The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-08-08

Adopted by the National Democratic
Convention, convened at New York,
July 4, 1893.

assembled, reposing its trust in the intelligence,
patriotism, and discriminating justice of the peo-
pie, standing upon the Constitution as the founda-
ton aud limitation Of the powers of the Govern
ment and the guarantee of the liberties of the cit
izen and recognizing tho questions Of slavery
and secession as having been settled for all time
60 cone by the war or the voluntary action Of the
Southern States in Constitutional Convention as
semblod, and never TO be renewed reagitated,
do with the return of peace demand:
Finst-Immediate restoration of all the States
to their rights in the Union under the Constitu-
ton, and Of civil government to the American
people.
SecOnd-Amnesty for all past political OfTeuses.
and the regulation of the elective franchise in the
States By their citizens.
TRird-Payment of the public debt of the United
States as rapidly as practicable all moneys drawn
from the people by taxation, except SO much as is
requisite for the necessities of the Government,
economically administered, being honestly applied
to such payment, and where the obligations of the
Government do not expressly 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 in Justice to be paid in
the lawful money of the United States.
Fortk-EquAl taxation of every species Of
property according to its real value, including
Government bonds and other public securities.
FVfh-One currency for the Government and
the people, the laborer and the Office holder, the
pensiOner and the soldier, the producer and the
bondholder.
Sirth-Eeonomy in the administration of the
Government; the reduction of the standing army
and the navy; the abolition of the Freedman's
Bureau, and all political nstrumentalites designed
to secure negro supremacy; simplifcation Of the
system, and diScontinuanee of inquisitorial odes
of assessing and collecting Internal Revenue, so
that the burden sf taxation may be equalEed 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, and a tariff for revenue upon
the Internal Revenue laws will afford incl
dental protection to domestic manufactures, and
as will, without impairing the revenue: impose the
least burden upon and best promote and encour
age the great industrial interests of the country.
SereRtA-hef0rm Of abuses IN the administra-
tion, the expulsion of corrupt men from Of
hee, the abrogotion of useless Offices, the
restoration of rightful authority 10, and the
independence of, the executive and judicial de-
partments of the government, the subordinati0n
Of the military to the civil power. to the end that
The usurpatiOns of Congress and the despotism Of
the sword may cease.
Eightk-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 pow
ers and furnish example and encouragement
to people struggling for national integrity, con-
stitutional liberty and individual rights and the
maintenance OF the rights Of naturalized citizens
against the absolute doctrine Of immutable ale
glance, and the claims of foreign powers TO pun
ish them for alleged crime committed beyond their
jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms We
arraign the Radical party for its disregard OF right
and the 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-
clusiTely for the maintenance Of the Government
and the preservation Of the Union under the Con-
stitution, il has repeatedly violated that
cred pledge under which alone was rallied that
noble volunteer army which carried flag TO
victory. Instead of restoring the Union il has,
so far IN its power, dissolved il, and subjected
ten States, in time Of profound peace, TO military
despotism and negro supremacy. Il has nullifed
there the right Of trial by jury; II has abolished
the habeIs corpus that most sacred writ of liberty
1t has OveTthrOHn the freedom Of speech and the
press II has substituted arbitrary seizures, and
arrests, and military trials aud secret star cham
Der inquistions for the constitutional tribunals it
has disre garded in time Of peace the right OF the
people 70 be free from searches and seizures; II
has entered the post and telegraph Offices and
even the private rooms Of individuals, and seized
their private papers and letters without any spe-
cife charge or notice Of affidavit, as required by
the organic law il has converted the American
Capitol into a bastile; It has established sys
TEN Of spies and official espionage to which no
constitutional monarchy of Europe would now
dare TO resort; II has abolished the right Of ap-
peal On important constitutional questions to the
supreme Judicial tribunal and threatens 70 curtai
or destroy its original jurisdiction which is ire
EOeably vested By the Constitution while the
learned Chief Justice has been subjected to the
most atrOciOus calumnies, merely because he
would prostitute his high ONCE TO the support
of the false and parzan charges preferred against
the President. It's corruption and extrayagauce
have exceeded anything known in history, and BY
its frauds and monOpolies il has nearly doubled
the burden of the debt created by the war. It
has stripped the President of his constitutional
power of appointment, even Of his own Cabinet
ffE he Mill 49, he
ernment are rocking their base, and should It
succeed in November next and inaugurate it.
President, we viii meet as subjected and con-
quered people amid the ruins Of liberty and the
scattered fragmants of che Constitution.
And We do declare and resolve that ever since
the people Of the United States threw of all sub
lection to the British Crown the privilege and trust
of suffrage have belonged to the several states
and have been granted. regulated and controlled
exclusively by the political power of each State
respectively and that any attempt by Congress,
on any pretext whatever, TO deprive any State of
this right. or interfere with its exercise, is fla
grant usuTpation Of power which find no war
rant in the Constitution, and If sanctioned by the
people will subYert our form of Government and
can only end in a single centralized and consoI-
idated government in which the separate existence
of the States viii be entirely absorbed, and an un-
qualified despotism be established in place Of
Federal Union Of coequal States. e-F
And that we regard the Reconstruction Acts $50
called) Of Congress, as such, as usurpations and
unconstitutional, revolutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors who carried the
Gag Of car country to victory against a most gal
liant and determined foe must ever be gratefully
remembered and adj the guarantees given in their
favor must be faithfully carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distributed as
widely as possible among the people, and should
be disposed Of either under the pre-emption of
homestead lands, or sold 10 reasonable quantities
and to none but actual occupants, at the minimum
Exiee established by the Government When
grants of the public lands may be allowed, neces-
sary for the encouragement of important public
improvements, the proceeds of the sale of such
lands, and not the lands themselves should be so
applied.
That the President of the United States, Andrew
johnson, in exercising the power Of his high Of
fee in resisting the aggressions of Congress upon
the Constitutional rights of the States and the
People, is entitled to the gratitude Of the whole
American people, and in behalf of the Democratic
party We tender him our thanks for his patriotic
efforts IN thatregapd.
Upon this Platform the Democratic party APP
peal to every patriot, including all the conserve
tive element and all who desire to support the
Constitution and restore the Union forgetting all
past differences of opinion. to unite With in the
present great struggle for the liberties of the peo-
pie, and 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 as friends and brethren.
BUCHANAN AS A STATESMAN AND DE.
Manton Marble gives the fol.
lowing estimate of Mr. Buchanan as a