The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-23

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in National
Convention IN the City OF Chicago on the
| 20th day OF May, 1883, make the following
| declaration OF principles:
l. We Congratulate the country on the as
Congress as evinced by the adoption in a
| majority of the States lately in rebellion OF
cal rights 10 all, and regard It rs the duty OF
| the Government TO sustain these ConStitu-
| lions aud prevent the people OF such states
| nom being RENTED TO q state of anarchy OF
military rule. II
2 The guarantees by Congress OF equal suf-
| frage TO all loyal men in The South was de-
1 maLded by. every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and of Justice, and must
DO maintained, while the question Of sui,
| to the people of those states.
/ 3. We denouncs all forms OF reputation
| as a national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmoStgood faith TO our credltoIE
| at home and abroad, not only according to
| the letter, but the spirit of the laws under
which it was contracted. a.s. .r-#
4. 1t is due TO the labor of the nation that
| taxation Rhould be equRliZed and reduced as
rapidly as national fatIh Will permit. r y Z
S. The national debt, contracted as It has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
| all time 10 come, should be extended over a
| fair period for redemption, and 1t is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
q. That the best policy to diminish our bur
deu of debt is so to improve our credit that
capitalists will seek TO lend us money at low
er rates OF interests tDnn we now pay, and
must cOntlnueIO pay, SO long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is Threatened
4. 1ks Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. 1he corruptlonS which have
been so shamefully ncTsed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical le-
form. 1-... -..- - - &c. -
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and
regret the accession of Andrew Johnson to
the Presidency, who has scted treacherously
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he was pledged TO support; has usurPed high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
ONCE to induce other oficers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peaee,
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
alLegISlature as uncons utu1onaI; has persist
entity and habitually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel.
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine Of wholesale corruption, and has
bean Justly lmpeached for high crimes and
miSdsmeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thIrty-hV
9. the doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
sisted at every hazard by the United Sta es
as q relic of the feudal times, not authorized
3Sst lon sl honor and indspendence. Natu.
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
States, native or naturalIzed, must be liable
TO arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and II SO arrested and imprisoned,
1t Is the duty OF the Government to interfere
IN his benRifs =
10. OF ali 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 hardships OF
the camp and cruise and tmperiled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
| bounties and pensions appropriated by law
| for. these brave defenders OF the Union are
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care.
has added 30 much 10 the wealth and in
creased the resou ce9of this nation the asy-
lum OF all natlons-should be tOstered by a
liberal and Just Pc icy.
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
fRe80lVed, That we recognize thegreat prin-
cipIes laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every ehoIt toward making these prIn-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
| received, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnanimlty and forbearance with
which men who have served In the rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
| ate with us in restoring the peace of the
| country and reconstructing the Southern
State governments up0n the basis OF Impair
| tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion OF the loyal peo-
pie; and we favor the removal Of the dis
the late Rebels in. the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty VIII direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.