Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-07-16

| 1t has substituted arbitrary seizures
and arrests, and military trials, and
secret star chamber inquisilions, for Con-
stituiional tribunals. %as
II has disregarded In time Of peace the
right Of the people to be free from searches
and seizures. .sfr
IL has entered the post and telegraph
Offices, and even the private rOdms OF In
dividuals, and seized their prIvate papers
and letters without any specification or
notice Of sfidavit, as required by the
organic law.
II has converted the Amoricdn Capitol
into bastile.
II has established system Of spies and
official espionage 70 which no constitution
al monarchy Of Europe would dare to
resort.
II has abolished the right Of appeal, on
important Constitutional questions, 10 the
supreme judicial tribunals, and threatens
to ourtail or destroy its original jurisdie-
ton. which Is irrevocably vested by che
Constitution; while the learned Chief
Justice has been sthjected to great and
atrociOus calumnies merely because he
would not prostitute his high Office TO the
support Of the false and partisan charges
preferred against the President
It's corruption and extravaganza have
exceeded any thing known in history,
and by its fraud and monopolies II has
near doubled the burden Of the deb
created during the war.
1t has stripped the President Of h is
constitutional power Of appointment,
even Of his own Cabinet.
Under its repeated assaults the pillars
Of the Government are rocking on their
base, and should 1t succeed in November
next, and inahgurate It's President, we
will meet il as subjected and conquered
people, amid the ruins Of liberty, and the
scattered fragments Of the Consultation.
And zoe do Declare and ResOlus, that ever
since the people Of the United States threw
off oil subjuga:ion to the British Crown,
the privilege and trust Of suffrage have
belonged to the several States, and have
been granted, regulated, and controlled
exclusively by the political power Of each
State, respectively, and any attempt by
Congress, on any pretext whatever, 10
deprive any State Of this right, or inter-
fere with this exercise, Is o Aagrant usur
patton Of power, which can find no war;
rant In the Constitution, and II sanction ed
| by the people, will subvert our form of
Government, and can only end in a single
centralized, consolidated Government in
which the separate existence of the States
will be entirely absorbed, and an unqali-
fed despotiSm be established in place Of o
federal Union of equal States.
That we regard the reconstruction acts
Of Congress, 50 called, as usurpations,
unconstitutional revolutionary and void
That our soldiers and sailors who car
ried the Gag of our country against a
most gallant and determined foe. must
ever be gratefully remembered, and all
the guarantees given in their favor musl
be faithfully carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distri
buted widely among the people, and shoulC
be disposed Of either under the pre-emp
tion Of homestead lands, and sold in rea
sonable quantities, and TO none hut acLua
! occupants, at the minimum price, as es
tablished by the Government; and that
when grants of the public lands may b,
allowed, necessary for the encouragement
Of important public improvements, tn
proceeds Of the sale Of such lands ant
not the lands theneGlVes, should be 81
applied.
That the President Of the United States
Andrew Johnson, in exercising the pewe
Of his high Office in resisting the aggress
ions Of Congress- on the constitutions
rights Of the States and the people, i
entitled To the gratitude Of the who'll
American people, and on behalf Of tn
Democratic party we tender him our thank
for his patriotic efforts in that regard
dreat applause.l
THE APPEAL TO THk PEOPLE.
Upon this platform the Democratic part,
appeal 10 every patriot, including all III,
conservative element, and oil who desire
; TO support the Constitution and restore
the Union, forgetting oil past difference
Of opinion, 10 unite with US in the presen
great struggle for The liberties Of thu
people; and that to all SUCH to whateye
! party they may have heretofore belonged
we extend the right hand Of fellowship
and hail all such cc-Uperatiug with US q
friends and brothers. sau5I
I'll Immediately after the reading, Murpb
! Of New York, moved the previous question
which was sereed to- and no discussion
: was had. They we're received with tumul
: tuous applause and general 50 abstraction
The Convention then proceeded TO ram
candidates, calling tho States alphabettic
: ally, The names Of Psndleton, Hancock
! A. johnson, English, Hendricks, Reverb,
Johnson, DOOlittle, Parker, Packer, r. ?
I, Blair, and Church, were presented al
candidates. The balloting then begar
i On the hrst ballot Psndleton received 10
, votes. Five more ballots were taken thi
day --Pendleton receiving i22i on th
sixth. Convention adjourned until ]
O'Clock Wednesday. 14l
q On the seventh and eighth ballots, Per
dletOn was rapidly gaining, receiving o
. the eighth, 1864 votes. On the next ballc
he fell to 1iTl, and continued in tha
. vicinity until the thirteenth ballot, whe
4 Virginia left him for Hancock, and b
continued to lose BY the deseFtion Q
r Southern States, until on the 18th ballo
1 his best friends deemed his case hopeless
! and half of Kentucky aud all Of Illinoi
q changed to Hendricks leaving him Onl
564 votes. On the 18th ballot, the vot
. stood Hancock lA4, Hendricks 81, Pendls
ION 56A. M sa
Cohventlon then adjourned unit
: Thursday, July ., when on the meeting Q
: the Convention, Mr.. vallandigham read
letter from Mr.. Pendlston, Withdrawn
his name. Several nav names were In
troduCed, bus Hancock and Hendrick
. kept In the lead. After the 2lst ballO
Mr.. yAllandighan, Of Ohio, made speed
declaring that the safety Of the countr,
demanded the nomination Of Horati
Seymour, Of New York, other gentlemen
followed with similar speeches, all othe