The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-07-25

/ so that the burden of taxation NAV be
/ equaiized and lessened the credit Of the
A8overnment and the currency made good /;
/ the repeal of all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into National forces in time
I OF peace; tariff for revenue upon foreign
imports, and such equal taxation under the
internal revenue laws as viii 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 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 usurpations of Congress
aRd the despotism of the sword may cease
g. Equal rights and protection for natnusl
lied and natiYe-born citizens of 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
natnralized citizens against the absolute doe
trlne of immutable allegiance, and the
claims of foreign powers to punish them for
alleged crime committed beyond their iuris-
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--
clusively for the 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 1t, 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 inquisi6ons, for constitutional tri-
bunals.
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
fices,' and even the private rooms of indi-
yiduals, 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 bastiie.
It has established a system Of spies ard
official espionage TO which no constitutional
monarchy of Europe would now dare to re
sort
Ib has abolished the right of appeal on
important constitutional questions to the
supreme judiciary tribunal and threatens to
curtsil or destroy its original Jurisdiction,
which IS iFreEocably 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 extravagqnce 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.
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,
and should 1t succeed in November next and
inaUgurate its President we viii meet as a
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 poliJieal power OF
each State respectively, and any attempt by
Congress, on any pretext whatever, 20 de-
prive any State of this right, or interfere
With this exercise, is ahagrant usurpation of
power which can find no warrant in the Con
stitution, and, if sanctioned by the people,
viii subYert our form of government, and
can only end IN single centralized, con-
solidated government In which the separate
existence of the States will be entirely abb
sorbed, and an unqualified despotism be es-
tablished in place of a Federal Union of
equal States
That we regard the reconstruction acts of
Congress, sO-called, as usurpatons, unc0n-
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 guarau-
tees given in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distrib
uted widely among the people, and should
be disposedof either under the pre-emption
or homestead laws; and sold 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
ments, the proceeds of the saIe 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 Democratic party We
tender hIm our thanks for his patriotic
efforts IN that regard.
Upon. this platform the Demoeratio party
appeal to every patriot, including all the
conservative element and all who desire to
support the Constitution and restore the
Union, forgetting 81 past differences of
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