The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-16
aotlonnl RepuolIcan 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, 1888, mako the following
declaration OF principles:
!. We congratulate the country on the as.
sured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption in q
majority OF the States lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and poliu-
cal rights 10 all, and regard II as the duty OF
the Government to sustain these Constitu-
lions aud prevent the people OF such States
nom being remttted 10 q state Of anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
maHded by every confederation OF public
safety, of gratitud and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while tho question of sui.
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people of those States.
3. We denOunce all forms OF reputation
us national crime, and national honor re-
duirps the payment of the public indebted
ness IN the utmost good faith to our creditors
Tho Iefier IIut Inc sT,ITIt m tIe IoTrs nnier
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 taiLh viii permit.
6. 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 the rate OF interest
thereon W henever 1t can honestly be done.
6. 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
er rates of Interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, so long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
I. Ile Government oil the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corruptlony which have
| been so shnmefully nurBed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical le-
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 judicial functions; has re-
fused to execute the laws has used his high
orace to induce other officers to violate the
| laws; has employed his executive power To
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardOning power has denounced the Nation
alLegislatnre aa unconstitntonal;ha has persist
| emily and ha0itually resisted by every means
| in his power, every proper attempt al the
\ rec0nEtfuctiono the states lately In rebel
| an engine OF Wholesale corruption, and has
| been Justly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanoTs, and properly pronounced
| guilty thereof by the votes OF Ihtrty-nve
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
| once a subject he is always 50, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United Stales
| as 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
| all their rights of citizenship, as though they
| were native born. NO citizen Of the United
| states native or naturaliZed, must be liable
] TO arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
! Power Tor Isdone or words spoken in this
i country; and II SO arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty OF tho Government TO interfere
| IN his BEHALF
/ the late war there were none entitled 70
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
| and seanen who endured the hardships OF
| The camp and cruise, and tmpertled their
lives in the service OF the country. Inc
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
| creased the reSou ces OF this nation the asy-
| lum OF all nations-Should tie iosteTed by a
| liberal and just pc. icy.
| IL. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
ReIoiUed, mat we recognize the great prin-
cipIes laid down IN the Declaration OF Ind
| dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
| cratic government, and we bail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prtn-
Ciplcs a living reality on every inch OF Amer
7RsSoIred, That we highly commend the
/ spirit of maRnanimIty ana forbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconstructing the SOuthern
State governments upon the basis OF lmPaT-
| tiaI Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
| 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.