The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-12
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Demo ocratic National Conyention

IfAS0unyVtdtto oiIStttloual fGonvent1On.
The Demo ocratic party, In National Cor.
Fyention assembled, repoeine its trrst in
the inteiiigence, patriotisml and discri,ni.
nating Justioe ofL the peopleLsstandine
aud Limitation OF the powers Of the CD
yernment, and the guarantee of the liber-
ties OF the citizen, and recognizing the
questions OF slavery and secession as
having been settled, for all time to come.
6y the wal, or the voluntary action Of the
Tsntions assembled, and never to be re-.
I newed or re-agitated, do, with the return
OF peace, demand: - :
| 1st. Immediate restoration of all the
States to their rights in the Union, under
the Constitution, and of civil government
I'd. Amnesty for all past no,itica,
otences, ar the regulation of the elective
franchise i'll the States by their citizens.
| 80. Payment OF the public debt of the
| United states as rapidly as practicable:
al moneys drawn from the people by tax.
ntion, aL eacept so much as is requisite for
mically administered, being honestly ap-
Piled to such payment; and, where the
| obligations OF the Government de NOT
expressly state upon their face, or the
law under which they were issued does
not provide that they shall be paid in
|
be paid in the lawful money of the United
States.
G4th. Equal taxation of every species OF
property, according to its real value. in
| Guiding government bonds and other pub
| lie securities.
9Th; One currency for the Government
and the people, the laborer and the Office
| holder, the pensioner and the soldier. the
| producer and the bond-holder.
| 9th. Economy in the administration of
the Government; the reduction of the
standing army and navy; the abolition of
the Freedmen's Bureau, and all political
lnstrumentajitles designed to secure
negro supremacy; simplifcation of the
system and dlscontinuance of inquisitori-
al modes OF assessing and collecting inter
nal revenue, so that the burden of taxa
ton may be equalized and lessened, the
credit OF the Government and the curren-
cy made good; the repeal of all enact
ments for enrolling the State militia into
national forces in time OF peace; and a
tariff for revenue upon foreign imports.
and such equal taxation, under the inter.
nal revenue laws, as will afford incidental
protection to domestic manufactures. and
as wiz, without lmpairing the revenue
impose the least burden upon and best
promote and encourage the great indus.
triai interests OF the country.
7th. reform of abuses in the administra-
lion, the expulsion OF corrupt mon from
ohce, the abrogation of useless offices,
the restoration of rightful authority to
and the independence of the executive
and judiciary departments Of the Govern
ment, the subordination of the military to
the civil power, to the end that the
usurpations OF Congress and the despot-
ism OF the sword may cease.
9th. Equal rights and protection for
haturailzed and native-born citizens, at
home and abroad; the assertion of Ameri-
can nationality which shall command the
respect OF foreign powers, and furnish an
| example and encouragement to people
struggling for national integrity, consti-
tutlonal liberty and individual rights; and
the maintenance Of the rights of natural
lzed citizens against the absolute doctrine
OF lmnutabie allegiance and the claims of
foreign powers to punish them for alleged
crime committed beyond their jurisdic-
ton.
In demanding these measures and re-
forms, we arraign the radical party for it's
disregard of right, and the unparalleled
ed it's career. After the most solemn and
unanimous pledge Of both Houses of Con-
gress to prosecute the war exclusively for
the maintenance of the Government and
the preservation of the Union, under the
Constitution, it has repeatedly violated
shat s1nno most lsst sacred sacred pledge. under which
army, which carried our flag to victory.
Instead OF restoring the Union, it has,
30 far as is in it's power, dissolved it. and
subjected ten States, in times OF profound
peace, to military despotism and negro
supremacy.
1t has nullifed there the right OF trial
by jury; it has abolished the habeas COR
pus, that most sacred writ of liberty; it
has overthrown the freedom of speech and
the press; it has substituted arbitrary
seizures and arrests, and military trials
and secret star-chamber inquisitions for
the constitutional tribunals; It has disre.
garded, in time of peace, the right of the
people to be free from searches and seiz-
ures; it has entered the post and telegraph
ofhces, and even the private rooms Of in
| divlduals, and seized their private papers
and letters, without any specific charge or
notice Of affidavit, as required by the or
ganic law; 1t has converted the American
capitol into bastile; 1t has established a
system OF spies and official espionage to
which no constitutional monarchy OF En-.
rope would now dare to resort; it has abo-
lisned the right OF appeal on important
coIstitutional questions to the supreme
judicial tribunals, and threatens to cur
which is irrevocably vested by the Consti-
tuition, 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 partizan charges preferred
against the President. It's corruption and
extravaganza have exceeded ANYTHING
known in history, and by it's frauds and
den OF the debt created by the war. Il has
stripped the President Of his constitution
| al power OF appointment even of his own
Cabinet. Under its repeated assaults, the
pillars OF the Government are rocking ON