The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-19
NntIonnl Repun1Ican PIatrorm.

The National Union Republican party OF
| the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
10Th day OF May, 1858, make the following
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evineed by the adoption In q
majority Of the States lately in rebellion OF
| Constitutions securing equal civil and poliu-
| the Government to sustain these Constitu-
| tons and prevent the people of such States
military rule.
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage TO all loyal men In the South was de-
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of justice, and must
be maintained while the question of suf.
| TO the people of those States.
3. We denounce all forms Of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith 10 our creditoE
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which It was contracted.
| 4. It is due to the labor of the nation that
rapidly 1a as national faiIh viii permit. -
8. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation of the Union for
fair period for redemption, and It is the duty
| of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever IL can honestly be done.
6. Tint the best policy to diminish our bur
/ den of debt is 50 to improve our credit that
| capitalists will seek to lend us money al love
er rates OF interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, 50 long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
I. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corrupuons which have
been so shamefully nnrSed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
and tragic death or Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson To
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousiy
he was pledged to supports has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
office to 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: has abused the
pardOning power; has denounced the Nation
| alLegtslRlnre as unconstitutional has persist
emily and habltually resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt AZ the
reconstruction OF the states lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine OF wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeRched for high crimes and
misdemeanons, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-hve
Senator'S
European Powers, that because a man is
once a subject he is always SO, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
as a relic OF the feudal times, not authorized
| by the law of nations, and at war with our
/ national honor and independence. Natu-
/ raliZed citizens are entitled TO be protected in
ali their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts dOne or words spoken in this
country; and If so arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty Of the Government TO Interfere
10. OfaiI 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 harislipS OF
| the camp and cruise, and imperiled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bouuties 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 10 the United States protecting
care.
ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and In.
lum OF all natiOnS-should be IOSteIed by a
liberal and Just policy.
l2. This convention declares lis sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
Resolved, That We recognizes the'great prin-
clples laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
/ ness every effort toward making these prln-
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
| Resolred, That we highly commend the
| spirit OF magnanimity and fOTbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconstructing the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
| tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
plei 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 rs may be
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people.