The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-24
NatIonal RepneIlean rIa.rorm

The National Union Republican party of
he United states assembled in National
Convention in the City of Chicago on the
Goth 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 evinced by the adoption In a
majority OF the States lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and polit-
cal rights 10 alI; and regard it as the duty of
the Government TO sustain these Constitu-
tons and prevent the people of such States
nom being RENTED 10 stale OF anarchy or
military rule.
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
hage TO all loyal men in Inc South was de-
maDded by every consideration of public
safety, OF gratitude and Of justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of sui.
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people of those states
5. We denOunce all forms OF reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
ness in the utmost good tAtth to our creditors
at home and abroad. not only according 10
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which 1t was contracted.
4. 1t is due TO the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be eQualiZed and reduced as
rapidly as national fatth VIII permit.
). The national debt, contracted as IL has
all time to come, should be extended over a
| fair period for redemption, and II Is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
| thereon whenever II can honestly be done.
| 8. That The best policy to diminish our bur
den of debt is 50 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 as Republication,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
Z. The Government OF the United States
should be administered wifi the strictest
economy. The conceptions which have
been so shamefuIly nnrsed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for rHdtcal re-
form.
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacheTousIy
| to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has uSurped high
| legislative and Judicial functions; has re-
ONCE to induce other officers to violate the
\ laws; has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty acd lie of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
| alLegtslaIure asunconsutnuonal; has persist
| emily and hablfuaIly TeSIsted by every means
\ IN his power, every proper attempt III the
reconstruction OF the states lately IN rebel
| lion; has perverted the public patronage into
been Justly imPeached for high crimes and
mfsdemeanOEs, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof By the votes OF ihirtY-dye
3. The doctrine OF Great BritaIn and other
European Powers, that because man Is
once a subject he is always 50, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United STATES
/ as relic of the feudal times, not authorized
| by the Law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence. Fatu-
rallied citizens are entitled TO be protected in
| all their rights of citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
| Stafes native or IaaturalIzed, must he liable
! to arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or words spoken in thii
country; and 81 50 arrested and imprisoned,
| II is the duty OF The Government 10 fnterfsre
| in his BEHALF
10. or all who were faithful in the trials OF
the lat5 WAY there were none entitled "a
more especial honor than the brave soldteEs
and seanen who endured the hap1shipS ol
/ the camp and cruise, and 1mpeItled LhetI
| lives In the service Of the country. The
bOunties and pensions appropriated by Law
| for theSe brave defenders Of the Union are
/ widows and orphans Of the gallant dead are
the wards Of the peOple-a sacred legacy DO
l queathed To the United States protecting
| care.
| Ii. Foreign emigration, which In the pas
has added so nucn 10 the wealth and in
1 creased the resources OF this nati0n-tha asy.
1 lum OF all naI1OnS-shUIIld be fostered by {
liberal and Just policy.
4 Il. This convention declares lis sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
ReI0lBed. That We recognize thegreat pin,
ciples laid down In Lhe Declaration Of Ind
/ dependence % the true platform OF demo
cratic government, and we nah with glad
ctpleS living reality on every inch Of Amer
can soil. -llfl zlll
-Beaolped, That We highly commend tn,
spirit OF magnanimitY and lorbeaTanes viii
which men who hAYeEeryed in the Rebellion
bat who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with us in restoring the peace of t1l
| country and reconstructnE the SoutherK
state governments upon the basis Of Impair
ual us1ee ana Equal Rights, are reeefveC
naGktnt0 the COMMUNION OF the loyal peQ
Qualifications and restrictions imposed uploE
/ the late Rebels IN the same measure As thsi
spirit OF loyalty VIII direct; and as may b,
! Consistent with the SAFETY Of tbs loyal people