The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-23
national Republican PLATFORM.


The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City Of Chicago on the
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success OF the reconstruction policy of
Congress as eVinced by the abortion In a
majority of the States lately In rebellion of
Constitutions securing equal civil and politi-
the Government to sustain these Consiitu-
lions and prevent the people OF such States
nom being remitted 10 q state Of anarchy or
2. the guarantee by Congress Of equal suf-
frage to all loyal men in the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF SUI
| mage in all the loyal States properly belongs
| to the people of those States.
s. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
at home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
4. It IS dne 10 The labor of the nation that
taxation should be equRltzed and reduced as
rapidly as national tsith VII permit. . -.
been for the preservation Of the Union for
| all time to 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 Il can honestly be done.
8. That the best policy to dtmintsh our bur-
capitalists will seek to lend us money at low
/ er rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, so long asrepudiatlon
partial or total open or covert, Is threatened
I. The Government of the United States
economy. The corruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and hoStered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
S. We profoundly deplore the untImely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession of Andrew johnson to
/ fhA PFnSI1nnHv- Nrhn has acted trnaHh1rnfIgIV
TO tho people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurped high
! fused to execute the laws; has used his high
ONCE to induce other Officers to violate the
| laws; has employed his executive power 10
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life OF the citizen: has abused the
par1oning power has denounced the Nation
aILegIslatnre as unconsutuuonRl;h has persist
emily and ha6ituRlly resisted by every means
In his power, every proper attempt AZ the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
an engine OF wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeachsd for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by The votes OF thirty -five
Senators.
European Powers, that because man is
once'a subject he is always SO, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
| rs a relic OF the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence. Natu-
rallied citizens are entitled 10 be protected in
were native born. No citizen of the United
States, native or nRturallzed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and If so arrested and imprisoned,
It is the duty OF the Government to interfere
in his behalf.
10. or ali who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamsn who endured the hardshlps OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mperiled their
lives in the service OF the country. Tine
bOuntieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the peOple-R sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United Stntes' protecting
Cnre.
ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added SO much 10 the wealth and in
creased the resources Of this natiOn-the nSy-
lum OF all nations-should DO fOsteTed by a
liberal and just policy.
u. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
Resolved, That we recognise thegreat prin-
clples laid down In the Declaration of Ind
dependence rs the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prin-
cipIes living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
spirit OF magnanlmity and forbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with us in restoring the peace OF the
country and reconstructing the Southern
tiRl Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peO-
pie; and We favor the removal OF the dis
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
spirit OF loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety or the loyal people.