The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-08
THE PLATFORM.

The National Union Republican party o.
be United states assembled IN Hation1a NJ
bnvention in the City of Chicago on Inc
IN day OF May, 1888, mako the following
eclaTation OF principles: ,,,s.,.ss
!. We congratulate the county OH iuo -.
nred success OF the reconstructlon POilc ~ "
konEress as evinced by the Adoption IN 9
nsjority OF the States lately "a iIeoenlon ~
constitutions securing ~ Sa the !, I,t.. y;
Ihe Government 10 sustain these Con6tltu-
lions and prevent the people o. such States
IToEn being renlLteu " a StAUe VI anarchy OF
=. me guarantee by Congress of equal snE-
iraes TO all loyal menln the South was de-
taaL ded by every consideration of pnblic
Afety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
70 maintained, while the question of suf'
rage in all the loyal States properly belongs
3. We denounce an forms of reputation
a national crime, and national honor re-
lures the payment OF the public indebied.
ess in the utmost good 1aith TO our credItoIE
nome and abroad, not only accOldlnR
10 letter, but the spirit Of tho laws unuo-
n len II was CONTRACTED. 49,. .,,o,
l1auou sh0uId be equalized and reauoed ~
|apidly MS national LiiIh will permit. ., tes
,; Inc ne m. OF the Onion for
II time 10 come, should be ~ 49,, =
air period FOR redemPttoE' ana a,n ~ ~ ,oLnt
- 1eneyer IL can honestly De done.
4 n That me hes policy 10 uiLnfnlSh our bur.
of debt e SO 70 tp d1 D., OUT LA
Tnfes OF interests tDan we now pay, and
,nst continue 10 pay, SO long as Republication,
tiaI or total, open or covert. Is threatened
I 81 y he Government of the United States
LIQUID DO administered with Tie Stfictest
gonoTuY, Ihe cOrrupGOn5 which have
Zen 20 Financially nnTsed and fOstered by
ndrew johnson, call loudly for radical le-
,Drm. ,.,-- ~. .,,.,,,.,o,,,
nd tragic death OF abraham Lincoln, and
|skret the accession OF Andrew johnson 10
Ia Presidency, who hns hcted treacnerousIy
IA fIIe DeOpie who elected him and the cause
\, was pledged u support; has usuTred nigh
+gislative and judicial iunctionsi nus re-
used 10 execute the laws; has used MS hieh
.ffcF 10 Induce other officers 10 violate the
hU 4. has employed his executive power 10
endeF Insecure the lives, property, peace,
lbeTty md life uf the citizen: mas aDtseu the
haruOning power; has denounced the Nauol-
Il / tgisaiure AS uncOn. titu Lional; has periist-
,ntly anti habltuAlly Iesihleu ny every means
h his power, every proper attempt ~ inc
OF the Ptated lately in rebel
ion; has perverted the public patronage Into
M engine of wholesale corruption, ana mas
peen Justly impeached for high crimes anu
ntHdsln ,hSo bv nT Inc V5ies OF iRiTty.ve
.. me doctrine of GIelt Britain and other
gurnnean Powers, that because n man Ii
nee q subject no Is always 30, must re re.
a GLEd at every hazard by the united bta'eH
Is a relic OF the 1eudal times not RutnnTl1ed
Dy the law of nRtionB, ma at war Win our
national honor ana Independence. Hatu-
,iizefi citizens are entitled 10 be protected IN
M heir rights OF citizenship, as though they
q err. natiVt, born. No citizen of the United
Siat. \ native or naturalIZed, must DO liable
10 arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Pow. iur acts done or words spoken ~ tnis
countfy: and IL so arrested ana llnpLlhoheuI
1t is the duty OF the Government 10 interfere
no, of ali " no were faithful IN the trials of
the lats, war there were none enuued 10
more - E,t,cinI honor than the brave soldiers
and seainen who endured the hATdEhipa OF
the camp and Grulse, aAu luItIllen lnEaE
llyes IN tie beIyice OF the county, inc
uoantIe.s ind PENSIONS appropriated " law
for tLt,st brave defenders Oh the Union are
utlIaeHIfons never Ia De oTEOtten. Ihe
yyluyWa and OTpuAUb oil the gHILAnt dead are
ne, Watcs Of the peOple-a sacred legacy De
queaLhed 10 The United STATES protecting
care. -, -, -.
II, Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much TO the wealth and III
creased the Tessou ces OF this nation the lAS
IuIn OF all nRuons-ShouIu pe ioS|eieN pS
liberal and Just 20 Icy.
- This convention declares Us ~ nP&taS
with ali oppressed pcOIie " no are s1rusS-1i'S
for their Ttghts.
g. pl,s ls!d down IA the BSciaraLiOn Of iDd-
ispendencs - the true platform 81 atiIl1-
cratic government. and we 5tiI SiLA gnu
usss every SEogt toward nAAins mess PIiu7
eipIee a living reality on every inch OF Amer
FsTgiUcss That we highly commend the
spirit OF EEagnantnisy nnc forbeAEuneG VIII
which men VINO have served IN Inc hFpeIl!On
INIT who now frankly and honestly cO-0per-
nt., with Us III restoring the peace OF Inc
country and rtconstEuctlng Inc 5oubnefu
State governments upon the blals OF IinptLSS
ual Justice and Equal Rights, are receiver
back into the communion OF the loyal Peo-
pie; and we favor the removal OF the dls-
qualifications and reductions imposed uPoa
me late Rebels Ia tie same measure rs tnelf
spirit OF Loyalty will direct, and as may Do
consistent with the snfety of tue loyal people