The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-11
national Republican Platform

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in Hattonhl
S1,I ,Sav NJ Nav 1888. make 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 riehts 10 alI, and regard 1t as the duty of
the Government to sustain these ConstlIu-
lions and prevent the people OF such states
from being RENTED 10 u STATE OF anarchy OF
military rule.
frage TO all loyal men in me South vas ds.
safety, OF gratitude and of justice, and must
be maintained. while the question of suf-
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
TO the people OF those states.
3. We denOunce all forms OF reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith TO our creations
| at home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which it was CONTRACTED.
taxation snould be eqpa,hzed, and ; Ie3ucea rs
5. The national uebt, contracted as 1t has
been Tor The preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over
| fair period for redemption, and 1t Is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
| thereon whenever 1t eau honestly be done.
den of debt is 50 to improve our credit that
capitalists Will seek to lend us money at low.
must continue 10 pay, SO long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected.
should be administered with tie strtctest
economy. 1he cOrrupions which have
been so shamefully nursed and fosteEed by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form. .,,
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew Johnson 10
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousiy
TO the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurTed high
legislative and judicial functl0nsS mas re
fused TO sxeGoee Iie nt,r 5 to Ioiate lie
laws: has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life Of the citizen: mas sDuSsd the
parttOning power; has denounced the Nation
al legislature as uncons ttuttonal; has persist
ently and habttually 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
been Justly i'm peach ed for high crimes and
InIstiem eanoES, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thrtS-hVe
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
sisted at every hazard by the United Sta IS
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, ana at war with our
nationaI honor and independence. SatU-
rattzsd citizens are entitled TO 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 ioF acts done or words spoken In inns
country; and II so arrested anu imprisoned,
1t Is the duty OF the Government 70 Interfere
IN his benulf.
10. OF All who were faithful in the trials of
the Iata war there were none entitled TO-
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured tne hardsniPs o.
the camp and cruise, and trnPeTtled their
lives in tho service Of the country. me
bouutieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
obligations never To be iorEotten. The
widows and orpnars OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
oueathed to the United States protecting
care.
III Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added SO much TO the wealth aud IN
lum OF all DatiOns-should be tOSteTed by a
liberal and just po icy.
l2 This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
ReSolped, That we recognize thegreat prin-
cIpIes Laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
! dependence as tho true platform OF demo-
| critic government, and we hail with glad
| ness eVety effort toward making these prin-
| ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIUed, That we highly commend the
| spirit OF maRnanimity and fOrbearance win
| which men VINO have served in the Rebellion
/ but who now frankly and honestly cooper
/ ate with us in restoring the peace OF the
l country and TeConStruCttng the southern
State governments upon the basis or Impair
| tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
| back into the communion of the loyal pe0-
| Qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
| The late Rebels in the same measure as theiT
| spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal people
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