The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-26
THE PLATFORM.

The National Union Republican party @
the United states assembled in HatiOna
Convention In the City OF Chicago on IN
2Oth day OF May, 1888, make The following
declaration Of principles:
]. We congratulate the country on the as
Snred success OF the reconstruction policy
Congress AS evtnced by the adoption in
uaajorlty OF the STATES lately In rebellion
Constitutions securing equal civil and p0utI
cal Itghts 10 ALL and regard II as tue duiy o o.
the Government 70 sustain these Constltu'
lions aud prevent the people OF such SlAte5
nom being remiLted 10 u state Of anarchy u
2. Inc guarantee ny Congress Of equal SUI
frage TO all loyal men IN Lne Soutn ~ y ',,bTic
mauded by every consideration OF Paotig,
safety of gratitude ana Of justice, anu mus mus
be maintained, while the que sUS ~ hstonvs
frage In nil the loyal states properly NS'NNSa
To Lne people Of those states. ,,,,,,,,s,IoD
aa a national crime, and nalonal nonOE IS
QuIres Inc payment Of the public lnueDteu-
ness In the utmost good ialt iyS orr6I1ng 10
thg letter but the spirit OF the laws uhusL
which II was contracted. 49,. ,,,,,o,, tina,
taxation Enould 10 GquAliZed ana ISuuCea ~
rapidly as national IaiLh Will permit. a., -,
3, The national uebI, contracted as u M
been Tor the pLeseLyaii9hP OF tn9 over
fair period Tor redemption ana u - tuo ~ z
of Congress TO reduce the rate OF lhLeLe7'
thereon whenever u can HONESTLY De uotS.
T. That the best policy TO diminish OUT III
den Of debt Is 50 10 IMPROVE our eLe1S i1,
capitalists Will seek 10 lend Us Inohey - ,I1d
eT rates OF inteT6sL5 tnan We now I-Ays g.. -.
must continue TO pay, 30 long as Iep ,i'
partial or total, open or covert Is IhA""'
or suspected. ,r..,,,,, states
should he administered win thv ~ SSvs
economy. INC conceptions WhIS S,,,tI ~
been 30 hhamefuliy nursed ana losa ,;,St ~
Andrew johnson, call loudly iut LnuAI-Ai ~
!. Ne profoundly deploie Tie untimeiy
and trnRiC death oil Abraham LincOLni 49, -
ur AnuTGW JOAuEoA -
The PIesIdency, who has acted u =! r. ~
70 the people who elected nun aLG .'J IioI
mo was pledged TO support has nsuIIGi 81 IiIs
legislative and judicial IuucllOns' Ma1 49,
iuzed To execute the laws has useu ~ -
Ofiice to induce DINER UIhceis ~ IvVer 10
laws, has employed lis e1ecutNS yE - ,sas,s
render insecure the lives, pTOPeLty, PJII M.
ubsrty nud life OF The citizen. hits LD'sS -
pAruOning power has ueuOuneetl tLie ,,',s,
M IRE as uAtIIuLiOnaii hs IelbIst-
emily and hhOltuaily Itaisted Dy eSeiy ~. - a.
IN his power, every proper atte i ,s,,sI
reconstTuctlOiI Of tho states InteIy IN IeDtl-
lion: has perverted the public patronage lnpo
IN engine OF Wholesale corruption, ana mas
been Justly impeaclSd Tor hBh CIliIiSs 49,
mlsdeInsinOrs, ami properly lioh ouIs -
guilty thereof by the Notts OF lhItS-H'e
SenatOrs1 r,., ,,.t,,,,, ,,,,I ot,er
tnrnnrnn FOWerb, that DsCzluse "a man IL
nucs, a buDiecL lac ~ always 30, must We re-
sisted nj every hazard by the OnlJco 5ul'eS
~ relic OF the ieudnl uIhe NOT i,tI, IN
by the law Of nations, ana at WAT WIN CtiL
national honor ana indepenGehee: NnIu u
f,tItZed citizens are entitled 10 DC =, -
ali InuiT rights OF citizenship, as Lnousn 49,
yTFT,- nntiV,s burn No cILlzen Of the Unlltd
states native or nRIuralIzed, must ~ ai.tolS
10 arrest or imprisonment Dy any IOlsitsu
lOygtf Tor acts done or words spoken ~ - :
country: and II 20 arrested anu iinpTLsOneu
II Ii the duty OF the government u ih'e4i ei
ia his benRli. -, .-,, .
the late war there were none enuuen
more especial honor than tine brave So!nleI
and seainen who endured the haruhlhps q
tbe camp and cruise, and imperiled thei
lives in the service OF tbs country. III
Dounties and pensions appropriated by LAY
for these brave defenders OF the Union Al
obligations never to DO forgotten. tn
widows and OTpnUus OF the gallant dead al
the wards OF the peOple-A sacred Legacy Dt
Qusathed to tho Unlted states pTotecIin
care.
a. Foreign emigration, which in the pa'
Inns added 80 much 10 Tho wealth. ana IL
creased the reSUui Cos OF this nation the ttsS
IuIn OF all nRtiOns-shouid be fosteTed by
uDeTul and Just policy
l.. This convention declares It's sympath
with Mi oppressed people VINO arc strugBilh
ioI their rights. .-., II.
AG1Oiufd, That we recognize thegreat nTlh
Cipies laid down in the Declaration OF Int
dependence Ps the true platform OF DENT
cratic government, and We nan win slitt
ness every etiOtt toward mixing thtse pm
cipies "a living reality ON every incl oil ALhcI
eau soil.
Res5lrfd, That we highly commend IL
Hp;Tit OF InngnnniInity and toTbearnnce VIII
which men who hHveEerved in the hrDeluo
but VINO now frankly and honestly co-ope
hte with US IN restoring the peace OF u
county and TeCOnstructins the souLheI
State governments upon the hahls Oh lulplL
uhl Justice anu kQunl Rights, are receive
back Into the communion of tho loyal pc
Pile; and we favor tho removal OF the dl
qualifications and restrictions imposed upO
spirit OF loyalty Will direct, and ar may !
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people