The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-18
national Repu6Iicxn platform.

The National Union Republican party OF
he United states assembled In National
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
10Th day OF May, 1868, mako the following
declaration OF principles:
sured success OF the reconsIructlon policy OF
CougTess as evinced by the adoption In a
majority OF the states lately In rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equnt civil and polItt-
cal rixhLs 10 all, aud regard IL as tue duty OF
the Government 70 sustain thee C1ns;ltu.
lions aud prevent the people OF such states
nom being remttteti'to a stnte OF anarchy or
military rule. ~ .s-- r,--
frage to all loyal men In The south was de-
MAJ ded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and Ut Justice, ana must
be maintained, while the question of sui.
frRge in all the loyal States properly belongs
TO the people of those StnLes.
we dsnon9Ss an iprtns o. Poonr on
QuireS the payment OF the public Indebted
less in the utmost good Iaith TO 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 equanZed and reduced as
rapidly as national EltLh Will permit,
s. The national oebt, contracted as 1t has
been Tor The preservation OF the Union for
ali time TO come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and IL is the duty
OF Congress to reduce the nate OF interest
thereon whenever IL can honestly be done.
8. 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.
II
must continue TO pay, SO long as population,
partial or total, open or covert Is threatened
or suspected. 40,
| should be administered with the strtctesi
| economy. The conceptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and fosteped by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
| form. i--.,l,-- ~ 1T 4 E.,..--,
regret tine accession of Andrew johnson &c
the Presidency, who has scted treaeherously
to the people who elected him and the canst
| Legislative and JUDICIAL functions; has re
| fused to execute the laWsi has used his higt
| laws. has employed his executive power tc
render insecure The lives, property, peacs
liberty and life of the cittzen: has abused thf
| pardoning power has denounc ed the Nation
aILegisIatnre as uncons tituCo has persist
emily and ha0ituRlly resisted by every mean
ns PSTs5 eSeTy ate9 n 4eb
| lion; has perverted the public patronage lntC
\ an engine of wholesale corruption, and hal
been Justly impeached for high crimes anC
misdsmeanorS, and properly pronounce
| guilty thereof by the votes OF -thtrty-hv'
Senators.
European Powers, that because man Il
| once q subject he IS always 50, must be re
| as q relic of the feudaI times, not authorized
| by the law Of nations, and at war with oul
| national honor and independence. Hatu
rallied citizens are entitled TO be protected IL
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
| were native born. No citze of the United
| States, native or naturallZed, must be llRbli
/ to arrest or imprisonment by any ioreIgI
| Power Tor acts done or words spoken In thl
\ country; and II so arrested and imprisoned
| It is the duty of the Government TO interfere
IN his behRlf.
/ the late war there were none entitled U
| more especial honor than the brave soldlen
and seaInen who endured the hardRhipS o
the camp and cruise, and 1mpeflled IheIl
lives In the service of the country. ThI
1 bounties and pensions appropriated by Law
/ for these brave defenders of the Union art
| OBLIGATIONS never 10 be forgotten. Tit
/ widows and orphans OF the gallant dead arr
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be
queaLhed 10 the United States protecting
| care.
II. Foreign emigration, which in the pas
| has added SO much to the wealth and In
fcreaSed Ihe reSou' ces Of this nation the asy
luLn OF all nations-shouldb be tostered by {
"a This Conventions declares It's sympathy
| with ali oppressed people who are struggling
ReSotredS Thatwe RECOGNIZES thegreat prin
/ dependence. Ps the true platform OF demo
1 cratic government, and We hall with glad
i ness every eaoIt toward making these prin
ctples living reality on every inch OF Amer
Resolped, That we highly commend tn
1 spirit OF naenantmity and Iorbearance WIN
i which men who hageEeryedIn the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and feeonstructIng the SoutherI
J State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tiai Justice and Equal Rights, ara receives
4 bsek into the communion OF the loyal PEG
Il Qualifications and restrictions imposed upoI
| The late Aebela In the same meastre as thet
tBpntr Of foyany VIII direct, and as may b
EsonsistenIRlta Ethe Safetyo Of tnetogal people