The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-05
national nepuelIcan Platform.

The National Union Republican party OF
the United states assembled in National
Convention In the City OF Chicago on the
10Th day of May, 1868, make the following
declaration of principles:
/. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success OF the reconstruction policy OF
Congress as eyinced by the adoption in n
majority OF the States lately in rebellion of
Constitutions securing equal civil and pOliti-
the Government TO sustain these oonsiltu-
tons aud prevent the people of such States
nom being remitIed to u state OF anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
frage to all loyal men in the South was de-
mauded 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 properly belongs
to the people of those states.
3. 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 NTH 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. 1t is due 10 the labor of the nation that
taxation should be eQunLzed and reduced as
rapidly as national ratlh will permit.
S. The national debt, contracted as IL has
been for the preservation of the Onion for
all time to come, should be extended over u
fair period for redemption, and 1t Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever 1t can honestly be done.
9. That the best policy to diminish our our
den of debt is so to improve orr credit that
er rates of interests tnRn we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, SO long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
I. he Government OF the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy, The conceptions which have
been so shamefulIy n1rsed 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 treacherous1y
TO the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
fused 10 execute the laws; has used his high
office to induce other officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power 10
render insecure the lives, property, peace,
liberty and life of the citizen: has abused the
pardoning power; has denounced the Naiion-
alLegiSlaIure "a unconktituLional; has persist
emily and habituauy resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage into
6een i1istly imuesched for hieh crtmes and
miSdemeanorE, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thirty-fiye
Senators.
8. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man Is
once subject he is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United STATES
as relic of the feudRl times, not authorized
by the Law OF nations, and at war with our
national honor and tndePendenee- Natn-
all their rights Of citizenship, as though they
were native born. NO citizen OF the United
States, native or uaturaltZed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power Tor actsdone or words spoken In this
country; and if SO arrested and imprisoned,
It IS the duty Of the Government TO Interfere
10. Of ali who were faithful In the trials of
the late war there were none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and 6eamen who endured the hardShips OF
the camp and cruise, and tmpertled their
lives IN the services of the country. The
bountleS and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders OF the Union are
obligations never to be forgotten. The
widows and orpnaps Of the gallant dead are
the wards Of the people sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care. "a {. 80
Ii. Foreign emigration, which In the mast
creased The resousce Of this natIon-,the asy-
lum of all nation6-Ehon1db be fOstered by q
liberal and tust policy. .5--st -
l9. This convention declares lis sympathy
with All oppressed people who are struggling
ReSOlUed, That we recognize the'great prin-
ciples laid down In the Declaration Of Ind
dependence as the true platform of demo-
ness every effort toward making these pcin-
can soil.
Resolped, That we highly commend the
which men who hayeeerved In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with rs in restoring the peace Of the
country and reconstrueting the Southern
ual usttce and Equal Rights, are received
bsck Into the communion of the loyal peo-
pie; and we favor the removal of the dis
Qualifications and psfF ious Inn posea upon
spirit Of Loyalty Will direct, and a. may be
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people.