The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-08-08

| equalized and lessened the credit OF the
| Government and the currency made good;
the repeal Of all enaetments for enrolling
! the State militia into National forces in time
Of peace; a tariff for revenue upon foreign
/ imports, and such equal taxation under the
internal revenue laws as will afford Incl
dental protection to domestic manufactures,
and as will, without imDairing the revenue,
| impose the least burden upon and best pro
mote and encourage the great industrial in
| terests of the country
! L Reform Of abuses in the Administra-
/ ton, the expulsion Of corrupt men from
! Offices, the ObrogatiOn of useless Offices, the
restoration of rightful authority to, and the
/ independence of the Executive and Judicial
| departments of the Government, the sub
ordination of the military to the civil power
| to the end that the usurpations Of Congress
and the despotism of the sword may cease.
| 8. Equal rights and protection for natural
I lied and native born citizens at home and
| abroad an assertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers, and furnish an example and encour
/ agement to people struggling for national in
| tegrity, constitutional liberty and individual
! rights, nd the maintenance Of the rights of
naturalized citizens against the absolute doc
trine Of immutable allegiance, and the
| claims of foreign powers to punish them for
alleged crime committed beyond their juris-
| dietion.
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for It's disregard
of right, unparalleled oppression and tyranny
which have marked its career, after the most
solemn and unanimous pledge Of both
Houses of Congress to prosecute the war ex
clusively for the maintenance of the Govern
ment and the preservation Of the Union
under the Constitution.
pledge under which was rallied that noble
volunteer army, which carried our flag to
victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it has, so
far as in its power, dissolved it, and subjected
ten States in time of peace to despotism and
negro supremacy.
1t has nullifed there the right of trial by
jury.
1t has abolished the habeas corpus, that
most sacred writ of liberty
1t has overthrown the freedom of speech
and the press.
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and
arrests, and military trials and secret Star
Chamber inc ouisitions, for constitutional tri-
bunals.
1t has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search
and seizures.
1t has entered the post and telegraph Of
fees, and even the private rooms of indi-
viduals, and seized their private papers and
letters, without any specification or notice Of
affidavit, as required by the organic law.
1t has converted the American capitol
into hastle
1t has established system of spies and
official espionage to which no constitutional
monarchy Cf Europe would now dare to re-
sort
1t has abolished the right of appeal on
important constitutional questions to the
supreme judiciary tribunal, and threatens to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdiction,
which is irrevocably vested by the Constitu
ton, 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 partisan charges preferred
against the President.
Its corruption and extravaganza have ex-
ceeded anything known in history, and by
! It's frauds and mOGOpOies it has nearly
doubled the burden of debt created during
the war
1t has stripped the President of his con-
stitutional power of appointment, even of
his own cabinet.
Under it's repeated assaults the pillars of
the Government are rocking on their base,
and should it succeed in November next and
/ inaugurate its President we will meet as q
| subject and conquered people amid the ruins
/ of liberty and the scattered fragments of
/ the Constitution; and we do declare and re-
/ solve that ever since the people of the
/ United States threw off all subiecti0n to the
| British Crown, the privilege and trust Of
suffrage have belonged to the several States,
| and have been granted, regulated and con
! trClled exclusively by the political power Of
each State respectively, and any attempt by
| Congress, on any pTetext whatever, to de-
! pFive any State of this right, or interfere
/ v ith this exercise, is fragrant usuTpatiOn of
power which can find no warrant in the Con
| stitution, and, if sanctioned By the people,
/ will subvert cur form of government, and
j can only end in a single centralized, con-
! soldated government in which the separate
! existence Of the States will be entirely alb
sorbed, and an unqualified despotisn be es-
/ tabiished in place of a Federal Union of
! equal States
That we regard the reconstruction acts of
! Congress- so called, as usurpahons, uncOn-
/ stitusional, revolutionary and void, and that
| our soldiers and sailors who carried the flag
! of our country to victory against a most
gallant and determined foe, must ever be
| gratefully remembered, and all the guaran-
tees given in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distrib-
uted widely among the people, and should
! De disposed OF elLheF under the pre-emptIOn
| or homestead laws and sold in reasonable
quantities, and to none but actual occupants
at the minimum price as established by the
Government When grants of the public
lands may be allowed necessary for the en-
. cOuragement of important public improve
ments, the proceeds of the sale of such
lands and not the lands themselves should
be so applied.
That the President of the United States,
A. Al
of his high Office in resisting the aggressions
of Congress on the Constitutional rights of
the States and the people, is entitled to the
gratitude Of the whole American people,
and on behalf of the Democratic party we
tender him our thanks for his patriotic
efforts In that regard
Upon this platform the Democratic party
appeal to every patriot, including all the
| conservative element and ali who desire to
support the Constitution and restore the
Union, forgetting all past differences OF
opinion, to unite with Us in the present great