Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-07-16
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qu:ies i beg ltsftsT t,p say tnat ! y leave TO
you to dettgal4lti,, eon consolidation with
my friends frQal AIissopri, whether my
name shall be pseseatedto the Democratic
! Convention, and TO sub.as the following.
as what | consider The real .aad only issue
in this contest
| The reconstruction policy Of the Radi-
Gals will be complete before the next cleo
ton the States, SO long excluded, will
have been admitted; negro suffrage es-
tablishcd. and the carpet haggers installed
in their seats in both branches Of Congress
There is no possibility of changing the
political character of the Senate, even j
the Democrats should elect their pfesiden t
and a majority q the popular branch q
i Congress We cannot, therefore, undo
the Radical plan Of reconstruction by Con
gressional action theoenate VII CONTINUE
bar to Its repeal. Must We submit to it
! How can it be ovarthrowr 1t can only
; be overthrown by the authority Of the
Executive, ewno is sworn to mian1ail the
Constitution, and who will fail to do his
duty if he allows the Constitution to perish
under series of Congressioual enact
ments which are III palpable violation of its
Fundamental principles
If the President, elected by the Den
ocracy, enforces, or permits Others to en-
force, these Reconstruction acts, the Radi
Gals Shy thc~s essCsion-6f twenty spurious
Senators and fifty Represena3ives, will
control both b#enso3e Of Congress- @Eaj
this administration will be as powerless as
the present one Of Mr. ohnsoE.
There is bat 4ane sway to restore the
GovernMent and the. Constitution, and that
lis for 81 president elect to declare these
acts null Cad void ,oognpel the army TO un-
do it's usurpations at the South, dispense
the carpet bag State Governments, allow
the white peas'ie to recognize their own
and elect Senators and Rep
rcsentatives. The House of Represents Ga.
tives will contain majority of Democrats
from the North, and they will .admit the:
Representatives elected by the white PEG
pie of the South and with the co-opera
ton Of the President it will moi be difficult
to compel the Senate to submit once more
to the obligations Of the Constitution. It
will not be able to withstand the public
judgement, if distinctly invoked and clear
" expressed, on this fundamental issue,
and tits the. sare<way to, avoid AL future:
strife to put. this issue plsiuly to'tE1e coun i
try.
[ repeat that this is {he real and only
question which we should allow to control
US: Shall we submit to the usurpations
by which the Government has been over
thrown, OF shall we exert ourselves for its.
full and complete rc5toratiou? Inside to%
talk of bonds, greenbaoks. gold, the pub
lie faith and the public credit. What can
a Democratic President do in regard to-
any of these, with a Congress in both
branches controlled by The carpet baggers
and their allies? He will be poweress to
stop the supplies by which idle negroes
are organized into political clubs-by
which an army is maintained 10 protect
these vagabond8 IL their outrages upon
the balIos These, and all things like
these, eat up the revenues and resources of
the Government and destroy its credit,
make the difference between gold and
greepbacks. We must restore the Con
stitution before we can restore the finances
and to do this we must have President
who will execute the will Of the people by.
trampling into dust the usurpations of.
Congress. Enowu as the Reconstruction:
acts. I wish to stand before the-Conven-
ton upon this issue, bat it is one which
embraces everything else that is Of value
in its large and comprehensive results. It
is the one thing that includes all that is
worth a contest, and without it there is
nothing that gives dignity, honor and
value to the struggle.
Your friend,
MI iEFr