The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-13

may be- equalized and lsSssned. the credit Of
the government and tho 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, as will afford incidental pro
lection to domestic manufactures, and as will,
without impairing 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-
tioH; the expulsion Of corrupt men from Offices
the a6rogation OF useless offices; the restoration
of rightful 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
sword may cease.
uralized and native born citizens at home and
abroad. The assertion Of American nationality
which shall command the respect Of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage
ment to people struggling for national integri-
ty, constitutional liberty and individual rights,
and the maintenance of the rights of naturaliz'
ed citizens against the absolute doctrine OF I'M
mutable allegiance, and the claims of foreign
powers to punish them for crime committed
beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms we
arraign the Radical party for its disregard for
right, and the unparalleled oppression and tyr
amy which has marked its career, after the
most solemn and unanimous pledges of both
houses of Congress to prosecute the war exclu.
siyely for the maintenance of the Government
and the protection of the Union under the
Constitution. 1t has repeatedly violated that
most sacred pledge, under which was rallied
that noble volunteer army which carried ouI
flag to victory. Instead of restoring 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 despotism and negro supre
macy. 1t has nullifed there the right OF tria
| by Jury. 1t has abolished the habeas corpus
that most sacred writ Of liberty. 1t has over
thrown the freedom of speech and of the press
1t has substituted arbitrary seizures and ar
rest, and military trials and the secret stal
chambers of inuusitions for constitutional tn
bunals. 1t has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free from search ant
seizures. 1t has entered the post and TELEGRAPH
offices, and even the private rooms OF 1ndivld
uals and seized their private papers and letters
without any specification, or notice, or afi1da
Wit, as required by the organic law. 1t ha'
converted the American capitol into Bastlle
| 1t has established system of spies and ofhcia
espionage to which no constitutional monarchy
| in Europe would now dare to resort.
| 1t has abolished the right of appeal on i'm
portant constitutional questions to the su
preme judicial tribunal, and threatens tocur
tail or destroy its original jurisdiction, which,
| irrevocably vested by the Constitution, while
the learned Chief Justice has been subje cted to
great and atrocious ealulnnies, merely because
| he would not prostitute his high office to the
support of the false and partisan charges pre-
| ferred against the President Its corruption
and extravaganza have exceeded anything
| known in history and by its frauds and monop
olies it has nearly doubled the burden OF dep
| created during the war. 1t has stripped the
President of his constitutional power OF ap
pointment, even of his own cabinet. Under IL.
| repeated assaults the pillars of the Government
are rocking on their bases, and should 1t sue
coed in November next and inaugurate III
President, we will meet as subjects and con
quered people, amid the ruins OF liberty ane
| the scattered fragments ofthe Constitutions
| And we do declare and resolve, That ever
since tho people of the United States threw of
all subsection to the British crown, the priv
| lege and trust of suffrage have belonged to the
| several States and have been granted, regulated
and controlled exclusively by the political pow
er of each State respectively; and any attempt
by Congress on any pretext whatever TO de
prive any State of this right or interfere witt
this exercise is q fragrant usurpatl0n OF power
which can find no warrant in the Constitution
and if sanctioned by the people will subvert oul
form of government, and can only end in SIN
gle centralized consolidated government, II
which the separate existence Of the States vii
be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified des
potism DO established in fplace Of Fedora
union of coeuual States and that we regard the
reconstruction acts so called, of Congress suct
usurpat:on, and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void: and that our soldiers and sailors whC
carried the flag of our country to victory
against a most gallant and determined foe mus
be ever gratefully remembered, and all guaran
ties given in the law must be faithfully carried
into execution.
That the public land should be distributed
widely among the people, and should be dispos
ed of under the presumption OF homestead laws
and sold in reasonable quantities, and TO none
but actual occupants at the minimum price es
tablished by the government. When grants o
the public lands may be allowed, necessary fol
the encouragement of important public i'm
provements, the proceeds of the sale of suci
lands and not the lands themselves, should b'
so applied.
That the President of the United States, An
drew johnson, in exercising the power OF hi
high office in resisting the aggressions OF Con
gress on the Constitutional rights OF the States
and the people, is entitled to the gratitude o
| the whole American people, and on behalf o
the Democratic party we tender him our thank
for his patriotic efforts in that regard.
| Upon this platform the Democratic party ap
peals to every patriot, including all the Conser
vative element and all who desire to support thu
constitution and restore the Union, forgetting
past differences of opinion, TO unite with US IL
the present great struggle for the liberties o
the people and that to all such, to whateve
party they may have heretofore belonged, W,
extend the right hand of fellowship, and hail al
such cooperating with us as friends and broth
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