The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-20
national Kepuollcan Platform

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembied IN Sation !
10Th day OF May, 1865, make the following
declaration of principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
Eured succesSof the reconstruction policy OF
COngTeSs rs evinced 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 IL SIS tue duty of
the Government to sustain the$e ConstlLu-
tiOns AID prevent the people of such states
fIOm being RENTED TO u state OF anarchy or
,. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
fra9e to all loyal men in The South was de-
MAJ ded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and OF Justice, and must
be maintained. while the question OF SUI
frage in all The loyal States properly belongs
TO the people OF those states.
8. We denounce all forms of Reputation
uuIres the payment OF the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to our credtt0fE
at home and abroad. not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which 1t was contracted.
f. 1t Is due TO the labor of the nation that
taxation should be eQualiZed and reduced as
rapidly as national taiih VIII permit.
8. The national uebt, contracted as It has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and IL Is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the nate of interest
thereon whenever It can honestly be done.
9. 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 at low
eT rates OF interests t0an We now pay, ana
must continue TO pay, 30 long US reputation
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected.
should be administered with tie striclest
economy. 1he corrupttons which have
been SO shamefully unused and tostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
S. We profoundly deplore the untimeiy
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson To
the Presidency, who has seted reacherousiy
TO the people who elected MIN and the cause
he was pledged to support has usurTed high
legislative and judicial functions has re-
fused 10 execute the laws; has used his high
ottice To induce other Officers to violate the
laws: mas employed his executive power 70
render insecure the lives, property, peacs-
liberty and LIFE of the citizen. has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the NatiOn-
all eg islafure a9uncouA GtuI1onai; has persist
emily and hRbitually resisted by every means
| In his power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
Hon; has perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
guilty thereof by the votes OF thIrty-nve
Senators-
European Powers, that because man Il
once subject he Is always 50, must be re-
as 8 relic of the feudaI times, not authorized
| by the Law of nations, and at war with ouI
national honor and independence. katu-
ralized citizens are entitled 20 be protected IN
all their rights Of citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States, native or naturalzedI must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment BY any foreign
Power Tor actsdone or words spoken In This
country; and II so arrested and imprisoned,
| 1t Is the duty Of the Government 70 interfere
- 10. OF ali who were faithful In the trials o.
the late war there were none entitled "a
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardshipS OF
the camp and cruise and tmPeEtled Lheil
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
oueathsd to the United States protecting
care.
| II. Foreign emigration, which In the pas
| has added 50 much TO the wealth and In.
creased the resources OF this nation the asy-
lum OF all natons-should be 1ostered by
liberal and Just pol icy.
/ Il. This convention declares itsSympathJ
with all oppressed people who are struggling
| for their rights.
| .Resolued, That We reeoeniza the'ereat min.
Oiples laid down In me Declaration Of Ind
dependence - the true platform OF demo
! cratic government, and We hail with glad
ness every efioit toward making these pdn
ciples living reality on every inch or Amer
can soil.
ReSoIUed, That we highly commend tn,
spirit OF masnautmity and forbeaTance witt
/ which men VINO have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with Us in restoring the peace Of Ihi
country and reconsuuctinZ the Southern
STATE governments upon the basis OF Impair
tai Justice and Equal Rights, are receives
baekt into the communion of the loyal peo
| pIeS and We favor the removal OF the dis
Qualifications and restrictions i'm posed uT3oE
The late Rebels In the same measure as Ihef
spirit Of loyalty viii direct, and as may b
consistent with the safety of the loyal people
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