The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-05
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Democracy Of the URtled States,

the people, 81 nding upon the Constitution rs
the touh iauon aud Limitation Of tho powers Of
n0YernmenSand the guarantee OF tho liberties Of
the citizen, and recognizing the question. of ln
very and secession as having been set,led for all
time to come by the war OF the voluntary action
OF the southern states in constitutional conven-
tions assembled, and never to be renewed or re-
agitated, do, with the return Of peace,
DEMAND
FIRsr-ImmediRte restoration of all the
States TO their rights in the Union under the con
stitution and Of civil government 10 tho Ameri.
can people.
secoND-Amnesty for all past political often.
sos, aud the regulation OF the elective franchise
in tho States by their own citizens.
THmD--Payment Of the public debt of the IIni-
tod States as rapidly as prActieablo-aIl money
drawn from the people by taxation, except SO
much rs is requisite for tho necessities of the
Government economically administered, being
applied to such payment and whore the oblgs-
| tiOns Of the Government do not expressly state
upon their face, or whore the law under which
| they were issued docs not provide that thoy
shall be paid in coin, they ought in right ana
justice TO be paid in the lawful money Of tho
| United States.
FouRrH-Equal taxation Of every species of
| property according to its real value, including
Government bonds and other public securities.
FFTH-One currency for the Government aud
the people, the laborer and the office holder, the
pensionor and tho soldier, tho producer and the
| bOndhOlder.
| SIxrH-Economy in the administration Of the
| Government; tho reduction of the standing army
and navy the abolition Of the Freedmen's Blu
| reau and all political instTumentalties designed
| to secure negro supremacy; sinplhcatiOn Oi the
| system and diseontnuancc Of inquisitOTial modes
| Of assessing and collecting internal revenue, so
that the burden Of Taxation may DO equaliled and
| lessened the credit OF the Government and the
currency made good; the repeal Of all enact
meIts for enrolling the State militia into Nation
| al forces in time Of peace and tariff for reve-
nue. upon foreign imports, and such equal taxa.
ton under the internal revenue laws, as will al
| ford incidental protection to domestic manutac-
lures aud Us will, without impairng the revenue,
impose the least burden upon and best promote
and encourage the great industrial interests Of the
country.
SEVENTH Reform ofabuses in the administra-
| ton, the expulsion Of corrupt men from office,
the abrogation Of useless Offices, the restoration
of rightful authority to and tho independence OF
tho Executive and Judicial Departments Of the
Government the suboriinatiOn Of tho military to
the civil power, 70 the end that the usurpauona
| ofcOngress and the dcspotism Of the sword may
cease.
| EIGHrH-Equal rights and protection for nat
uralized and natiye-born citizens at home and
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which shall command the respect Of foreign pow.
crs and furnish an example and encouragement
. | "a people struggling for national integrity con
stitutioual liberty and individual rights, and The
| maintenance Of the rights Of naturnzed citizens
against the absolute doctrine OF immutobc ale
: gieuco and the claims Of foreign powers to pun
| sh them for alleged crimes committed DcyonC
tboir jurisdiction.
THE BILL OF INDICTMENT AGAINST THE RADICAL
PARTY.
IN demanding these measures and reforms, w
arraign the Radical party for its disregard o
! right and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
. amy which have marked its career after th'
o | most solemn and unanimous pledge of boil
houses of congress to prosecute the war exclusive
- ! " for tie maintenance Of the Government, an'
d the preservation of the Union and the consttu
lion.
y 1t has repeatedly violated that most saore
n pledge under which was rallied that noble yOlun
|. teer army which carried our flag to victory. In
stead Of restoring the Union, it has, so Tar az i
its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten States
in times Of profound peace, to military despot
ism and negro supremacy.
N has uull fled the right of trial by jury.
It has aboishel the writ Of habeas corpus
that most sacred writ of liberty.
a II has overthrown the freedom Of speech an
{, press
= It has substituted arbitrary seizures and al
u rests, and military trials, ard secret star cham
e ber inquisitions, for constitutional tribunals.
1t has disregarded in time Of peace, the rigl
1t | of the people to be free from searches an
10 seizures.
II has entered the post and telegraph Offices an
i even the private rooms of individuals, and seize
i their private papers and letters without an
!, specification OF notice Of affidavit as required b
l. the organic law.
g. 1t has converted tho American capitol into
4. bastilc.
II has established Il system of spies and othcii
espiOnt Se to which no constitutional monarch
of Europe would dare resort.
1t has abolished the right Of appeal, on in
portant constitutional questions, to the suprem
Judicial tribunal, and threatens to curtail or dc
stroy its original jurisdiction, which is irrevOes
bly, vested by the constitution; while the learne
:, | Chief Justice has been subjected 70 great an
y. atrocous calumnies merely because he would No
prostitute his high office to the support OF I'll
10 false and partzan charges preferred against I'll
~ President.
Its corruption and extravaganza have exceed
4 cd any thing known in history and by its fraud
and monOpOlies it has nearly doubled the burde
of tho debt created during the war.
1t has stripped the President Of his constitI
| tional power disappointment, even of his own cal
met. 80
Under its repeated assaults the pillars Of II
| Government are rocking on their base, an
should it succeed in November next, and inaul
urato its President, we will meet it as q sui
dued and conquered people, amid the ruins
liberty, and the scattered fragments of the col
| stitutiOn.
FURTHER DECLARATIONS.
And we do Declare and Resolve, That eve
since the people of the United States throw o
the subjugation to the British crown the privile2
and trust of suffrage have belonged to the sever!
States and have been granted, regulated and cor
troed by the political power of each State, n
spectiyely, and any attempt by congress, on an
pretext whatever, to deprive any State of tn
right, or interfere with this exercise, is hagrar
usurpstion of power, which can find no wal
rant in the constitution, and, if sanctioned b
the people, will subvcrt our form of Governmen
and can only end in n single, centralized, cor
u. soliGated Government in which the separat
NJ existence Of the States win be entirely ABSORBED
- and an unqualified despotism be established
place of federal Union of equal States.
That we regard the reconstruction acts of cor
- gress, 80 called, as usurpatious, unconstituionn
evolutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors who carried Il
lag of our country TO victory against a most ga
liant and determined foe, must ever be grateful
/. remembered, md all the guarantees given