty, thereof by the votes of thlEty-dve
.. Thedoctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers that because a man is
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
ralizsd citizens are entitled 10 be protected in
alltheir rights Of citizenship, as though they
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States, native or natura1ized, must be liable
to arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken in this
and ifso arrested and imprisoned,
it IS the duty Of the Government TO Interfere |
in his behalf. lzr.z lIlE
10. or ali who were faithful in the trials OF |
the late war there were none entitled to |
more especial honor than the brave soldiers |
and seamen who endured the hardships OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled their |
lives In the service OF the country. The |
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 |
TO The United States protecting |
care, -G4 ICES f-L il4t--- g
II, Foreign emigration, which In the past |
has added SO much 10 the wealth aud in |
creased the resouI ceS of this natiOn-the asy- |
lum OF all nauonS-should be fostered by a |
liberal and Just policy.
ls. This convention declares its sympathy |
with all oppressed people vino are struggling i
for their rights. f--- aa- -
Resolved, That We recognizes thegreat prin- |
clpIes laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
Ps the true platform or demo- |
cratic government, and we hail with glad |
ness every effort toward making these pCin- |
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
RsSolUG1, That VIC highly commend the /
spirit OF mngnanimtty and forbearance with /
" hich men vino have served In the Rebellion /
but who now frankly and honestly cooper |
country and recons Tpcting the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair /
tiAI Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
pie; and We favor the removal of The dis
qualifications and Testrictions imposed upon l
the late Rebels in the same measure as their /
spirltrOf loyalty will direct, and az may be /
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.