The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-07-28
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OF THE
Democracy Of the United States
Equal Taxation, Greenbaclks
for Bonds.


The Democratic party. in National Con,
vention assembled. reposing its trust in the
intelligence, patriotism and discriminating
justice of the people, standing upon the
Constitution as the foundation and Limitation
of the powers of the Government and the
guarantee of the liberties of the citizen. and
recognizing the questions OF slavery and Sc
cessien as having been settled for all time tc
come by the war or the voluntary action Of
the Southern States in Constitutional Con.
ventions assembled, and never to be renewed
or reagitated, do, with the return of peace
demand
First-The immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the Union under
the Constitution. and Of civil government
of the American people.
Second--Amnesty for all past political Of
franchise in the States by their citizens.
Third-Payment of the debt of the United
States as rapidly as practicable; all money
drawn from the people by taxation, except SC
much as is requisite for the necessities of the
Government, economically administered, be
ing honestly applied to such payment, and
where the obligations of the Government Dc
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 be paid in the
lawful money of the United States. CThun
ders of applause.] 49,
Fourth-The equal taxation OF every spe'
cies of property according to its real value
;ytoln dfnc, 1or M ant bonds aud othar rublif
securities. Renewed cheering, and cries oi
sRead it again. ssz
Fifth--0ne currency for the government
and the people the laborer and the offce-hol.
der, the pensioner and the soldier. the pre-
ducer and the bondholder. [Great cheering
and cries OF "Read 1t again."
The NTH resolution was again read and
again cheered, t,
Sixth--Economy in the administration oi
the Governments; the reduction OF the stand
ing army and navy; the abolition OF the
Freedmen's Bureau, [great cheersl and al
the political instrumentalities designed to
secure negro supremacy; simpiiheatlon OF the
system and discontinuanee OF the linguistic
rial modes OF assessing and collecting inter
nal revenue, so that the burden OF taxation
may be equaiized and lessened, the credit Of
the Government and currency made good
the repeal OF all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into national forces in time
of peace, and tariff for revenue upon foreign
imports,and such equal taxation under the in,
ternal revenue laws as will afford Incidental
protection to domestic manufactures, and as
will without impairing the revenue, impose
the least burden upon and do the best to pros
mote and encourage the great industrial in
terests Of the country.
Seventh. The reform of abuses in the ad.
m Illustration, the expulsion of corrupt men
from office, the abrogation of useless Offices
the restoration of rightfui authority to and
the independence OF the Executive and Judi
eial Departments of the Government, the
subordination of the military to the civil
power, to the end that the usurpations o.
Congress and the deFpetism of the sword
may cease.
Eighth--Equal rights and protection for nat.
uralizsd and native born citizens at home
and abroad, the assertion of American ma.
tionality, which shall command the respect
of foreign powers and furnish an example
and encouragement to the people struggling
for national integrity, constitutional liberty
and individual right, and the maintenance
Of the rights of naturalized citizens against
the absolute doctrines of immutabie allegi
anee and the claims Of foreign powers to
punish them for alleged crimes committed
beyond their jurisdiction. [Applause.l
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. Al
ter the most unanimous pledge of both
Houses of Congress to prosecute the war
exclusively for the maintenance Of the Gov
ernment and the preservation of the
Union under the Constitution, it has repeat
edly violated that most sacred pledge, under
which alone was rallied that noble volunteer