The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-25
The NatIona! Democratic

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se.noa lot an 1t Southern States, in consti
.I..;a,y S.sn au.ion assembled. and never to be
tu.ionai oon ittad 40 With the return of
~ ' S VI
peTS ~. Tha irnnediate restoration of all the
Go - ,;gbts in the Union, under the
Gars.;tn.io, and of civil government for the
; naonIa
Snnand Amnesty for all past political often.
..s and the regulation of the elective franchise
In states nv their citizens
Th;rJ Pavement of The public debt of the Uni
ted States as rapidly as practicable; all money
Avn from the people BY taxation, except so
..,aoh 40 Ia reouisite for the necessities Of the
government economically administered, being
fonestlv annlied TO such payment, and where
the obligations of the Government do not ex-
pressly state upon their face, or the law under
which they were issued does not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought, II right
and Justice, be paid in the lawful msney OF the
United States
Fonrth. EQUAL taxation of every species Of
nroperty according to its real value, including
proyernment bonds and other public securities.
Fifth One curr epcy for the government and
tho nsonle the laborer and the office holder,
the nensioner and the soldier, the producer and
hond. holder
Sixth. Economy in the administration Of the
government the reduction of the standing army
and navy: the abolition of the Freedmen 8
bureau Igreat cbeers, and all political instru-
mentalities designed to secure negro supremacy;
qualification Of the system, and discontinuance
of inouisitorial modes of assessing and collecting
internal Revenue; 50 that the burden of taxation
NAV be eaualiZed and lesssned, the credit OF
the government and the currency made good,
the repeal of all enactments for enrolling the
Stots militia into the national forces in time Of
mace. and a tariff for revenue upon foreign i'm.
ports: and such equal taxation under the Inter.
nal Revenue laws, as will afford incidental pro-
lection to domestic manufactures, and as will,
without impairins the revenue, impose the least
burden upon and best promote and encourage
the great industrial interests of the country.
Seventh Reform of abuses in the administra-
ton: the expulsion of corrupt men from office;
the abrogation of useless offices; the restoration
of rirhtful authority to and the independence
of the Executive and Judicial departments OF
the government. The subordnation OF the MIL
itarv To the civil power TO the end that the usur-
nations of Congress and the despotism Of the
sw ord NAV cease
Eighth. Equal rights and protection for nat.
uralized and native born citizens at home and
abroad The assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage
ment TO people struggling for national integri'
tv, constitutional liberty and individual rights,
and the maintenance of the rights OF naturallz-
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine OF im'
mutable allegiance, and the claims oil foreign
powers to punish them for crime committed
In demanding these measures ana REFORMS we
arraign the Radical party for its disregard LOT
RIGHT and the UNPARALLELED oppression and tyr.
amy which has marked its career, after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges OF both
houses of Congress to prosecute the war exclu.
sively for the maintenance of the Government
and the protection of the Union under the
Constitution. 1t has repeatedly violated that
most sacred pledge under which was rallied
that nozzle volunteer army which carried our
fac 10 victory. Instead of restoring the Union
In has 40 far as il is in it's power, dissolved It,
and subjected ten States in time of profound
neace 10 military despotism and negro supre.
mracy II has nullifed there the right of trial
nv i1rv II has abolished the habeas corpus,
t5at most sacred writ OF liberty. 1t has over.
thrown the freedom of speech and of the press.
II has substituted arbitrary seizures and ar
rest and military trials and the secret star
chambers of inauisitions for constitutional tri.
hnnaIs II has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search and
seizures III has entered the post and telegraph
offices and even the private rooms of individ.
uas and seized their private papers and Letters e,
without any spsoihoa th 'roan;a law II has
VII, as lef uilou W .nU can;toI into Rast;Ie
converter tno 81 a!|.' - sn;as and of,ic;al
IL mas estaolisneu SYSTEM y, aRluo r,onarch,.
espionage 10 Wu'oh no ii .' ,'asort
IN Europe "0u,u Iom uau1 ~ &c onnoo, nm i'm.
~ mas aooli ....;I onast;ons 20 tho an
portaht constituents puGS' .I -. go o.,
prgne nu,ciai !, iur;sd;ct;on which ia
Tan vi uSs.toS 10 u - a. Tanst;tntion wb;ie
iIre'ocaoiS nestcI W 1Io C MS 49,; =, I'll 80
tne learneu Nhici us'tIo mas o'on ey ''o
great ana atroclous caluinnies, moseS ooo" .Io
ne Wouiu not pTostitute nis nisn ooo W 80
support OF the raise anu partisan chaISes pio.
ferred against the PRESIDENT. lIs corruption
and extravaganza nave exceeaee anSonins
KNOWN IN h,stoiS anu ah ~ ,ha Lur5an af DAFT
olies II mas nearly aouDieu 'ho tr;n W. ~
Gleateu uuithE sne wa. nNwef of an
,.., Vi n ~, &C %is own cah;pat finder ia
pS.nd 1870. tba n;IIars of the C;overnment
H 49,, 90, tbe;r baaas and sbonId IL suc
arc ,ocAiNE ou lheii oaoo 81 ;na,,n,,rota ;ts
Geed IN NoHenlpnr netI anu la; t and COW
fresluent, We wiz he .I DO Of I;%artv and
9uered people, alllu tho r Iui'S VI 49, anu
the scattered iraHmei.s 3i .no I'll, or
wv VIC Wv nf tho Irnitcd States threw off
since tne people Oh .h R, m,e tba nrivi
az ,rs, y, ~ antFrage have helonged 10 the
a..o us Stat"S md have been Granted recuIated
.,J a,tr"ii,J axclnsireIy Inv the noIiticaI now
r "t aaoI, Siota resnrrtivslv and any attAmpl
by Congress on any preteXt whatever to de-
pIive any State of this right or interfere with
this exercise is a fragrant usurpation OF power,
which can find no warrant in the Constitution,
and if sanctioned by the people will subvert our
form of government, and can only end in sin.
ole centralized consolidated government in
Which the separate existence of the States will
he entirely absorbed, and an unqualified des.
potism be established in fplaoe OF u Federal
union of coeaual States; and that we regard the
reconstruction acts, so called, of Congress such
usurpatiOn, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void ana tNat our sOlulcrs anu balIoIs VIM