The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-07-17

cation or notice Of affidavit rs re-
quired by the organic laws, 1t has
converted the American Capitol into
has ile. Il Lasestabishea u sys-
TEN of spies and off siaT espionage
to which I'D constitut iUNal naonarcAy
Of Europe would now dare to resort.
It has abolished the right of appeal
or. impo..apt constitutional ques
tions to the supreme judicial triJu-
nails ana threatensto cuttailor des-
troy its original jurisdiction, which
- ,iyrevoeably vested by, the Consti..
tuition, while the learned Chief JUS
tics has been subjected to the most
atrocious calumnies, merely because
he would not prostitute his high
office to the support Of the false and
partizan charges preferred against
the President. Its corruption and
extravaganza have exceeded any.
thing known, IL history. and by its
frauds and moncpolies it has nearly
doubled the burden Of the debt
created during the war, 1t has
stripped the President Of his consti
tutional power of appointing, even
his own Cabinet Under it's repeat
cd assaults the pillars Of, the govern
ment arc rocking on their bases, and
should they succeed in November
next, and elect it's President, we
will meet as a subject and conquer
ed people amid the ruins of liberty
and the scattered fragments Of the
Constitution. And we do declare
and resolve that ever since tho peo-
pie of the United States threw off
all subsection 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 respec-
lively, and that any attempt by
Congress, on any pretext whatever,
to deprive any State Of this right, or
interfere with its exercise, is fla
grant usurpation Of power, which
can find no warrant in the Constitu-
tion, and if sanctioned by the people
will subyert our form Of government,
and can only end in q single central
lied and consolidated government in
which the separate existence Of the
States will be entirely absorbed and
an unqualified despotism be estab-
lished in place of a Federal Union
Of co-cqual States, and that We re-
gard the Reconstruction acts, So
called of Congress as usurpation
and unc institutional, revolutionary
and void; that our soldiers and sal
lors, who carried tho 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 wide
ly as possible among the people and
should be disposed of either under
the emption Of the homestead
lands or sold in reasonable quaint
ties, and to none but actual occu-
pants at the minimum price cstab-
lished by the government When
grants Of the public lands may be
allowed, necessary for tho encour-
age,ncnt Of important public i'm
provements, the proceeds of the sale
of such lands and not the lands
them selves should be 50 applied.
That the President of the Uaited
States, Andrew johnson, in excr-
ciaing the power of his high Office in
resisting the aggressions Of Congress
upon the constitutional rights Of the
States and the people. is entitled to
the era titudc of the whole American
people, and in behalf of the Demo-
cratic party we tender him our
thanks for his patriotic efforts in
that regard.
Upon this platform the Democrat
ic party appeal to every patriot, in
GLIDING all the Conservative element
and ali who desire to support the
Constitution and restore the Uaion,
forgetting all past differences of
opinion, to unite with us in the
present great struggle for the liber-
tics of the people, and that to all
such. to whatever party they may
have heretofore belonged, we extend
the right hand Of fellowship. and
bail all such cooperating with US as
friends and brethren.