Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-15

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of the principles 81 ciyil liberty ami
equally derogatory 70 ,hc fieh@ Of
the people,
IL has set usido tho Cousi,.ution
Of the United States, The basis, pledge,
and sccGriiy for Republican ireedom.
II IL has practically abrogated
State govt rnments IN the ten Sputh'
crn States, ranging them in military
districts, and placing over those fls
tricls military commanders.
III. Ii has deprived every white
man Of his vote who would 20. aid
in the Radical plan Of "recoratruc-
ton"
~. II has bestowed the power Of
suffrage upon every negro disposeit to
lend himself to that purpose.
V. 1t has substituted military con-
missions for the civil tribunals.
vi. 1t has thus taken away tRe
constitutional right Of trial by jury.
VII. II has deprived the people Of
the sacred right OF the writ OF ba0ess
corpus
VII. It has prohibited free speech.
TX. 1t has broken up and silencod
a free press.
X 1t has inflicted "cruel and unusH-
al punishnents.
XI IL has violated the right Of the
people 10 bv secure IN th~i'' persona,
houses, papers and effects against
unreasonable searches and seizures
XII 1t has deprived the Executive
of its constitutional, just and necessa-
ry powers, by means Of which it was
intended by the trainers Of the Con
stitution that this "cc-ordinate branch
of the government should help 10
maintain a due balance Of authority,
for the common safety aud welfare.
Kill 1t has overawed that other
coordinate branch OF the government
the Judiciary, which was also intend
cd to help maintain due balance Of
authority, for the common safety and
welfare : by unconstitutional and
threatening legislation, SO as ointim
idate the Supreme judicial tribunal
and thus to prevent the declaration Of
Judgment ready to be pronounced
from which would have flowed the ne
cessary legal consequence, that the
whole series Of reconstruction acts
was "unconstitutional, revolutionary,
and utterly void"
XIV. 1t has required Of the South
ern States taxation without allowing
them representation.
XIV. 1t denies the right of voting
at the coming election, TO three OF
those States, for noncompliance with
its unconstitutional, unjust and arbi-
trary demands.
XVI. In order 10 maintain this
monstrous and iniquitous system of
Legislation, it has been compelled to
keep up the public debt, instead Of ta-
king steady economical means for its
reduction and gradual extinction and
for period OF peace almost as long as
that Of the war, has ground down the
people by an ever increasing burden
of extortionate taxaLion--the eXpeB.
of the government in this fourth year
after the war, being more than six
times as much as in the year before
the war began
Finally, approhending that their
scheme Of reconstruction which
meant alwevs snbiu~asiQp of NaSoph
60 1P's'i p~liaal supremacy IN 'tne
North, the agents OF wnIcu svoro ,nc
military force, the freodmen's bureau
and the "carpet- -baggers," paid for
these services out of the pockets OF
the people, had failed to cajole the
majority OF the negroes to its support
Ia bill was introduced into Congress,
at It's last session, providing fora large
supply of arms 10 the hacks in tho
Southern States, by which the armed
minority might regulate the franchise
Of the white and black majority in the
Radical interest. What dreadful
scenes must have ensned. had this bill
passed through, conflict cf races,
speedily Involving the whole country
in a civil war far more tremendous
aud horrible than the sectional war ia
which We have been engaged-thc hn-
name, the prudent and the patriotic
would wish to banish from the imagi-
nation.
Such is, in part, the amply sufficient
foundation for the arraignment of the
Radical party. Every specification is
a solid, indisputable fact OF these
"high crimes and misdomeanors,"
clearly subversiFe of the very princi-
piles Of civil liberty, it is manifestly
guilty. Upon such a specification no
Jury in Christendom would fail to con
vict no judge would hesitate to pro.
nounce sentence.
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