The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-15
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The National Union Republican party 81
the United States assemhled In National
Convention In the City Of Chicago ON the
2Oth day Of n Nay lsSS make the following
4. We conRratuIAte the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as eVinced by the adoption IN q
majority OF the States lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and polIti-
the Government to sustain these Oonsfttu-
tons and prevent the people of such States
nom being remitted 10 a state of anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress Of equal suf-
frage 10 all loyal men in the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and OF Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF snf.
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people of those States. --r El...5 :.
8. We denounce all forms of reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
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 ofthe nation that
taxation should be equaltzed and reduced as
rapidly as national fatth Will permit.
been for the preservation OF the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over
fair period for redemption, and II Is the duty
thereon wheneverit can honestly be done.
6. 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
or rates or interests tnan we now nay, and
must continue TO pay, SO long asrepudiatl
partial or total' open or covert, Is threatened
I. Ihe Government of the United states
should be administered with tile stfictest
economy. The corruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret tine accession of Andrew johnson TO
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to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
FUSED to execute the laws; has used his high
ONCE 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
alLegIslRture as unconstitutional;h has persist
emily and habitualIy resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt at the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
an engine OF wholesale corruption and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
9..The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers that because a man is
once q subject he is always 50, 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-
rallied citizens areentitled 10 be protected in
were nntiYe born. No citizen of the United
States, native or nRturRlized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken in this
country; and ifso arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty OF the Government 10 Interfere
in his behalf.
10. Ofnll who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and Sealnen who endured the hardShipS OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bOuntleS and pensions appropriated by Law
for these brave defenders Of the Union are
never TO De iorSotten. the
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the peOple-u sacred legacy be- 4
queaLhed TO the United States protecting
care. -Fsz-s -r4 gr-E---'
II. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much 10 The wealth and in
creased the resouic eS OF this nation the asy-
Ium OF all natiOns-should be tosteIed by a
liberal and Just policy. -r-.ty-
l2. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights. .L
ReSOLUed, That we recognize thegreat pTin-
ciples laid down In the Declaration of Ind
Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every efioft toward making these prtn-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
ResolUed, That we highly commend the
spirit OF ma2nanimIty and IorbeaTnnce with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconstructing tine Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion OF tho loyal peO-
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may DO
consistent with the safety of the loyal people.