The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-15
in riaht and in Justice, be paid in the lawful money

in right and in justice, be paid in the lawful money
of the United States. Z ae
Fourth Equal taxation Of every species Of property
according to its real value, including government
bonds and other public securities.
Fifth. One currency for the government and the
people, the laborer and the ofaceholder. the PEN
sioner and the soldier the producer and the bond.
holder.
Sizn, Economy in the administration of the gov
ernment; the reduction Of the standing army and
navy; the abolition Of the Freedmen's Bureau
and all political insirumentalities designed to
secure negro supremacy; simpGacaton Of the sys-
tenn. and discontnuance of inqnihtorial modes
of assessing and collecting internal revenue, 80 that
the burden of taxation may be equalzed and lessen
ed; the credit of the government and the currency
made good; the repeal OF all enactments for enroll
ing the State militia into national forces in time of
peace and tariff for revenue upon foreign imports,
and such equal taxation under the internal revenue
laws as viii afford Incidental protection to domestic
manufactures, and as will, without impairlng tne
revenue impose the least burden upon and best pro-
mote and encourage the great industrial interests Of
the country.
SeuentA. Reform of abuses in the administration,
the expulsion of corrupt men from office, the abro-
cation of useless Offices the restoration of righeu
authority to and the independence of the executive
and judicial departments Of the government, the
subordinaon Of the military to the civil power, to
the end that the usurpadoas Of Congress and the
despotism of the sword may cease. -,,., .,---y
JEighh. Equal rights and protection for nat1raized
a. hnp,a or,6a al
assertion of American nationality which shall COM
mand the respect of foreign powers and furnish an
example and encouragement to people struggling for
national integrity stutionnl liberty, and indi-
yidual rights and the maintenance Of the rights OF
nauralizsd citizens against the absolute doctrine OF
immutable allegiance and the claims of foreign pow
ers to opunish them for alleged crime committed pc
yond their jurisdiction.s = Z + p
In demanding these measures and reforms we az
raign the Radicapsrty 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 e1-
cuHivey for the maintenance Of the government and
the preservation Of the Union under the consdtu-
uon, 1t has repeatedly violated that most sacred
pledge under which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer army which carried our flag to victory
Instead Of restoring the Union it has, go far as sn
its power dissolved It, and subjected ten States in
time of profound peace to military despotism and
negro supremacy; 1t has nulIhed there the right Of
trial by jury; 1t has abolished the habeas corpus
that most sacred writ of liberty; 1t has overthroSn
the freedom of speech and the press; it has subst
tuted arbitrary seizures, and arrests. and mintary
trials aud secret star chamber inqusidons for the
constitutional tibunals It has disregarded 10 time OF
peace the right Of the people to be free from searches
and seizures It has entered the post and telegraph
Offices and even the private rooms Of individuals
and seized their private papers and letters, without
any specific charge OF notice of adsyib as required
by the organic law; it has converted the Aneri-
can capitol intoa Baztilo; 1t has established system
of spies and official espionage to which no cohsttu-
o1al monarchy Of Europe would now dare to resort;
1t has abolished the right Of appeal on important
constitutional questions to the supreme judicial tri-
bunal, and threatens to curta or destroy its oTgi
nal jurisdiction, which is irrevocably vested by the
constituton while hs1esned Chief Justice has been
subjected to the most atrocious calumnies, merely
because he would Lot prostitute his high Office to the
support OF the false and partisan charges preferred
against the President; It's corruption aud e1trava-
gance have exceeded anything known in history,
and by its frauds and monopolies 1t has nearly
doubled the burden of the debt created by the war;
has stripped the PRECEDENT Of his constitutional power
Of appointment, even OF his own Cabinet. Under
Its repeated assaults the pillars of the govern
ment are rocking on their base, and should 1t sue
ceed In November next and inaugurate its President
we will meet as subjected and conquered p. ople
amid the ruins oflberty and the scattered fragments
of the constitution; and we do declare ndresolve
that ever since the people Of the United States threw
off all sub1echon to the British Grown, the privilege
and trust Of suffrage have belonged to the several
States, and have been granted, regulated and CON-
troIed exclusively by the political power OF eaca
State respectively, and that any attempt by Congress
on any prete1t whatever to deprive any State OF this
right or interfere with Its exercise, is fagrant usur-
patton Of, power. which can find no warrant the
constitution Z and itssanctoned ..by the peo-
pie win subvert our form Of government and can
only erd In single centralized and consolidated gov
ernment in which the separate existence Of the States
will be entirely absorbed and on unqualified despot-
ism be established in place of Federal Union OF CO.
equal States and that we regard the Reconstruction
acts so-cslJed, of Congress as usurpatons and un.
CONSTITUTIONAL revolutionary and yoid that our col
diers and sailors who carried the flag Of our country
to victory against most gallant and determined foe'
must ever be gratefully remembered, and all 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 presumption Of home
stead lands or sold in reasonable quantities, and to
none but actual occupants, at the minimum prlce
established by the government When grants OF the
public lal DIS may be allowed, necessary for the en-
couragement of important public improvements, the
proceeds of the sale OF such lnnd and not the lands
themselves, should be 30 applied.
That tho President of the United States, Andrew,
Johnson in exercising the power of his high office IN
resisting the aggressions Of Congress upon the con-
stutional rights Of the States and the people, is en-
titled to the gratitude of the whole American peo
ple and in behalf of the Democratic party we tender
him our thanks for his patriotic efforts in that re-
gard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party appeal to
every patriot, including all the conservative ele-
ment and all who desire to support the constitution
and restore the Union forgetting all past difference
of opinion, to unite with US in the present great
struggle for the liberties of the peoples and that to
all su h, to wha,ever party they may have heretofore
belonged, we extend the right hand of fellowship,
and hail all such cooperating with US as friends and