The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-12

The National Union Republican party OF
Convention in the City OF Chicago on the
Goth day of May, 1855, make the following
declaration of principles:
!. 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
Constitutions securing equal civil and poLti-
cal riXhLs 10 all, and regard II as tue duty oil
the Government to sustain Thee ConstItu-
lions aud prevent the people OF such states
nom being remiLted to i stale OF anarchy or
military rule.
2 The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
fsage To all loyal men in the south was de-
MAJ ded by every consideration OF public
safety, of gratitude and Of justice, ana must
be maintained, while the question OF sui
Irage in all the loyal States properly belongs
to the people of those StateS.
3. We denOuncs all forms Of reputation
as a national crime, and national honor re-
QuirEs the payment of the public indebted
neSS IN the utmost good intth 10 our credito.s
at home and abroad. not only accoldlnS 70
the letter, but the spirit OF the laws under
| when It was contracted.
4. 1t Is due TO the labor OF the nation that
| taxaIIOn should tie eQuallzed and reduced Is
| rapidly as national Ia1Ih Will permit.
5. The national Uebt, contracted as 1t has
| all time TO come, should be extended over q
| fir period for redemption, and II Is the duty
iheHeSn " henever 1t can honestly be done.
q, That the beS policy t. diminish our our
den of debt IS So to improve our credit that
| capitalists win seek TO lend us money atloW-
err rates OF interests tDan we now pay, and
must continue o pay, SO long as repudIat or,
| partial or total, open or covert Is threatened
I, Ths Government of the United States
should be administered with the strictest
economy. Inc cOrruptiOns which have
been so shamefulIy nnrsed and fOSteTed by
| Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical Ie-
form.
and tragic death or Abraham Lincoln, and
regret tue accession OF Andrew johnson 10
the Presidency, who has scted treacherouSly
to The people who elected him and the cause
he was pledged to suPpOrti 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 TO
render Insecure The lives, property, peace
| liberty AID lIfs of the citizen: has abused the
NARROWING power; has denounced the Nallon-
aILegisIalure as uncons ututionai; haS peTslSt-
entity AMI habltually 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
been Justly tmgeached for high crimes and
misdsmeanors, and properly pE1nonn zee
guilty thereof by the VQtes Oh thiFLS-hNe
.. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once a subject he is always so, must be re-
sisted at every hazard by the United Sta es
as n relic of the teudal times, not authorized
by the law of nations, ana at war with our
national honor and Independence. Satu-
rllizsd citizens are entitled 10 be protected In
ali their rights OF citizenship, as though they
States $, native or natural!Zed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
| Power Tor actSdOne or words spoken IN this
country; and If SO arrested and i'm pr1sonedI
It is The duty OF inc government 10 interiors
| IN his behalf.
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 seamen who endured tho hArGslps OF
the camp and cruise, and imperiled their
lives in the service OF tha country. The
bountIeS and pensions appropriated by law
for these uraVe defenders OF the Union are
obligations never to be 'orgotten. The
widows and orpuanS OF the gallant dead are
the wards of the people-a sacred legacy be-
Queathed to the United States protecting
care.
| ii. Foreign emigration, which In the past
has added so much 10 the wealth and in
creased the reSou ceS of this nation the asy-
| lum OF all nationS-Should be IoSteIed by a
liberal and Just pc icy.
t. This convention declares its sympathy
with ali oppressed people who are struggling
| for their rights.
ciples laid dOWnin the Declaration OF Ind
dependence PS the true pIatf"rm OF demo-
| cratic government, and we hail with glad
/ ness every e1fO toward making these pr1n-
ciples a living reality on every inch OF Amer
ReSoIred, That We highly commend the
spirit OF maYnantmity and fOrbearance win
| which men who have served in the Rebellion
| but VINO now frankly and honestly cooper
/ country and reconstructIns the Southern
| State governments upon the basis OF Impair
| tai 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 thetI
| spirit of Loyalty will direct, and rs may be
| consistent with the safety Of the loyal people