The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-25
National RepuolIcan Platform

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled led in, in Hatio nal
SS,I ~ ~ Nov 1858 make Inc faIIoyrinR
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
Eured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as eviuced by the adoption in q
majority of the states lately in rebellion OF
Consultations securing equal civil and poliu-
cal riVhts 10 ali; and regard IL as the duty of
the Government to sustain these Const1tu-
tons and prevent the people OF such states
nom being femltteu 10 bLate Oh anarchy OF
military rule.
frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of sui.
frage In all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people OF those States.
8. We denOunce all forms OF Reputation
as a national crime and national honor re-
uuires the payment of the public indebted-
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit of the laws under
which 1t was contracted.
4. Its due TO the labor of tho nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith will permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as II has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
ali time to come. should be extended over
fair period for redemption, and IL is the duty
of Congress to. reduce the rate OF interest
thereon Whenever IL can honestly pc done.
6. That the best policy to diminish onr bur-
den of debt is SO to Improve our credit that
capitalists will seek tolend us money at low:
eE I0te9 OF interests. we now phYS Alu
must continue TO pay, SO long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected. -.
should be administered with the strtcteSt
economy. The corruptlons which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, cali loudly for radical re-
8. We profoundly deplore the untimely
regret the accession Of Andrew johnson. to
the Presidency, who has scted treacherously
TO the people who elected MIN and the c ,atnt
legislative and judicial functions has re-
fused TO execute the laws; has used his high
laws; has employed his executive power to
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
| liberty and lie of the citizen: has abused the
psrdoninr power; has denounced the Nation
alLegislaInre as unconstitutionRI;ha has persist
emily and hnbItually resisted by every means
Recommendation Of the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
6een {nstly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes Of thirty-f1vs
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
| European Powers, that because man is
once subject he Is always 50, must pe re
/ as q 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 though they
/ were native born. NO clElZen OF Lne UulLeu
| States, native or naturalized, must be liable
| to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken IN TINS
country: and II SO arrested and Imprisoned,
| It Is the duty OF the Government to interfere
| in his behalf.
| 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 1mpertled 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 70 be forgotten. The
widows and orphans of the gallant dead are
Queathed TO the United States protecting
III, Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added SO much 10 the wealth and In.
creased the resources of thlsnatIon- the asy-
lum of all nations-should be 1ostered by a
liberal and just policy.
l2. This convention declares It's sympathy
| with ali oppressed people who are struggling
for their T1ghts. -
Resolved, That we recognize thegreat prin-
cIples laid down in the Declaration of Ind
dependence Ps the true platform of demo-
cratic government and we hall with glad
ness every enoTt toward making these pGn-
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
| Resosued, That we highly commend the
spirit Of naRnanim1ty and foTbearanee with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
! country and reconstructfng the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
| tai Justice and Equal Rights, are received
| back into the communion of the loyal Peo-
qualifications and restrictions Imposed upon
the late Rebels In the same measure IS their
1 spirit Of loyalty Will direct, and as may be
l consistent with the SAFETY of the loyal people.