The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-10-03

Government and the currency made good !;
the repeal Of all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into National forces in time
Of peace; tariff for revenue upon foreign
imports, and such equal taxation under the
Internal revenue laws as Will afford Incl
4 dental protection to domestic manufactures.
and rs viii, without impairing the revenue.
impose the least burden upon and best pro-
mote and encourage the great industrial in
terests of the country.
Z. Reform of abuses in the Administers
ton, the expulsion Of corrupt men from
/ Offices the ObrOgation 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 usuTpations of Congress
| and the despOtism Of the sword may cease
8. Equal rights and protection for natural
lied aud native-born citizens at home and
| abroad, an assertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect of foreign
/ powers, and furnish an example and encour-
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 doe
| 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, unparalleledoppressio and tyranny
which have marked its career, after the most
solemn and unanimous pledge of both
/ Houses of Congress to prosecute the war ex-
/ clusively for the maintenance of the Govern
| ment and the preservation Of the Union
under the Constitution.
| 1t has repeatedly violated that most sacred
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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 Of peace to despotism and
negro supremacy.
1t has nullifed there the right of trial by
jury.
1t has abolished the habeas corpus, that
most sacred writ Of liberty.
1t has overthrown the freedom of speech
and the press.
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and
| arrests, and military trials and secret Star
Chamber inQuisitions, 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.
1t has established system of spies and
official espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy Of 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
curtuil or destroy its original jurisdiction,
which is irrevocably vested by the Constitu
ton, while the learned Chief Justice has
! been subjected to the most atrocious
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
its frauds and monopolies it has nearly
doubled the burden Of debt created during
/ the war.
1t has stripped the President Of his con
stitutonal power Of appointment, even Of
/ his own cabinet
| Under its repeated assaults the pillars Of
| the Government are rocking on their base,
/ and should 1t succeed in November next and
/ inaugurate Its President we viii meet as a
/ subject and conquered people amid the ruins
/
4 the Constitution and we do declare and re-
! solve that ever since the people of the
! United States threw off all subtection to the
/ British Grown, 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 Of
/ each State respectively, and any attempt by
! Congress, on any preteXt whatever, to de-
prlVe any state Of this right, or interfere
with this exercise, is fragrant usurpation of
power which can find no warrant in the Con
stitution, and, if sanctioned by the people,
viii subvert our form Of government, and
can only end IN a single centralized, con-
/ solidated government In which the separate
\ existence of the States Will be entirely alb
! sorbed, and an unqualified despotism be es-
! tabhshed IN place of a Federal Union of
! equal States
! That we regard the reconstruction acts of
! Congress, SO called, as usurpauOns, uueon-
stitutional, revolutionary and void, and that
our soldiers and sailors who carried the flag
of our country to victory against a most
| gallant and determined foe, must ever be
/ gratefully remembered, and all the guaran-
! tees given in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distrib-
uted widely among the people, ana should
be disposed of either under the pre-emption
/ OF uOmeSCcdu laws, ana SOlU IN reasonable
quantities, and to none but actual occupants
at the minimum price as established by the
Government. When grants of the public
lands may be allowed necessary for the en-
cOuragement of important public improve
meuts 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 Office in resisting the aggressions
Of Congress on the Constitutional rights of
the States and the people, is entitled to the
gratitude of the whole American people,
and on behalf Of the Democrats party we
tender HIM onr thanks for his patriotic
efforts in that regard
Upon this platform the Democratic party
appeal to every patriot, including all the
conservative element and all who desire to
support the Constitution and restore the
Union, forgetting all past differences of
opinion, to unite with US in the present great
struggle for liberties of the people, and that
to all such To yvhafevar Marty thew NAV have