The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-21
national Republican Platform.

The National Union Republican party of
he United states assembled in National
Convention in the City of Chicago on the
10Th day OF May, 1883, make the following
declaration Of principles:
!. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress ss evinced by the adoption in a
majority of the States lately in rebellion Of
Constitutions securing equal civil and poliN-
cal rights TO all, and regard II IS the duty OF
the Government to sustain these ConstltC-
tons and prevent the people of such states
nom being remitted to a state Of anarchy or
:. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frageto all loyal men In the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and of Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF suf-
frage in all tue loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those states.
8. We denounce all forms Of reputation
as national crime, and national honor re-
Quires the payment OF the pnbllc indebiedS
ness in the utmost good faith 10 our creditOiE
at home and abroad, not only according to
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which IL was contracted.
4. 1t Is due 10 the labor Of the nation that
taxation should be equaltzed and reduced as
rapidly as national faiIh VIII permit.
5. The national debt, contracted as it has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time 10 come, should be extended over a
flir period for redemption, and it Is the duty
of Congress to reduce the rate OF interest
thereon whenever 1t 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
eF rates OF interests LDan We now pay ana
must continue 10 pay, so long reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
or suspected.
should be administered with the strictest
economy. The cOfruptons which have
been so shamefullY uuTsed and 6oStered by
Andrew johnson, call loudly for radical re-
s. We profoundly depIore the untimeIy
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln. and
regret the accession OF Andrew johnson TO
the Presidency, who has seted treacherously
he was pledged to support; has usurPed high
legislative and Judicial functions has re-
fused 70 execute the laws mas used ms nigh
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 NaIion-
al legislature as uncOns tLuItonal; has persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
in hts power, every proper attempt al the
reconstruction OF the states lately in rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
been Justly imPeGched for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thIrty-fiye
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because a man is
once a subject he Is always so, must be re-
sisted al every hazard by the United Sta Is
as a relic Of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law Of nations, and at war with our
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protected in
ali their rights OF citizenship, as though they
were native D0rn- - o c1LfZEn OF In6 OulLeQ
States, native or naturaiized, must be liable
to arrest or Imprisonment by any foreign
Power IOr acts done or words spoken In this
country: and II 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
aud seanlen who endured the hardshipa OF
the camp and cruise, and 1mPer1led their
lives in the service OF the country. The
bounties and pensions appropriated by law
for these brave defenders Of the Union are
OtliRaEions never 10 be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
queathed 70 the United States protecting
care.
II. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added 50 much 10 the wealth and In
lum OF all naIfonE-should be 1osteTed by a
liberal and just policy.
Il. This Convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
for their HghtE.
Resolred, mat we recognizs fhs'great prfn-
ciples laid down IN the Defamation OF Ind
dependence - the true platform OF demo-
cratic government and We hail with glad
ness every efiOft toward making these pCin-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
can soil
Resolved, That We highly commend the
spirit OF masnantntty and fOrbearanee with
which men VINO hRyeeefyedt in the Rebellion
but VINO now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with as In restoring the peace OF Ihe
country and Eeconstruettug the SOut heru
State governments upon the basis OF Impair
uAl Justice and Equal Rights, are received
back into the mnuuniun of the loyal peo-
/ plei and We favor the removal Of the dis
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
/ the late Rebels In The same measure as then
spirit Of loyalty viii direct, and aE may be
consistent with the safety Of the loyal people,
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