The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-27
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
roK PRESIDENT:
ULYSSES s. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT;
SCHUYLER CoLFAX.
THE platform.

,..,t,,,I Union Republican party Of
me S,t go states assembled in National
tnS,sntion IN the CITY OF chicago on me
sJtlI day 20, 9i az n Irifncipies:
~, c5nErltulAte the country on the as
.-.I sIIcSeuss OF the reconstruction policy OF
sS,S.Ir,sss ~ eYincsd by the Adoption In q
S,,ai.5rify OF tine states lately IN rebellion OF
ts1i,sIiIuLIons securing equal civil and pouu.
cal rights 10 ALI and regard IL as tue uuLy o.
lions aud prevent the people OF such stats
rom being remitted 10 a Stale OF anhrchyor
military rule. -. ,,,,,,,.-. =, .,,,,,.I .,,.
fr;,,,f. TO All loyal men IN inc South was de-
Inai,Itsi 10y every consideration OF pupLc
saietSy OF srntitI,de and OF Justice, ana must
tl,, maintained, while the question o. SUI
rage in all the loyal states properly peIoilss
10 me people OF those states. ,t-.,s,,
.. We denou1es ail n iPT T11,o S honor re-
ouires Inc payment Of the public lndeptea-
mess in the utmost good tRith 70 our cte1lLOiE
At home and abroad, NOT Only So,S'o iiISs a.
the letter, but the spirit OF me avs
which II was contracted. -.
4 n Is due 70 the labor OF the nation that
taxation ghould be eQuAllZed and redueea hS
TanidIy A. national taIIh will permit.
O. Tfie NATIONAL debt, contracted as II mas
been for the preservation OF the Union iot
all time 10 come, should 10 EXTENDED over
far period for redemption, and it Ii tue duty
oil ConRIehs to reduce Ihe rate OF lnteLeA'
thereon whenever IL can honestly be zone.
D. That the De5t policy 10 diminish our DuE
den OF debt is 50 10 improve our credit thAt
capitalists Will seek 10 lend Us money hLlOh
or rates OF interests tnRn We now pays anu
must continue 10 pay, 50 long a repuuAlOnl
partial or total, open or covert, Is tnLeHtehe"
Z. 1hs Government OF the United states
should be administered win LII sui 49,
economy. Inc cOTrupLiOns Wnlch nave
been 10 shRmefnIly nursed and toatere1 py
AndTBw johnson, cali loudly ior Itnic1h ie-
5. We profoundly deploTe the untlmely
aud tragic death OF AbfAhAm Lneoin. ai ~
rakret Inc accession OF Anurew johnson y
Tie Presidency, who has acted treaeheTousi ,
To the people who elected him and inc cAu5t
no wan pledged 10 supports has psnrI'e 81 ~
Legislative and 1uuiciaI functions; nAs le'
fused TO execute ths laws; has used us nIgI
once TO induce Otner on1cerB 70 Vlolate ult
laws; has cmploycd his executive rover t.ss .
render insecure the lIYes, property peace
liberty aud lIIs OF the citizen. has aDllseu ile
paIdOning power has denOunceu Inc Natlon
all sgnInIurs a. uncOnE nlLs peisl1t-
gully and naDiIuHIly Ieslsted ny every means
m HIs power, every proper httenPt ~ tLe
recOnstTuCuOn OF Tue states IateIy ~ iIDS s.
lion; mas perverted the public patronage INTO
AN engine OF wholesale coTTuptlOnB Anu mas
D-en Justly impeAclIed for nigh crimes anu
InIsdsmeHnors, ana properly pIonounSeu
senators. ,,,.,.. -, ,,,,,a,r
European koWeIs, that because man u
,ilC,, "A subject he Is always 10, must De re-
slated at every hazard by the Onltsu sue
AZ n relic OF the ieuuRl tunes, mol AutnVLIAsu
NV the law OF nations, ana NJ wax Win OtE
national honor and INDEPENDENCE. Natu-
r1lIlZed citizens uro entitled 10 Dc pFOlecIeu IN
all InCir rights OG ciLlZenAhtp, as lnOuHn tney
were native born. NO citlhen OF lie Nhlte 3
state native or nAturalized, must NC lEAnle
10 arrest or Imprisonment DS any loLeish
pttwt 1 iOT acts uOus Ur words spoken IN liii
country; and u no arrested anu lmpTLOIed
II In inc duty OF tlie government 10 mIeIIsI'
Ia his behalf. ..,, :
tho late war there weTp none enullea
more especial honor than the brave soialen
mud seninen who endured the hardships o
the camp anu cruise, and Imported incl
live, ia the saIvIee OF tie country. ILL
DOuuLies and pensions appropriated Dy lAP
for these brave defenders vi the Union ~!
obligations never To DO loTROLten. III
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead an
the wards Of the peOple-a sacred legacy be
QueRLhed TO the United states projecting
care.
a. Foreign emigration, which in the pas
has added so much 10 tho wealth ana III
creased tho Tesoui ces OF this nation the asy
lum OF nil nnuons-EhouId Dc losleteu ny
liberal and Just policy.
IL. This convention declares lis symp1th.
with all oppressed people who Aro stIuESIhi
1 RssoIrsd, That we recognizes the.great prin
ciples laid down in the Declaration OF lnd
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo
cratic government, ana we nan WIN gao
ness every efiOIt toward making thehe pm
cipleS a living reality ON every inch OF Amer
can soil.
LeIOIutd, That We highly commend III,
splIit OF mngnHnlmlIy ami ioTbenrnnec wltl
which men who have served IN the htDelliol
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
hie with us IN restoring the peace OF IN
country and recOnstTuctlns the Southetl
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tIhl Justice ana EquRl Rights, are receives
back into the communion Of the loyal PSo
pie; and we favor the removal of the dis
qualifications and restrictions imposed upof
the late Rebelsfn the same measure as then
spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may Ut
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people