The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-01
THE PLATFORM.


The National Union Republican party OF
he United states assembled In National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
goth day OF May ISTSi make me ioilowing % IN
/, We congratulate the country on the as
sriretl success OF the reconstruction policy OF
aIggTfS OF the States lately in REBELLION OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and poiil- :
cal rights 10 ALI and regard II as theduty OF
fhe Government to sustain theFe Constitu-
lions and prevent the people of such States
nom being remitted TO state OF anarchy or
military rule. ~ -
frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
mapded. by every consideration OF public
safety Of gTaIuash his aRu tSe anestion anu Of s1f
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people of those States
n We lenounce oil forms OF reputation
aS n national crime, and national honor re-
ouires the payment OF the public tndehied-
ness In the utmost good faith to ourc rcredltoIs
tile letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which it was con tracted.f
a 1t Is due TO the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be eQualIzed and reduced rs
RAPIDLY as national fRith Will permit.
3. Tie national debt, contracted as IL has
beon for the preservation OF the Union ior
ali 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 II can honestly be done.
8. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den OF debt is SO to improve our credit That
CanitaliStS Will seek 10 lena US money Ut IOW-
ar rafes OF interests tnan we now pay. and
must continue 10 pay, SO long as reputation.
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
OF T''IRs s1S ReH Government of the United States
should be- administered with the strictest
economy. The corruphons which nave
been so Rhamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form. =, 49,. a.. s...,.-... :
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson TO
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
10 the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged 20 support; has usurred high
legislative and judicial 1unctionsi has re-
fused TO execute the laws; has used his nigh
laws: has employed his executive power TO
render insecure Tho lives, property, peace,
liberty and life Of the citizen; has @ S69sed the
ali legislature nl unconstitutional has persist
an nv and hnbituRlly resisted by every means
Ieconstfuciion re- ms OF the States lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine of wholesale corruption, ana ms
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
Inisdemeanors, and property pronouneed
guilty thereof by the votes OF ihlirty-hNe
o T6e doctrine of Great Britain and other
Enrnnpnn Powers, that because a man Is
once subject he is always SO, must be re-
ne as n relic Of The feudal times, not authorized
hy the law of nations, and atkwar win our
national honor and Independence. Natn-
ali their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native born. no citizen oltthe Oniteo ,1t!1a
States native or nRturaltzed. must be Liable
TO arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for actsdone or words spoken In this
country: and II SO arrested, and tmPrsoned,
1t Is the duty Of the Government 70 anteriere
" 10. OF all who were faithful IN the trials of
the late war there were none enutied 20
moro especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seaInen who endured the hardships of
line camp and cruise, and 1mpertledf their
lives in the sery1ce oflthe country. Ihe
FOR theSe brave defenders of the Union are
ohlIpatIons never TO be forgotten. !IAe
widows and orphAus OF the gallant dead are
the wards OF the pe0ple-a sacred legacy pc
queathed TO the United States protecting
II. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth. ana IN
creased the resources OF this snatlonitneas asy-
lum OF all nations hould be fostered by a
liberal and justP ,.,;,.
: l9. This convention declares lis sympalhy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
ReSolUed,f That we recognize theeIeaI Prlne an
cIples laid down in the Declarafton Of lnd-
dependence ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hall with glad
ness every IeffoTttowa1d making these prln-
ciples a living reality on every Inch OF Amer
ReSoIpeCi, That we highly commend the
spirit of ma2nanimity and forbearance WIN
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate With us In restoring the peace Oh lhe
country and reconstrueting tine southern
State gov yernments upon the basis OF Impair
tIal Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion OF the loyal p5o-
ple; and we favor the removal OF the dis
Qualifications and restrictions Imposed upon
Ihe late Rebels In the same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty will direct and as may be