The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-07-09

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be paid in the lawful money Of tho United
States. tThunders of applause,
4. Equal taxation Of ell species OF prop.
,rty according to It's value, including gov.
srnment bonds and other securities. Re.
newed cheering, aud cries Of Read it
again"
8. One currency for the government and
The people, the laborcr and the ofiice.hold.
er, the pensioner and the soldier, the produc.
er and the bondholder. Great cheers and
cries Of "Read it again"
6. Economy in the administration Of the
government; reduction Of the standing
army and navy the abolition Of the freed
mems bureau great cheers and all poIiti'
cal instrumentalites designed to secrue negro
simplifcaton Of the system and
discontinuance Of the inquisitorlal modes OF
assessing and collecting internal revenue,
that the burthens OF taxation be equaI2cl
and lesseued, and the credit Of the currency
made good the repeal ofall enactments Tor
the enrolling Of state militia into the nation
al forces in time Of peace and tar'h ioF
revenue upon foreign imports, and such
equal taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford Incidental protection To
domestic manufactures, aud will, without
impairing the revenue, impose the least our
den upon and best promote and encourage,
the great industrial interests ot the coun'
try.
I. A reform of the abuses in the admin
istration the expulsion Of corrupt men from
office the abrogation Of useless o'hces the
restoration of rightful authority to ana tue
independence Of the executive ana JudlciN
departments of the government; the subor'
dination Of the military TO the civi! poWsr,to
the end that the usurpations OF congress and
the despotism Of the sword may cease.
<. Equal rights and protection for natur,.
allied and native born citizens, at home ana
abroad the assertion Of American natlonaL'
ty which will command the respect OF foreign
powers, and furnish an example and en-
couragement to people struggling for nation
o. integrity, constitutional liberty, ana ihli'
vidual rights, and the maintenance OF the
rights of naturalized citizens against the RO'
solute doctrine Of immutsble allegiance, ana
the claims of foreign powers to punish them
for alleged crime committed beyond their
jurisdiction. Applause.
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for its Disregard
of right, and the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which have marked its career. Al
ter the most solemn and unanimous pledge
of both houses of congress to prosecute the
war exclusively for the maintenance OF the
government, and the preservation of the Tn.
ion, under the constitution, il has repeatedly
violated that most sacred pledge, under which
was rallied that noble volunteer army which
carried our flag to victory. Instead Of re.
storing the Union, it has, so far as it is in
its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten
states, in time of profound peace, to military
depotism and negro supremacy; 1t has multi
fed there the right of trial by jury it has
abolished the huJeds cOrplts-that most sa
cred writ Of liberty; it has overthrow the
freedom of speech and the press; it has sub.
stituted arbitrary seizures, and arrests, aud
military trials and secret star-chamber in.
questions for constitutional tribunals; it has
dsregarded, in time of peace, the right of
the people to be free from search and seiZ.
ures it has entered the post and telegraph
Offices, and even the private rooms of ind.
viduais, and seized their private papers and
letters without any specification or notice Of
affidavit, as required by the organic law; ii
has converted the American capitol into a
bagtile it has established q system Of spies
and official espionage to which no constitu.
tional monarchy of Europe would now dare
to resort it has abolished the right of Rp.
peal on important constitutional questions
to the supreme judicial tribunals, and threat,
,,,y 60, oil aIt ~.
ton, which is irreyocably vested by the con.
stitution, while the learned chief justice has
been subjected to great and atrocious calum.
MES merely because he would not prostitute
his high Office to the support Of the false and
partisan charges preferred against the Presi.
dent its corruption and extravaganza have
exceeded anything known in history, and by
its frauds and monopolies it has nearly doub.
led the burden of the debt created during
the war it has stripped the President of his
constitutional power of appointment, even
OF his own cabinet; under its repeated as.
saults the pillars of the government are rock.
ing on their base, and, should it succeed in
November next, and inauguratc its presi.
dent we will meet as subject and conquer.
ed people amid the ruins of liberty and the
scattered fragments of the constitution.
And we DO 3clare, and resolve, that ever
since the people of the United States threw
off all subjections to the British crown, the
privilege and trust Of suffrage have belong.
ed to the several states, and have been
granted, regulated and controlled exclusively
by the political power of each state respect.
lively, and any attempt by congress, on any
preteXt whatever, to deprive any state Of this
right, or to interfere with this exercise, is
hagrant usurpation of power, which can find
no warrant in the constitution, and if sane
tened by the people, will subvert our form
of government, and can only end in single
centralized consolidated government, in
which separate existence of the states will be
entirely absorbed and an unqualified despot.
ism be established in place of federal union
of Co.equal states, and that we regard the re.
construction acts Of congress, as such, usur-
patiOns, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void that our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag Of our country to victory
against most gallant and determined foe,
must ever be gratefully membered, and all
the guarantees given in their favor must be
carried into execution that the
public lands should be distributed widely
among the people, and should be disposed
Of either under the pre.emption ofhomestead
lands, or sold in reasonable quantities, and
to none but actual occupants, at the minimum
price established by the government that
when grants of public lands may be allowed
necessary for the encouragement of import
ant public Improvements, the proceeds Of the
sale of such lands and not the lands them
selves, should be so applied that the Presi.
lent Of the United States, Andrew johnson
applause +, in exercising the power of his
'ttice in resisting the aggressions of CON
greSs >on the constitutional rights of the |
states and the people, is entitled to the graf.
tude Of the whole American people, and, on |
'ehalf OF the democratic party, we tender
i'm our thanks for his patriotic efforts in
hat regard. Great Applause.