The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-12

government do not expressly state upon their face,
or the law under which they were issued does not
provide that they shall be paid in coin, they ought
in right and in Justice, be paid in the lawful money
Of the United States
Fourth Equal taxation of every species Of property
according to its real value, including government
bonds and other public securities.
FIFTH. One currency for the government and the
people, the laborer and the of3ceholder, the PEN
aoner and the soldier, the producer and the bond
holder
Sixth. Economy In the administration OF the gov
ernment; the reduction Of the standing army and
navy; the abolition of the Freedmen's Bureau
and all political instrumentalities designed to
secure negro supremacy; simplfcation Of the Eye
tenn, and discontnuance OF inquihtorial modes
Of assessing and collecting internal revenue, 30 that
the burden of taxation may be equallzed and lessen
ed; the credit of the government and the currency
made good; the repeal of all enactments for enroll
ing the State militia into national forces In time Of
peace, and tartfor revenue upon foreign imports,
and such equal taxation under the internal revenue
laws ss viii afford incidental protection to domestic
manufactures, and as will without impairing the
revenue, impose the least burden upon and best pro-
mote and encourage the great industrial interests oi
the country
SeuenA. Reform OF abuses in the administration,
the expulsion of corrupt men from Office, the abro-
cation of useless Offices the restoration Of rghtul
authority to and the Independence OF the executive
and judicial departments Of the government, the
subordinahon of the military to the civil power, to
the end that the usurpations OF Congress and the
despotisn of the sword may cease
Eighth Equal rights and protection for naturaized
and native. born citizens at home and abroad, the
assertontof American nationality which ehau COM
mand the respect Of foreign powers and turnish en-
example and encouragement to people struggling for
national integrity, constitutional liberty and ,ndi-
vidual rights; and the maintenance OF the rights Of
naturalized citizens against the absolute doctrine OF
mmutable allegiance and the claims OF foreign pow
ers to punish them for alleged crime committed be-
yond their Jurisdiction
In demanding these measures and reforms we ar
ragn the Radical party for its dregard Of right and
the UNPARALLELED oppression and tyranny which have
marked its career.
After the most solemn and unaDimous,pledge OF
both Houses Of Congress TO prosecute the war e1-
clusiyely for the maintenance of the government and
the preservation of the Onion under the consttu-
ton, il has repeatedly violated that most sacred
pledge under which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer army which carried our flag to victory.
Instead Of restoring the Union, it has, so far as isin
its power dissolved 1t, and subjected ten States in
time of profound peace to military despohsm and
negro supremacy 1t has nulnfed there the right OF
trial by jury; 1t has abolished the habeas corpus,
that most sacred writ of liberty; 1t has overthrowi
the freedom of speech and the press; it has subs.
tuted arbitrary seizures and arrests, and military
trials and secret star chamber inqusidons for the
constitutional tribunals 1t has diegarded in time OF
peace the right Of the people to be free from searches
and seizures; it has entered the post and telegraph
Offices, and even the private rooms OF individuals,
and seized their private papers and letters, without
any specific charge OF notice of affidavit, as required
by the organic law; it has converted the Ameri-
can capitol intoa Base 1t has established system
of spies and official espionage to which no consitu-
tional monarchy Of Europe would now dare TO resort
it has abolished the right Of appeal on important
constitutional questions to the supreme judicial NJ
buna and threatens to curtail or destroy its or1g-
nal jurisdiction which Is rrevocably vested oy the
constitution while the learned Chief Justice has been
subjected to the most atrocious calumnies, merely
because he would not prostitute his ghoface to the
support OF the false and partisan charges preferred
against the President; its corruption and exuaVa-
gance have exceeded anything known IN history
and by its frauds and monopphes It has nearly
doubled the burden OF the debt created by the war it
has stripped the President Of his constitutional power
of appointment, even Of bis own Cabinet. Under
its repeated assaults the pillars Of the govern
ment arc rc,nn1 on their base and should it sue
ceed in November next and inaugurate its President
we will meet as subjected and conquered p:ople
amid the ruins ofbery and the scattered fragments
of the constitution; and we do declare andresolVe
that ever since the people Of The United States threw
of all subsection to the British Crown, the privilege
and trust of suffrage have belonged to the several
States, and have been granted, regulated and con-
trolled exclusively by the political power Of eacu
State respectively and that any attempt by Congress
on any prte1 Whatever to deprive any State OF this
right or interfere with its exercise, is fragrant usur
nation of power which can find no warrant 10 the
constitution and if sanctioned by the peo-
ple will subvert our form Of government. and can
only end in single centralized and consolidated gov
ernment in which the separate existence of the States
will be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified despot-
W
equal States; and that we regard the Reconstruction
acts (socalled, of Congress as usurpatons, and IN
constitutional, revolutionary and void; that our SOL
diers and Sailors who carried the nag Of our country
to victory against most gallant and determined foe
must ever be gratefully remembered, and all the
guarantees given IN their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distributed as
widely as possible among the people, and should be
disposed Of either under the pre-emption OF home
stead lands or cold in reasonable quantities, and to
none but actual occupants, OF the minimum price
established by the government. When grants OF the
public lands may be allowed, necessary for tho en-
couragement of important public improvements, tie
proceeds of the sale of such land and not the lands
themselves should be SC applied.
That the President of the United States, Andrew
Johnson in exercising the power of his high Office IN
resisting the aggressions OF Congress upon the con-
sttutiona rights of the States and the people, is en-
titled to the gratitude of the whole American peo
pie, and in behalf of the Democratic party we tender
him our thanfs for his patriotic efforts in that re-
gard.
Upon this platform the Democratic party appeal to
every patriot, including all the conservative ele-
ment, and oil who desire to support the constitution
and restore the Union. forgetting oil past dinerences
of opinion, to unite with US In the present great
struggle for the liberties Of the people; and that to
all SUCH to whatever party they may have heretofore
belonged, We extend the right hand OF fellowship
and hai all such cooperating with Us as friends and
brethren.
PORT CALENDAR.