The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-04
THE PLATFORM.

The National Union Republican party OF
the United States assembled in National
s,iI, tisy OF MAJ ISSSsS make me following
designation OF principles: -. : 4
snred success OF the recOnsiruction policy or
Congress as evinced by the adoption in a
majority OF the States lately in rebellion OF
Consultations securing equal civil and politi-
cal rights 10 all; and regard II as the duty of
| the Government to sustain these Consfitu-
tons and prevent the people of such States
=. The guarantee by Congress of eoual Euf-
frage TO all loyal men In the South was de-
,nHBded by every consideration OF public
| safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice. and must
frage in all the loyal States properly BELONGS
TO the people Of those States
3. We denounce all forms of population
as national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment Of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
al home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which II was contracted.
4 II Is due 70 the labor Of the nation that
rapidly as national faith will permit.
o. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
all time 10 come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and 1t Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of Interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly he done.
u That the best policy TO diTninIAh our bur.
den OF debt ts SO TO improve our credit that
capitalists Will seek to lend Us money at low.
er rates OF interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, SO long as Reputation
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
I. Ihe Government OF the United Slater
should be administered with the stnc1es
economy. The corruptions which have
Deen SO EhRmeIulIy nnTEed and fosteTed bS
Andrew Johnson, cnli loudly for radical re
5. We profoundly deploIe the untmely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, anC
regret tue accession Of Andrew Johnson e
10 the people who elected him and the cause
ne was Pedss t. Iu sSpRGrt an mas sas G
fused 10 execute the laws; has used his high
once to induce other, ofhcerS 10 violate tne
laws: has employed his executive power "a
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life Of the cltizen: has abused the
paTdoning power has denounced the Nation
aiIeglslHture aa unoonstitutional; has persist
enIIy and habituRlly resisted by every means
re- n1s T OF The Sata lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Int
an engine of Wholesale corruption and hai
been Justly ilnpeached for high crimes ant
nisdemeanon, aud properly pronounce
guilty thereof by The votes OF thlrty-nv'
o. TGs doctrine of Great Britain and othe
European Powers, that because man
once "A subject he IL Always so, must must, PC pe re
nR n relic of the feudal times, not authnrized
by thG law OF nations, ana at %gar win onl
national honor and independence. Hatu
THiizeti citizens nTe entitled TO be protected u
all their rights OF citizenship. as though they
were native born. No citizen OF The United
Stnt.R native or nRtuTnIlzed, mast be liable
Ia arrest or iInpTtsonmenL by nny foreign
Power Tor nctsdOnc or words spoken III thlt
country; and ifso arrested and Imprisoned
NJ Is the duty OF the Government to Interfere
ia his behalf
10 OfalI who weTo faithful in the trials OF
Tie, late war there were none entitled ia
more especial honor than the brave soldierl
and sCainen who endured the hardshlps OF
Tile cnmp and cruise, and tmperlled lneiF
lives in the service OF the country. the
lbnunucs and pensions appropriated by law
Tor these brave defenders OF the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant deau are
the WnIds of tho peOple-iI sacred legacy be-
uuealhed 10 tho United states protecting
care. ,,, -, a., 800,
has added 70 much 10 the wealth and III
cTeltScd the resources Of this nHtlon-the ilsS-
Ium OF all nntlOnS-Bnould be loSteIeu ny u
liberal and just policy. -. a., $1,000, ,,,
II. THIS convention declares lls sympathy
with all oppressed people who arc struggling
for their rights. ,,., ,
,,lples laid down III the Declaration oil IND
dependence ~ the true platform OF Demo
crntlU government, and we nhh Win sIHu'
IicSs cyeTy effort toward making these prin'
gip!ts n living reality on every inch OF Amer
Ecsoirsd, That We highly commend ms
sniTil of mugnanimity and IOTbenf1nce WltL
which men vino have served IN the hFDellloI
hut who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with uR in restoring the peace OF WI
country and r5COnSlTuctinB inc Sonthei
State governments u pom the basis OF lInINaI
tirl Justice ana Equal Rights, ara TecelNe'
back into The communion oil the IOyhl peO
pie; md we favor the removal OF lhe us u,
qualifications and restrictions lInpOSeu upol
the late Rebels in the nrIne measure ms thSi
Hp;Tit Of loyalty will direct, and as may .
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people