The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-11
]. G. BEEsoN, Chairman.
I. A. FLEMING,
A. N. PRICHARD,
JOSHUA LAYMAN,
ELLERY H. HALL.
Nn0onnl RepubIIcan Platform

The National Union Republican party OF
tho United states assembled in National
Convention in the City of Chicago on the
Goth day of May, 1868, make the following
declaration OF prlnciples:-
| sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as evinced by the adoption In a
tmnJOTitYof the States lately in rebellion of
Constitutions securing equal civil and politi-
cal rights 10 all, and regurd-it as the duty of
the Government TO sustnin these Constltu-
tons and prevent the people OF such States
nom being remlttetlto state OF anarchy or
| 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 sui.
frage in all the loyal States proper ly belongs
10 the people of those states.
|. s. We denounce all forms of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
quires the payment OF the public indebted
ness in the utmost good talth to our creditoIs
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
which II was contracted. +t.g- titif
4. 1t Is due to the labor OF the nation that
taxation should be equallzed and reduced as
rapidly as national 1aith will permit.
8. The national debt, contracted as It has
| all time TO come, should be extended over q
| fair period for redemption, and It is the duty
~ aSnII tS,sneyer II can h1nesS1v nns
| @. That the best policy to diminish our bur
den of debt ls so to improve our credit that
capitalists viii seek to lend us money atlow,
| or rates of interests than we now pay, and
must continue to pay, SO long as reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
!. The Government OF the United States
should BIO administered with the strictest
| economy. The conupt1onS which have
been SO shamefully nursed and fostered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical Ie-
| form.
| 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 treacherously
/ to the people who elected him and the cause
Il he was pledged to support; has usurred high
| legislative and judicial functions; has re
| ONCE to induce other Officers to violate the
/ laws; has employed his executive power to
| liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
| pardoning power; has denounced the Nation
AlLegislRtpre ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has persist
| emily and habitually resisted by every means
/ In his power, every proper attempt at the
reconstruction OF the StateB lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanoTs, and properly pronounced
! guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-nVe
| Senators.
European Powers, that because a, man "a n 4
| sisted at every hazard by the United States
as q relic of the feudal times, not authorized
i national honor and independence. Natu.
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protected in
an 5neS hoS q, NJ elsn as 81 fSs n 5ne
i States, native or naturalizedt must be liable
| to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
/ Power Tor acts done or words spoken In this
country; and II 50 arrested and Imprisoned
1t is the duty OF the Government 10 interfere
I in his behalf. 5L
| 10. or all who were faithful in the trials o.
the late war there were none entitled &c
4 more especial honor than the brave eoldterz
/ and seamen who endured the hafdships q
l the camp and cruise, and Imperfect theii
| lives In the servtce OF the country. Ihf
| bountieS and pensions appropriated by law
for these bravo defenders OF the Union are
\ OBLIGATIONS never TO be forgotten. Tine
| widows and orphans of the gallant dead are
1 the wards OF the people-a sacred legacy be
Queathed TO the United States protecting
1 care. -
has added so much 10 the wealth and In
4 creased the resources OF this nation-the asy'
lum of all nationR-should be foStered by
4 liberal and just policy.
l2, This convention declares It's sympathy
1 with all oppressed peeHle who are struggling
Il for their rights
Resolved; That we recognize the.great prin,
ciples laid down in the Declaration OF Ind
dependence % the true platform of demo
cratic government, and We hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these pttn
ciples living reality ON every inch OF Amer
ReSoIued, That We highly commend ths
spirit OF magnnntu1ty and 1orbearRnce will
which men who have served In the Rebelllor
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
4 country and FeconstructinE the Southern
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
tiRl Justice and Equal Rights are received
bRck1nto the communion of the loyal PEG
1 ples and We taY0E the removal Of the dis
; qualifications and restrictions imposed upOL
Ihalate Rebels In the same measure rs thet
spirit Of loyalty will direct, and a. may b
consistently with the Batety OF the loyal people