The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-23

bureau 1EreAt cheefBi. ana " poiticat tnstru'
meutalities designed 70 secure
of inuuistorial modes Of assessing ana colieoting
Internal Revenue so that the burden oil TAXATION
NAV be eaualized and lesssned, the cIeoIt VI
the government and the currency mIne soyui
the repeal of all enactments for enroiling the
State militia into the national forces IN time Oh
nsace and a tariff for revenue upon foreign i'm
ports. and such equal taxation under the inter
nal Revenue laws as will afford incldentai pro
lection to domestic mauufactnres, anu as "iti.
without impairing the revenue impose fhe ieast
burden upon and best promote ana encourage
the great industrial interests OF the country
isarentb Reform of abuses in the administra-
t;on. fbe expulsion of corrupt men from once;
he abropation of useless offices; the restoration
NJ riqbtiul authority TO and the independence
Of the Executive and Judicial departments Oh
tbe government The subordination OF the NIL.
itary TO the civil power to the end thar the nsur
pations of Congress anu the ueSpu'''ih Vi '"e
sword may cease.
P;obtb Equal rights and protection for nat
nralized and native born citizens at home and
abroad The assertion of American nationanty
which shall command the respect oil foreign
mowers and furnish an example and encourage
mept to people struggling for national lntegri'
tv constitutional liberty and individual rights,
and the maintenance of the rights OF naturaiiz'
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine Oh I'M
mutable allegiance, and the claims OF foreign
powers to punish them fotscrime committed
Beyond their jurisdiction.
| In demanding these measures and reforms we
| arraipn the Radical party for its disregard for
riGbt. and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
amy which has marked its career after the
| most solemn and unanimous pledges Oh both
houses Of Congress to prosecute the war excia
siyely for the maintenance OF the Government
and the protection of the Union under the
| Constitution II has repeatedly violated that
| III t,la under
that noble volunteer army when carried our
| FLAG To victory. Instead of restoring the Union
IL has, so far as it is in its power, dissolved IT.
| and subjected ten States in time OF profound
peace to military despetism and negro sup!e
| macy. II has nullified thsre the right OF trial
bv Jury. 1t has abolished the habeas corpus
that most sacred writ Of liberty. 1t has over
thrown the freedom of speech and OF the press
| 1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and ar
rest, and military trials and tue secret star
chambers of inquisitions for constitutional TIL
| buDals 1t has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search and
seizures. 1t has entered the pest and telegraph
offices, and even the private rooms OF individ
uals and seized their private papers and letters
without any specification, or notice, or affida-
Wit. as required by the organic law. 1t has
converted the American capitol into a Bastiie
| IL has established system of spies and official
espionare to which no constitutional monarchy
| in Europe would now dare to resort.
1t has abolished the right Of appeal ON im
portant constitutional questions to the su
preme judicial tribunal and threatens toicur
tail or destroy its original jurisdiction, whichis
| irrevocably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been suhie cted to
| great and atrocious calulnnios, merely because
/ he would not prostitute his high office to the
support of the false and partisan charges pre-
ferred against the President. Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded anything
known in history, and by its frauds and monop
olies it has nearly doubled the burden Of debt
created during the war. 1t has stripped the
pointment even of his ewn cabinet. Under It's
| repeated assaults the pillars Of the Government
| arc rocking Oh their bases, and should 1t sue
coed in November next and inaugurate its
President we will meet, rs subjects and con.
qucred people, amid the ruins OF liberty ana
| the scattered fragments Ofthe Constitution.
| And We do declare and resolve, That ever
| since the people of the United States threw oil
| all subsection To the British crown, the priv
leSe and trust of suffrage have belonged TO the
several States, and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively by the political pow,
er of each State respectively; and any attempt
| by Congress Oh any preteNt whatever 10 dc
| prive any State of this right or interfere with
| this exercise Is 4 ilagrant usurpatlOn oil power
which can find no warrant III the Constitution
and il sanctioned 10y the people will subvert oul
form of government, and can only end i'll sin
| gle centralized consolidated government, in
\ which the separate existence OF the States viii
I've entirely absorbed, and an unqualified des
potism he established in place of Federal
| union Of cOoqual States; and that we regard the
| reconstruction acts, 80 called, OF Congress such
usurpatiOn, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void and that our soldiers and sailors who
| carried the flag Of our cOlntry to victory
against most gallant and determined foe must
be ever gratefully remembered, and all guaran
| ties given in the law must be faithfully carried
into execution.
That the public land should be distribu ted
widely among the people and should DO dispos
ed Of under the presumption OF homestead laws
| and sold i'll reasonable quantities, and TO none
but actual occupants, at the minimum price es
| tablished by the government. When grants OIL
the public lands may BIZ allowed, necessary fol
| the encouragement Of important public i'm
prov the proceeds of the sale of sucl
lands, and not the lands themselves, should be
| 80 applied
| That the President of the United States, An
drew johnson in exercising the power Of his
high office in resisting the aggressions OF Con
gress on the Constitutional rights OF the States
| and the people is entitled to the gratitude OF
| the whole American people, and on behalf oil
| the Democratic party We tender him our thanks
| for his patriotic efforts in that regard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party ap
peals to every patriot including all the Conser
| vatiVc clement and all who desire to support the
| constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences OF opinion, tS4niic liberties Of
the present great Hal H. nil such t. whatever
party they may have heretofore belonged, We
extend the right hand Of fellowship, and hail all
such cooperating with us ~ friends and broth