The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-15
national Republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party Of
he United states assembled in National
SS 9 "a Lne Ely " ~
DECLARATION OF principles: ,s.---
i. We congratulate the country on the as
Sured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption In a
majority OF the States lately In rebellion OF
cal rights 10 all, and regard Il as the duty of
the Government to sustain these Const1tu-
lions aud prevent the people of such States
nom being RENTED to y state OF anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
MAJ ded by every consideration Of pubic
safety, OF gratitude and Of Justice, and must
he maintained, while the question of SUI.
mage in all the loyal States properly belongs
| 10 the people of those states,
8. We denounce all forms of reputation
| as national crime, and national honor re-
ouires the payment OF the public indebIed-
ness in the utmost good fatth to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according TO
the Letter but the spirit OF the laws under
which II was contracted.
l. 1t is due 10 the labor of the nation that
| taxatIousnould be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national filiIh win permit.
| 5. The national uebt, contracted as IL has
been for The preservation OF the y Mon Ior
| all time 10 come, should DO extended over u
fair period for redemption, and IL is the duty
| of Congress to reduce the rate of interest
| thereon whenever It can honestly be done.
6. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den OF debt Is SO to improve our credit that
| capitalists will seek to lend us money at low
er rates of interests tnanswe now pay. and
must continue 10 pay, so long asrepudIatfon,
partial or total, open or covert Is threatened
1. he Government of the United States
should be administered with tie stricteSt
| economy. The corrupttonS which have
been so shamefully nIiEsed 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 scted treacherousIy
/ fr,f INn
he was pledged to support; has usurred high
! legislative and judicial functions; has re-
ONCE to Induce other ofhcers to violate the
law S; has employee his executive power 70
iibsrSy and life Of the citizen: has abused the
pardOuinE power; has denounced the Nation
alLeSislatuFe as ACKNOWLEDGEMENT has persist
| emily and haOituaily resisted by every means
| in his power, every proper attempt NJ the
recon structIon OF the states lately In rebel
| lion; has perverted the public patronage into
| an engine or wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly inPeached for high crimes ana
| misdemeanors, and properly pTononneed
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-nve
Senators.
European Powers, that because O man Is
once a subject he Is always SO, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United sta IS
as relic OF the feudaI times, not authorized
by the law of nations, ana at war with our
national honor and Independence. Hatu-
raIlzed citizens are entitled 10 be protectedin
ali their rights of citizenship, as though they
were NATIVE born. \ o ciElzen OF the United
states, native or naturaIiZed, 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,
| 1t 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 haTdShipS OF
| the camp and cruise, and lmpertled their
lives IN the service OF the country. Inc
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
| for these brave defenders OF the Union arc
| 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.
| has added SO much 10 the wealth aud in
| creased the TeSOu ceS OF this nation the aSy-
lum OF all pations-should be 1o6tefed by q
liberal and Just pc icy.
| II. This convention declares Its sympathy
| with ali oppressed people who are struggling
ReSotped That we recognize theigreat prin-
| cIpIeS laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
| dependence as the true platform OF demo-
| cratic government, and we hail with glad
cipIes a living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIred, That We highly commend the
spirit OF magnanimity and roTbearance with
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
| ate with w IN restoring the peace OF the
| country and recOnBiruct1ng 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 sSme measure as then
| consistent with the safety of the loyal people
|