The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-08-22

| premacy simplifcation Of the system and
/ the discontinuance Of inquisitorial boards
! for assessing and collecting Internal revenue,
so that the burden Of taxation may be
! equalized and lessened the credit of the
| Government and the currency made good
! the repeal of all enactments for enrolling
the State militia into National forces in time
/ of peace; tariff for revenue upon foreign
/ imports, and such equal taxation under the
! internal revenue laws as will afford Incl
dental protection to domestic manufactures,
and as viii, without impairing the revenue,
impose the least burden upon and best pro
mote and encourage the great industrial in
terests of the country
Z. Reform of abuses in the Administra-
ton, the expulsion of corrupt men from
Offices the obrOgation of useless Offices, the
restoration of rightfuI authority to, and the
independence of the Executive and Judicial
departments OF the Government, the sub
ordination of the military to the civil power
to the end that the usurpations of Congress
and the despotism of the sword may cease.
8. Equal rights and protection for natural
lied and natiye-born citizens at home and
abroad, an assertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers, and furnish an example and encour-
agement to people struggling for national in
tegrity, constitutional liberty and individual
rights, and the maintenance Of the rights of
naturalized citizens against the absolute doc
trine of immutable allegiance, and the
claims Of foreign powers to punish them for
alleged crime committed beyond their juris-
diction
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for its disregard
of right, unparalleled oppression and tyranny
which have marked its career, after the most
cclavDp oD6 r1oI~o oF
Houses of Congress to prosecute the war ex-
clusively for the maintenance of the Govern
ment and the preservation of the Union
under the Constitution.
1t 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, so
far as in its power, dissolved it. and subjected
ten States in time of peace to despotism and
negro supremacy.
It has nullifed there the right of trial by
jury.
It has abolished the habeas corpus, that
most sacred writ of liberty.
1t has overthrown the freedom of speech
and the press
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and
arrests, and military trials and secret Star
Chamber inquisitions, for constitutional tri-
bunals.
1t has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search
and seizures.
1t has entered the post and telegraph Of
fees, and even the private rooms of indi-
viduals, and seized their private papers and
letters, without any specification or notice of
affidavit, as required by the organic law.
1t has converted the American capitol
into bastile.
1t has established system of spies and
official espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy Cf Europe would now dare to re-
sort.
1t has abolished the right of appeal on
important constitutional questions to the
supreme Judiciary tribunal, and threatens to
curtaiI or destroy It's original jurisdiction,
which Is irrevocably vested by the Constitu
ton, while the learned Chief Justice has
| been subjected to the most atrocious
calumnies, merely because he would not
| prostitute his high Office to the support OF
| the false and partisan charges preferred
| against the President.
Its corruption and extravaganza have eX.
| ceeded anything known in history, and by
| its frauds and moGopoies it has nearly
/ doubled the burden Of debt created during
| the war.
1t has stripped the President of his con
/ obiIALAOudA pONGL VI dp pDO4utLIlC1lI3 even VI
/ his own cabinet
| Under its repeated assaults the pillars oi
! the Government are rocking on their base
and should it succeed in November next and
! inaugurate its President we Will meet as
! subject and conquered people amid the ruins
/ of liberty and the scattered fragments oi
| the Constitution and we do declare and re
solve that ever since the people of the
! United States threw off all subsection to the
! British Crown, the privilege and trust OI
suffrage have belonged to the several States
and have been granted, regulated and con
trClled exclusively by the political power Of
each State respectively, and any attempt by
Congress, on any pretext whatever, to de
priVe any State of this right, or interfere
| with this exercise, is fragrant usurpation o
power which can find no warrant in the Con
| stitutiOn, and, if sanctioned by the people
| Will subvert our form Of government, anC
/ can only end IN q single centralized, con
| sOlidated government in which the separate
| existence of the States will be entirely alb
sOrbed, and an unqualified despOtism be es
tablished in place of q Federal Union o
equal States
That we regard the reconstruction acts 0
Congress- so called, as usurpatIOns, uncOn
stitutional, revolutionary and void, and tina
our soldiers and sailors who carried the fla
of our country to victory against a mos
gallant and determined foe, must ever b
gratefully remembered, and all the guaran
tees given in their favor must be faithful
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distrih
uted widely among the people, and shOul
be disposed of either under the pre-emptio
or homestead laws, and sold in reasonabl
quantities, and to none but actual occupant
at the minimum price as established by th
| (Novorrr,,av,E Nbov, Of tho uFahli
lands may be allowed, necessary for the er
| couragement of important public improve
ments, the proceeds of the sale of sue
f lands and not the lands themselves shoul
be so applied.
) That the President Of the United State
= Andrew johnson, in exercising the powe
+ of his high Office in resisting the aggression
of Congress on the Constitutional rights
j, the States and the people, is entitled to th
e gratitude of the whole American people
= and on behalf of the Democratic party "
S tender him our thanks for his patriot
efforts In that regard.
? Upon this platform the Democratic part