The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-24
RepubIican PIatrorm.

The National Union Republican party o.
the United states assembled In National
Convention In the City of Chicago on the
declaration OF prfnciples: - -
j. We congratulate the country ON the as
sured success OF the recommendation policy OF
Congress as evineed by the adoption IN q
majority of the States lately In rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and poIiti-
cal rights 10 all; and regard Il rs the duty OF
the Government TO sustain these Consfttu-
tons and prevent the people of such State
military rule.
?. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage TO all loyal men In the South was de
manded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question Of suf
frage in all the loyal States properly belongs
8. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
ness in the utmost good faith TO our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which It was contracted.
4. Iii due to The labor of the nation that
taxation should be equAlized and reduced As
rapidly as national tRiLh Will permit.
S. International debt, contracted as Il has
been for the preservation Of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over q
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 50 TO improve our credit that
capitalists VIII seek to lend us money at low
er rates OF Interests than we now pay, and
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected. :.
Z. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the stTictest
economy. The corruptions which have
been so shamefully nnrsed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s. We profoundly deplore the untimely
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession Of Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency, who has acted treacherousIy
to the people who elected him and the cause
legislative and judicial functions; has Re-
fused to execute the laws has used his high
ONCE TO induce other dtneeB 70 violate the
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
aiI.egislatnre asunconStitutional;h has persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
In his power, every proper attempt AZ the
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
Hon; has perverted the public patronage Into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-1ve
o. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man is
once a subject he Is always 50, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United States
as a relic of the feudRl times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and Independence. Natu-
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
Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and II 50 arrested and imprisoned,
1t is the duty OF the Government to interfere
in his behalf.
10. OF all who were faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardshipS OF
the camp and cruise, and tmperiled their
lives in the service OF the country. The
DnnntieS and DenSt0na AnnrOnrlatefi 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
care. .fs
II. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much TO the wealth md In
creased the reSou ceS of this nation the aSy-
lum OF all natiOnS-Should be 1OSt8Ted by a
liberal and just policy.
l2. This convention declares It's sympathy
with all oppressed people who 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 pEtn-
ciples q living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil.
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit OF magnanimity and foTbearance with
which men who have served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
country and reconsuucttng the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF 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
with the safety OF the loyal people.