The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-08
National RepublIeaa .F.latform.

me national Union Republican party OF
The United states assembled In National
90th Ciay Of MAY, 1858, make the following
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
aIITafi success of the reconstruction policy of
Congress as evinced by the adoption In. q
majority of the States lately IN rebellion Of
Constitn tons securing equal civil and poliH-
the Government TO sustain these Constttu-
tons and prevent the people Of such States
from being remitted TO a state OF anarchy or
:. The Guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
frage to an loyal men In the South vas de-
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and of justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF sui.
10 ne ID people s Of those states.
8. We denounce all forms Of reputation
as q national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith TO our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which It WIS contrRcted.
4. 1t is due TO the labor of the nation that
taxation Enould be eqnalized and reduced as
5. The national debt, contracted as II has
been for the preservation Of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over
fair period for redemption, and It is the duty
of Congress to reduce the nate OF interest
thereon wheneyeri It can honestly be done.
g. That the best policy to diminish our hur.
den of debit SO to improve our credit that
CAPITALISTS viii seek to lend MS money at1oWs
EaIe8 OF l0IeEeSI8H We low HaAIa anu
must continue 10 pay, so long as ePudiation,
partial or total open or covert Is threatened
or suspected.
should be aumin1st cred with the strictest
economy. The conceptions which have
been SO shamefuny nursed and fostered by
8. We profoundly deplors the unttmely
regret tine accession of Andrew Johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treac herously
he was pledged 70 support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions has re-
fused TO execute the laws; has used his high
laws: has employed his executive power to
render Insecure the lives, property peace,
liberty and lie Of the citizen mas , s5pSeu de
All egfslRInre as unconEt1tuttonal;h has persist
emily and habituRIly resisted by every means
I Ia 1s st4netion OF the States lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage INTO
an engine Of wholesale corTuptlon, ana ha ls
mlsIemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thtty-nve
q The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once . sub ecG ne Is Nc NE hnitss Sfaies
a. q relic of tine feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
raliZed citizens are entitled to be protected in
All heir rights of citizenship, as though they
were native Dorm. NO e4ELNen Oh Iub Dn4L6A
States native or nRturRlIZed, must be uabIs
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In 1hls
cnuntry: and If so arrested and 1mpr1SonedI
ID Is the duty OF the Government TO interfere
in his behalf. :.
10. OF alIwho were faithful in the trials OF
the late war there were none ent1ue1 70
G No especfal honor than the brave soldiers
and seainen who endured the hartshtpS OF
the camp and cruise, and imported their
lives in the service OF the country. Ine
IRaa nH F1anHlnnH appfOpTtHled
Tor tfese brave defenders of the Union are
obIIeationB never to be IoEgotten. sEhe
IviTI5yva and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards Of the PeopleIa sacte3 lesacy k De-
queatheU " LH9 $780,
care. a., -.-.
has added so much 10 the wealth ana IN
creased the resources Of this natlon-the asy-
lum of all nattons-should be 1ostereo ny
liberal and just policy.
10 This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are Struggling
for their rights
Resolved, That we recognize thesreat pm pm
dependence Rs the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad-
ness every effort toward making these pm
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIUed, That we highly commend the
EpIrtt of niaRnanimity and f0rbearance win
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly ana nOnesLy Co ~ IL
country and reconstructlng the southern
State governments pom the bas1S OF Impair
tiaI Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion OF tne loyM PsSso ~
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
The late Rebels in the same measure as Inen
spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may pc
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people,