The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-18
NatIonni RepneIIenn riatrorn,..


The National Union Republican party Of
tho United states assembled In National
Convention In the City OF Chicago on the
declaration OF principles: -lI
l. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success OF me Tesonstruction policy Of
majority of the States lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and politt-
the Government to sustain these Constitu-
lions and prevent the people OF such States
nom being RENTED to q state Of anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress OF equal suf-
frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
safety, OF gratitude and OF Justice, and must
be maintained, while the question OF SUI.
nagein all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people Of those States.
8, We denounce all forms Of reputation
as q national crime, and national honor re-
Quires the payment OF the public indebted-
at home and abroad, not only according 10
the letter, but the spirit Of the laws under
which 1t was CONTRACTED.
4. 1t is due to the labor of the nation that
taxation should be equalized and reduced as
rapidly as national faiIh VIII permit.
s. The national debt, contracted as It has
been for the preservation of the Union for
all time to come, should be extended over a
fair period for redemption, and 1t 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 50 TO improve our credit that
er rates OF interests than we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, 50 long asrepudiatlon
partial or total, open or covert, Is threatened
1. The Government OF the United States
should be administered with tie strictest
economy. The corrupuOns which have
been so shamefully nnrsed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical re-
form. -
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret the accession OF Andrew Johnson 10
the Presidency, who has acted treacher0usIy
to the people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged TO support; has uSurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
olfice to induce other Officers to violate the
laws: has employed his executive power 10
render insecure me lives, properly, peace,
pardonIng power has denounced the Nation-
all legislature az unconstitutonal;h has persist
emily and habitually resisted by every means
in his power, every proper attempt AZ the
reconstruction of the states lately in rebel
lion; hns perverted the public patronage into
6aen Justly impeached for high crimes and
miBdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes Of thirty-hye
.. The doctrine OF Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
sisted al every hazard by the United States
as q relic of the feudal times, not authorized
by the law OF nations, and az war with our
rallied citizens are entitled TO be protected In
all their rights Of citizenship, as though they
were native born. NO citizen of the United
States, native or naturaliked, 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
10. iIwhowere faithful in the trials of
the late war there were none entitled 10
moro especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seanen who endured the hardshipS OF
the camp and cruise, and tmpertled 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
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
queathed TO the United States protecting
care. s1tfTs q
Ii. Foreign omigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and In
creased the resources Of this nation the aSy-
lum OF all nations-Should be Iostered by a
liberal and just policy.
u. This convention declares its sympathy
with all oppressed people who are struggling
Resolved, That we recognise thegreat prin-
dependence Ps the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and we hail with glad
ness every EFFORT toward making these pEin-
cipleS living reality on every inch of Amer
ResoITed, That we highly commend tho
spirit OF mngnRnimity and forbearance with
which men who have served In the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
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 peo-
pie; and we favor the removal OF the dis
qualifications and restrictions imposed upon
the late Rebels in the same measure as their
spirit of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal people.