The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-08

command the respect of foreign pow
ers and furnish an example and en-
couragement to people struggling tol
national integrity, constitutional lib
erty and individual rights, and tht
maintenance of the rights of natural
lied citizens against the absolute doc
trine OF immutable allegiance and Fht
claims of foreign powers to punSsE
them for alleged crimes committed be'
yond their Jurisdiction. In demanding
these measures and reforms we arraiSr
the Radical party for its disregard;ot
and tyranny which have marked its
career. After the most uuanimops
pledge OF both Houses of Congress.tC
prosecute the war exclusively for the
maintenance of the Government aHd
the preservation of the Union undieI
the Constitution, II has repeatedly VSo'
| lated that most sacred pledge undel
which alone was rallied that noble vol.
unteer army which carried our flag iC
| victory. Instead of preserving the
Union, IL has, SO far as Is in its power,
dissolved it and subjected ten States,
in time of profound peace, to military
despotism. It has abolished the hn6e!IS
garded, In times OF peace, the
right of the people to be frse
from searches and seizures; 1t has
entered the Post and Telegraph ohcts
and even the private rooms OF ftndiviH-
uafs and seized their private papers and
letters without any specification or mo-
tice of affidavit as required by the Law.
1t has converted the American capitol
into a bastile. 1t has established ia
system of spies and official espionage,
to which no created monarchy 2i
Europe would now dare to resort. It
has abolished the right of appeal ON
important constitutional questions 10
SEI1f ri
threatens to curtail or destroy its origl-
nal Jurisdiction, which Is irrevocabIe
by the constitution; while the learned
Chief Justice has been subjected to the
most atrocious calnmnies, merely be.
cause he would not prostitute his high
Office to the support of the
false and partizan charges pre-
ferred against the President. Its
corruption and extravaganza have ex.
ceeded anything known in history, and
by its frauds and monopolies 1t has
nearly doubled the burden of the debt
created during the war. It has stripped
the President OF his constitutional pow
er OF appointment, and by Its assaults
the pillars of the Government are rock
ing on their base, and should itsucceed
in November next and inaugurate its
President, we will meet as subject
and conquered people amid the ruins
of liberty and the scattered fragments
of the Constitution. And we do
declare and resolve that ever since
threw off all subjection to the British
crown, the privilege and trust of suf.
Grage have belonged to the several
States, and have been granted, regula-
ted and controlled exclusively by the
political power of each State respec-
lively, and any attempt by Congress
on any pretext whatever to deprive
any State of this right or interfere with
its exercise, is flagrant usurpation of
power, which can find no warrant in
the Constitution, and If not prevented
by the people will subvert our form OF
government, and can only end in a
single centralized and consolidated gov
ernment in which the separate existence
of the States will be entirely absorbed
and despotism be established in place
of Federal Union of coequal States.
And that VIC regard the reconstruction
acts, SO called, of Congress, as
usurpGtions and unconstitutional, re-
volutionRry and void; that our soldiers
and sailors who carried the flag of our
| country to victory against gallant and
determined foe must ever be gratefully
remembered, and all the guarantees
given in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution; that the public
| lands should be distributed widely
among the people, and should be dis
posed of either under the presumption ol
homestead lands or sold in reasonable
quantities; that The President of the
Omitted States, Andrew johnson,
in exercising the power of his high
office in resisting the aggressions OF
Congress on the Constitution, Is
entitled to the gratitude of the whole
American people, and on behalf ot the
Democratic party we tender him our
thanks for his patriotic efforts in that
regard. [Great applause Upon this
platform the Democratic party appeal
| to every patriot, including ali the Con-
servatiye element and all who desire
to support the Constitution and restore
Lhe Union, forgetting all past differ
ences of opinion to unite with US In
the present great struggle for the liber-
ties OF the people, and that to all such,
to whatever party they may have here.
| tofore belonged, we extend the right
hand of fellowship, and hail all such
cooperating with us as friends and
brothers.
| question, which was ordered with few
| dissenting votes.
A delegate called for re-readlng.-
| [Great cries OF "question, ""question,
which was put and adapted with few
dissenting voices.
The Convention rose to its feet cheer
| ing wildly.
Mr.. Blgler, of Pennsylvania offered
a resolution that the Convention dc
now proceed to nominate a candidate
for President of the United States
| [Cheers.
Some confusion ensued here, but tht
chair put the question at once, and II
was decided In the affirmative.
Mr.. Seymour here resumed the chair
Mr.. Vallandigham moved to recon
| slider the vote just called, and that the
! motion to reconsider lie on the table
Agreed.
Mr.. Seymour said it was important
that the Convention before proceeding
to ballot should clearly understand
what two.thirds rule is. He was very
anxious that no misapprehensior
should arise after a ballot shall have
been taken. He called upon the Score
tary to read the decision of previous
Democratic Conventions in regard &c
the two-thirds rule, and II there should
be any doubt upon the true operation
] and effect of said rule he invited dis
I cussion, and the same form of reso'
luton by the Convention which should
| determine whether two-thirds of the
entire Convention, or if the vote should
| not be full two thirds of all those vo'
ting should determine the ballot.
Mr., Richardson moved that two
thirds of all the delegates voting upon
| any ballot shall decide a nomination
| He added a few remarks, in which he
| denounced the two thirds rule as a mis-,
chievous one.
Mr.. Herman, of New York, hoped
and believed that no serious question
| would arise here for the sake of the
\ country. We want not only to nomi'
natq but to win, and he hoped no man
would be nominated here who was not
voted for by two-thirds of all the dele
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