The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-06

80 ,.onle struppiinc for national integIl-
-. constftutioual Liberty and individual rign,s.s
md tbo maintenance of the rights OF natural -,
ed citizens against the absolute docs, az foreign
levers 70 punish them for crime commiNeu
heyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms We
.rroign the Radical party for its disregard Ios
Tight and the unparalleled oppression anu y
amy which has marked its career, aiter tnS
most solemn and unanimous pledges Oh oy.n
hnrses of Congress to prosecute the war e1eIu.
a;,,aIv for the maintenance OF the HoNetnlne,ht
and the protection Of the Union unuer ,ne
Constitution. 1t has repeatedly Sioaateo NM I'M
,.'ost sacred pledge under which was ralIeu
.hot nozzle volunteer army which carried oar
sag toyictory. Instead Of restoring the mon J.
n has so far as il Is in its power, dissoNeu ~
and subjected ten States in time oil proIouna
neace TO military despetism and negro suPtei
70 II has nullifed there the right OF trIai
~. ;2rv IL has abolished the habeas corpus
,Sst most sacred writ OF liberty. 1t has over
.hroIrn the freedom OF speech and OF the press.
II has substituted arbitrary seizures ana al.
rest and military trials and the secret seIi
abamhsrs Of ipouisitions for constitutional IN
FINALS II has disregarded in time Of peace the
,;abt of the people TO be free from search ana
seizures, It has entered the post and telegraph
offices and even the private rooms OF lnuiIiu'
mails and seized their private papers ana letters
Iithont any specification, or notice, OF aInuA-
Ut "a reoiired by the organic law. IL has
son,rarted the American capitol into Bastile;
| II has established system Of spies and oihcial
| asnjonage 10 which no constitutional nonaishy
| in Europe would now dare to resort.
II has abolished the right OF appeal on I'M
nortant constitutional questions TO the SUI
Po oan'a ;,S;cal tribunal, and threatens tocur'
faiI or destroy its original jurisdiction, which Is
| ;r.a,,ocahly vested by the Constitution, while
The learned Chief Justice has been suDle ctedt 10
treat and atrocious calulnnics, merely oecause
he would not prostitute his hlsh once 70 .ne
support of the false and partisan charges pIe,
ferreeJ AGAINST the President. Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded anything
| known in history and by its frauds ana monoP'
olies n has nearly doubled the burden OF deot
created during ESe war. IL has stripped the
President of his constitutional power ., sp
noiptment. even of his own cabinet Under ies
| rreneated assaults tho pillars Of the Government
are rocking on their bases, anu shouiu ~ SUI w.
| coed in November next and inauguraie lts
President, We will meet as subjects anu aCoh
auered people, amid the ruinsot hbery an"
| the scattered fragments fthe Constitution
And we do declare and resolve, That ever
since the people Of the United States threw on
| ALI Subsection TO the British crown, the PRIV
| lege and trust of suffrage have belonged 70 thS
| ,eyeral States and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively by tue political pow.
er of each State respectively; and any attempt
| by Congress oil any pretext whatever 10 nS
Dfiye any State of this right or interfere WIFE
| this exercise is fiagrant usurpation oil power
which can lind no warrant in the Constitution,
and if sanctioned by the people VIII suorett our
| form of government, and can only end In SIN
Ole centralized consolidated government, m
| which the separate existence OF the States Will
lie entirely absorbed, and an unqlalinrh DIES
potism be established III place OF Fedora
union OF cOcqual States; aud that We regard tnt
reconstruction acts, so called, oil coha,ess SUN
usurpation, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
| and void: and that our soldiers and sailors VINO
carried the flag OF our country 10 NlctlTy
against most gallant and determined Toe lnus'
| be ever gratefully remembered, ana all gaaran,
ties given in the law must be faithfully carried
| into execution.
That the public land should be distributed
widely among the people, and should be dispos
ed of under the pre- mption OF homestead laws,
| and sold i'll reasonable quantities, and To none
but actual occupants, at the minimum price es
| tabliShad by the government. When grants oil
| fine public lands may be allowed. necessity for
| the encouragement of important public am
movements the proceeds of the sale of such
| lands, and not the lands themselves, shonld be
| so applied.
drew johnson, in exercising the power OF Ills
hialI Office in resisting the aggressionS OF Con
gress on the Constitutional rights OF the States
and the people Is entitled to the gratitude oil
the whole American people, and on behalf 0i
the Democratic party we tender him our thanks
for his patriotic efforts in that regard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party ap
peaIs TO every patriot including all the Conscr
vative element and all who desire TO support tue
constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences OF opinion. Ia mite win hS III
the present great struggle for the liberties oil
the people, and that TO all such, TO whatever
party they may have heretofore belonged, We
extend the right hand OF fellowship, and hail all
such co operating with us Is friends and brOth
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