The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-14
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national RepuoIIcan Platform.

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in Sattonsl
Convention in the City OF Chicago on me
20th day of May, 1865, make the following
declaration of principles:
j. 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 pout1-
the Government to sustain these Constitu-
lions and prevent the people OF such states
nom being RENTED to a state OF anarchy or
military rule.
2. The guarantee by Congress Of equal suf-
frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of suf.
rage 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 nonor re-
quires the payment OF the public tnde6ied-
ness in the utmost good Iaith TO our creditor g
at home and abroad, not only according 10
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which 1t was contracted.
4. Ii is due 10 the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be equaliZed and reduced as
rapidly as national tAlIh Will permit.
been for The preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over q
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
g. That the best policy to diminish orr bur
den OF debt Is SO to improve our credit that
capitalists will seek TO lend us money at low
er rates OF interests tDan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, so long asrepud1ation,
partial or TOTAL open or covert Is threatened
I. Tbs Government OF the United States
should be administered with the stricteSt
economy. The corruptions which have
been so shamefplly nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson 70
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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
otfice to induCe other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power TO
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pArdOning power; has denounced the Nation
aILegisIaiure aSunconstituLional;h has persist
In his power, every proper attempt Al the
reconstruction OF the states lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
mISdemeanors, and property pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-hVe
.. Tne doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
sisted at every hazard by the United StaieS
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Hatu-
rallied citizens are entitled TO be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship as lnOuRn Luey
were native born. NO citizen of the United
States, native or nRturaliZedt must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and If SO arrested and imprisoned,
It Is the duty of the Government 10 interfere
IN his behalf.
10. 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 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 arc
obligations never To be forgotten. Ihe
widows and orpnaus OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care.
has added so much 10 the wealth and in
creased the reSou' ceS of this nation-the aSy-
lum OF all natIons-shoUld be 1OStered by
liberal and just pc icy.
IL. This convention declares its sympathy
Tor their rights
ResolUsd, That we recognizes thegreat prin-
cipleS laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence % the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prln-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
RcsoIUed, That we highly commend the
spirit OF niasnanimtty and lorbearance 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 recOnStructin2 the Southern
SAFE governments upon tue basis OF Impair
tial ustice and EQual Rights are received
back into the communion OF the loyal peo-
pie; 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.