The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-22

Il 41e Al6QnM Union ReDutFte,v, v,ay-e,-gl :
ootvention In the City Of eisaa -, ~
s,9l9 nly o. Nay letot make Tho f5IifII5ff
8. Ne soa, e e51I af aPtl,s ss
4 e1red success Of the rec0n8ffucfi06 ToIIr- r
Congres5 q eytnced By the sdoni ~, n,
Constitutions BecurIng euaf eiIti 80 1.t g
cal FIGHTS to ALL and regard it - ~. a 80
I the Government 10 sustain fheSe ceys1;5,, =
nom being remitted to 4 state a sIlars5s..
i mlhtary rule. "
2. The guarantee by ConFres5 OF euuai. -,
/ mage 70 al loyal men In the South wa a.
manded by every consideration Of pnhfi,
safety, Of gratitude and of JUSTICE and mus
% maintained, while the question Of SUI
20 the people Of those States. -
.. We denounce an forms of Reputation
a8 z national crime, and national honor Re,
quires the payment Of the public Indebted.
mess in the utmost good fafth 10 our Creditor
at home and abroad, mot onfv acroriilnu n
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
4 It e due to the labor Of the nation thai
taxation Gnould be equalfzed and rstiuced n
rapidly a. national tatih viii Terrnit
8. national debt, confraefefi n; Il hes.
neen for the presegYation OF the Union for
al time 70 come, should be extended over \
fiair period for Fedempt 1on, and tt 3 the duty
Of Congress 70 reduce the rate OF interesf
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
9. 4lat the best policy to diminish our bur
Gen OF aeDt y 50 TO improve our credit that
capitalists win seek TO lend MS money at low
er rates Of interests tnan we now pfry. ana
must continue 10 pay 50 long RsTeppd1RtIon,
Z. ~ open OF covert, y threatened
Z. The GoYernment OF the United States
shonld pc adminlstered with Tie strIctest
economy: Ine eouupnons which have
been 30 shamefully nursed and iosfered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for rRdlcal re-
8. we PROFOUNDLY depIota the untineiy
and tragic death Of Abraham Lincoln md
regret the accession or Andrew johnson 10
70 the people who elected him and the cause
s VA 80 70 ns .psT high
fused 10 execute the laws. ls nSli ms III IJI,
once 20 induce other officers TO violate the
laws has employed his executive power TO
liberty and. llfe OF the cltizens has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
alI.egislature % uneonE ttonal; has persist
IN MS power every proper attempt n the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
llo mas PeTTy the pubic patronage Into
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
and properly pronounced
gnllty thereof by the votes Of thirty-dve
Q. The doctrine OF Great Rritain,and other
European Powers, that because man Il
once subject he Is always 80, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
rs q relic Of the feudal times, not authorized
= lay h o. 991 1a at Nar WITH onr
taliEed citizens are entitled 10 be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship, rs though they
were native born. No citizen of the United
States, native or naturaltZed, must be liable
20 arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
and II 30 arrested and imprisoned,
it Is the duty OF the Government 70 Interfere
10. OF aIi whowere faithful I'm the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to |
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the haTLiships of
ne camp and cruise and tmPertled their
lives in the service Of the country. The |
counties and pensions appropriated by law |
or these brave defenders Of the Union are
Widows aud orphans OF the Fniiant dead aIe |
he wards of the peoples sacred legacy be-
Iueathed To the United States protecting |
are.
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the past
1ns added so much 10 the wealth and In. |
,reaSed The resoui ces Of this nation the asy-
nm OF all nations-should be Iostered by a |
liberal and Just policy,
Il. This convention declares It's sympathy |
or their rights.
Resolved, That we recognize the-great prin- |
.iples laid down In the Declaration Of Ind |
dependence rs the true platform OF demo-
ratio government, and we hall with glad |
less every effott toward making these prin-
1ples living reality ON every inch OF Amer
Resolved, That we highly commend the
piIlt OF mRSnanimlty and forbearance with
which men who have served In the Rebellion /
nut VINO now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconsructing the Southern
state governments upon tine basis OF Impair
tal JuStiee and EQUAL Rights, are received |
Jack into the communion of the loyal peo-
publications and restrictions imposed upon
he late Rebels In the same measure as their
pirtt OF loyalty Will direct, and as may be i
onsistent with the safety of the loyal people.