The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-03
THE PLATFORM.

aar,bled reposino It's trust In tho 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 re-
coenzing the questions Of slavery and secession as
having been settled for all time to come by the war,
or the voluntary action of the Southern States In
constitutional convention assembled, and never to
be renewed or reagitated, do, with the return Of
peace, demand:
Fyr.. Immediate restoration Of all the States to
their rights in the Union, under the constitution
and Of civil government to the American people.
Second. Amnesty for all past political offences,
and the regulation Of the elective franchise in the
States by their citizens.
THIRD. Payment Of the public debt of the United
States as rapidly as practicable; all moneys drawn
from, the people by taxation, except 80 much as s
requisite for the necessities of, the government,
economically administered, being honestly applied
to such payment; and where the Obligations of the
government do not expressly state upon their face,
or the Law under which they we:e Issued doesnot
provide that they shall be paid in coin, they ought
I'M right and In justice be paid in the lawful money
of the United states. lI
Fourth Equal taxation ofevery species Of property
according to its real value, including government
bonds and other public securities.
-,p,T0. One currency for the government and the
people, the laborer and the oflceholder, the PEN
sioner and the soldier the producer and the bond
holder.
Sixth, Economy In the administration Of the gov
ernuent; the reduction OF the standing army and
navy The abolition Of the Freedmen's Bureau
and all political instrumentaliHes designed to
secure negro supremacy; dmpliacsdon OF the sys-
tenn, and discontinuance Of inquiEtoria modes
of assessing ANA collecting internal revenue, 30 that
the burden Of taxation may be equalized and lessen
ed; the credttof the government and the currency
made good; the repeal of all enactments for enroll
ing the stte militia into national forces in time OF
peace. and tariYfor revenue upon foreign imports,
and such equal taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental protection to domestic
manufactures, and as will. without impairirg the
revenue impose the least burden upon and best pro-
mote an encourage the great industrial interests OF
the country.
Sercnth. Reform of abuses in the administration.
the expulsion of corrupt men from Office, the sbro-
cation of useless offices. the restoration OF rghtul
authority to and the independence Of the executive
and judicial departments of the government, the
subordnaton of the military to the civil power, to
the end that the usurpations Of Congress and the
despotism Of the sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and projection for naturalized
and uattve-born citizens at home and abroad, the
assertion Of American Nationality which shall COM
mand the respect of foreign powers and furnish IN
example and encouragement to people struggling for
national integrity, constitutional liberty and indi-
vidua rights and the maintenance Of the rights OF
naturaIized citizens against the absolute doctrine of
mmutable allegiance and .he claims Of foreign pow
ers to punish them for alleged crime committed be-
yond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures end reforms we ar
ragn the Radical party for Its disregard Of right and
the unparalleled oppression and tyranny which have
marked its career.
Aft,r the most solemn and unanimous pledge OF
bot. Houses Of Congress to prosecute the war II.
cir svely for the maintenance of the government and
tf preservation OF the Union under the consttu-
Ion, 1t has repeatedly violated that most sacred
,lcaoe under which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer srmy which carried our flag to victory.
Instead Of restoring tho Union 1t has, far as s
its power dissolved ii, and subjected ten States In
time of profound peace to military despotism and
negro supremacy; it has nulnfed there the right Of
trial by jury; It has abolished the habeas corpus,
that most sacred writ of liberty; il has overthrown
the freedom of speech and the press; it he's subsi
tinted arbitrary seizures, and arrests and military
trials. and secret star chamb:r inqusions for the
constitutional tribunals; It has disregarded iu time Of
peace the right the people to be free from searches
and sezures 1t has entered the post and tele- raph
ofices, and even the private rooms of individuals
and seized their private papers and letters without
any specific charge OF notice oil affidavit, as required
| by the organic law; it has converted the Amerl'
can capitol intoa Bastile it has established system
of spies and official espionage to which no constitu-
tional monarchy Of Europe would dare to resort;
it has abolished the right of appeal on important
constitutional questions to the supreme judicial t-
bunal and threatens to curtai destroy its origi-
nal jurisdiction, which Is irrevocably vested by the
constitution 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 aud extrava-
gance have exceeded anything known in history,
and by its frauds and monopTies it has nearly
doubled the burden of the debt created by the war;
has stripped the President 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 it sue
ceed in November next and insugurate its President
| we will meet as subjected and conquered p ople
amid the ruins oflberty andthe scattered fragments