The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-29


ted States as rapidly as practicable; all money
drawn from the people by taxation, except so
much "A IA requisite for the necessities OF the
government economically administered, being
honestly applied to such payment, and where
the obligations of the Government do not ex'
pressly state upon their face, or the law under
which they were issued dses not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought, in night
and Justice, be paid in the lawful money of the
Fourth. Equal taxation Of every species of
property according to its real value, including
government bonds and other public securities.
Fifth. One currency for the government and
the people, the laborer and the Office holder,
the pensioner and the soldier, the producer and
bond-holder. .a
Sixth. Economy in the administration Of the
government, the reduction of the standing army
and navy; the abolition of the Freedmens
bureau great cheersl, and all political instru.
mentalities designed to secure negro supremacy;
simplifcation of the system, and discontnuance
of inquisitOral modes of assessing and collecting
Internal Revenue; 80 that the burden VI taxation
NAV be eaualized and lessened, the credit OF
the government and the currency made good,
the repeal of all enactments for enrolling the
State militia into the national forces In time oil
peace and tariff for revenue upon foreign i'm
ports; and such equal taxation under the Inter
nal Revenue laws, as will afford incidental pro
lection to domestic Manufactures and as will,
without imparing the revenue, impose the least
burden upon and best promote and encourage
the great Industrial interests OF the country.
Seventh. Reform of abuses in the administra-
tioR; the expulsion of corrupt men from office;
the abrogation of useless offices; the restoration
of rightful authority TO and the independence
of the Executive and Judicial departments OF
the government. The subordination of the mil
itary to the civil power to the end that the usur
pations of Congress and the despotism Of the
sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection Tor nat
uralized 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 encourage
ment TO people struggling for national ntegri
ty, constitutional liberty and individual rights
and the maintenance of the rights Of naturaliZ-
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine of i'm.
mutable allegiance, and the claims Of foreign
powers to punish them for q crime committed
beyond their Jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms We
arraign the Radical party for its disregard Tor
right, and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
amy which has marked its career, after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges OF both
houses of Congress to prosecute the war exclu.
siyely for the maintenance Of the Government
and the protection OF the Union under the
Constitution. II has repeatedly violated that
most sacred pledge, under which was rallied
that noble volunteer army which carried our
flag to victory. Instead OF restoring the Union
it has, 80 far as II is in its power, dissolved it.
and subjected ten States in time OF profound
peace to military despetsm and negro supre.
macy. II has nullifed thGre the right OF trial
by Jury. 1t has abolished the habeas corpus,
that most sacred writ OF liberty. 1t has over.
thrown the freedom of speech and of the press.
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and ar
rest, and military trials and the secret star
chambers of inquisitions for constitutional tri
bunals 1t has disregarded in time OF peace the
right of the people to be free from search and
seizures It has entered the pest and telegraph
offices, and even the private rooms OF individ-
uals and seized their private papers and letters
without any specification, or notice, or allda.
Wit as required by the organic law. II has
converted the American capitol into Bastle.
1t has established system of spies and Official
espionage to which 10 constitutional monarchy
in Europe would now dare To resort.
II has abolished the right of appeal on ini
portant constitutional questions TO the sli.
prcmc judicial tribunal, and threatens torur'
tail or destroy its original jurisdiction, whichis
irrcvOCably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been Subje ctcd to
great and atr0CiUus calunnics, merely because
lac would not prostitute his high office TO the
support of the false and partisan charges pre-
ferrcd against the President Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded anything
known in history, and by its frauds and monop
Olics it has nearly doubled the burden OF debt
created during tie war. 1t has stripped the
President of his constitutional power OF ap
pointmcnt, even of his own cabinet. Under its
repeated assaults the pillars Of the Government
are rocking oil their bases, and should IT sue.
coed in November next and inaugurate its
President We will meet, as subjects and 4 con.
quered people amid the ruins of liberty and
the scattered fragments fthc Constitution.
And We do declare and resolve, That ever
since the people of the United States threw of
all subsection to the British crown, the privi.
lego and trust of Suffrage have belonged TO the
several States, and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively by the political pow
or OF each State respectively; and any attempt
by Congress on any prctext whatever TO de-
prive any State Of this right or interfere with
this exercise Is a fragrant uSurpatiOn OF power,
which can lind no warrant in tho Constitution,
and if sanctioned by the people will subvert our
form of government, and can only end in sin.
gle centralized consolidated government, in
which the separate existence Of the States will
be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified des-
potism be established in place OF Federal
union of coequal States; and that we regard the
reconstruction acts, so called, of Congress such
usurpatOn and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void; and that our soldiers and sailors who
carried the flag of our country to victory
against a most gallant and determined foe must
be ever gratefully remembered, and all guaran.
ties given in the law must be faithfully ""'' lou
into execution.
mat the public land should be distributed
widely among the people, and should be dispos-
cd of under tho presumption of homestead laws,
and sold in reasonable quantities. and to none
but actual occupants, ut the minimum price es
tablished by the government When grants Of
the public lands may be allowed, necessary for
the encouragement of important public i'm.
provcments, the proceeds Of the sale of such
lands, and not the lands themselves should he
80 applied.
That the President of the United States, An
drew Johnson in exercising the power vi his
high Office in resisting the aggressions OF Con
grcSs on the Constitutional rights OF the States
aud the people, is entitled 10 the gratitude Of
the whole American people, and on behalf Of
the Democratic party we tender him our thanks
for his patriotic efforts i'll that regard.
Upon this platforms the Democratic party ap-
pcals To every patriot, including all the Conscr.
vative element and all who desire to support the
constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences of opinion, tn 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 co operating with Us as friends and broth.
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