The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-07-29

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Cop,n;ffee of the National Democratic
Tnnreuts,.. - --#'I
GrNKR,L--I,ake the earliest opoortuni>
~ of rcnl,;oc m yopf1 1e.,er no,;tvinr me
cf my non,;n,,;o1 fnr Vice. nresidsnt ~ the
United States, hy the Narinnal Democratic
Conyer tion. rre.ntly held in the city of
\ W Y.rk | acrp;s, without hesitation,
The n1m;n,,inn t,,r3,re.l IN a manner so
vra,ifving and riye reu and the Committee
nv thanks t,r th.. cry kinl and com
l;n,.nr,r,, = ,Vn,rc In which v.-u havr con-
yrrrd ,.s M, rbr dsri,inn ithr Convention.
| i,,v. carefully read the resoluti n lont-
ed h, th,. Con, ntinn. and mort cordially
coucrr in y,ry nriu.i, le and sentiment they
an,to,Iscs.
Nv on;u;on uron all tLc ouestions which
l;sc,im!rate HE Great ror,tcnding ,arties
have becn fre,.lv axnrrss,.l on Mi suitable
rcas;nns and / do not deem il necessary al
this ,;n,e 70 reitrrate them. The issue upon
which tho contest farms Is clear and cap
nat ha obscnrnd or Jistorted Inv the sonbis-
tr;es of onr aSversarias They ali resolve
them sclves into the oid aud erer-recurinc
s,rnooia ef few men To absorb tAe politi-
cal mower of the aation
This effort. under very conceivable name
and disguise. has always characterized
of the Democrats narty but at
no time has ,he ATTEMPT assumed SO omen
aud daring share MS in this contest. The
odversaries of Free Const;tutionol Govern
ment in defiance of the express language
of the Copstitntions, have erected military
desnotism in ten States of the Union; have
taken from Inc President the power vested
IN him bv the Sunrcn,e law. and have de,
nriyed the Snnreine Court of its jurisdic-
tion. fl.1-l'i'' .
Tbe rioht If trial nv iury. and the great
writ of riSbt-the InLeas cor 1us-those
shields of safety for eyerv citizen which have
descended to the people of United States
from the earliest traditions ofour ancestors,
and which our Revolutionary fathers fought
TO secure to their posterity forever in the
fundamental charter of our liberties, have
been ruthlessly tramplcd under foot by the
FRAGMENT of Ceneyess. Whde States and
communities Of neople of our. race have
been attaiuted, convicted, condemned and
and deprived Of their rights as citizens with
out presentment. trial or witness, but BY
C,neressional enactmen, Of erpost fIcfo la,cs,
and n defiance of Constitutional prohibi-
t;on. DENYING oven To q full and legal Ccn.
eress the authority to pass any bill of at
feinaer or ernost Gcta iatcs.
The same nsurning authority substituted
as electors in place of men of our own race
thus ILLEGALLY attained cnd disfranchised, q
host of IGNORANT negroes who are support.
ed In idleasss with the public money, and
combined together tu strip the white lace
ot their birtbriqht tbrouvh the manage.
ment of the Freedmeu's Bureau and the
emissaries Of conspirators. in other States
and. to comnlote the oppression, the mill.
tary power Of the nation has been placed al
their DISPOSAL. in order 70 make this bar
barism supreme. the military leader under
whose prestige this usurpipg Congress ha.
taken refuge STAGE the condemnation o
their scheiscs by the free people of, tho
North in the elections of the last wear, and
thcv have selected as their candidate, to
shield Themselves from their wickedness
and crime, has announced his acceptance OF
the nomination, and in his willingness tc
maintain their usurpations oycr nallons Of
white people at the South fixed to the eart,
with his tayoncts, he cxclaims, ''Let us
have peace,'' Peace reigns in Warsaw
was the announcement which heralded the
doom Of the liberties of nation. ,..-.
The Empire is peace!' exclaimed Bona
part, when freedom and its defenders ex-
pired under the sharp edge Of the sword. -
The neaco to which Grant invites us is the
peace Of despotism and death.
Those who seek to restore the Constitu
tion hy executing the will of the people
condemning the reconstruction acts have
already pronounced the wish in the .elec
tions of last year, and will / am convinced
still more cmphatically eXpress it ly III,
election of the Democratic candidate a
President OF the United States, are dc
nouncc0 as reY0lutl0nlStS py tGe partisan