The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-27
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Fhe Hatonm Union RepublfcRn fsrty- q
the United States assenibled IN fSatiSnSj
SS,511Sysntep n ne ,S Saty o. Chicago on IN
i declaration or prneipiess - -S-Ao 49,
I. We eongratulate the country on me Is.
1 Congress ns evtneed by the adoptfon N =
anjority OF the States lately In febeiiion nj q,
20 equal etVtl md politi-
1 the Government to sustain these oonsf, IN, ~
tons and prevent the people OF such SiatSi,
,3iits, 70 a STATE OF anarchy or
2 The guarantee by Oongreys of eu,,al ,,..
niaSded BY STery e III ss onlH ~ Y S5 81
safety, OF gratltude and OF Justice, and musf
% maintained while the question of suf.
TO the people Of those States.
=. we denounce al forms OF population
as 2 naIlonal CRIME, and national honor ne
Qu1re3 the payment OF the public indebted
mes In the utmost good NTH to our creditors
At home and abroad, not only according to
lhe ,lstteE, nnt the spirit or the laws under
I. Y y due 70 me labor Of the nation that
taxation should be eqQalized and reduced as
8. The national debt contEacted as 1t has
Deem Tor the preservation of the Union foF
y! time 20 come should be extended over q
OF congress 70 reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can honestly be done.
den of debt Is 50 to Improve our credit that
capitalists win seek to lend MS money ii love
LSAlca vi 4ulGLG1Gd LLlli now nav. and
must continue 10 pay, So long a rep1t istIon.
partial OF total, open or covert, IS threatened
on uspeeteozF q 5z--,s HE-e .s.s--4Fsi "a sli5
q. 9he Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The eoErupttons which nave
been so shRmefully nnrBed and fostered nv
Andrew Crimson, cal loudly for radical re-
form.
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnso;n TO 10
the PRESIDENCY. who has acted treacherousiy
% the people who elected him and thecanse
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused 70 execute the laws; has used his hiEh
laws has employed his executive power 10
render Insecure Iha lives. DToDeFtv. peacs-
liberty and life Of the citizen; has abused the
alLegislature a. uneonktitutionaI;h has persist
eptIy and hRbitualIy resisted by every means
OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine Of wholesaie corruption, and has
guilty thereof by the votes Of thirty ave |
o. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man e |
Eisted at every hazard by the United Staies |
rs relic Of the feudal times, not authorized /
by the law OF nations, and at war with our |
nalized citizens are entitled to be protected In |
ali their rights or citizenship, as though they /
States, native or na&nraliked, must be liable /
10 arrest or imprisonment by any foreign l
Power Tor ncfsdone or words spoken in this I
country; and 1fBo arrested and imprisoned,
I Is the dnty Of the government 70 Interfere
10. OF All Who were faithful In the trials OF
he late war there We're none entitled 70
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
md Reamen who endured tho hardshtps OF |
he camp and cruise and lmpertled their
counties and pensions appropriated by law
or these brave defenders of the Union are
never To 10 forgotten. The
Widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
lueaihed- % the UnlIed- States protecting /
ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
mas added so much 10 The wealth and In
;reAsed the reSouT ces of this nation tho nsy-
nm OF all nations-should be IosteTed by a
liberal and just policy,
IL. This convention declares It's sympathy
with aiIoPPressed people who are struggling
or their rights.
Resolved, That We recognizes thegreat prin-
;lpIes laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
lependenee PE the true platform OF demo-
ratio government, and we hail with glads
less every effort toward making these pEin-
dpleS living reality on every inch OF Amer
ResoFued, That we highly commend the
pint OF mRgnanlnalty and forbearanee with /
y hich men who have served In the RRbelnon
1ut who now frankly and honestly cooper
,Ountry and reconstructlng tine Southern
5tate governments upon tine basis OF Impair
tal Justice and Equal Rights, are received
Jack into the communion OF the loyal Teo-
and restrictions imposed upon
ne lRIo Rebels in the same measure as their
ptrlt Of Loyalty Will direct, and as may be
consistent with ths safety of the loyal people.