The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-29
national republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party Of
the United states aksembled in National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
declaration OF principles:
!. We congratulate the country on the as
Congress as evlnced by the adoption In q
majority OF the States lately In rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and polt--
the Government to 6nsta1n these ConSt1tu-
tons and prevent the people OF such States
military rule.
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 suf.
! TO the people of those States.
| 8. We denounce al forms of population
as mo az anae5,ez
ness in the utmost good faith to our creditors
at homo and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
| which 1t was CONTRACTED.
| 4. 1t is due to the labor OF the nation that
| taxation Ehould be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national min WIN permit
5. The national debit contracted as 1t has
been for the eo OF the Onion for
| fair period for redemption, and 1t Is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the rate oftpterest
6. That the best policy to diminish our bur-
den of debt Is so TO improve our credit that
capitalists win seek TO lend us money at low;
! or rates Of interests imam we now pay. and
must continue TO pay, SO long asrepudiation
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
I. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strtctest
economy. The corruptions which have
been so 6hamefullY nursed and fostered 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 treacherously
he was pledged to support; has rsurred high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused to execute the t ME- mas ~ S1o h ihe
laws; has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
nari0ning power: has denounced the Nation
alLegisIaiure as unconkt1tutonal;h 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
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by The votes OF thirty-hVe
3. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man Is
9nes AZ eyeTy hazad BY the United States
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law of nations, and at war Win our
ralizei citizens are entitled to be protected In
ali their rights OF citizenship, as though they
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
TO arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or WORDS spoken IN tnlS
country: and If SO arrested and imprisoned,
1t Is the duty OF the Government TO interfere
10. or All who were faithful in the trials OF
the late war there were none enuuea 10
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seanen who endured the hardsh1Ps OF
the camp and cruise, and tmpef1ied- tnslr
lives in the service of the country. The
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
oueathed 10 the United States protecting
ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added SO much to the wealth and In.
creased the resources OF TINS nation the asy-
lum of all nattonE-Should be toSteted by
liberal and just policy.
IL, This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights. .,,.-,
cfpleS laid down in the DESTINATION of Ind
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we nan Wltn BlAu-
ness every effort toward making these prln-
ciples living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIped, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnaninnity and forbearanee with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconstfucting the Southern
State governments upon the basis Oh lmpat.
tfal Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the conmnn1on OF the loyal Peo-
pie; and we iayor tbs removal OF the dis-
qua1Ihcat ions md restrict ions imposed upon
the late Rebels IN II Q same measure as their
spirit OF Loyalty Will direct, and as may be
consistent With the Bafety OF the loyal people.