The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-22
Na1Ional Repnbllean Platform.

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembisd In National
10Th day OF May, 1858, make the following
declaration or principles:
Il. We congratulate the country on. the as
sured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
ConRFeGs as eVineed by the adoption In O
majority Of the states IaIeY N rebellion e. Of
cal rights 10 all; and regard It as the duty OF
the Government TO sustain these Constttu-
tons and prevent me people o. s1ch states
3. Tha guarantees by Congress OF equal suE-
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and Of justice, and must
ffage IN All the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those States.
3. We denounce all forms OF reputation
qnirss the payment Of the public Indebted
ness in the utmost good fatth TO our cFedito4s
which IL was CONTRACTED. az.
4. It Is due to the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be eQuanEed and reduced as
rapidly as national tRtIh viii permit.
8. The national debt, contracted As 1t has
an time to come, should be extended over q
AirpeEiod for redemption, and it is the duty
of Congress to reduce the nate OF interest
s, That the best policy to diminish our bur
den of debt is 50 to improve our credit that
capitalists win seek to lend us money at low:
or rates oCinterests tnan We now pay, and
must continue 20 pay, so long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
!. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the stdcteSt
been SO shamefuIy nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
FORM e.-4--s = a.l-5s..- ,l...-.
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret tine accession Of Andrew Johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousIy
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support: has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused 10 execute the laws: has used his high
ONCE to induce other ohcers to violate the
laws; has enPioSed i ms eSecnt1Ss power TO
liberty and life of the citizen. hnS abused the
pardonIng power; has denounced the Nation-
III legislature as uncOns ututtOnaii hnS persist
eutly ant llabttu0lly resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebei-
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine o! wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly im.sached for high crimes and
ntislsEnEanors, and properly pfonouneed
guilty thereof by The votes OF ihtrty-hve
o The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once a sub tect he Is always SO, must be re-
sisted At every hazafd " the Sn1Ied sta1e5
by the law of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Natu-
rallied citizens are entitled to be protected In
| an their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States, native or uaturAllZed, must De uaDle
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 behalf.
10. OF all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seannen who endured the hardshtpS 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.
IL. Foreign emigration. which in the past
has added so much 10 the wealth. ana IN
creased the resources of this nation-the aSy-
lum of all nationS-should be 1o6tered by
liberal and Just policy. - ... t.-
l2. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights. 81
-Re5olUed, Thatwe recognize the,great prin-
cIpleS laid down In the Declaration OF Ind
dependence as the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these pr1n.
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
Resolved That we highly commend the
spirit OF n1aSnanimlty and 1OrbeaTanee 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 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
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 thalo loyal people.