The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-16
NntIonal Republican PIatrorm,

The National Union Republican party Of
the United states assembled in National
SSI, @ on W. "a Tue ,s S,1ots on Inc
declaration OF principles:
l. We congratulate the country on the as
| sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
| Congress as evinced by the adoption In a
majority OF the States lately In rebellion OF
Consultations securing equal civil and polItI-
cal rights 10 all; and regard IL as the duty OF
/ the Government to sustain these Consfitu-
| lions and prevent the people OF such States
nom being RENTED TO state OF anarchy OF
military rule.
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf
| frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
mRDded by every consideration OF pubnC
safety, of graf tude and Of Justice, and mus
| be maintained, while the question OF SUI
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
/ to the people of those States.
8. We denounce all forms Of reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good fait6 to our creditors
at homeland 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
of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenevertt can honestly be done.
&. That the best policy TO diminish our bur
den of debt is so to improve our credit that
| capitalists will seek to lend us money at low
| 9r rates Oh interests L0An We now pay tAuu
must continue 10 pay. so long as repudiatl
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected.
should BIO administered with the strIctest
economy. The corruptions which have
| been so shamefnlly nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
| form. ~ 10.
s. We profoundly deplore the untImely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherous1y
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 otncers 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
alLegislatnre as unconstitutonal;h has persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
San 97,siIv inoneSeI1e for I1IpS cIimes and
misdemeanOrs, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-five
D. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because q man Is
| sisted al 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 are entitled 70 be protected in
ali their rights of citizenship, as though they
were naLlV6 No Vi LA4o
States native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or words spoken In this
country; and If so arrested and Imprisoned,
1t is the duty OF the Government TO Interfere
in his behalf.
no OfalI 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 1mpertled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
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.
II. Foreign emigration, which In the past
hnS added SO much to the wealth and IN.
creased the resources of this nation the aSy-
lum of all nntiOns-ShOuld be foSteIed by n
liberal and Just policy.
l2. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
cipIes laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every elliott toward making these prin-
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit OF InaSnRnimity and forbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
| country and reconstructlng the Southern
State governments upon the basis of Impair
tiRI Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peO-
Pile; and we favor the removal of the dis
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.