New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-02

Rdii vii l Lc n,ete before The next election; the
states 80 long excluded, will have been ers in
stalled in their seats in both branches ot Ion i
There !, no possibility Of changing Ine sbond elect
ter ~ the senate even II the Denoel hro,ci, ~
their President and majority OF lho IP"Joai plan of
Congress We caunot therefore unI4 ,n' tbe senate viii
Eecoust ructiou bv congressional acuoh Wy ,itg I,
continue IA bar 10 It's repeal. Must We suDnS y" ~, = ~
can he oyerhrownl II car oHy DC 10 maintain the
constitution and who viii fail 70 do us ~" ~ Irrcssjona
cnactments wheel are IN palpable violation u 10 iuno"
10 irrcsienf elected by the Democracy enoFces OF
permits others enforce, these Recon, 50
Radicals hy the accession of 20 spurious ., Co,,rceo
fltiyes viii control both branches Z" CongresS
and lis administration WILDE as pONeiiVS'"' Wv l'
Tbr,a - INF one way 10 restore the Government ana
~ pfittoI. and that is for ne Prestdeiteect 70 dc
clare these acts NIL and rod, compel me dr~y 70 @iap us
nsro0,ns NJ He south, diperse he earpetbag sue COR
eJaeHts aiiDr he White pcOpie ~ rtolguu.t HeH - -
ggrcyJpcnis and eject Senators ant EeptSe"atts ny
House ot Representatives Will contain lhJvii,n Dr. VI
Democrats from the North aud they VIII anm, tS ~
les0uatyes elected by the White people or me SOUTH
and, with the cooperation of ne fcsiaenl ~ VIII ,o , p
AicuI, 10 compel the Senate 10 submit once moro ~ 'ne
Obligations of the Constitution II VIII noi pe hnie 70
witt stand The public JUDI nenl II WalI'3 - I ~ r. tbc
Gle NV expressed. this Fundamental ISSUE m - VIC
sIro way to avoid all future strife put i' Issue
rc1tat hat his is the real and only question which
We should allow TO control ia; Shall we sunni 10 lhc
rsurr lions by which the Govefh't a Si I,v d &
thrown or shall We exert ourselves for lis th ana com
cte ne ora II il idle 10 talk OF bonds, geebacks'
GOLD m, m e faith, ana IN lnme cret' T,a i,1
Donoof President do in regard To- any 81 these, Win
q D.
h. Gers am thpir allies lie viii he pOwcrlcss 10 Stop
a. pipie 10y which idle negroes are organized INTO
-,,t these yl.aJoud- IN their outragcs upon the ballot
These aud things Ike these, eat np the revenues anu re-
sources az the COY crmeut and destroy IT, credit hHk
t.- ieren'c between sgd Htg stthnafhS, W. " he
r'stpe t-U ,cn.utuuul before We can restore ,ho
H. ,Ao,'a tho vii Of me people by ianphnE mo uu,t
a. l>pfrtors ~ Congress- known as the Reconstruction
leslie rr5 h. is one which embraces everything else bh i
IN 10 large and comprehensive results II Is me
,fftit i..rr IL rotnuk mat gives dignity honor. or
ya.a,. io H. strusgle Your incrd, FRANK T. BLA'"
Tie author of this manifesto is not me ely
Inc Demo,,ltic candidate for Vice Presiuent-
IT, vas made such by writing rs above. before
hi5 letter appeolcd hc lad not chance OF
nomination. Bat it was put forth just ms the
delegates were coming together and wade
Hampton, Cobb. Foucsr, ScmmcS q Co, ut
once slw fiat here wa, tIcir man. 80 thcy
l.1 only to ret into tho Democratic platform
a a,c'lration that the Reconstruction acts are
"uncou. tutoaal evolutionary, and void
and nomiu to Blair, and they had the whole
party i'm thcir tolls. Gen Wade Hampton has
told us how he worked to e, t1at declaration
into their platform, and succeeded. Here it Is:
owe do declare and resolve btt eve, sinco the people
of the United States threw ot ti iJrc ION I" ihc i.
sh Crown the privilege ana ii1,' or t"..'ge nave "c
ullted and controlled exclusively by the Jlitcal power
Of each state respectively and that any attempt by Con
creSs on any prctcXt whatever TO deprive any state O
This right or interfere with rs exercise lagraut u,ur
patton power. which find warrant ~ the Consil
tuition; and II sanctioned by the people, VIII subVcrt cur
form of government and only end IN single central
lied and consolidated government, I'm which the separate
existence of the States Will be entirely absorbed ana an
unqualified despOtism be established ~ place OF Federal
Union ~ cOcqua states and that we gar' the Recon-
struaton acts called Of Congress, rs suC usrpa-
tions and unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void
Here is the Rebel programme, more fully
elaborated in Gen. Bar's letter above. The
election of Seymour and Blair commits them
to that programme, and they will be required
to execute it. Blair will do it ioyfully Sey
mour haltngly but, after swallowing the
Greenback swindlc, lac can stick at nothing.
See how he exposed the true character aud
necessary effects of this -windc IN his speech
in our City few weeks before the meeting Of
the Democratic Convention:
IAN the funds OF savings banks ana life insurance
paues pint bon Government bonds but NY DOT" "h
Gg0iJf rfirh F0d crDjc ruin Than n me bDids rare
nat ppid, " HcY IG,d ~ dcb0scd p1Yi II we add
the trusts Of widows and orphans, hid that 2DofoO
ucr-On- are interested Government bonds who 1ft DO"
CAPITALISTS and who compulsory owners ai present
prices under The operation Of our laws"
Men and brethren think OF these things