The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-17
NatIonsl Republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
20th day of May, 1858, make The following
declaration of principles:
l. We congratulate the country ON the as
Gureu success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress evinced by the adoption in a
majority of the States lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and pOlit-
cal rights 10 all; and regard IL as the duty OF
the Government to sustain these COnslltu-
lions and prevent the people OF such States
nom being remltted TO state OF anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage to all loyal men In The South was de-
mRnded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question of suf-
to the people of those states
8. We denounce all forms of reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
ness in the utmost good Iaith 10 our credltoTE
at homo and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which IL was contracted.
4. 1t Is due to the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith Will permit.
S. The national debt, contracted as Il has
been for the preservation Of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and It is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done
8. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den OF debt is SO to improve our credit that
capitalists VIII seek TO lend us money at low.
er rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, SO long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
Z. 1he Government of the United States
should be administered with tie stfictest
economy. The corfupuons which have
been so shamefully nursed and GoStered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousIy
10 the people who elected him and the canBe
he was pledged To support; has usuTped high
fused TO execute the laws; has used his high
once 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 Nation
RlLegislature as unconst tonali has persist
emily and habituRlly resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt at the
Teconstruction OF the states lately IN Le IS.s
an engine OF wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impesched for high crimes and
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-nVe
Senators.
European Powers, that because man Is
once q subject he Is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United states
as q relic of the feudal times, not authoElzed
nv the law Of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Hatu-
ralizsd citizens are entitled 70 De proleeted IN
were native born. NO citizen Of the United
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken in this
country; and II so arrested and imprisoned,
It is the duty Of the Government TO interfere
10. or an who were faithful in the trials Of
the late war there were none entitled 10
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardshlps OF
the camp and cruise, and tmpeItled 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 70 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.
has added so much 10 the wealth and In
creased The resources Of this tom the aSy-
lurn of all nAtions-ghould be fogteIed by a
liberal and Just policy.
Il. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
.ReSolUed. That we recognize theigreat prin-
cIpIes laid down In the DeclaraffOn OF Ind
dependence qs the true platform OF demo-
ness every effort toward making these pm
ciples living reality on every lneh OF Amer
can soil. a..
Re1oIped, That We highly commend me
which men Who have served In the keDe1Ilon
but who now frankly and honestly eo-oF FL
ate with rs In restoring the Pc - - -
country and demonstrating LnS = -
tial Justice and Equal Rights arg EeSeINea
back Into tina communion OF Lns - ~
Iole: and we favor the remoTa1 % me GU
qualifications and EestElctloLls ~ g ~
spirft On Loyalty VII direct and as may be
Content With the satisfy Of the loyal people.