The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-14

The National Union Republican party o
| The United states assembled in Nationa
| 10Th day OF May, 1868, make The following
declaration OF principles: "a .--..-..l
4 !. We congratulate the country ON the as
Congress as evinced by the adoption In {
| majority of the States lately In rebellion o
Constitutions securing equal civil and pollti
| the Government to sustain these Constitu'
tons and prevent the people OF such state.
| from being remitted To q state OF anarchy oil
military rule. 81 ego lis yz-I.z.. u
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal snf
fraSe to all loyal men In The South was de
maDded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and mnst
be maintained, while tbs question of suf
mage in all the loyal States properly belongs
| 8. We denounee all forms of population
as a national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith toour creditors
at home and abroad, not only according 70
which II was contracted.
Alt is due 10 the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be equahzed and reduced aS
| rapidly aa national faith Will permit.
| S. The national debt, contracted as 1t has
been for the preservation OF the Union fol
ali time to come, should be extended over 9
| fair period for redemption, and It Is the duty
\ of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
| thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
| Q. That the best policy t0dimlnish our bur.
| den OF debt is 50 to Improve our credit thai
| capitalists viii seak to lend uB money at low.
| er rateHof Interests tn8n we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, SO long asrepudIatlOn
partial or total, open or covert, is Threatened
or suspected. K. IL
should be administered with tie strictest
economy. The corruptions which have
been so ahamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical 1e-
). we profoundly deplore the unttmely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson 10
The Presidency, who has acted treacherouSly
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged 70 snPP1rt; mas aG ~
fused to execute the laws; has used his high
onice to induce other Officers TO violate the
laws; has employed his executive power to
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nat Nation.
emily and habltuRlly resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt at the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
nm engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly lmpeached for high crimes and
guilty thereof by the votes OF thtrty-hHe
Senators. b. 80
European Powers, that because q man Is
once a sub feet he IL always SO, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United states
as a relic of the Ieudal times, not authorized
by the Law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Natu-
nil Their rights OF citizenship, as though they
Tyere native born, NO citizen OF tho United
States, native or naturaliZed, must be liable
TO arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or words spoken in this
country: and If SO arrested and imprisoned
1t is the duty of the Government TO Interfere
10. or ali who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardshlps OF
the CAMP and cruise, and 1mper1led their
lives in the service OF the country The
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
obligations never to be forgotten. Inc
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-R sacred legacy be-
queathed 70 the United States protecting
IL. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added SO much 10 the wealth and In
creased the resources Of this nation-th the asy'
lum of all nations-ahould be foStered By
Ne. Tliis conyention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
| for their rights. % -iae ~. ., II :
| Resolved, ThRtWe recognize the' great Rr1n'
ciples laid down in the DeciaEation 81 mo IND
| dependence aS the true platform OF demo
cratic government, and we hail with glau
I mes every effort toward making these prtn
| ciples a living reality on every incn OF Amer
ReSolued That we highly commend tht
| spirit OF ma4nanimity and torbeaTanee VIII
| which men who have served in the heDeillor
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with rs in restoring the peace OF tni
| State governments upon the basis OF Impair
| ttal Justice and Equal Rights are receives
/ back into the communion Of the loyal PEG
I Qualifications and restrictions imposed upol
| the late Rebels in the same measure as thet
| spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may b.
consistent with the safety of the loyal people