The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-17
Natlonal Repunllcan Ple.rorm.

The National Union Republican party of
ne United states asseInot S1, IN Satio MAJ
10Th day of May, 1858, make the following
declaration of principles:
!. We congratulate the country on the as
sured success of the reconstruction policy OF
Congress evlnced by the adoption in n
majority OF the states lately in rebellion OF
Constitutions securing equal civil and POLITE
cal rights 10 all, and regard 1t as the duty of
the Government to sustain these Const1tu-
lions and prevent the people of such States
from being remitted to a state OF anarchy or
2. The guarantee by Congress of equal suf-
frage to all loyal men In the South was de-
maLded 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 population
as national crime, and national honor re-
Quires the payment Of the public indebted
ness in the ptmostgood faith to our creditors
at home and abroad, not only according to
which it was contracted.
4. 1t is due TO the labor of the nation that
taxation should be eQuRIiZed and reduced as
rapidly as national tAiLh will permit.
S. The national oebt, contracted as II has
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 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
er rates of interests LDan we now pay, and
must continue 10 pay, SO long as Reputation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threatened
I. The Government OF the United States
should be administer cred with tie strtCtest
been so shamefulIy nnrsed and fostered by
Andrew Johnson, call loudly for radical re-
| form.
and tragic death OF Abraham Lincoln, and
regret tine accession OF Andrew johnson TO
me ne % els mas Si and me
he was pledged to support; has usurped high
legislative and judicial functions; has re-
ONCE to induce other Officers to violate the
laws; has employed his executive power to
render insecure ; me lives, property, peace,
pardoning power; has denounced the Nation-
IaILegIsIaI1re as uncOnAtitut1onaI;h has persist
| emily and habitually resisted by every means
reconstruction OF the states lately In rebel
lion; has perverted the public patronage Into
| an engine of wholesale corruption, and has
been Justly impeached for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and property pronounced
guilty thereof by the votes OF thtrty-hve
2. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
European Powers, that because man is
once a subject he Is always SO, must pc 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 Independence. Hatu-
rallied citizens are entitled 70 be protect6d In
all their rights OF cttizenship, as though they
Il
States, native or naturaliEed, must be liable
to arrest or imprisonment by any foreign
Power for acts done or words spoken In this
country; and nso arrested and imprisoned,
it is the duty OF the Government TO interfere
IN his behalf.
10. OF all who were faithful In the trials Of
the late war there we're none entitled to
more especial honor than the brave soldiers
and seamen who endured the hardships OF
the camp and cruise, and Imperfect 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 70 be forgotten. The
widows and orphans OF the gallant dead are
queathed TO the United states' protecting
Ii. Foreign emigration, which in the past
has added 80 much 10 the wealth and In.
creased the resou ceS Of this nation the asy-
1um of all nad0ns-ShOuld be fosteIed by a
liberal and Just policy. ffn l11
u. This convention declares Its sympathy
with all Oppressed people who are struggling
for their rights. 20 - ~
Resolped' That we recognize thelgreat prin-
dependence IS the true platform OF demo-
cratic government, and We haiw1th glad.
ness every eftoIt toward making these pr1n-
ciples 2 living reality on every inch or Amer
Resolved, That we highly commend the
spirit OF maRnanimity and foTbearanee with
which men who haYeeeEyedfn the Rebellion
but who now frankly and honestly cooper
ate with Us in restoring the peace OF the
country and reconstructtng the Southern
tai Justiee and Equal Rights, are reeefYed
Dack1n10 Gde cofn1dunton Of the loyal peo-
pie; and We faYor the REMOVAL of the dis
Qnaltnca6on6 and re6tE1cfaoIl6 nm posed upon
spirit OF loyalty Will Cl4Eeet5 ana rs may be
consistenE with ths safety Of the loyal people