The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-09

Constitution, and OF CIVIL Sofefnuen' " VIZ '
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. AL
moneys drawn from the people By taxation, e1.
cent go much as is requisite for the ecessshes
of tbe government, economically administered,
being honestly applied to such payment, and
where the obligations of the government 90
not expressly state upon their face, or the law
nnder which they we're issued does not provide,
that they shall I e paid in coin, they ought in
{ right and in iusticet be paid IN the lawful
.moneyof the United States.
Fourth. Equal taxation Of every species OF
uroperty, according to its real value, including
) sro,yernment bonds and other public secur-
ties.
sFstth. One currency for the government and
the people, the laborer snd the of6ceholder,
the pensioner and the Soldier, the producer
and the bondholder.
Siua. Economy IN the administration o. the
government; the reduction Of the standing
: Army and navy; the abolition OF the Freed
mans Bureau, and an political instrumental
ties Designed to secure negro supremacy; SIM
pliHcation Of the system, and the discontinue
ance Of inauisitorial modes OF assessing and
collecting internal revenue, 30 that the burden
of taxation may be equalized and lessened, and
the credit Of the government and the currency
made good; tie repealof all lenactments for en-
rolling the State militia into national forces m
Hims of peace, and a tariff for revenue upon
foreign imports; and such equal taxation,
snnder the Internal revenue law, as will afford
incidental protection to domestic nnanufac-
tures and asswill. without impairing theirege-
! nue., impose the least upon, and best promote
and encourage, the great industrial interests
OF the country. y
SereptK Reiorm Of abuses IN the admimst tra-
ton; The expulsion Of fcorrupt men from office;
the abrogation Of useless Offices; the restora-
lion OF riehtful authority to, and the indepen-
4 dence Of, the Executive and Judiciary depart
ments of the government; the subordination
of the military to the civil power, 70 the emu
: that the usurpations Of Congress and the des-
potism Of the sword may Geese.
Eiqhis. Equal rights and protection for natu-
ralized and native born citizens at home and
abroad; the assertion OF American nationality
which shall command the respect Of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encour-
agement to people struggling for national ln-
tegrity, constitutional liberty and individual
rights; and the maintenance Of the rights OF
naturalized citizens against the obsolete doc
trine OF an simmatable allegiance and the
claims Of foreign powers to punish them for
alleged crime commit ted eyond their jurlsdlc-
!; tion. - 8 =;
In demanding these measures and reforms,
we aryaign the Radical party for its disregard
of right, and the oppression and tyranny wnlcn
have marked its career. After the most solemn
and unanimous pledge Of both, Houses Of Con-
gress to prosecute the war exclusively for the
maintenance Of the government and the pre-
servation of the Union under the Constitu-
lion, 1t has repeatedly violated that most sa-
cred pledge, under which alone was rallied that
noble volunteer army which carried our nag TO
victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it has, 80 far
|. rs ia in it's power, dissolved it, and subjected
Ten States, in time OF profound peace, to mill
tary despotism andnegro supremacy.
It has nullifed there the right Of trial by
jury.
II has abolished the hGbeas corpus-that
most sacred writ Of liberty.
1t has oyerthrown the freedom Of speech
and press.
Ithas substitute arbitrary seizures and ar
rests, and military trials, and secret Star
Chamber inquisitions for the constit ltional
tribunals.
II has disregarded, in time Of peace, the
right Of the people to be free from searches
and seizures.
Ithas entered the post and telegraph Offices,
and eyensthe private rooms ofindividuals, and
seized their private papers and letters without
any specified charge or notice, or affidavit as
required BY the organic law.
Ithaa converted the American capitol into
bastile, and has estabhshe a system ofspies and
official espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy of Europe would dare to resort.
It has abolished the right Of appeal on con-
stitutional questions to the supreme judicial
tribunal, and threatens to crrtal or destroy its
original jurisdiction, which is irreyocably vest
ed In It BY the Constitution, wiile the learned
Chief Justice has been subjected to the most
atrocious scalumnies because he would not
prostitute his high Office to the support OF the
false and partisan charges preferred against
the President.
Its corruption and extravagance have ex-
ceeded everything known in history, and BY its
frauds and monopoies it has nearly doubled
the burden Of the debt created by the war.
It has stripped the President Of his constltu-
tional power Of appointment, even OF his own
Cabinet. Under its repeated assaults the pill
lars Of the government are rocking on their
base; and shonld it succeed in November next
and inaugurat, it's President, We shall meet as
o subjected and conquered people amid the