The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-05
Second. Amnesty for all past political often


in States by their citizens.
Third. Payment Of the public debt of the Uni
ted States as rapidly as practicable; all money
drawn from the people by taxation, except 80
much as is requisite Tor the necesslte5 OF !ne
honestly applied to such payment, and where
the obligations of the Government do not ex-
presslv state upon their face, or the law under
which they were issued does not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought, liz right
and Justice, be paid in the lawful msney OF the
United States.
Fourth. Equal taxation of every species of
property according to its real value including
government bonds and other public securities.
Fifth. One curr ency for the government and
the people, the laborer and the Office holder,
the pensioner and the soldier, the producer and
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 cbeersl, and all political instru.
| mentalities designed to secure negro supremacy;
simplifcation of the system, and discontinuance
of inquisitoria modes of assessing and collecting
Internal 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 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-
| lection to domestic manufactures, and as will,
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-
tioR; 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 subOrdinatiOn of the mil
itary to the civil power to the end that the usur-
| unfE nd upEnpfiSm
sword may cease.
i 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
and the maintenance of the rights of naturaliz
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine OF I'M
mutable allegiance, aud the claims OF foreign
powers to punish them Tor a CRIME committed
beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms we
arraign the Radical party for its disregard foI
right, and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
amy which has marked its career, after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges of b0tt
houses of Congress TO prosecute the war excla
, sively for the maintenance OF the Governmen,
and the protection of the Union under the
Constitution. 1t has repeatedly violated that
: most sacred pledge, under which was rallied
.
flag TO victory. Instead of restoring the Union
il has so far as it is in its power, dissolved 1t
and subjected ten States i'll time OF proIOuhI
peace to military despotism and negro supre
macy. 1t has nullitied there the right OF trla
by jury. 1t has abolished the ha6eas 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 the secret stal
chambers of inquisitiOns for constitutional tn
l. ..la1e Of 90 "a
r right of the people to be free from search an.
seizures. 1t has entered the post and telegraph
offices, and even the private rooms of individ
uals and seized their private papers and letter.
without any specification, or notice, or aihda
Wit as required by the organic law. II has
converted the American capitol into a Bastile
1t has established system of spies and 0ficia
espionage to which no constitutional monarchy
in Europe would now dare to resort.
1t has abolished the right of appeal on i'm
portant constitutional questions TO the sn
preme judicial tribunal and threatens toscur
]; tail or destroy its original jurisdiction, whichi
I irrevoeably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subje cted tc
great and atrociOus calulnnies, merely because
he would not prostitute his high office to thu
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 deb
S President of his constitutional power OF ap
pointment even of his own cabinet. Under IL
repeated assaults the pillars of the Goyernmen
are rocking on their bases, and should 1t sue
coed in November next and inaugurate II
President we will meet, as subjects and con
quered people, amid the ruins of liberty ant
the scattered fragments ofthe Constitution.
. And we do declare and resolve, That eve
since the people of the United States threw OF
all subsection to the British crown, the priv
lege and trust of suffrage have belonged TO tn
several States, and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively 10y the political pow
er of each State respectively; and any attemp
by Congress Oh any preteXt whatever TO dc
pIive any State of this right or interfere will
l this exercise is fragrant usurpatiOn of power
which can find no warrant in the Constitution
4 and il sanctioned by the people will subvert on
: form of government, and can only end in 4 sin
gle centralized consolidated government, il
which the separate existence OF the States WI
: he entirely absorbed and an unqualified des
potism be established i'll place Of Fedora
union of coequal States; and that We regard tn
reconstruction acts, so called of Congress sue
usurpatiOn, and unconstitutional, Revolutionary,
7. and void: and that our soldiers and sailors VIII
carried the flag Of our c01mtry to Wet Dr.
AGAINST most gallant and determined fOs mus
; be ever gratefully remembered aud all guaran
ties given in the law must be faithfully carrie'
, into execution.
That the public land skOuld he distributed
widely among the people, and should he dlspos
ed of under the presumption Of homestead laws
and sold in reasonable quantities, and TO non'
but actual occupants, at the minimum price cS
tabishedby the government. When grants O
the public lands may be allowed necessary fol
the encouragement of important public i'm
provements, the proceeds of the sale of sucl
lands and not the lands themselves should be
so applied.
That the President of the United States, An
drew johnson, in exercising the power of his
high office in resisting the aggrcssions OF Con
gress on the Constitutional rights OF the State:
and the people is entitled to the gratitude OF
the whole American people, and on behalf OF
the Democratic party we tender him our thanks
| for his patriotic efforts in that regard.
! Upon this platform the Democratic party APP
peals to every patriot including all the Conser
vative element and all who desire to support the
constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences of opinion, tounite with us in
the present great struggle for the liberties OIL
| the people, ana that to all such, to whatever
party they may have heretofore belonged, we
extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail all
such cooperating with us as friends and broth
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