The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-25

SizM. Economy IL ine administration Of the go
ernment: .Ie reduction Of the standing army an
navy; the abolition of the Ffeedmen's Burea
and all political instrumentalites designed
secure negro supremacy; simpifcaton of the sy
tenn, and discontinuance Of inquistorial mode
ofsssessing and collecting internal revenue 30 thi
the burden of taxation may be equalized and lesser
ed; the credit of the government and the currenc
nsde good; the repeal Of all snactments for enrol
ing the State militia into national forces In time
peace, and tariff for revenue upon foreign imports
and such equal taxation under the internal revenu
laws as win afford incidental protection to domesH
manufactures, and as WILL without impairing th
revenue, impose the least burden upon and bestprt
mote and encourage the great industrial fnteresta
thecountry. s---s- ,.gz.s-- e,---s--- :
Seventh. Reform Of abuses In the administration
the expulsion Of corrupt men from oAacs the ahrc
CATION of useless offices, the restoration Of rtghtu
authority to and the independence Of the executiT
| and judicial departments Of the government, IL
snbordinsHon- Of the military to the civil power,t
| The end that the ugmpatons Of Congress and tn
despoHsm Of the sword may cease. ?,
| Eig1h. Equal rights and protection for naturaliset
4 and native born citizens at home and abroad, tn
assertion Of American nationality which shsll com
mand the respect Of foreign powers and furnish Al
example and encouragement to people struggling fo
national integrity, constitutional liberty. and indi
A Tdusl righta; and the maintenance Of tho nghts O
tatuaNzed cItisensagainst the absolute doctrine o.
fmmntsble allegiance, and the claims Of foreign pow
\ ers to punish them for alleged crime committed be
/ yond their Jurisdiction: <t - =.
! In demanding these measures and reforms We ar
rsn the Radical party for It's disregard Of right and
the unparalleled oppression and tyrxnny which have
msrked It's career. g go
After thsmost solemn and. unanimous. pledge OF
both Houses Of Congress to prosecute the war e1-
clusvely for the maintenance Of tho government and
the preservation Of the Union under the consttu-
ton, 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 ofrestoring the Union It has, far as Is
its power, dissolved IL and subjected ten States in
time Of profound peace to military ,despotisn and
negro supremacy; II has nulhhed there the right Of
trial by jurys 1t has abolished the hsbeas corpus
that most sacred writ Of liberty; it has overthrow
the freedom of speech and the press; # has subst-
tuted arbitrary seizures, and arrests. and military
tfsls and secret star, chamber inqusiHons for the
constitutional trfbunals It has disregarded in time Of
peace the right the people to be free from searchee
and seizures; It has entered the post and telegraph
ofaces and even the private rooms Of individuals,
and seized their private papers and letters, without
any specific charge OF notice Of affidavit required
by the organic law; 1t has converted the Aneri-
can capitol tntos Bastle; 1t has established system
OF spies and official espionage to which no coAstitu.
onal monarchy Of Europe would now dare to resort;
It has abolished the night Of appeal on important
constitutional questions to the supreme Judicial tn
buna and threatens to curtan or destroy ts origi-
nal Jurisdiction, which Is irrevocably vested by the
constitution, while the learned Chief Justice has been
subjected to the most atrocious oalumnies, merely
because he would not prostitute his high Office the
support Of the false and partisan charges preferred
against the President; its corruption and e1rsva-
gancs have exceeded anything known in history,
and by tta frauds- and 1aonO2oues It has nearly
doubled the burden Of the debt created by the war;
has stripped the Preddent Of 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 suo-
oeed in November next and nsugurate its President,
we wilI meet ss subjected and conquered people
amid the ruins liberty and the scattered fragments
Of the constitution; and we do declare and dresolve
that ever since the people Of the United States threw
of an subjecion 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 political power OF eaca
State respectively, and attempt by Congress
ON any pretext whatever. to deprive any State OF this
right or interfere with its exercise, is fasrant usnr
patton Of power which can find no warrant 10 the
constitution, and II sanctioned by the 'peo-
pie will subvert our form Of government and can
cnly end In single centralized and consolidated gov
ernment In which the separate existence OF the states
WIN be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified despot-
ism be established In place Of Federal Union OF CO.
eoual States; and that We regard the Reconstruction
acts so-caled) of Congress as usurpatons, and un'
constitutional, revolutionary and void; that our SOL
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 tho pre-empton of home.
BteaQ lauQb bulu Al EoAeonooAo 4oAAeeSob s4 ~
none but actual occupants, OF the minimum price
established by the government When grants Of the
public lards may be allowed necessary for the en-
oouragement Of important public improvements, the
proceeds Of the sale OF such land and not the lands
themselves should be 30 applied.
That the President Of the United States, Andrew
Johnson in exercising the power Of his high Office in
resisting the aggressons Of Congress upon the con-
stuonal rights Of the States and the people, is en-
titled to the gratitude Of the whole American peo'
pie and In behalf of the Democratic party We tender
him our thanEs 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
:ud restore the Union forgetting all past difference
o Yrinion, 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 srtend the right hand of fellowship,
and hail all such cooperating with US as friends and
brethren.
DIAMOND MAKNa.-Perhaps art has at last
| triumphed completely over nature, and torr
from her grasp, after long continued strug.
gle, the great secret. What was the process
by means OF which nature, in the secret places
| - L. -x~aof x,,orld Ia forbiorad ~.