The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-30
Nationnl Republican PInfrorm.

The National Union Republican party o
the United states assembled in NationR
S,pH ~ "a NJ the Slty OF Chicago ON thu
zUtn DAY OF Aayt lS6St make the following
declaration OF principles: slTF1l-- .
i. We congratulate the country on the as
Eured success OF the reconEtFuctfon T1OIIoV d
Congress as evinced by the abortion IN &
| majority OF the States lately In rebellfon o.
Constitutions securing equal civil and pollti
| the Government 10 sustain these Consfttu.
| lions and prevent the people OF such State
nom being remttted to state Of anarchy OF
; q The guarantee by Congress OF equal sns.
frage TO all loyal men In the South was de
\ manded by every consideration of public
SAFETY, OF gratitude and of Justice, and mus
be maintained, while the question OF suf
i mage in all the loyal States proper " belongs
| to the people of those States, = 49,
3. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re
| quires the payment OF the public indebted.
ness in the utmost good aith to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according &c
/ the letter 4! but thecSptrit Of the laws undsl
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced q
1 s. The national debt, contracted as Il has
/ been for the preservation of the Union foI
all time to come, should be extended over
X Of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever It can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to dimtnish our bur
den Of debt is so to improve our credit that
/ capitalists will seek to lend us money allow
er rates Of interests than we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, so long asrepudiatlo
or suspected. --r--. :
should be administered with the stricteSt
economy. The corruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and foStered by
form.
s. We profoundly dsplore the untimeIy
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession Of Andrew johnson 70
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
TO the people who elected him and the cause
legislative and judicial functions has re-
fused TO execute the laws; has used his high
ONCE 70 induce other officers to violate the
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
alLegfslature RsunconStitutionRl;h has persist
emily and habituRlly resisted by every means
In his power, every proper attempt at the
lion; 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-hve
9. the doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man is
once asubject he Is always so, must be re-
as relic Of the teudal times, not authorized
by the law Of nations, and at war with our
natlo1a honoE ana 1iindependenee. Natu-
all their rights of citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen Of the United
States, native or naturaliZed, must be liable
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and If so arrested and Imprisoned,
1t 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 1mperiled 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 people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care. asr
IL. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added SO much TO the wealth and In
creased the resources of this nation the asy-
lum OF NIL nations-should be 1ostered by
liberal and just policy.
IL. This convention declares lis sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
Resolved, That we recognize the.great prin-
dependence aS the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every efoTt toward making these prin-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnRnIm1ty and fOrbe0ranc0 with
which men who have served In the rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconsructing the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tiRl 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 as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.