The Portland daily press., 1868-07-11
Rinic,s nsclnra,ion ar WAR,

A the request OF many subscribers we re-
publish the letter OF the Democratic nominee
for the Vice Presidency TO the Missouri dele
nation:
There is but one way 10 restore the Govern
ment and the Constitution, and that is FOR
THE PRESIDENT ELECT 10 DECLARE THE RE-
CONSTRUCTION ACTS NULL AND VOID compel
the army to undo its usurpatians at the
South, DIsPERsE THE CARPET-B BAG STATE GOV
ERNMENrs. allow the white people TO reorgan-
iZe their own governments and elect Sens tors
and representatives The House of Repre-
sentatlves wilt contain a majority of Demo
clats from the North, and they will admit rep.
resentatives elected by the white people OF
the South ana with the co operation of the
President, it will BOT be difficult TO COMPEL
THE SENATE TO SUBMIT once more TO the obi
cations of the Constitution. 1t Will not be
able to withstand the public judgment if dis
tinctIy invoked and clearly expressed on this
fundamental issue, and it is sure way to
avoid all future strife TO put this issue plainly
to the country. l repent, this is the real ana
only question which We should allow TO
coutrol us. Shall we submit to the usurpations
by which the government has been over
thrown, or shall W. exert Ourselves for its
full and complete restoration? 1t is idle to
talk Ct bonds, greenbacks, gold, the public
filth and the public credit What can Dem
ocratic President do i'll regard to any of these
with Congress in both branches, controlled
by carpet baggers and their allies? He will be
poweriess to stop supplies by which idle ne
.roeS are organized into political clubs, by
which an army is maintained to protect these
Vaeabonds in their outraGeS upon the ballot.
t is things like these that cal up the revenues
and resources of the government and destroy
its credit, and make the difference between
gold and grcenbacks. We must restore the
Constitution before we can restore the imam.
ces, and to do this we must have President
who will execute the will of the people by
TRAMPLINo INTO THE DUST THE usURPATl0N
| OF CONGRESS. / wish TO stand before the con
yention upon this issue; but it is one that EN-
braces everything else that is Of value in its
large and comprehensive results 1t is the one
thing that includes all that is worth contest,
and without it there is nothing that gives dig
atty, honor or value to the struggle.
Your friend
FRANK P. BLAIR
The reconstruction acts are "null and void"
Here Frankly stands squarely on the platform
of the New York Convention. 1t is nth
while to consider what the reconstruction acts
embrace. As an integral portion of them
they embrace the 18th and 14th constitutional
amendments to the constitution of the Uuited
States The first abolishes slavery; the sec
ond provides against the reputation of the
national debt the assumption of the Rebel
debt, Furnishes States that disfranchse citi-
the number of their Representatives in Con-
essproportionately and forbids perjured Reb-
els to hold office. These amendments are in
separately connected with the Congressional
reconstruction policy. If those acts are void,
the amendments void beyond the POSSIBLE
ty of doubt.
We appeal to yon, Democratic fellow citi-
zens, to consider what you endorse when you
vo;e for this young scion of the pestiierous
Blair family. You vote to reestablish slavery.
You vote to disfranchise the black leyalsts
and give their ballots to white Rebels. You
vote to reverse eoery one of the guarantees
that Congress has required for the future good
behavior of the South. Voting for all these
things, you vote for AGAR! You may as well be
told first as last that the resolution contem-
plated in your platform and in the letter of
Blair cannot be peaceful one.