Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-15
, and tyranny which have marked its

sion and tyranny which have marked its
career.
After the most solemn and unanimous
pledge Of both houses Of Congress to pros
ecute the war exclusively for the mainte-
nance of the government and the preserva-
ton Of the Union under the Constitution, it
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, so
Ear as is in its power, dissolved it, and sub.
jugatcd ten States, in time of profound
peace, to military despotism and negro su-
premacy. 1t has nulllied there the right Of
trial by jury; it has abolished the hobeas
cO,pus-that most sacret writ of liberty; it
has ovcrthrown the freedom of speech and
the press; it has substituted arbitrary seiz.
urcs and arrests, and military trials, and
secret star chamber inquisitions for the con-
stitutional tribunals; it has disregarded in
time Of peace the right Of the people to be
free from searches and seizures il has en-
tered the post and telegraph Offices and
even the private rooms Of individuals, and
seized their private papers and letters with
out any specific charge or notice Of affidavit,
as required by the organic law; it has con-
vcrted the American Capitol into u bastile !;
it has established system Of spies and Off
cial espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy of Europe would now dare to re-
sort; it has abolished the right of appeal
on important constitutional questions to the
supreme judicial tribunals, and threatens to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdiction,
which is rrevocably vested by the Constitu-
ton, while the learned Chief Justice has
been subjected to the most atrocious calum-
nies, merely because he would not prosti-
tntc his high Office to the support of the
false and partisan charges preferred against
the President. Its corruption and extrava-
gance have exceeded anything known in his
tory, and by its frauds and monopoes it has
nearly doubled the burden of the debt ere
ated by the war. 1t has stripped the Presi-
dent OF his constitutional power Of appoint
mcnt, even of his own cabinet. Under its
repeated assaults the pillars of the govern
mcnt are rocking on their base, and should
it succeed in November next and inaugurate
its President, we will meet as subjected
and conquered people amid the ruins of lib
erty and the scattered fragments of the Con-
stitution; and We do declare and resolve
that ever since the people Of the United
States threw off all subicction to the British
crown the privilege and trust Of suffrage
have belonged to the several States, and
have been granted, regulated and controlled
exclusively by the political power of each
State respectively, and that any attempt by
Congress, on any pretext whatever, to de-
priye any State Of this right, or interfere
with its exercise, is a fragrant usurpation of
power which can find no warrant in the
Constitution, and if sanctioned by the peo-
pie, will subvert our form Of government,
aud can only end in single centralized and
consolidated government, in which the sep
arate existence of the States will be entirely
absorbed, aud an unqualified dcspotism be
established in place of a Federal Union of
co-cqual States; and that We regard the re-
construction acts so-called) of Congress, as
such, are uslrpations, and unconstitutional,
revolutionary and void.
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 guar
antees given in their favor must be faith
IuIIy caTrleu INTO execution.
That the public lands should be distrib-
uted as. widely as possible among the peo-
pie, and should be disposed of either under
the pre-emption or homestead laws, and
sold in reasonable quantities, and to none
but actual occupants, at the minimum price
established by the government. When
grants of the public lands may be allowed
necessary for the encouragement of impor-
tant public Improvements, 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, lapplause) in exercising
the power Of his high Office in resisting the
aggressions of Congress upon the constitu.
tional rights of the States and the people,
is entitled to the gratitude of the whole
American people, and in behalf of the Dem
ocra,ic party we tender him our thanks for
his patriotic efforts in that regard. Great
applause
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 opi.l-
ion, to unite with us in the present great
struggle for the liberties Of the people, and
that to all such, to whatever party they may
have heretofore belonged, we extend the
right hand Of fellowship, and hail all such
cooperating with us as friends and brcth-
ren.
CHINESE IIATR.-A correspondent writ
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