The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-03
The Nationa! Democratic
Platform.

gence patriotism and discriminating Justice OF
| the people, standing upon the Constitution as
| the foundation and limitation Of the powers OF
the Government, and the guarantee OF the lib
critics of the citizen and recognizing the ques.
| tons Of slavery and secession "a having been
settled for all time to come, by war and the vol.
untary action of the Southern states, in eonsti'
tutional convention assembled, and never to he
renewed or reasitatod, do, with the return oil
peace, demand,
| States to their rights in the Union, under the
Constitution, and of civil government for the
American people
Second Amnesty for all past political often.
ces and the regulation of the elective franchise
in States by their citizens.
Third. Payment of the public debt of the Uni
ted States as rapidly as practicable; all money
drawn from the people by taxation, except so
much a. is requisite for the necessities OF the
government economically administered, being
honestly applied to such payment, and where
| the obligations of the Government do not eN.
pressly state upon their face, or the law under
which they were issued dses not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought, in right
and justice, be paid in the lawful money Of the
United States.
| Fourth EQUAL taxation of every species of
property according 10 its real value, including
government bonds and other public securities.
Fifth One curr ency for the government and
| tho people, the laborcr and the office holder,
| the pensioner and the soldier, the producer and
| bond. holder.
Sixth Economy in the administration Of the
| government the reduction of the standing army
| and navy; the abolition of the Freedmens
bureau lgreat checrs and all political instru-
mentalities designed to secure negro supremacy;
sInpliiicatiOn OF the system, and disc0ntinuancc
of iil1usitorial modes of assessing and collecting
Internal Revenue; so that the burden OF taxation
may be equalizcd and Ssened, the credit OF
the government and the currency made good,
the repeal Of all enactments for enrolling the
State militia into the national forces in time OF
peace, and tariff for revenue upon foreign I'M
ports; and such equal taxation under the Inter
nal Revenue laws, rs will afford incidental pro
lection to domestic manufactures. and rs VIII
without mpairins 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 rightfnl authority to and the independence
of the Executive and Judicial departments OF
the government. The subOrdinatiOn of the mil.
itary TO the civil power to the end that the usur
pations of Congress and the despotism of the
| sw ord may cease.
Eighth. EQUAL rights and protection for nat.
uralized and native born citizens ut home and
abroad. The assertion Of American nationality
which shall command the respect OF foreign
powers anu VI an fn a.;oI ;n.a,
,nent 70 Peopu a o inS;;Ino, LIE,
and the maintenance OF the rights OF naturaliz.
GU oltinen n 'nU nj ,ha aIa;ms 81 fnra;mn
powers to punish them for a crime committed
beyond their jurisdiction.
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right, and the unparalleled oppression and tyr.
amy which has marked its career, after the
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nag tovictorv. Ihsteaa Oh restoring tne onioh
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tnat mos, sacIe1 wiz LUST ~ uls oNeI
thrown the ireedom OIL sPsecn anu Oh tue press.
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wiibont anv snecideation or notice or aida
, - tha wSr;cap can;tai ;n," Pas, has
~ has ostahI;sbed = srSta,, ~ snias and ot'Sniai
asn;ono se :. which no CON t;tnt;onai monarShr
i'm Enr',na xroniJ no, dara en- resort
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portant constitutional questions to the SUI
preme judicial tribunal, and threatens tofcur
tail or destroy its original jurisdiction, whchis
| irrevocably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subje cted to
uraat nd atr1cio,,s caln,nnias n,arol,- hacauaa