The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-14

adjudication OF the system, and discontinuance
of inuuistorial modes Of assessing ana
Internal Revenue; so that the oura Zen credit of
NAV be eoualized and lessened, the o1eu, 1ooJ
| the government and the currency msuo tba
| tbe repeal of all enactments tor =; -i,ne of
State militia into the national loroess i.aian i'm
neace and tariff for revenue uPodn ar Che Inter.
ports and such equal 1dnn afford Incidental pro-
ia. to domestic manufactures, anu as WIZ
te ction ;nairiny the revenue, impose the least
| hnrden upon and best promote anu enoon"so
/ ~ rrroat Industrial interests OF the country.
inc SE .h Reform of abuses in the administra-
~. 90 a. axnnlson of corrupt men from Office;
w. a,hrogation of useless offices; the restoration
~ Il ghtfuI authority to and the independence
| If the Executive and judicial departments OF
ths Government. The subordination Of the mil
;tarS To the civil power to the end that the usur-
nations of Congress and the despotism Of the
sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection for nat.
uralized and native born citizens at homo and
abroad The assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage
ment to people struggling for national integri-
ty, constitutional liberty and individual rights,
and the maintenance of the rights Of naturaliz-
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine Of i'm
mutabie allegiance, and the claims OF foreign
powers to punish them for crime committed
beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms We
arraign the Radical party for its disregard for
right and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
| amy which has marked its career, after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges Of both
houses of Congress to prosecute the war exciu'
sively for the maintenance of the Government
and the protection of the Union under the
Constitution. 1t has repeatedly violated that
most sacred pledge, under which was rallied
that noble volunteer army when carried our
flag to victory. Instead of restoring the Union
it has so far as it is in its power, dissolved 1t;
and subjected ten States in time OF profound
peace to military despotism and negro supre.
macy 1t has nullifed thcre the right OF trlai
by iury. 1t has abolished the habeas corpus
| that most sacred writ Of liberty. 1t has over.
thrown the freedom of speech and Of the press
IL has substituted arbitrary seizures ana ar
rest and military trials and the secret star
chambers of inquisitions for constitutional tn
bunals. It has disregarded in time OF peace the
right of the people to be free from search and
seizures II has entered the post and telegraph
Offices and even the private rooms OF individ
uals and seized their private papers ana letters
without any specification, or notice, or aihda
Wit, as required by the organic law. 1t has
converted the American capitol into Bastile
1t has established a system of spies and oiheia
espionage to which no constitutional monarchy
in Europe would now dare to resort.
1t has abolished the right of appeal on I'M
portant constitutional questions to the su
preme judicial tribunal, and threatens toTcur
tail or destroy it's original jurisdiction, whichis
irrevocably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subje cted 70
great and atrOci0us calulnnies merely because
he would not prostitute his high Office TO the
support of the false and partisan charges pre-,
ferred against the President. Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded anything
known in history and by its frauds and monop
olies it has nearly doubled the burden OF deb
created during the war. 1t has stripped the
President of his constitutional power OF ap
&c Ia IA rahinat Under
repeated assaults the pillars of the Government
are rocking on their bases, and should 1t sue
coed in November next and inaugurate lt'
President, we will meet, as subjects ana con
quered people, amid the ruins OF liberty ane
the scattered fragments Ofthe Constitutions
And we do declare and resolve That evel
since the people of the United States threw of
all subsection to the British crown, the PRIV
lege and trust of suffrage have belonged to the
several States and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively by the political pow
err of each State respectively; and any attempt
by Congress on any pretext whatever TO de
prive any State of this right or interfere Will
this exercise is fragrant usurpation OF power
which can find no warrant in the Constitution
and if sanctioned by the people will subvert oui
form of government, and can only end IN SIN
gle centralized consolidated government, II
which the separate existence ofthe States VII
be entirely absorbed and an unqualified des
potism be established in eplace OF a Federa
union of coequal States; aud that we regard tht
reconstruction acts so called of Congress sucf
usurpation and unconstitutional, revolutlonary
and void; and that our soldiers and sailors wh'
carried the flag of our country TO VlctJry
against most gallant and determined foe mus
be ever gratefully remembered, and all guaran
ties given in the law must be faithfully carried
into execution.
That the public land should be distributed
widely among the people, and should be dispos
ed of under the presumption of homestead laws
| and sold in reasonable quantities. and to none
but actual occupants, at the minimum price es
| tablished by the government. When grants Of
the public lands may be allowed, necessary fol
the encouragement of important public i'm
provements, the proceeds of the sale of sucl
iands and not the lands themselves, should bt
so applied.
! That the President of the United States, An
drew johnson, in exercising the power of hi:
high Office i'll resisting the aggressions OF Con
gress on the Constitutional rights OF the States
and the people is entitled to the gratitude o
the whole American people, and on behalf o
the Democratic party We tender him our thank
for his patriotic efforts in that regard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party az
peals to every patriot, including all the ConscI
vativo element and all who desire TO support tn
constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences of opinion, to unite with us Il
l the present great struggle for the liberties u
the people, and that to all such, TO whateve
/ party they may have heretofore belonged, w
extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail al
: such cooperating with us as friends and broth
ers