Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-07-18

aboli- he'd the habeas corpus, that most sacred
Of speech aud Of the press. II has sulAiiAted
arbitrary seizures aud arrests, aud military
trial and secret star chamber inqsisiliohS fus
constitutions tribunals. II has disrscardcd in
time of peace The, right If The people 10 he free
from search and seizurts.a Id las entered the
post and telegraph Officer, and even We private
rooms Of individuals and seized private papers
and letters, without any specification or notice
of affidavit. as required'ly The organic law. II
has converted the American Caritu! into a
bas,ile. II has established a system If spies
and official espionage to which 10 cnnsliiu-
'ional monarchy Of Europe would now dare
resort. 1t has abolished The right If appeal on
Important constitutional questions to the Su.
prpme Judicial Tribunal, and threatens to cur.
tail or destroy its original jurisdiction. which
is irrevocably vested by the Constitution.
While the learned Chief Justice has been sub.
jected 10 great and atrocions caIumnies, mere.
ly because he would not prostitute his high
Office TO the support Of the false AID partisan
III" IItlc|Ttu dHdltlSL luh TrSlReHI, us
corruption and Extravaganza have exceeded
anything known in history, and by its faud
and mo"nro'ies j, has nearly doubled tho bur-
den Of The debt created during the war. II
has stripped the Prrsiden, Of his Cnns,i,u-
'iona' power Of appointment even of his own
cabinet. Under its repeated assaults tile pillars
Of the Government are rocking on their base.
aud should it succeed IN November npx, and
inauguraie lis President, we will NEE, as a
suhjnca'ed and conquered people anil the
the Constitutions. And we do declare and re-
solve that ever since The people Of The Uni'ad
States threw off all subsection 10 III" B i,isl
Grown, the privilege and trus, to ~suflragr have
been granted, regulated and controlled pNclu-
sively by the political power Of each State
respectively, and any attempt by Congress on
any pretext whatever TO deprive any State If
this right, or interfere with Ills exercise, is a
t1,grant usurpa,ion Of power whicl, can find
no warrant il the Constitution, AMI, if sane
TONED by the people, will subvert our form of
government, and can only end in a single cen.
%tralizen, consolidated government, in which the
separate existence Of States will be entirely
absorbed and an unqualified despoti>m be
established in place If a Federal Union of
co.cqual States, aud llla, we regard the recon.
s@tructlon acts, so called, of Congress gross
usnrpaiinns, and unconstitutional revolutionary
and void aud that our soldiers and sailors who
carried The flag If our country TO victory
against a most gallant and determined (o.,
must ever be gratefully remembered, and all
guarantees given To the laws mus, I've fli,l.
fully carried Into execution; lha, the public
lands should be distributed as wide v among
the people and should be di -po>ed Of under the
presumption or Homestead law, ard sold in
reasonable quantities, and 10 none hn, actual
occupants, a, The minimum price established
by the Government. When grants Of the public
lands may be allowed, necessary for the en-
c"'ragement Of important public improve.
men,s, the proceeds Of the sale Of such lands.
and not the lands themselves. should be so
applied; that the Presiden, of the United States.
Andrew Johnson, in exercising The power of
his high 'ffire in resisting the agsreSsionS Of
on The constitutions rights of Tho
and the people, is entitled to The gra.
'i'"de of the whole American people. aud on
behalf Of the Democratic party We tender HIM
our ,l'a'.ks for his p%attio,ic Efforts in that
regard.
Upon this Platform the Democratic rar1v
appeal to every patriot. including all the Con.
element. and all who desire to sup.
rOrt the Constitution and restore the Union,
all pas, differences If opinion, 10
unite with us in The rrcscn, great Struggle for
The liberties If tho people. and that 10 all srrh.
10 whatever party they may have here,ofore
belonged, we extend the ,iyh, hand nf fellow.
ship and hail all such cooperation men as
and brothers.