Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-12
The Charges Against Radical.
ism.

petty accusations which Radical ingenuity
may invent, in order to divert attention from
the momentous issues of the contest, involv.
ing the very existence Of the republic. The
Radicals will not be permitted to resort to
the Arab stratagem Of rising a grear cloud
Of dust in the face Of their persuers, and
escaping in the midst Of It. They have
had unconstrained control Of the government,
for the last eight years, and they will be
permitted, under no subterfuge, to escape
just responsibility for their acts. The Dem.
ocratic party Of Pennsylvania will heed the
advice Of the able and vigilant Chairman Of
the State committee, and drive the enemy
into the last ditch, and keep them there
They will charge home upon them.
That they have deprived the Federal Ex-
ccutive Of his constitutional powers, and
have put uuwarranted and despotic power
in the hand Of the General of the army,
their candidate for President
They have assailed the independence Of
the Judiciary, passing acts to seal the lips
Of the Judges and increasing or diminishing
their number solely for partisan ends, and to
obtain party decisions.
They have denied the high authority Of
the Supreme Court, and have endeavored
to create in the public mind distrust Of
the honesty Of its decisions
They have attempted to unlawfully de.
pose the President of the United States,
and to place the Supreme Executive power
in the hands Of the most dangerous and
violent member Of their fraction, he himself
contributing his vote to the conspiracy.
They have endeavorcd by every species
Of threat and intimidation to procure con.
viction, and have never ceased TO create
the impression among the people that hon
orable Senator, who voted for acquittal were
bribed.
They have accumulated in the Senate of
the United States, carpet bag judges elected
by the bayonet, in order to renew the at.
tempt to remove the President.
They have deprived the President Of the
pardoning power, and usurred it themselves
Furnishing rebels whom the President had
pardoncd, and whose surrender and parole
Of honor had been accepthed.
They have spread abroad in official reports
the most infamous calumnics Of the Presi-
dent. for the purpose of destroying the con.
fdence Of the people in his administration.
They are now engaged in changing the
Union of the States ordained by the Con-
stitution, into consolidated military des-
potism.
They have passed bill through both
Houses making it criminal offense, pun.
ishable with fine and imprisonment, for the
citizens Of three States, to hold an election
for President, under the pretence that they
are not in the Union.
They have passed bill through both
houses, putting the arms Of the nation in
he hands of the negro militia Of the South,
to trample out the liberties Of their own
race, and enkindle the flames Of civil war.
They excluded States from the Union for
the sole reason that neither by tho Freed.
mems Bureau, nor the army, can their cleo.
toral vote be controlled.
They have passed an act to deprive the
people of the tree States of the Union of
the right Of voting for President.
They have shut the doors of Congress on
the Representatives Of States and Districts
on the most frivulous prctexts and have ad-
mitted in their stead, persons who were
never elected.
They have established a Frecdmen's Bu-
rcau, aud retained it in operation, in spite
Of the remonstrances Of the people, in order
to govern the negroes, and maintain their
power in the Southern States.
They have created swarms Of civil Offices
to prey on the resource Of the people.
They have encouraged hordes of carpetbag
adventurers, needy and unscrupulous, to in
vadc the South, and by the aid Of the mill.
tary and Freedmen's Bureau, usurp all the
places in the government.
They have excluded brave and patriotic
soldiers, in great numbers, from posts of
honor and cmolument, solely because they
were not members Of the Radical party.
They have admitted notorious rebels to
high officials trusts, because they became
instruments in their hands to do the work
of tyranny.
They have enacted odious and unworthy
test oaths, and have unjustly relieved from
disabilities such rebels only as adopted their
opinions, and entered their service
They have destroyed government and es.
tablished despotism Of the sword, under
the false pretence that the South was in a
state Of anarchy.
They have deprived qualified electors, in
great numbers, Of the right Of suffrage, and
have conferred it on an ignorent and de-
based race, incapable Of its intelligent exer-
cise.s,
They have, in their extravagances and
wastcfulness, squandered untold millions Of
the public money.
They treat the will Of the majority of the.
people, expressed in all the recent elections
with contempt, and have hurried on to