The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-07-11

wisdom TO carry out our purpose; to give
| every state Of our Union the blessings Of
peace, good order and fraternal affection
Mr.. Seymour closed amid great cheering
THE PLATFORM.
The following is the platform adopted on
Tuesdays
The democratic party, in national conven
ton assembled, reposing It's trust in the in.
telligenee, patriotism, and discriminating ius,
tee Of the people, standing upon the consti
tuition as the foundation aud Limitation of the
power OF the government, and the guarantee
OF the liberties of the citizen; and recogniz
ing the questions Of slavery and secession as
having been settled for all time TO come by
the war or the voluntary action of the southern
states in constitutional conventions Assem-,
bled, and never TO be renewed or reagitated
do, with the return Of the peace, demand
]. The immediate restoration of all the
states to their rights in the Union under the
constitution Of civil government, and the
American people.
2 Amnesty for all past political offences,
and the regulation Of the elective franchise
in the states by the citizens
2. The payment of the public debt of the
United States as rapidly IS practicable, AL
money drawn from the people by taxation,
except so much as is requisite for the uoces.
sites If the government, economically ad.
minstered, being honestly applied to such
payment, and when the obligations Of the
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, to
be paid in the lawful money Of the United
States. Thunders Of applause.
(. Equal taxation Of all species Of prop.
erty according to its value, including gov.
ernment bonds and other securities. Re.
newed cheering, and cries Of "Read il
again.
!. One currency for the government and
the people the laborer and the oiiice.hold
or, the pensioner and the soldier, the produe.
er md the bondholder. Great cheers and
cries Of "Rend it again.
&. Economy in the administration Of the
government reduction Of the standing
army and navy the abolition Of the freed.
mems bureau great cheers , and oil pohi
cal Observation-Disclosures designed TO secure negro
supremacy simplifcaton Of the system and
discontinuanCe Of the iHquisitorlal modes o.
assessing aud collecting internal revenue
that the burthens of taxation be equaH2ed
and lessened, and the credit Of the currency
made good the repeal ofall enactments toI
the enrolling Of state militia into the nation
al forces IN time of peace and tariff toI
revenue upon foreign imports, and such
equal taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental protection tC
domestic manufactures, and viii, without
impairing the revenue, impose the least bur
den upon and best promote and encourage,
the great industrial interests Of the coun
try.
Z. A re form of the abuses in the admin
istration the expulsion Of corrupt men from
Office the abrogation Of useless Offices; the
restoration ofrightful authority TO and the
independence Of the executive and judieia
departments Of the government the subor
| diuation Of the military to the civil power,tc
| the end that the usurpatlons of congress anC
the despotism Of the sword may cease.
s. Equal rights and protection for natur
allied and native born citizens, at home AM
abroad the assertion Of American nationali
ty which will command the respected foreigl
powers, and furnish an example and en-
couragement to people struggling for nation
oil integrity, constitutional liberty, and ind
vidual rights, and the maintenance OF th
rights Of naturalized citizens against the al
solute doctrine of immutable allegiance, an
the claims Of foreign powers to punish then
for alleged crime committed beyond thel
Jurisdiction. Anulausp,1
In demanding these measures and reform
we araign the radical party for its disregar
Of right, and the unparalleled oppression ali
tyranny which have marked its career. A.
ter the most solemn and unanimous pedg
Of both houses of congress TO prosecute til,
war exclusively for the maintenance of tn
government, and the preservation of the Tn
ion, under the constitution, it has repeated
violated that most sacred pledge under whlc
was rallied that noble volunteer army whic
carried our flag to victory. Instead OF II
storing the Union, it has, so far as It is !
its power, dissolved it, and subjected tel
states, in time Of profound peace, to miitar
depotom and negro supremacy it has null
fed there the right Of trial by jury; it ha
abolished the hdbcGS COiJHS-that most Sd
|
freedom Of speech and the press it has sub
stituted arbitrary seizures, and arrests, am
military trials, and secret star.Chambcr il
questions for constitutional tribunals it ha
disregarded, in time Of peace, the right &
the people to be free from search and seIz
uros it has entered the post and telegraph
Offices, aud even the private ROOMS OF indl
viduals, and seized their private papers ant
letters without any specification OK notice Q
affidavit, as required by the organic law;
has converted the American capitol into
bastie it has established system Of spie
and official espionage to which no consttu
tionai monarchy of Euro would now dar
to resort it has abolished the right of up
peal on important constitutional question
to the supreme judicial tribunals, and threat
ems to curtail or destroy its original jurisdiC
ton, which is irreyocably vested by the con
| stitutlon, while the learned chief Justice ha
| been subjected to great and atrocious calum
MES merely because he would not prostitute
his high Office to the support of the false an(
partisan charges preferred against the Presi
| dent its corruption and extravaganza have
exceeded anything known in history, and By
its frauds and mouopohes il has nearly doub
led the burden of the debt created during
the war it has stripped the President of hi
constitutional power of appointment, ever
of his own cabinet; under its repeated as
saults the pillars of the government arc rock
ing on their base, and, should it succeed il
November next, and inaugurate its presi
dent, we will meet as a subject and conquer
| ed people amid the ruins of liberty and the
scattered fragments of the constitution
And we do declare, and resolve, that ever
since the people Of the United States threw
off all subjections to the British crown, the
privilege and trust Of suffrage have belong