The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-22
,Nn1IonnIRepnolIean PLATFORM.


| The national Union Republican marty Of
| the United States assembled I'M National
Convention in the City Of Chicago on The
declaration Of principles: , sFis3ae :
| 1. We congratulate the country ON the as
/ H1red success OF the reconstruction policy Of
| Congress rs eyinced by the ndoptfon 81, Z
| majority Of the States lately in rebellion OF
Consultations securing equal civil and politi-
i the Government to sustain these Constitu-
Hons and prevent the people OF such States
nom being remitted TO state of anarchy on
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 sur
mage in all the loyal States properly belongs
s. We denounce all forms OF repudiRton
as a national crime, and national honor re-
9eiE; the sP Of me HI 70 1ads6ed-
| at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
At Is due TO the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be eq9alized and reduced as
rapidly as national faith will permit.
s. The national debt contLaeted as It has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time TO come, should be extended over q
fair period for redemption, and 1t Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the nate Of interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminish our bur
capitalists will seek to lend Us money at low
ar rates of interests tnan we now pay, and
must continue to pay, so long as repudLatlon
I. The Government of the United States
economy. The coEruptions which have
been so shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
5. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death of Abraham Lincoln, and
regret tine accession OF Andrew johnson to
the Presidency, who has acted treRcherously
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has usurTed high
FUSED to execute the laws; has used his high
ONCE to induce other officers to violate the
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen; has abused the
aiI,egislaiure as unconst itutionRI; has perSist-
emily and habitually resisted by every means
In his power, every proper attempt at 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
guilty thereof by tho votes OF thirtS-fiye
3. Tine doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
once q subject he Is always 50, must be re-
as q relic OF the feudal times, not authorized
by the Law of nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Natu-
rallied citizens are entitled 10 be protected In
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 for acts done or words spoken in this
country; and tfso arrested and tmprtsoneds
1t is the duty OF the Government to interfere
in his behalf.
10. Ofal who were faithful in the trials of
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardshlps Of
the camp and cruise, and imperiled their
lives In the service OF the country. the
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
oblieatfonS never to be forgotten. The
widows and orphaus OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
Queaihed TO the United States protecting
ii. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added so much 10 The wealth and In
creased the reSOuI ceS OF this nation the asy-
Ium of all nations-should be iostered by
liberal and Just policy.
IL. This convention declares It's sympathy
with alIoppFessed people vino are struggling
for their rights.
ciples laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence rs the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these pT1n-
ciples q living reality on every inch OF Amer
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit of niagnAnimity and forbearance with
which men who haveEerve in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconsHucting the Southern
State governments upon the basis or Impair
tial Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the communion of the loyal peo-
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit OF loyalty Will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety OF the loyal people.