The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-07-30
The National Democratic and
Conservative soldiers and
Sailors Platform.

/ Immediate restoration of all the States
IN their rights IN the zion under the Constitu
ton and of civil government TO the American
people.
2 Amnesty for all past political offenses,
and the regulation of the elective franchise III
the States by their citizens.
3 Paymeht of the public debt of the United
States rs rapid as practicable all moneys
drawn f ON the people by taxation. except so
much as is requisite for the necessities OF .he
government, economically administered DslhS
honestly applied to such payment, ana Whete
the obligations OF the government 11l 10 NO! *
prtssly state upon their face, or the law unter
wbich-tbey were issued does not provide that
they shah be paid in coin, they ought. IN right
and in Justice be paid in the lowfnI money OF
the United States. (Thunders OF applause y
EQUAL taxation Of every species OF proper
~ sccoT1ine To its rea value, including govern
ment bonds, al d other public securities (Re
ueUed cheering. and cries of 'read II again.
5 One currency for the goN ernment and the
pe7ple. the laborer and the othceholder the
I pensioner and the soldier, the producer ana the
| bondholder (Great cheering and cries ol
read it again The NTH resolution was
! again read, and again cheered:
/ 6 Fconomv in the administration of the
! government the reduction OF the standing
army and navy the abolition OF the FREED
I mems Bureau great cheering and all poHtlca
I instrumeutaliries designed to secure negro su,
snremacy simplification of the system, and
discoutinuance of inauistOrial assessing and
/ collecting internal revenue, so that the burden
! of taxation may be equalized AMI lessened, the
| credit of the government and the currency
! made rood the repeal of al eEactments for
eprnIIipsr the State militia into national forces
{ in time of ueace, and a tariff tor revenue upon
! foreign imports and such equal taxation under
/ the internal revenue laws as viii afford lncden-
/ tai protection to domestic manufactures, ana
! as will, without imparing the revenue, impose
~ and DrOmOte
| encourage the great industrial interests OF the
. country.
:. Reform of abuses in the administration
! the expulsion of corrupt men from cfice, the
! abrogation Of useless Offices the restoration
/ of rightful authority to, and indC pendence OF,
! the executive and judicial departments OF the
/ government the subordipation of the military
! to the civil power to the end that the usurpa
tons OF Congress and the desPotism OF the
| sword may cease.
! 8. EQUAL rights and protection for natural
( lied and nat!ve-horn citizens at home and
| abroad the assertion of American nationality
, which shall command the respect OF foreign
/ powers and furnish an example and encourage
meut to people struggling for national integrity,
/ constitutional liberty and individual rights
and the maintenance of the rights of natural
/ ized citizens against the absolute doctrine OF
immutabe allegiance, and the claims OF foreign
powers TO punish them for alleged crime com
mitted beyond their jurisdiction. (Applause)
In demanding these measures and reforms
| we arraisn the Radical party fer its disregard
of right, and the unparalleled oppression and
! tyranny which have marked its career
| After The most solemn and unanimous pledge
of both houses of Cougess to prosecute the
! war exclusively for the maintenance of the go
! vernment and the preservation of the Union
under the Constitution, it has violated that
moss sacred pledge under which alone was raj
l lied that noble volunteer army which carried
our flag to victory.
Instead of restoring the Union. it has, so far
rs is in its power, dissolved it, and subjected
States, in time of profound peace, TO military
iesp0tism and negro supremacy. 1t has nulli-
fed there the right of trial by jury it has
! bOhsbed the HABEAs coRPUs-that most sacred
writ of liberty; it has overthrown the freedom
of speech and the press 1t has substituted ar
bitlaTv seizures, ard arrests, and military trials
and secret star chamber inquisitions for the
constitutional tribunals; it has disregard, in
time Of -eace the right OF the people ID be free
from searches and seizures it has entered the
post and telegraph Offices, and even the private
rooms Of iniiyidEaIs, and seized their private
! papers and letters without any specific charge
notice of affidavit, a. required by the organic
law ii has converted tue American Capitol
/ into a bastile it has established n system Of
spies and official espionage 10 which no const-
tutional monarchy of Europe would now dare
TO resort 1t has abolished the right of appeal
on important constitutional questions to the
supreme judicial tribunals, and threatens to
curtail or destroy its original Jurisdiction,
which is irrevocably vested by the Constitution
while the learned Chief Justice has been sub
jec' ed to the most atrOciOuS calumnies, merely
because he would not prostitute his high office
TO the support of the false and partisan charges
preferred against the President. Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded ANYTHING
| known in history and by its frauds and monopo
lies 1t has nearly doubled the burden of the debt
| created by the 1t has stripped the Presi-
dent OF his constitutional power disappointment,
even of his own cabinet Under its repeated
assaults the pillars of the government are rock
ing on their base, and should it succeed in No
/ yember next and inaugurate its President, we
will meet as a subjected ard conquered people
amid the ruins OF liberty and the scattered trag-
ments Of the Cons tuition and we do declare
and resolve that ever since the people of the
United States threw off all subiection to the
British crown the privilege and trust of suffrage
have belonged to the several States and have
been granted, regulated and controlled clu-
| sivey by the political power of each State re
| spectiVely, and that any attempt by Congress,
on any pretext whatever, to deprive anv State
of This right, or interfere with its 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 govern
| ment, and can only end in a single centralized
and consolidated government, in which the
separate existence of the States will be entirely
absorbed, and an unqualified despotism be es-
"A OF
equal States and that We regard the recon
struction acts $50 called} of Congress, as such.
are usurpatons, and unconstitutional, revoIu-
tionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors, who carried
the flag Of our country to victory against most
gallant and q determined foe, must ever be era te-
fully renembe cred, and all the guarantees given
in their favor must be faithfully carried into
/ execution.
That the public lands should be distributed
as widely possible among the people, and
should be disposed of either under the pre- emp
tion or homestead laws, and sold in reasonable
quantities, and TO none but actual occupants
at the minimum price established by the govern
ment. Wheu grants of the public lands NAV
be allowed necessary for the encoura cement O.
important public improvements, the proceeds OF
the sale of such lands, and not the lands them
selves should be applied.
That the President of the United States, An
: drew Johnson (applause) in exercising the pow
, er of his high office in resisting the aggression,