The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-31
NatIonal Repu0IIcan platform

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
10th day. OF May, 1865, make tho following
declaration OF principles:
snrad n snccess ~ the TeeonstrnctiSn poIiev Of
Congress as evlnced by the adoption in a
majority OF the States lately in rebellion Of
Constitutions securing equal civil and pOliti-
cal rights 10 all; and regard 1t as the duty OF
the Government to sustain these COnstttu-
tions and prevent the people of such States
nom being remitted to n state Of anarchy or
military rule.
,. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
fnage to all loyal men in the South was de-
mabded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF SUI.
10 the people OF those States.
8. We denounce all forms Of population
as a national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good 1aith TO our creditors
mo IeIter inf fine gnITif nT t6e Laws nn1ler
which 1t was contracted.
4. 1t is due TO the labor fthe nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith will permit.
S. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
fair period for redemption, and 1t is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
o. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den of debt is so TO improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend us money Mt low
er rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, so long as reputation,
partial or total open or covert Is threatened
I. The Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strtctest
economy. The corruptions which have
been SO shnmefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical Ie-
form. - r.-a -.
s. We profoundly deplore the untimeIy
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson TO
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurned high
legislative aud judicial functions; has re-
otiice to induce other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power to
Tende T inseGn Ea me Hye PrSP e Peafqs re-
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
alLegislatnre as uneonstituuonal;h has persist
emily and habItually resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt at the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
Lion; has perverted the public patronage into
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanons, and properly pronounced
Senator'S
O. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
once a subject he is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
as relic OF the feudRl times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. NaLu-
rnlized citizens are entitled 70 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 Tor nets done or words spoken In This
country and tfso arrested and imprisoned,
It IS the duty of the Government TO interfere
In his behalf -sEsl.
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 seaInen who endured the hardshlps OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mpeEtled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bountieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the peoples sacred legacy be-
queRthed 10 the United states, protecting
care.
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and I'M.
creased the resources OF this nation-tha asy-
lum of all nations-should be fOstered by
liberal and just policy. 80
Il. This convention declares IFS sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
Resotped, That we 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
cipies a living reality on every inch of Amer
can soil.
Resolped, That we highly commend the
spirit OF mngnanim1tY and f0rbearance with
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with Us In restoring. the peace OF the
country and reconstrncting tine Southern.
state governments upon the basis OF Impair
ual Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back Into the communion of the loyal peo-
plei and VIC favor the. removal of the dis
qualineattons and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty VIII direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people.