The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-01
National Republican PLATFORM,

The National Union Republican party Of
the United States assembled in National
2Oth day OF May, 1858, mako the following
declaration OF principles:
| ! we congratulate the country on the as
| znred sIIccess OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption In q
majority OF the States lately IN rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and polin-
cai rights 10 all; and regard 1t as the duty OF
| the Government 10 sustain these Consttu-
tons and prevent the people OF such States
nom being remltted 10 q state OF anArCny oE
military rule. -.
frage to all loyal men In the South was , Ge.
safety, of gratitude and Of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF SUI.
nage in all the loyal States properly belongs
TO the people OF those States.
3. We denounce all forms OF reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith 10 our creditoIE
at home and abroad. not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which It was contracted.
4. 1t is due TO the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
! S. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation OF the Union for
| ali time 70 come, should be extended over
of Congress to reduce the rate OF Interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
den or debt is 80 to Improve our credit that
capitalists will seek to lend us money allow:
er rates Of interests tnan we now pay. and
| must continue 10 pay, SO long asr epudiation,
partial or total, open or covert Is threatened
or suspected.
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corrupttonS which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s. we profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
TO the people who elected him and the cause
i Rs S ana . Judeai fanctions has Fe
fused to execute the laws; has used his high
laws: has employed his executive power TO
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardOning power; hasdenounced the Nation
ali eg slature as unconkutuuonal; has persist
emily and habituRlly resisted by every means
reconstfuciion 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
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-hve
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once q subject he Is always 30, must be re-
as a relic OF the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and indePendenee: Natn.
all their rights Of citizenship, as though they
were native born. No citizen OF the United
States, native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor actsd 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
tho late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and BeaInen who endured the hardships OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mpertled their
lives in the service OF the country. Tine
bOuntleS 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-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
cure.
ii. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added SO much 10 the wealth and In.
creased the resources OF this natIon-th the asy-
lum OF all nations-should be foStered by
I9. This convention declares Its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights.
Resolved, That we recognize thegreat prin-
dependence PS the true platform OF demo
cratic government, and we hall with glad
ness every effort toward making these prtn-
cipIeS q living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
ReSoIved, Tint we highly commend the
spirit OF magnanlmlty and torbearance 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
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tial 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 OF the loyal people.