The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-19
national Republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party Of
he United states assembled In National
SStI, 5av ~ Nav 1858, make the foliovfnS
declaration OF principles:
1. We congratulate the country on the as
-IIred success of the reconstruction policy OF
Copgress as evinced by the adoption In a
majority of the States lately In rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and polite
al TiPlts no All; and regard It as the duty of
the Government TO sustain these Oonsntu-
tons and prevent the people OF sucn States
nom being RENTED 10 q 6Late OF anarchy VI
military rule.
frRge TO all loyal men In the Soutn vas &c, uS-
mRnded by every consideration OF pubnc
safety, of gratitude and of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF SUI
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
10 the people of those States.
s. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith TO our creditoIE
at home and abroad, not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which 1t was contracted.
| taxation should be equaltZed and reduced as
ranIdly as national faiIh Will permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as II has
been for the preservation OF the Union Ior
all time to come, should oe extenaea over e.
fair period for redemption, and II Is the duty
OF Congress TO reduce the nate of interest
&. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den of debt Is so to improve our crenL lnAL
capitalists VIII seek to lend us money at low,
must continue 10 pay, SO long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
- p ~ HE Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corupdons which nave
been so shamefully unused and fostered py
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 tTeacherously
10 the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurred high
legislative and Judicial functions mas re
fused TO execute the laws mas USED ms hiSn
laws: has employed his executive power 10
render Insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
nsrIt6ninrs power; has denounced the Nation
all legislature as unconkttuuonAI;h has persist
emily and habituRIly 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
| been iTislly fmpeached for high crimes and
| misdemeanorS, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-nVe
o. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man 1s
once q subject he Is always SO, must pc re-
| sisted at every hazard by the United States
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
SationaI honor and Independence. Natu-
rallied citizens are entitled 10 be protected In
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
I
States native or naturallZed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken IN TINS
country; and If so arrested ana imprisoned
| It is the duty of the Government to interfere
- 10. OF ali who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
| and seaInen who endured the hardSh1pS OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mperled their
| 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 TO the United States protecting
| care. =, -, =.
| has added so much to the wealth and IN
creased the resou' ceS OF THIS nation-the ssy-
lum OF all nattons-should De iostered py
liberal and just Pol icy.
| 10 This convention declares Its sympathy
| with all oppressed people who are struggling
| for their rights. ..,-
| clples laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
| dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
| cratic government, and we han with glad
| ness every effort toward making these Pr1n-
ciples a living reality on every men OF amer
ReSoIUed, That We highly commend the
| spirit of magnanimity and forbearance with
| which men who have served In the Rebellion
| but who now frankly and honestly cooper
| country and recOnStruCt1nS the southern
! State governments upon the OASIS OIL Impair
| tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
| back into the communion Oh me IoyA Pso-
| pie; and We favor the removal of the dis
| Qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
| the late Rebels in the same measure as Lhen
| snirit or loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal people