The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT:
ULYSSES s. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
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,,,.. national Union Republican party Of
the United states ~, SS,a IN a., ma
OohY ven N Nav, 1858, make the following
ddySSo, III Of principles
-, =. moe Of the reconstruction policy OF
SsnoSnesi as eVineed by the adoption IN
Snai9rity OF the States lately In rebellion OF
9so9sfitntf6ns securing equal civil and poIti-
ii TIyhIs 10 all; and regard 1t aA the duty OF
The Government TO sustain these Constltu-
lions and prevent the people OF such states
rom being IenlLtSu W sIaGS Va bAHAASAJ VI
~ the guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
frage 10 all loyal men IN me Sontn was Se
safety. OF gratitude and Of justice, ana must
b, maintained, while the question OF sui.
TTage in ali the loyal States properly belongs
10 me people of those states.
q. We denuunce ali forms Of reputation
asa national crime, and national nonor re-
Guires Inc payment of the public indebted
Gess in the uI1n lost good faith 10 our cteditoIE
at home and abroad, not only according 10
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
n is due 10 the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equaltzed and reduced as
rapidly as national tllLh Will permit.
D. Tie national debt, contracted Us It has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
all time TO come, should be extended over q
fair period for redemption, and u Is the duty
of Congress TO reduce the Iate OF interest
thereon whenever Il can honestly be done.
q. That the best policy TO diIninLsh our bur
den OF debt Is 50 to improve our credit that
capitalists win seek TO lend us money at low.
or rates OF interests tnAn we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay so long as
partial or total, open or covert, Is tnIeatene<l
:. Iks Government OF the United States
should he administered with tie strtctest
economy. The COITuptOnB which nave
been 10 shamefuLy nuIsed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly Tor IadlcsiIe -
s. We profoundly depIo.e the untiInely
and tragic death oil Abraham l-inSoIn, anu
regret the accession OF AnnIeW Johnson 70
the Presidency, who has hcted ue2cherouSly
TO the people who elected him and me cause
he was pledged 10 support; has nsuEped nigh
FUSED 10 execute tbs laws; has used his high
utiice 10 induce other Officers 10 Violate the
laws; bag employed Ills executive power 10
render Insecure the lives, property peace
liberty and life OF the citizen; hns abused the
pardOning power; has denounced the Nation
niI.egiAInIure as uncOnhlltuuOnal;h has persist
emily ami habltuAlly resisted by every means
in hB power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states IRtely IN rebel
lion: mas perverted the public patronage into
an engine OF Wholesale CORRUPTION, ana mas
been justly impeaclled for high CRIMES and
mIsdeIneIinors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by The votes OF lhifty-nVo
senators.
European Powers, that because man Ii
once IA subject hU N always 10, must De re-
slated at every hazard by the UAiteu sLh'es
IA n relic OF tile feudal umeSi not authorized
Dy the law Of nations, ana at war VIII orr
national honor and independence. Hatu-
ThtiEeSi citizens entitled TO De protected III
All their rights of citizenship, US though they
NyeT,. natly1 born. No clLlzen OF the United
state native or naiurulized, must be liable
10 Arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken III liilh
country: and IL 40 arTekIed anu Imprisoned,
II IL IhH duty OF Ihg government to Interfere
IA his behalf.
no, or ali who wero faithful IN the trials of
the late war there We're none entitled 70
more especial honor than the brave boluiers
aud seanlen who endured the hnrdAlnps OF
LllO camp anu cruise, and iInperiled their
lives In the service OF The country. The
DUunties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF tile Union are
obligations never to De forgotten. The
widows aud orphans OF the galiHut dead lre
Ino wards Of the people-a sacred legacy be
quriithed To the United states protecting
caro-.
II. Foreign emigration. which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and In.
creased tile resources OF this nation the nsy-
inm OF All nntiOns-shouId bu fosteTed by II
liberal aud Just policy.
-. This convention declares Its sympathy
win All oppressed pcuplO who are struggling
Tor their rights.
Rssoiued, That we recognizes theSreat Prin-
ClplcS laid down in the Declaration Of Ind
dependence ps the true platform OF demo-
neels every effort toward making these prin-
cIpie7 n living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
It.tOtrSd, That we highly commend tho
spIft of magnOnImity and forgiveness with
HhIch men who have served Ihe rebellion
have now frankly and honestly co-OperHtcd
with US III restoring the peace OF the country,
buck into the Union OF the loyal people. We
favor The removal OF tn e restrictions imposed
upon the lRtc rebels as soon as tho spirit OF
rebellion has died Out.