Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-09

1t has entered the post and telegraph
offices, and even the private rooms Of in
diYiduals, and seized tkeirs private papers
and letters, without any specification or
notice OF afhdavlt, as ireqnired by the
organic law. y Z
1t has converted the American Capitol
into a Baslile.
1t has established a system of spies and
official espionage 10 which no constitutional
monarchy Of Europe would noT dare TO
resort.
Il has abolished the right Of appeal on
important constitutional questions to the
SUPREME Judiciary tribunal, and threatens
10 cuftail or destroy It's original iurisdic-
ton. which is irreyOcably vested by the
Constitution, while the learned Chief
Justice has been subjected to the most
atrocious calumnies, merely because he
would not prostitute his high Office 10 the
support of the false and partisan charges
preferred against the President.
It's corruption and extravsganceh have ex-
ceeded anything known 10 history, and BY
its frauds and monopolies It has nearly
doubled the burden of debt created during
the war. -
1t has stripped the President Of his coz
stitutional power of appointment even Of
his own Cabinet,
Under its repeated assaults the pillars Of
the government are rocking on their base,
and should it succeed in November next
and inaugurate its President we will meet
as subjec; and conquered people amid
| the ruins of liberty and the scattered frag-
ments of the Constitution; and we do de-
clare and resolve that ever since the peo-
I pie Of the United States threw off all sub
| lection to the British Crown the privilege
and trust of suffrage have belonged to the
several States, aud have been granted,
regulated aud controlled exclusively by
the political power of each State respect
/ lively, and any attempt by Congress, on
any pretext whatever, to deprive any State
| Of this right, or interfere with this exer-
else, is a fragrant usurpation of power
which can find no warrant 10 the Consti-
tuition, and, if sanctioned by the people,
will subvert our form of government, and
can only end in a single centralized, con
solidated government, 10 which the sep
arate existence of the States will be en-
tirely absorbed, and an unqualified despot-
ism be established in place of a Federal
Union of equal States.
That we regard the reconstruction acts
Of Congress, so-called, as usurpations, IN
constitutional, 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, mus
/ ever be gratefully remembered, and all the
guarantees given ia their favor must be
| rrfaI into o..
That the public lands should be dis
tributed widely among the people, and
should be disposed of either under the pre-
emption or Homestead laws, and sold il
reasonable quantities, and TO none but
actual occupants, at the minimum price al
established by the government. Wher
grants of the public lands may be allowed
necessary for the encouragement of i'm
portant public improvements, the proceeds
of the sale Of such lands 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 aggressiont
of Congress on the Constitutional rights o
the States and the people, is entitled TO the
gratitude of the whole American people
and on behalf of the Democratic party We
tender him our thanks for his PATRIOTS
efforts in that regard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party
appeal to every patriot, including all the
Conservative element and all who desire
to support the Constitution and restore The
Union, forgetting all past differences Of
| opinion, to unite with us in the present
great struggle for the.hberties Of thepeople
and that to all such, to whatever party
they may have heretofore belonged, we ex-
tend the right hand of fellowship and hal!
all such cooperating with US as friends and
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