The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-28
NationaI RcpuDlIcan PIn1rorm

The National Union Republican party of
the United states assembled in National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
10Th day OF May, 1888, make the following
declaration OF principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success OF tho reconstruction policy of
Congress as evlnced by the adoption In a
majority of the States lately ip rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and pollti.
cal rights 10 ALL and regard IL as the duty of
the Government TO sustain these COnStitu-
lions and prevent the people of such States
nom being remItted 10 a state of anarchy or
military rule.
2. The guarantees by Congress OF equal suf-
frage to nll loyal men in The South was de-
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of JUSTICE and must
be mnintninedc while the question q sui.
to the people of those States.
3. We denounce all- forms of reputation
9nire na the payment Of the pTbIic i1deb,ed-
ness in the utmost good faith to our credItoIE
at home and abroad. not only according to
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.
5. The national debt, contracted as II has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time TO come, should be extended over q
fair period for redemption, and 1t is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
d. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den OF debt is SO to improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend us money at low
"
must continue TO pay, so long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is Threatened
4. The Government oil the United states
should be administered with the stricteSt
economy. The corruptions which have
been SO shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form.
s. We profoundly deploTe the untimeIy
regret tine accession OF Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousIy
TO the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
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 lIfs of the citizen: has abused the
paTdoning power; has denounced the Naffon-
aILegislatnre as unconk titut ionaI; has persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
nisdemeanor8, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes of thirty-five
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once subject he Is always 50, must be re-
as relic Of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
rallied citizens are entitled 10 be protected In
NIL their rights of citizenship, as though they
were native Dorm. no citlIen 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
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 seamen who endured the hardships of
the camp and cruise, and tmpeTiled their
bount1eS and pensions apprOpr1ated by law
for these brave defenders Of the Union are
obligations never 10 be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the peoples sacred legacy be-
queathed to the United States protecting
care.
IL. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and in.
creased the resources OF this nation-tha asy-
lum of all nations-shouId be fostered by a
". This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights. p
ResOlDed, That we recognizes thegreat prin.
dependence IS the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and We hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prIn-
clples living reality on every inch of Amer
11esol0ed, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnanimity and forbearance with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
Dut VINO now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with Us In restoring the peace of the
country and Recommending the Southern
ttal Justice and Equal Rights, are received
BACK into the communion OF the loyal peo-
plef and We favor the removal of the dis
quail hcations and restrictions imposed upon
spirit Of loyalty VIII direct, and As may be
con1lstentW1th the safety OF the loyal people.