The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-25
Nati0nal Repubneaas RIufsorm.Ds

The Nationa Union Republican, pafty Of
|. the United States LaEseInblei IN fT6fI6Tl1l
9Sth day Of Nay, 1855, mako the Soiiowifis
declaration OF principles. Tsf7ss- - = =
I. We eongratnlate the country on the as
Congress as eyinced by the adoption IN a
majority Of the States lately In rebellion OF
| cal rights 10 all; and regard Il as the duty OF
/ the Government 70 sustain these Consfftu-
lions and prevent the people OF such States
1.-The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
handed BY every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained while the question of sui.
i to the people of those States.
8. We denounce all forms Of Reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
4 quires the payment OF the public indebted
ness In the utmost good faith to our creditorg
at home and, abroad not only according to
which It was contracted.' - sd u -s-ii
4. It is due to the labor OF the nation that
rapidly as national fsifh win TernIf. 49, =
s. the national debt, CONTRACTED as It has
been f Nor for the preseETaf1i9p Of the Onion for
fair period for redemption, and Il Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever tt can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminlsh our bur
den Of debt Is 50 to improve our credit that
er rates OF interests than we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, 30 long asrepudiation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
4. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the EtTictest
economy. The corruptons which have
been so shamefulIy nuTsed and fostered by
form. -i-- Z --i artA lIiE-G
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson 70
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousIy
10 the people who elected him and the cause
legisiatfve and judicini Functions! mas -.
fused 10 execute the laws; has used his hish
ofiice TO induce other officers to Violate the
laws; has employed his executive power 10
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation-
al ,egtslaIure as unconstitutional; has persist
emily and habitually Iesisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
m engine OF wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly ImpeacIed for high crimes and
miissdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes Of thirty-hve
O. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because q man is
once q subject he Is always 50, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
by the Law Of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. NRtu-
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen Of the United
States, native or naturaltZed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and II 30 arrested and imprisoned,
It Is the duty OF the Government TO interfere
in his behalf. GOV lf-- N 1
10. ofalI who were faithful In the trials of
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seanen who endured the hRrdships OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled their
lives In the service Of the country. The
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF tho Union are
widows and oIphaus of the gallant dead are
the wards of the peoples sacred legacy be-
queathed to- the United States protecting
care.
Ii. 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 all nati0ns-shOuid be fosteTed by n
liberal and Just policy. 4ta.s .st..-f 80
l2. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
ResoEred, That we recognizes the,great prfn-
cipleS laid down in the Declaration Of Ind
dependence ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad.
ness every EFFORT toward making these pEin-
ciples living reality on every inch of Amer
can soil. -il ssil
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnaninity and forbearanee with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but Wh0noW frankly and hUnestly co=oper-
country and reconstructing the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
ual Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
Qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels inthe same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty VIII direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal people.