The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-11
NSo,,tioi,HnIl "a ESepI,inbIIean PIafforml.

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled In National
Convention I'm the City of Chicago on The
10Th day OF May; 1888, make the following
declaration OF principles:
E,1neti success OF the reconstruction roifcy or
Congress as evineed by the adoption In Q
minority OF the States lately In rebellion OF
caI rights 10 all; and regard II as the duty OF
the Government to sustain these OonsEitu-
tons and prevent ne people q such states
2. The guarantee by Congress Of equal suf-
| frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
Inanded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and of justice, and must
be maintained while the question , Of sui.
| to the people of those States.
| 8, We denouncs all forms OF repudtatton
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith to our cfeditorE
at home and abroad. not only according TO
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which It was contracted.
a. 1t Is due to the labor of the nation that
| RAPIDLY Is national faith viii permit
S. Thenational debt, contracted as 10 has
been for the preservation Of the Union for
| all time TO come shoutd be extended over
/ fair period for redemption, and IL is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
tnsrg9 Sat the es posev 70 ono Sr.
den OF debt Is so to improve our credit that
| capitalists Will seek to lend rs money at low
ar THIed OF l4LeIeSI6 uOW. PtAyN anu
must continue TO pay, SO long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
or suspected.
should DO administered with the stuctest
economy. The corrupdons which have
been so shamefulIy nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
form. 49,
regret the accession of Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency, who has acted treacherously
| he yas pieIiged 10 support: has usurred hieh
legislative and judicial functions has re-
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
narEiSninp power; has denonnced the Nations
all legislature as unconstitutional; has persist
emily and habltually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeRched for high crimes and
nisdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by The votes OF thirty-hVe
0. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because q man is
once subject he is always SO, must be re-
as a relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations. and at war with our
rallied citizens are entitled to 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 If so arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty OF the Government to interfere
in his behalf.
the late war there were none entitled TO
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seaInen who endured the hRrdships OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled 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
queathed TO The United States protecting
care. su
IL. Foreign emigration, which in the past
Inns added SO much 10 the wealth and In
creased the resources of this nation the asy-
lum of all nations-should be fostered by a
liberal and just policy. -
l2. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
| for their rights.
Resolved That we recognize thegreat prin-
cIples laid down in the Declaratfon-Of Ind
dependence ss the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these prtn-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
RESOLVED, That we highly commend the
spirit of mngnanimity and forbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly aud honestly cooper
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
| 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.