Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-09
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

| ed-UniVersal AmuesfY-The Green,
bRch Policy AdOpted-NO Taxation
without Representation - One Chr
reucy for All The UsurpafIOns @
Congress Denounced.
The Democratic party, ia National Con
vention assembled, reposing its trust in the
intelligence, patriotism aud discriminating
Justice Of the people; standing upon the
Constitution as the foundation and limita
ton Of the powers Of the government and
the guarantee of the liberties Of the citi
zen; aud recognizing the questions Of
slavery and secession as having been settled
for ali time TO come by the war or the vol
! untary action of the Southern States in
| constitutional conventions assembled aud
! never TO be renewed or regulated, do, with
the return Of peace, demand
/. Immediate restoration of ali the
States TO their rights in the Union under
the Constitution and civil government OF
the American people.
2 Amnesty for all past political offences
and the regulation Of the elective franchise
in the States by their citizens, and payment
Of the public debt of the United States as
| rapidly "a practicable.
3. All money drawn from the people by
| taxation, except 30 much as is requisite for
the necessities of the government economi
cally administered, should be honestly APP
piled ID such payment and where the OBJ
legations of the government do not ex-
pressly state upon their face, or the law
under which they were issued does not
provide that they shall be paid in coin,
they ought, in right and justice, be paid in
the lawful money Of the United States.
l. Equal taxation of every species of
properly according to its real value, 10
Guiding government bonds and other public
securities.
8. One currency for the government and
the people, the laborer and the office-holder,
the penzioner and the soldier, the producer
and the bondholder.
g. Economy 10 the administration of the
government; the reduction of the standing
army aud navy; the adjustment of the
Fretdmen's Bureau, and all political In
strumentalities designed TO secure negro
supremacy; simpli6cation of the system
and the disContinuance of inquisitorial
bosrds for assessing and collecting internal
revenue, 80 that the burden of taxation may
be equaized and lessened the credit of the
government and the currency made good
the repeal Of all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into national forces in
time OF peace; a tariff for revenue upon
foreign imports, and such equal taxation
under the internal revenue laws as will af-
ford incidental protection TO domestic
manufacturers. and as will, without i'm
pairing the revenue, impose the least bur-
den upon and best promote aud encourage
the great industrial interests of the country
q. Reform Of abuses in the administra-
lion, the expulsion of corrupt men from
office, the ahrogation Of useless Offices, the
restoration Of rightful authority to, and
the independence OF the Executive and Ju-
dietary departments of the government,
the subordination Of The military to the
civil power, to the end that the usurpations
OF Congress and the despotism ofthe sword
may cease.
S. Equal rights and protection for natu-
rallied and native born citizens at home
and abroad; an assertion Of American ma
tiOnality, which shall command the respect
Of foreign powers, and furnish an exSmple
and encouragement 10 people struggling
for national integrity, constitutional liberty
and individual rights, aud the maintenance
Of the rights Of naturalized citizens against
the absolute doctrine OF illimitable allie
glance, and the claims of foreign powers 70
punish them for alleged crime committed
beyond theIr jurisdiction.
Ia demanding these measures and re-
forms We arraign the Radical party for its
Of right aud the unparalleled |
oppression and tyranny which have marked !
its career, after the most solemn and unani- !
nous pledge Of both houses of Congress 70 |
prosecute the war exclusively for the main |
ienance Of the government and the pre- |
seryatiou Of the Union under the Conslitu- |
ton
IL has repeatedly violated that most sa-
cred pledge under which was rallied that
noble volunteer army which carried our
Dag TO victory.
Instead OF restoring the Union, IL has 50 /
lar a. in its power dissolved it, and subjected /
en Ststes in time Of peace to military des-
Dotism and negro supremacy. .t.. .. /
Il has nulhhed there the right Of trial by /
ury.
IL has abolished the hGbeas corpus, that
most sacred writ Of liberty.
IA has overthrow the freedom of speech /
.Hd'the press.
Ii has substituted arbitrary seizures and
Irrests, and military trials and secret Star
,hambar inquisitions, for constitutional
Il has disregarded in time Of peace the
light OF the people to be free from search
nd seizures. :