The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-14
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The National Union Republican partv of
the United states assembled IN National
10Th day OF May, 1865, mako ne SoIIo la i
declaration OF principles:
l. We congratulate the country on the as.
sured success of the reconstruction Io6IicS a
Congress as evtnced by the Adoption IN a
majority OF the States lately in rebeIifoI1 ~
Constitutions securing equal civil and noIItI-
cal rights 10 all; and regard It as the tlt1ty ~
the Government TO sustain these ConsfttH-
tons and prevent the people of such States
nom being remitted to q state OF anarchy ar
military rule. =
2. 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 snf.
TO the people of those States.
8, We denounce all forms of Reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
qutreS the payment of the public indebted
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 1t was contracted.
4. It IS due to the labor ofthe nation that
ta4ation snoulu De equalzed and reduced as
rapidly as national fatth VIII permit
s. The national debt, contracted as It has
been for the preservation of the Union for
fair period for redemption, and 1t is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever IL can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den Of debt ts so to improve our credit that
capitalists Will seek to lend us money allow
must continue 10 pay, so long as repudlRtIon,
partial or total, open or covert, is Threatened
Z. The Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The corruptions which have
been so Bhamefully nurSed and fOstered by
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 treacherously
10 the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurped high
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
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation-
alI.egislature as uncOnsttutiOnRl;h has persist
emily and habituRlly 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
been Justly Impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanOrS, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thlrty-nve
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
sisted at every hazard by the United States
as 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 TO be protected in
all their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were naLlVe DOrns NO ClLIlen OF the OulIeu
States, native or naturallZed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor acts done or words spoken in this
country; and II SO arrested and imprisoned,
it Is the duty Of the Government TO interfere
in his behalf.
10, OfalI 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 imperiled 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.
Ii. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added SO much 10 the wealth and in.
creased the resources OF this nation-ths Rsy-
lum of all natonS-shOuld be fOSteTed by
liberal and just policy.
l9. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights
ResolUett, That we recognize thegrent prin-
CIpleS laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence rs the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hall with glad
ness every effort toward making these prin-
cipleS living reality on every inch of Amer
can soil.
ResolUed, That we highly commend the
spirit Of magnanimity and forbearance with
which men who hRves served in the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with us in restoring the peace of the
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 IeO-
pie; and we favor the removal OF the dis
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in tho same measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal people.