Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-28
THE PLATFORM.

Ts,e Democratic party. a. National ConySn-
lion as-embied Te'Jslug as tiEi7l ~ tiie ~ y
gen e. patriotism ana uiSe-i y. ,,S;,5 ee
5Ee people standing upon tne SGL-l, 5 :, - -
ne fJui.da ion and Limitation Oi me poretT ~
the Government aud tie guaTaLlS e % lIle ~ ~
t-rties OF the ciliZ IA ana Teooslli ne
tisWs of --4vsIv au.I selEsaJOu rs having DeSn
selfIad far a.. time 20 come D. Inc haL OF Iie
yoIuufarv action Uf The southern EltUes "a
19ITTf.. .,s-af t.5rIveutlouS assembled, and
never 10 ne renewed on leAsi''i'e0' Ho' WIN &c
letufn fl., o. Ss r.trztIlu Of eli the states 70
their rights IN the Union uu0eT liie OoasilLu-
tl8l ana civil government OF the -flheficah
ai5Ilneyty for ali past political ohens5s, and
rae r.,-ul tiiUn OF tue elective nahchiae N thS
states Or their citizens anu t-4e pa i4-Ili ~ tl-e
public ueJJ q che Jnite- States a. IePi"'' a
practIca1.s. --.-r. - So
;. Al MONEY dEawn from the people oy ts-'
.tIap sxeepI 50 inueu as is sTsQUi-ilei ior the hS-
assirfaz Of .e tFus. eut JslHelil' ss-L-S al
rltuister~t. should De EouSsii apPiistl 70 sucn
paymszt, and where Tie Diisst' OBS o. tnS "
rflT1etf % not expressly EfGte upon tllelr lace
or the law un-er hrcn they Etie is-uS q uoeS
MOI Droviae that they shaII be psia Ii coin, they
ought, la right and justice, De para AZ lue Lah
iuI Iuo.1ey 0i the l. Glted staies. -
Elu-l taxation OF every species OF prop
orly aeco -clizg 10 IT, real Ea4ue, inc LutLs 'ON
-rtaleut bombs. and other pub Dc seeullues.
4 one currency for the Government ana Lhe
people, the iaDorer ana tle oILl'e-ilo-NtL' , ~
E1eusionsr anu the soldier, The pTOauceE ana lAe
BJudhoider- .-.t- IL
Government; tue Eednc ion Of the standing
army and navy the Adjustment OF the lLet1-
rusns bureau. I'D al pO.:tcsl lEalI l'ne AL
zles designed t1 secure negro supremacy SIN
nIfrIrsf.tlrl 0f The system and the ulscUutinu-
ssBre OF iuuuIsiuOraI boards Tor assessing ana
g,gfTacrfrll- tlterns revenue so that tue burden
OF taxation may De C4uallEsu ana ltssei4eIi
she credit o. the GOV eminent in1 tlt Cui euSS
made LOld the repeal OF aLi ehtstiuSAtA loI
enrolling the SJsJe militia INTO Nalloud loLCts
-n tfTne on psgr= . "a TAR n Ior revenue upon
-orsfgu imports, and su- b qual JiiAajlOn u4oef
tie Internal resenu laws as wi / aIyru mel
dental protection 10 domestic mfnuI tetuIes'
au1 a. win, without lmpairing the IeNtnu
In pose the lea-t burden up IA ANA 3ts ~
and encourage The great ludusisla- interests O
= RgioTin Of abuses In the Administration,
the expulsion OF corrupt men iiOin Olhces' tue
tfr1gsf tol OF useless Offices the rest ration o.
risyut- uI authority 20, and the Independence Oh
TiIl ry-crf I'VE ana JUDICIAL departments OF ihc
Govern rlrut the sUO nation OF the inl iafy
90 the civil power % Tue eud shsl Ihe usuIpa
lions OF CJngress and the despoJsm OF the !
: Egaaf rights and protection for natural |
gzsd and uaiive-DOIu C. E1eus al nome ana
abroad an assertion Of American uatlOnalliy |
which shall command me resPscI o5 IoLelsu /
powers, aud IurulsA an example ana tncouI- /
agemeHI 10 people struggling -or hali9hsl, LL 1
tetsfity, constitutional ibtr'y auu 4+Ai4l lLu!
rights AMI the maintenance o! J-e ltsht@ ol I
liaJuraliEed Cllzsls against the atso ute % oOc
1riue Of lmn1uIabe alis Gittce anu tLe tlt.lAis
OF foreign psr.rs 20 pUuI-n them for alleged /
crime c0mmltJed beyond thelrJ jurisdiction
IU demanding these me -sures auu reforms
". ,,rratgn the Raa.cl parry for ITS ClrregtrG !
~ right. and the unparalleled epFIteslo- ana /
-, ~ V mon nave InarEed as r reer, after
me T9os. solemn and unanimous pledge oi DoiA |
Huust-g Of Congress 70 prosecute the WAT e. I
,.Itly.yeIv GJr the maintenance oi lne 0CNeiu- /
IEent ana 'Ce Fresei Va loA OI the OH-ol Uliue4
!, mas repeatediy violated that most sacred |
pledge uuder when wAs failleH L,'Nt hO1Is /
volunteer amy, which carried our Nag 10 VIC /
stead Of restoring the Union, it has 50 Jar |
~ in its power tisJlgeC 10, and subj cteu ten
= sJes ID time OF peace 70 mAltary deapOtism ]
ha11ulJitied thefe the right OF trial by jury.
"a q the LAT most ]
r. i - overtnrOwn n the freedom Of speech and /
Ith hss substituted arbitrary seizures and /
zrr--str. and military ulais ana secret 7Lri /
CaamBsr inqulsiuOns, ioF consliu l2hal III
n ias ,iIsrs garled So time Of peace tie right
n the people 20 be free from seaTch Sld s-lz-
Ia mss entered the post and telegraph offices |
AND even the pTiva e. IOolns al luulFluutls, |
and seized their private papers auu li' lsltstis' |
V ilnont any specihcsJi0 orBoiice OF afnaaylJ |
~ required by the organic law
IL las converted the American capitol into 4
n has established a system Of spies and ON /
s..l espionage 10 which no constitutional mon (
.lTl,.y 81 Europe would now uaIe TO resort
tt 6as abolished the right Of uppesl On I'M /
alQrtaut rUng titutlGnal q estons 10 the 81 /
1rerue iGuicaly tubun5I- and t-ir-a ms 10 /
surtsU or desfrOy its original jurisdiction, |
yrnirh is irrev0CsDly vested ~ the Const.iu- |
on willie the learned Chief Justice has been 4
anaIected 70 the most alio1iou. csiuulliea . - /
Tr,sfely because lie would not prostitute ms 4
hlrE Office 70 the support ol tue la re \
ND pari lssAn charges preIeTTed against the 4
II corruption ard extravaganza have eX.
ess5ed anything known in history, ANA by iJs /
@-,,Tde eud IuonopU.tes % he's LeaTly doubled I
-. Jurus1 Of deJt cfeatoi during the WI.
'uS = = sfffppec tue President Of nIs cJuSIitu-
flonal pJ"eI "a t4't'1--''''
es,ig its rereated asssulis the pillars OF the
.s,.,,e+,5 r1eut are rocking IN their j. Sc. auu I
i,Is - s1e,saed sn November next and insu-
eIITate iis PRESIDENT We VII Ineel as a S7Gl5eCl
and conquered people sInlu tiI Iuiii2 ~ ,Sy ~
nd the scattered lT IielitS on tne "a 4,
s-l1 ve 10 declare aud resolve lhat ever s!uoT ne
- people Of the I Jnlted stats tnIsH Oh al al
- t5iectiou 10 The British '.rC"As we PttNLes7
80 trrIst of suffrage have De'oDgea 70 the sew
80 Stsfsg and have been granted, regulated
nd CONTROLLED exclusively Dy lhe Polltlc..l
.,.g-.v ~ each state respe eEtivelys and any ht-
fefDuf Bg Congress, Oh any pIebeAL Nnatese Il
t ilriya auS slate Of ihis right, or interfere
,vffh fbis eaereise. is . uograns -suI atlou o.
n0yrer whicn can DLd 10 warrant N % ne 81
sfttution and, ifsauctioued by tne pF3ple' WI /
~ bvert our form OF government, 40 80 osays
,,d I'M a single centralized consolidated gov-
,.-r-r1eut lu which the separate existence OF
a. lfates viii be entirely 80 OrDe1s ana on
ia despotisIn be established in place Of
a federal Union Of equal s.a-es ~
7rhat w regard TIE recohsirncuo1 acts "
-, -rees so-called, a. usurpttlonsr uncOhstltur
-9---ss5, Revolutionary and VOids ana luaL our
t1i,5f-trg nd sailOIs who carried the nag OF cur
e,,DDfrv 20 victory against most saltaht aLl- %
= I.L---,g3 ped ;Oe must ever be gratefully re
49,, lterfd aud all the guarantees gwen a
Their favor must bs faithfully carried INTO exc
bat tle public lands should be distributed
widely among the people, 8Ed shoElc ge als-
,,,-,.c ~ either under the pre- eWPt on OF nome
Sstead avs and sold in JeasonaDie quantities.
and 10 Io-.e out actual occupants a. lhe Inlpl-
V,1i1rn mice as established BY the GOFernment.
XV6eu giants Of the public James may De az
EoyVed necessary ior the encou .agetnent OF I'M
t,ortapt pu ollc improvements, The proceeds OF
ne sale OF sueil labGs and not the laodz them
- YES should be 30 applied.
sToat the President Of the United states, An
Srs,y johnson, in exercising the power OF nls
!, yyh tffics in resisting the EggreSsious OF tyh-
On the constitutional rights Of the states !
go Ee t1Sgple. is entitled 20 the gratitude 0I
- -, - ,ie american people, and on behalf or
h., T,.T, 1cr.'tc party we tender hum our iiianAs
- - Il9i -ioL. aeHOr,s 10 that rega d.
i.-c,ii I'D, platform The DemCcrsuc psriy ap- |
- ~, sytrv pstriGf, foeipding All The conseIy-
! -. L,,1e,t md al who ds ite 70 suT port the
9.,sttis,11oT, AZ restore the Union, forgetting
= n ,e1 ii rfsre secs OF opinion, 70 unite with Us
T., ~, Tes,ut s.sat struggle fog the lber les OF
y. ,,.,l,yie and Z. at 70 AL such, 70 Whatever
,.t,, ~ Inay In We heretofore bela nSeol We
P,1teyyd nc TiEit hanu nf fellowship and ball
) N s1cb cooperating wl.h us IS friends ana
bgclhers.
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