The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-24

The National Union Republican party o.
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:
l. We congratulate the country on the as
Sured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress rs eVinced by the adoption in a
majority of the States lately in rebellion OF
cal rights 10 all; and regard 1t as the duty OF
the Government to sustain these Cons1tu-
tons and prevent the people of such states
nom being remitted 10 state OF anarchy or
military rule.
d The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
frage 70 all loyal men In the South was vas, de.
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of sui.
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people OF those States. ..-t
8. We denounce all forms OF reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditOfS
at homo 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 should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith VIII permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
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 1t can honestly be done.
den OF debt is 50 10 improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend us money at low
er rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, so long as reputation,
!. Ihs Government of the United States
should be administered with tie str1ctest
economy. The corruptlons which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical Ie-
s. We profoundly. deplo1e the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherou6ly
to the people who elected him and the cause
1erisistfye and judicial functions: has re-
fused to execute the laws has used his nigh
ONCE to induce other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power 10
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
emily and habitually resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt nj the
reconstruction of the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
guilty thereof by tho votes of tltrty-hve
Senlt0B.
European Powers, that because man Is
once subject he Is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
ms a relic of the feuda1 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
were native born. NO citizen of the United
States native or natuTaliZed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In ms
country; and If SO arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty of the Government to interfere
in his behalf.
10. Ofall who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entltled 70
more especial honor than the brave Sold i. n
and seamen who endured the hardsnlpS OF
the camp and cruise, and tmper1led their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bountieS and pensions approprlated by law
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the WardS of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care.
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and IN
creased the resources of this natton-the asy-
lum OF all nations-Should be foStered by a
l2. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
RESOLVED, That we recognize thegreat pfln~
dependence % the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prtn-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit of maRnaninity and forbeRrance 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-
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.