The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-18
national sepuslIean platform

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled In National
| 10Th day of May, 1858, make the following
declaration of principles: aJ-
/. We congratulate the country on the as.
sured success of the reconstruction policy of
Congress- as evinced by the adoption in q
majority of the States lately in rebellion OF
Consultations securing equal CIVIL and politl-
cal rights 10 all, and regard it as the duty OF
the Government 10 sustain these Consutu-
lions and prevent the people Of such states
nom being remitLed 10 a state OF anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
| frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
maIded by every consideration OF public
safety, OF gratitude and Of justice, and must
Dc al wntis me 9qsstiG1 On 81 S@I
10 the people of those states,
1 8. We denounce all forms of population
as q national crime, and national honor re-
QuireS the payment OF the public indebted
| ness in the utmost good NTH to our creditols
| at home and abroad, not only according to
| the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which it was contracted.
| taxation should be eQualized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith VIII permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as 1t has
| been for the preservation of the Union for
| all time to come, should be extended over
| Elir period for redemption, and IL is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
| thereon whenever It can honestly be done.
| 6. 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
er rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue TO pay, so long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
I. The Government of the United States
should be admtntst cred with the strtctest
economy. The corrupionS which have
been so shamefulIy nnrsed 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
| to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has usurFed hlgh
| legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused TO execute the laws; has used his high
office 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
/ pardoning power; has denounced the Satton-
/ 3lIeSislatuFe as constitutional; has persist
emily amt haoltually resisted by every means
/ in his power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
| lion: has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine OF wholesale corruption, and has
| been Justly impeached for high crimes and
mIsdsmeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF th1rty-nVe
D. me doctrine of Great Britain and other
| European Powers, that because man is
once q subject he Is always So must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United STATES
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and independence Halu-
rallied citizens are enuLed 70 ne proteeted IN
were native born. 70 citizen OF the United
States, native or naturahzedi 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 1mpEtsoneds
1t is the duty OF the Government to interfere
| IN his behalf
10. OF all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seafnen who endured the hardShipS OF
the camp and cruise and tmPeT1led their
lives in the service of the country. The
bountieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
Queathed TO The United States protecting
care. = 49,
has added so much 10 the Wealth ana IN
luua of all nations-ShOuld be 1oSteIed by
liberal and just pO icy.
- This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
ResoIved, That we recognize the,great prin-
ciples laid down In the Declaration Of Ind
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every efioiL toward making these pf1n-
cipIes living reality on every inch OF Amer
ResoIuei, That we highly commend the
spirit OF MaRnRntmltY and fOToeafance win
which men who have served in the Rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
| country and reconsrructinS the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
| tai 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
| the late Rebels In The ssme measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct and as may De
| consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.