The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-10-21


ding Governmensbonds and public securi-
ties. IRenewed cheering.l
Fifth. OneScurrency for the Government
and the people, the labOrer and the office
holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the
producer and the bondholder. [Great cheer
ing, and cries of ''Read it again, " The
Fifth Resolution was again read and again
cheered. i
Sixth. Economy in the admin stratiOn of
the Government the reduction of the stand !
ing army and navy, the abolition of the
Ere. dmen's bureau [Great cheeringl and all
political instrumentalities designed to secure !
negro supremacy, simplihcation of the sys-
TEN and discontinuance of the inquisitorial |
modes of assessing and collecting the Inter |
nal Revenue, so that the burden of taxation
may be equalized and lessened, the credit of
the Government and the currency made |
good the repeal of all enactments for en-
rolling the State Militia into National forces
in time of peace, and atariff for revenue up
on foreign imports, and such equal taxation
under the Internal Revenue laws as will af-
ford incidental protection to domestic manu-
factures, and as will, without impairing the
revenues, impose the least burden upon, and
best promote and encourage the great indus
trial interests of the country.
Seventh. Reform of abuses In the admin
/ istraiion, the expulsion of corrupt men from
office, the abrogation of useless Offices, the
restoration of rightful authority 20, and the
| independence of the Executive and Judicial
Departments of the Government, the subor-
dination of the military TO the civil power
| to this end, that the usurpations of Congress
and the despotism of the sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native born citizens at home
and abroad, the assertion of American na-
IL,
/ of foreign powers and furnish an example
and encouragement to people struggling for
national integrity, constitutional liberty and
| individual rights, and the maintenance of
the rights of naturaliZed citizens against the
obsolete doctrine of immutable allegiance,
and the claims of foreign powers to punish
them for alleged crimes committed beyond
their Jurisdiction. Applause.
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for its disregard
| Of right anu the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which have marked its career. At
| Ter a most solemn and unanimous pledge of
both Houses of Congress to prosecute the
war exclusively for the maintenance of the
Government and the preservation of the
Union under the Constitution, it has repeat
sdly violated the most sacred pledges under
| which alone rallied that noble volunteer
/ army which carried our flag to victory; in
stead of restoring the Union it has so far as
| in its power dissolved it and subjected ten
/ States in time of profound peace to military
| despotism and negro supremacy. 1t has null
lifted the right of trial by jury. 1t has abol-
/ ished the habeus corpus, that most sacred
writ of liberty. 1t has overthrown the free
dom of speech. 1t has substituted arbitrary
seizures and arrests, and military trials, and
secret Star Chamber inquisitions for the con-
4 Il H
times of peace, the right of the people TO
be free from searches and seizures. 1t has
entered the telegraph offices, and even the
private rooms of individuals, and seized their
private papers and letters without any spec
| ifcation or notice of affidavit, Us required
by the organic laws. 1t has converted the
American Capitol into a bastile. 1t has es-
tablished system of spies and official espi-
4 onage to which no constitutional monarchy
of Europe would dare now to resort. 1t has
abolished the right of appeals in important
Constitutional questions TO the supreme ju-
dicial tribunals, and threatens to curt2il or
destroy its original jurisdiction, which is ir-
revocably tested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subjected
to the most atrociOus calumnies merely be-
cause he would not prostitute his high office
to the supported the false and partisan char
| ges preferred against the President
It's corruption and extravagance have ex-
ceeded anything known in history, and by
It's frauds and monOpolies it has nearly doub-
led the burden of the debts created during
the war. It has stripped the President of his
Constitutional power of appointment, even
of his own Cabinet. Under its repeated as
saults the pillars of the Government are rock
ing on their base, and should it succeed in
November next, and inaugurate its Presi-
dent, we will meet as a subject and canquer-
ed people amid the ruins of liberty, and the
scattered fragments of the Constitution.
And we do declare and resolve that ever
since the people of the Unified States threw
off all subsection to the British Crown, the
privilege and trust of suffrage have belonged
? to the several States, and have been granted
regulated and controlled exclusively by the
political power of each State respectively
and that any attempt by Congress, on any
pretext whatever, TO deprive any State Of
this right, or interfere with its exercises il
hagrant usurpation of power which can finC
Z no warrant in the Constitution, and if sane
toned by the people, will subvert our form
of Government and can only end in a sin
: gle, centralized and consolidated Govern
. nent, In which the seperate existence of tn
States will be entirely absorbed, and an un
limited despotism be established instead of
Q Federal Union of equal States, and that W
. regard the reconstruction acts, so called, o
Congress as usurpations and unconstitution
Al and revolutionary and void
That our soldiers and sailors who carrie
K he flag of our country to victory against
g most gallant and determined foe, must eve
O be gratefully remembered, and all the guar
Antees given In their favor must be faithful
y ly carried into execution.
!. / ha !,
ted as widely among the people, and be di.
posed Of either under the preemption {
3 homestead lands and sold in reasonable quar-
J. titles, and to none but actual occupants
the minimum price established by the Coy
eminent. When grants Of the public lane
p may be allowed necessary for the encou
90 agement of important public improvement
= the proceeds of the sale of such lands, an
- not the lands themselves, should be applied
~ That the President of the United State
Andrew johnson, [Applausel, in exercisin
the power of his high Office in resisting Il
"a aggressions of Congress on the constitution
al lrights of the States and the people, is el
ls titled to the gratitude of the whole Amer
VI can people, and on behalf of the Democra
y ic party, we tender him our thanks for
~ patriotic efforts in that regard. Great a.
ie clause.
G. Upon this platform the Democratic par
u appeals TO every patriot, including the col
~ serVative element, and all who desire to SUI
Id port the constitution and restore the Uniol
le forgetting all past differences of opinion,
M unite with us in the present great strugg
a. for the liberties of the people, and to all SUI
e, to whatever party they may have heretofo
te belonged, we extend the right hand OF fl
Ie lowsbip, and viii hail all such co-operatiI
C with us as friends and brothers.