Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-03-13
THE coPPERHEAD STATE CON-
FENTION.

yENTIOH.
The Copperhead State Convention, which
assembled 10 Harrisburg on the 4th inst,
after placing il nomination Charles II.
Boyle. Of Fayetto county, for the Office Of
Auditor General, and General Wellington
Ent, Of Columbia, for that Of Surveyor
General passed the following resolutions.
As usual they are altogether inconsistent
With the record and practice Of the party
and arc intended only to catch the unwary
and unsuspectiug They make fair profes-
sions when they want the peoples votes,
but never for moment think of practising
what they preach Their platforms are uni
formly planned to deceive Any man who
reads these resolutions and does not detect
their inconsistency and falseness as proven
by their party record, is a fit candidate for
an insane asylum:
Resolced, That the happiness Of the people
and the preservation Of our power as a. Re
public depends upon the perpetui,y Of the
Union and the preservation Of the Constitu-
ton, and the prompt restoration of each and
all Of the States TO the enjoyment Of their
rights and functions in the Union is essential
70 our progress, our prosperity, and the
protection Of our liberties, and Radical legis-
latl0n is the barrier thereto.
Resoircd, That the Constitution Of the
United States is the supreme law, it is
binding upon the people and upon every de-
partment OF the Government and it is the
highest duty of those in aud out Of official
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provisions, until it is changed in the manner
provided therein; that the recent attempts
of the legislative branch of the Government
to usurp the office Of the Executive, and to
destroy the independence Of the judiciary,
are deliberate attacks upon the plainest
provision Of the Constitution, in utter
violation Of It's spirit, and tend to the over
throw Of the Government itself.
Resolced That the Radicals In Congress
have wrung from the people enormous sums
of money, which they have squandered in
reckless extravaganza; that their system Of
revenue is I'll devised, incongruous, and in
equitable; that rigid economy in every
branch Of the public service, a decrease in
The number OF officials, a reduction in the
army aud navy, aad reform in the collection
of the revenue are ImperatlYely demanded.
Only by this means can a reduction in the
amount Of taxation now imposed on the in
dustrial and manufacturing interests be at
tanned and the payment Of our Indebtedness
be assured.
Res0ired, That the Republican party is
| responsible to the country for the delay in
| the restoration Of the Southern States to
their just relations in the Union and for the
government of their people by military
rule; that the purpose Of these measures is
to perpetuate Radical power through the
votes Of illiterate negroes.
Rcs0lred, That In eHactlng the tenure of
Office law, the legislative and executive
branches of the Government, each for itself,
ha1 a right TO Judge Of its constitutionality,
and that in thus exercising the right the
Executive was only complying with that
portion Of his oath of Office which required
him TO preserve, protect aud defend the
Constitution Of the United States, and that
it is the right Of every branch of the Govern
ment and ofevery citizen to have questions
involving the c0nsGtuJionality Of any law
speedily adjudged by the Supreme Court of
the United States, and the right of the
people to have said decisions enforced.
Resolged, That the pending impeachment
Of the President of the United States is a
gross and reckless abuse Of partisan power
without justifabe cause, and intended for
the attainment Of party purposes at the
sacrifice OF the most vital interests OF the
country
Resolred, That a return to a specie-payiDg
basis at the earliest practicable moment is
essential to the interests Of the people and
the prosperity of the nation.
Resoire}, That the national debt should
be paid as rapidly as Is consistent with the
terms Of the laws upon which the several
loans are based.
Resolred, That the five twenty bonds and
the legal tender notes are component parts
of the same financial system, and until the
Government is able to redeem the legal
tenders in coin, the holders of these bonds
should be required to receive legal tenders
in payment.
Resoiued, That every species of property
should bear its fair proportion of taxation,
aud that the exemption ofGovernment bonds
therefrom is unjust aud uBequitable.
Rcs0lced, that we recognize with emotions
OF the deepest gratitude the efforts of the
gallant volunteer soldiers who SO freely took
up arms to protect the flag and preserve the
Union, and we denounce as unjust to them
the efforts Of the Radicals to prevent a
restoration of the Union until negro suprem-
ac2 is established 10 certain States and negro
equality made the rule in ALL
Rcsolged, That the naturalization of
foreign-born citizens places them on the
same footing as those born in this country,
aud it is the duty Of the Government to see
that all citizens, naturalized and native, are
protected in their rights of life, liberty, and
property, abroad as well as at home and that
in the view Of the Democracy the flag of the
country ought and must be made to protect
all our citizens.