Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-03-11

tional Democratic Convention be and they arc
hereby instructed to vote rs 0 unit for can
didates for President and Vice President
and upon tho platform. Postponed, for the
present. ,
Tho Convention then adjourned until nine
o'clock, in tho expectation Of hearing the
report Of tho Committed on Resolutions.
President Hopkins called the Convention
to order at nine o'clock.
Mr. Jackson notified the Convention that
Hon. Thomas Chalfant, Of the Fourteenth
District, withdrew from the position Of
elector for tho Thirteenth Congressional
District. Jesse y. zimmerman was selected
in his place. ..,,. .-,
Mr.. Deisc Of Clinton, was called upon for
o speech, and spoke in response. He urged
that Congress was disrobing the judiciary
and the executive Of their constitutional
power. If the radicals deprived the oxecu-
tive Of his power they could not deprive the
Democracy Of tho last resort Of freemen.-- =
| (Applause.) lie reminded dle audience Of
General StoncwMl Jackson's motto-"Be-
ware Of General Geary." uaughter and
much applause.) lie did not believe in that
motto. ...
General William McCandless, Senator
from Philadelphia, being called upon for q
speech urged the Democracy to cease their
temporizing policy, and to charge charge |!
charge upon the enemy. (Applause).
II. A. j. Broadhead was announced as
elector, and Elisha W. Hamilton and Henry
s. Mott as delegates from the Eleventh Con-
gressional District.
Lewis C.Cassidy, from the Committee on
Resolutions, reported the following:-
Resolved, That the happiness Of the pco-
pie and the preservation OF our power as a
Republic, depend upon the perpetuity of the
7 Union and the preservation Of the Consti-
tuition, and the prompt restoration Of each
and all Of the States to the enjoyment of
their rights and functions in the Union is
essential to our progress, our prosperity, and
the protection Of our liberties, and Radical
legislation is the barrier thereto. ..
Resolved, That the Constitution Of the
United States it the supreme law; it is
binding upon the people and upon every
department of the government, and it is
the highest duty Of those in aud out Of Off.
cial places to yield implicit obedience to all
its provisions until it is changed in the man.
ner provided therein that tho recent at
tempt Of the Legislative branch of the gov
ernment to usurp the Office of the Executive
and to destroy lie independence ofthe Ju-
dietary ore deliberate attacks upon the
plainest provision Of the Constitution, in
utter violation of its spirit, and tend to the
government itself.
Resolued, That the Radicals in Congress
of money, which they have squandered in
reckless extravigance; 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 and navy, reforms in the collection ol
the revenue, are imperatlveIy demanded
, only by this means can q 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.
! Rcsolred, That the Republican party il
responsible to the country for the delay il
] inc RESTORATION OF thc SOUTHERN STATES u
their just relations in the Union, and tor tho
' government Of their, people by military rule
that the purpose Of these measures is tt
perpetuate Radical power through the vote
' Of the illiterate negroes.
D Rcso!red, That in enacting the Tenure. o.
| Ofhce law, the legislative and executys
branches OF the government, each tor itself
had right to judge Of its ConstitutionalItty
: and that in thus exercising the right the Fix
? ecutive was only complying. with that por
8 tion Of his oath Of office which required nj!
, to preserve, protect and defend the Constl
: tuition Of the United States, and that it i
the right Of every branch Of the government
0 and Of every citizen to have questions IN
0 volving the ,Constitutionality OF any, Law
@ speedily adjudicated by the Supreme Cour
Of the United States, and the right OF tn
= people to have said decisions enforced.
Q ResCtred, That tue pending Impeachment
0 ofthe President OF the United States is
a gross and reckless abuse OF partisan, pewe
without justifiahe cause, and intended to
the attainment OF party purposes at the sac
;. rifice Of the most vital interests OF the coun
Q try. 8.
@ ResOlrcd, That to return to the specl
> paying basis at the earliest possible momen
is essential to theinterests ofthe people ant