The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-08-01

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the diseontinuance of inquisitorial boards
for assessing and collecting internal revenue,
so That the burden Of taxation NAV he
egualiZed and lessened the credit of the
+ 4l3oYeTnment and the currency made good
I the repeal of all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into National forces In time
ef peace; q tariff for revenue upon foreign
/ imports, and such equal taxation under the
internal revenue laws as will afford incl
dental protection to domestic manufactures,
and as will, without impairing the revenue,
impose the least burden upon and best pro-
/ mote and encourage tue great industrial in
+ terests of the country
! z Reform of abuses in the Administra-
ti0n, the expulsion Of corrupt men from
I Offices, the obrogatlon of useless Offices the
/ restoration Of rightful authority to, and the
independence of the Executive and Judicial
| departments of the Government, the sub
ordination OF the military to the civil power
TO the end that the usurpatiOus of Congress 4
aad the despotism of the sword NAV cease
s8. Equal rights and protection Tor natural
lZed and natvebOrn citizens at home and
abroad an assertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers, and furnish an example and eneour
agement to people struggling for national in
tegrity constitutional liberty and individual
rights, and the maintenance of the rights Of
naturalized citizens against the absolute doc
trine Of immutable allegiance, and the
claims of foreign powers to punish them for
alleged crime committed beyond their juris-
dictiOn.
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for its disregard
of right, unparalleled oppression and tyranny
| which have marked Its career, after the most
solemn and unanimous pledge of both
/ Houses of Congress to prosecute the war ex-
/ clus;veiy for tlle maintenance of the Govern
ment and the preservation of the Union
under the Constitution.
1t has repeatedly violated that most sacred
| pledge under which was rallied that noble
volunteer army, which. carried our flag TO
victory.
Instead Of restoring the Union, it has so
/ far as in its power dissolved it, and subjected
ten States in time o. peace to despotism and
negro supremacy.
It has nalifed there the right of trial by
jury.
It has abolished the habeas corpus, that
most sacred writ Of liberty.
It has overthrown the freedom of speech
and the press.
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and
arrests, and military trials and secret Star
/ Chamber in9uisitiOns, for constitutional tri-
( bunals.
1t has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search
and seizures.
1t has entered the post and telegraph Of
fees, and even the private rooms Of indi-
viduals, and seized their private papers and
letters, without any specification or notice of
| affidavit, as required by the organic law.
1t has converted the American capitol
into a bastile.
It has established a system of spies and
official espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy cf Europe would now dare to re-
sort
1t has abolished the right of appeal on
important constitutional questions to the
supreme judiciary tribunal and threatens to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdiction,
which Is irreyocably vested by the Constitu
ton, while the learned Chief Justice has
been subjected to- the most atroeious
calumnies merely because he would not
prostitute his high office to the support Of
the false and partisan charges preferred
against the President
Its corruption and extravaganza have eX-
ceeded anything known in history, and by
It's frauds and mOGopolies it has nearly
doubled the burden Of debt created during
the war
It has stripped the President Of his con-
stitutional power of appointment, even Of
his own cabinet
Under its repeated assaults the pillars Of
the Government are rocking on their base,
D and should it, succeed in November next and
Z inaugurate its President we will meet as d
subject and conquered people amid the ruins
of liberty and the scattered fragments OF
the Constitution and we do declare and re-
solve that ever since the people of the
United States threw off all subsection to the
British Crown, the privilege and trust Of
suffrage have belonged to the several States
and have been granted regulated and con
trolled exclusively by the political power o.
each State respectively, and any attempt bJ
Congress, on any pretext whatever, to de
prive any State of this right, or interfere
with this exercise, is a fragrant usurpation o
power which can find no warrant in the Con
!, stitution, and, if sanctioned by the people
viii subvert cur form of government, and
can only end in a single centralized, ~con
sOlidated government in which the sepaTat'
existence of the States will be entirely alb
sOrbed, and an unqualified despotism be es
5ablished in place of a Federal Union 0
equal States
That we regard the reconstruction acts o
Congress, sO-called, as usurpatl0ns uncon
- stituti0nal, revolutionary and VOID, and tha
our soldiers and sailors who carried the fla
of our country to victory against mos
gallant and determined foe, must ever b
gratefully remembered, and all the guaran
n tees given in their favor must be faithful,
lie carried into execution.
e That the public lands should be distrib
10 / uL6u WiUSiy among TIC people, hitA 5llOu1
a. be disposed of either under the prescription
I'd or homestead laws, and sold in reasonabl
quantities, and to none bat actual occupant
I'd at the minimum price as established by th
le Government. When grants of the pubIl
n lands may be allowed, necessary for the er
al couragement Of important public improve
e meDts, the proceeds of the sale Of sue
Of lands and not the lands themselves shoul
be so applied.
es That the President of the United State
n Andrew johnson, in exercising the pOwe
RI of his high Office IN resisting the aggression
of Congress on the Constitutional rights {
IS, the States and the people, Is entitled to To
Sc gratitude of the whole American people
y and on behalf Of the Democratic party y
es tender hIu1 our thanks for his patriot
efforts IN that regard.
by Upon this platform the Democratic part
or appeal to every patriot, inclading all th
ai- conservative element and all who desire
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