The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-30
The National Democratic
Platform.

The Dpm0cTatlC party, III NatlOHal CuHNtu'
ton assembled reRssipGs If Justice of
the people, standing upon the Constitution as
the foundation and limitation Of the powers OF
the Government, and the guarantee OF the lib
critics of the citizen, and recognizing the qucs.
lions of slavery and secession as having been
settled for all time tn come, by war and the vol
untary action of the Southern States in consti.
tutiunal convention assembled and never TO be
renewed or regulated do, with the return oil
peace, demand,
First. The immediate restoration of all the
States TO their rights in the Union, under the
Constitution, and of civil government for the
American people.
Second. Amnesty for all past political often
ces, and the regulation Of the elective franchise
in States by their citizens.
Third. Payment of the public debt of the Uni
ted States rs rapidly rs practicable; all money
drawn from the people by taxation, except "a
much as is requisite for the necessities OF the
government economically administered, being
honestly applied to such payment, and where
the obligations of the Government do not ex'
pressly state upon their face. or the law under
which they were issued does not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought, in right
and Justice, be paid in the lawful money Of the
United States.
Fourth. Equal taxation of every species OF
property according TO its real value, including
Fifth. One currency for the government and
the people, the laborer and the office holder,
the pensioner and the soldier, the producer aud
bond. holder.
Sixth. Economy in the administration Of the
government, the reduction of the standing army
and navy; the abolition of the Freedmen's
bureau lgreat cheersl, and all political instru'
mentalities designed to secure negro supremacy;
simplifcation of the system, and discOntinuance
of inquisitOrial modes OF assessing and collecting
Internal Revenue; so that the burden OF taxation
NAV be eaualized and lesssned, the credit OF
the government and the currency made good,
the repeal of all enactments for enrolling the
State militia into the national forces In time Of
peace and tariff for revenue upon foreign i'm.
ports: and such equal taxation under the Inter.
nal Revenue laws as will afford incidental pro.
without impairing the revenue, impose the least
burden upon and best promote and encourage
the great industrial interests Of the country.
Seventh. Reform of abuses in the administra.
tios; the expulsion Of corrupt men from office;
the abrogation of useless Offices the restoration
of rightful authority to and the independence
of the Executive and Judicial departments OF
the government The subordiDation OF the mil.
itary TO the civil power to the end that the usur.
pations of Congress and the despotism Of the
sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection for nat.
uralized and native born citizens at home and
abroad. The assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage.
ment to people struggling for national integri.
ty, constitutional liberty and individual rights,
aud the maintenance of the rights OF naturaliz.
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine of i'm
mutable allegiance, and the claims Of foreign
powers to punish them for a crime committed
beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms we
arraign the Radical party for its disregard for
right and the unparalleled oppression and tyr.
amy which has marked its career after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges of both
houses of Congress to prosecute the war exclu.
sively for the maintenance of the Government
and the protection of the Union under the
II has repeatedly violated that
most sacred p,edge, under which which xas rallied
flag to victory. Instead Of restoring the Union
il has, so far as Il Is in Its power dissolved IT,
and subjected ten States In time Of profound
peace to military despetism and negro supre-
macy. 1t has nullihed there the right of trial
by jury. 1t has abolished the ha6eas corpus
that most sacred writ Of liberty. IL has over.
thrown the freedom Of speech and Of the press
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and ar.
rest, and military trials and the secret star
chambers of inquisitions for constitutional tri.
bunals. II has disregarded in time Of peace the
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seizures. 1t has entered he pest and telegraph
offices, and even the private rooms Of individ.
uals and seiEed their private papers and letters
without any specification, or notice, or affida.
Wit as required by the organic law. It has
converted the American capitol into Bastile.
1t has established system Of spies and official
espionage to which no constitutional monarchy
in Europe would now dare 10 resort
1t has abolished the right of appeal on i'm.
portant constitutional questions to the su.
preme Judicial tribunal, and threatens toscur.
tail or destroy its original Jurisdiction, which is
irievocably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subje cted TO
great and atrocious calumnies, merely because
he would not prostitute his high once TO the
support Of tho false and partisan charges pre-
fsrred against the President. Its corruption
and extravagance have exceeded anything
known in history, and by its frauds and monop,
olies 1t has nearly doubled the burden Of debt
created during the war. 1t has stripped the
President of his constitutional power Of ap-
pointment, even of his own cabinet. Under its
repeated assaults the pillars Of the Government