The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-27
Nailonal RepuslIeaa Platform.

I The National Union Republican party o.
the United states assembled in National
Convention In the City OF Chicago on the
20th day OF May 1865 mako the following
declaration OF principles:
!. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success OF the reconstruction policy o.
Congress as evtnced by the adoption in 8
majority OF the States lately. in rebellion o.
Constitutions securing equal civil and pollti-
the Government to sustain these oonsfitu-
lions and prevent the people of such States
nom being RENTED to state Of anarchy OF
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal snf-
1rage TO all loyal men In The South was de-
raanded by every consideration of public
be maintained, while the question OF suf.
frage In all the loyal States proper " belongs
To the people of those States.
8. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
ness in the utmostg good faith to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which It was contracted.
4. 1t Is due TO the labor of the nation that
taxation Rnould be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national 1RiIh will permit. l-l5fz
o. The national debt, contracted as 1t has
been for The preservation of the Union fol-
all time to come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and It is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever II can honestly be done.
O. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den OF debt Is so to improve our credit that
capitalists viii seek to lend us money at low
er rates OF interests tnan we now pay. and
must continue 10 pay, SO long aSrepudtatlon,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
I. Ihe Government OF the United States
should be admlniste cred with the strIcteSt
economy. Tho corrupionS which have
been so shamefully nnrsed and foStared by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical 1e-
form.
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency who has acted treacherously
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has uSuTned high
legislative and judicial functions has re-
fused to execute The laws; has used MS nigh
laws; has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
Iard0nIng power; has denounced the Nations
al legislature Raunconk Iitutionali hRS persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and mas
been Justly imEeached for high crimes and
misdsmeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-hVe
.. The doctrine of G,elt Britain and other
EurODean Powers, that because a man Is
once subject he Is always SO, must be re-
as q relic of the feudHl times, not authorized
by the law Of nations and at war with our
national honor and 1ndependence: Nat u
all their rights of citizenship. as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States native or nRturallzed, must Do liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for 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 seRnen who endured the haTuShlp9 OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled their
lives In the service OF the country. The
hountieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
OBLIGATIONS never to be forgotten. The
the wards OF the people sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
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creased the resources Of thisnation-the asy-
tlum of all nattons-Rhould be toStered by q
liberal and Just policy.
; IL. This convention declares Its sympathy
for their fighfs. Il q
| ReSoied; ThRt HarecoEniEs thegreat Prtn-
ciples laid down I'm the Declaration OF Ind.
dependence east10 true platform Of demo-
cratic government and we hail with glad
mess eSery edoIf toward making these prin-
ciples Q Lying Atty on every inch OF Amer
az isesoiseti. That we highly commend the
spirit OF mAgnauimfty and iorbearance with
Which men who havesefyedi in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with us In restoring the peace OF the
country and reconstrncting the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair.
tiaI Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
plei and We favor the removal OF the dis.
the late Rebels In the same measure IS theiI
spirit OF loyalty Will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety OF thelcya people,