The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-07
national nepuolIcan Platform.

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City OF chicago on the
10Th day OF May, 1885, make the following
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as eyinced by the adoption in q
majority of the States lately in rebellion Of
Constitutions securing equal CIVIL and POLITE
cal rights no a ana sustain these he
lions and prevent the people Of such states
nom being rennitted to state Of anarchy or
.. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage TO all loyal men In the South was de-
maDded by every considerauon OF Pu I1iHs
be maintained, while the question OF sur
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people OF those states. - ,.o,,,,,,ot ,o,,
as national crime, and national honor re-
Quires the payment of the public tndebted-
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
al home 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 eQuallZed and reduced as
rapidly as national faith Will permit.
5. The national debt, contracted as 1t has
| been for the preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over q
fair period for redemption, and 1t is the duty
of Congress to reduce Inc IRte OF interest
thereon whenever it can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den Of 6e9t " SO IS 1 s rs 0%I nj low.
er rates of interests tnan We now pay ana
must continue 10 pay, so long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert Is threatened
I. Tbs Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corrupt1ons which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
| to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has uSurped high
legislative and Jpdteial functions; mas s. re-
Office to induce other officers to violate the
| laws: has employed his executive power TO
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
| liberty aud life of the citizen: has abused the
| hardening power; has denounced the Nauon-
alLegiSlRtufe as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS peLslSt-
emily and habituaily resisted by every means
| in his power, every proper attempt al 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
guilty thereof by the votes OF thlrty-nVe
| Senators.
| European Powers, that because man is
sisted at every hazard by the United Sta es
as a relic Of the fendal times not authorized
| by the law of nations, and at war with our
| national honor and Independence. Natu-
| rallied citizens are entitled to be protected in
| all their rights OF c1GlZensnlpS as lnOuSn Iney
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States, native or naturaliZed, must be liable
| to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
| Power Tor acts done or SFords spoken In this
country; and If so arrested and Imprisoned
| 1t is the duty of the Government TO interfere
IN his behalf.
10. OF all who were faithful in the trials OF
| the late war there were none entitled TO
| more especial honor than the brave soldiers
| and seamen who endured the hardshlPS Of
| the camp and cruise, and impertled theiI
| lives in the service OF the country. 9ne
bounties and pensions appropriated by Law
| for these brave defenders OF the Union are
OBLIGATIONS never to be forgotten. 1ht
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy pc
dueathed TO the United states protecting
care.
has added so much TO the wealth and In
creased the reSOu' ces OF this nation the nsy
lum of all nntionS-ShOuld be 1oSteTed by
liberal and just policy. .,--
IL. This convention declares ssymp2th1
with ali oppressed people VINO are brusSAht
ReSoIUed, That we recognize thegreat prin
cIpleS laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
dependence 90 the true platform OF demo
ness every efiOIt toward making these pr1n
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
which men who have served In the hebelliot
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with us In restoring the peace OF Inc
country and reconstructlnS the soutnerL
| State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tial Justice and Equal Rights are received
| back Into the communion OF the loyal PEG
pie; and we favor the removal OF the as
| Qualifications and restrictions imposed upor
| the late Rebels in the same measure as theE
spirit OF loyalty will. direct, and as may bE
| consistent with the safety of the loyal people