The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-26
National Republiean Platform.

The National Union Reuab,,csy, ,,:srr,t,, =
The United states assembled in SatiSnS
10Th day OF May, 1858; make ne 9,i In
declaration OF principles: =NAA' W ~
1. We congTa late the country on tleas
eured success Of the neoonsfrucfi0,, 1,.Si5S-< :,
j Congress as evineed by the adont3o,3 ~; Z
fEnato5ity OF the States lately In Te6eiiio m =
Consultations securing equal civil AMI ,,SSittJ
cal rights 10 all; and regard it as the 9t1 y
the Government to sustain these Consf,,YS.
lions and prevent the people Of snch Stafes
| military rule. VI
| = Inc guarantee by Congress OF equal suk
mage 70 an loyal men In the South was de-
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and OF Justice and nusf
% maintained while the question OF snf.
70 the people Of those State.
y. we denounce all forms of Reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
mes In tho utmost good fsitfl 10 ON creSiitoIr
At home and abroad, not only according IA
me ;ssst3e {, 1nt the spirit OF the laws under
:. y Is due TO the hbor OF the nation that
Ation snould be equah1ed and reduced as
B. Tbs national debt, contEacted a. IL has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
All time to come, should be eCtentied oSyar q.
fair period for redemption, and it IS the eiItv Z,
OF congress to reduce the nate of Interest
thereqn, whenever it can honestly be done. :
Q. Thas tins best policy to diminish our bTirs
den Of debt e so to improve our credit That
apltaltsts VIII seek to lend us money allow.
o. tnan We now pay. and
lnust continue TO pay, so long as repudlatlon,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
q. The government of the IJn,,s,, ts,o,.s
should be administered with tlie strfcfest
sconoLnys Tne corTuPtions which have
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
s; We profoundly dsploye the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson 10
me Presidency, who has acted treacherously
% the people who elected him and the cause
ne was pledged to support; has usurPsd high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused 70 e1ecute the laws; has used his high
laws has employed his executive mower 10
render insecure the lives, property, peacg
liberty and llfeof the citizen. hils afJiIsed ne
paTdoning power; has denounced the Nation-
alEaglslatme asunconkt itutional; has peEalst-
emily and hahitually resisted by every means
RECONSIDERATION OF the states lately In rebel
noni has perverted the public patronage Into
IN ehi9sinS OF Wholesaie corruption, and has
mlsdemeanonsy and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF ihirty-ave
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because q man q
sisted at every hazard by the Jnifed Sfafes
as relic of the 1eudal times, not authoriEad
8st i1 b on saq % e. TaS WIN our
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they |
States, natiyeor naturallKed, must be liable |
20 arrest or imprisonment by any foreign i
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this Il
country and IL SO arrested and Imprisoned,
lt Is the duty of the Government TO Interfere
10. ofaiIWhowere faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to |
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and 6eamen who endured the hardshfps OF |
the camp and cruise, and tmpaFiled their
lives In the service OF the Country. Zinc
oounues and pensions appropriated by law
FOR these brave defenders OF the Union are |
never 70 be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are |
queathed To the United States protecting |
care.
ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and In.
lum OF all nations-should be fosteFed by n |
liberal and Just policy,
l9. This convention declares It's sympathy /
with All oppressed people who are struggling |
for their rtghtH.
Resolved, That we recognise theiereat prin-
clples laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence RS the true platform of demo-
cratic government, and we hall with gIRd-
ness every e1t0it toward making these I0rin-
ctples living reality ON every inch OF Amer /
can soil.
ResotUed, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnAnimity and forbearanca with
which men who have served In the Rebellion |
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconstr1cting the Southern /
state governments upon the basis OF Impair
dal Justice and Equal Rights, are received |
back into the communion OF the loyal peo-
pie; and we favor the removal of tho dis
lual1ncatIons and restrictions imposed upon |
The late Rebels in the same measure as their /
spirit OF loyalty Will direct, and as NAV be /
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people. |