The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-21

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; successive Congress, TO Judge of what leg
islation Is necessary and proper or appro-
pirate to carry into execution, or enforce
the constitutional powers, rights, and du-
ties of the federal government.
! z. That as ali instance of eminently ap.
propriate legislation under the Four.
teenth amendment, in the name of wis
dom, justice, and republican government,
and to secure universal political rights and
equality among both the white and col.
ored people Of the United States, to the
end that we may have peace, at least, we
call now, as we'll on behalf of the North a:
. Of the South, upon Congress for universal
amnesty.
8. That we are in favor Of the pavmen,
OF the public debt at tho earliest practi
cable moment consistent with moderat.
8 taxation, and, more effcctually to secut,
and hasten its payment, we demand tn,
strictest honest and economy in every par
Of the administration of the governrne {
=. That we are in favor of such revenue
reform as will greatly simplify the man
ner of, and reduce the number of the. Of
! fcers engaged in collecting and disburs-
ing the revenue, and to largely diminish
the now enormous expense 10 the govern
ment, and the annoyance and vexation to
tue people attending the same and, fur
ther, will make the burden of tavation
equal, uniform, and just, and no greater
than the necessities OF government, eco
nomically administered, Shall require.
10 That we are in favor of searching
ana adequate reform in the civil service Of
the government, so as to secure faithful
ness, honesty, and efficiency in all its
branches and in every officer and sp-
pOintee connected with IL
II. That we are in favor of strictly
revenue tariff, C informed to tho theory
and principles Of all other just and wise
tax laws.
IL. That all taxation ought to be based
on wealth instead of population, and that
every person shou!d be required TO con-
tribute to the support Of the government
in proportion to the amount, and not with
reference to the character of his property.
l3 That specie is the basis of all sound
currency, anC that the true policy requires
us speedy return to that basis as is pruc-
ticable without distress 10 the debtor class
Of the people.
IL. That there is no necessary or ire
pressible conflict between labor and .capi-
tai that without the capital of consoli-
dated wealth no country can flourish; that
capital is entitled to the just and equal
protection of the laws, and that all men,
whether acting individually or in a corpo-
rate capacity, have the right by fair and
honest means, and not for the purpose Of
wrong or oppression, to SO use their prop
erty rs TO increase and consolidate it to
the utmost extent within their power.
| But, conceding all this, we declare our
cordial sympathy and cooperation with
the producers and workingmen of the
\ hN lsn md ..sNtt al
VINO only seek by justand necessary means
to protect themselves against the oppres-
sive exactions of capital, and to anchor
ate their condition and the dignity Of
: their calling.
10. That we are totally and absolutely
3 opposed TO the grant Of any more of the
; public lands--the common property of
e the people of the states-to cor oratiOns
e for railroad and other purposes, holding
@ that these lands ought to be devoted si
: hcmesteads to actual settlers, or sold il
a small quantities to individuals at price s.
o low as to induce their speedy occupation
: and settlement.
I6. That holding still to the good ol,
] Democratic doctrine of annexation or &C
Q QUESTION of territory, we are yet totally op
posed to the scheme of President Grant T.
+, acquire San Domingo as a job and b,
means and for purposese vidently intended
and accept the issue he has rendered il
his late message. submitting the subject I,
; the decision ofth epeople.
! Il. That the act commonly called "th,
: bayonet bill, recently passed by Congress
: amendatory to the act Of May 81, 1870
| and supplementary to the act of July IL
l 1870, each and all intended and so con
: trived as to interfere with and PRACTICAL,
= subvert free popular elections in all tn,
t States, subjecting them to the absolut
t control, through the military powe
4 whenever called forth, of the Presiden
4 and CommandCr-in-ch chief for the time be
Q ing, of the land and naval forces of tn
{ United States; of the more recent act O
Congress commonly called "the Ku-Klu,
bili," extending by its terms to ever,
State intermeddling with the exclusivel,
} local concerns of every State, authorizing
the President upon the eXistance of con.
dition Of things to be ascertained and de.
termined by himself, and in the exercise OF
his sole judgement to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus in time of peace, and to
march the standing army into any State
and declare n . 'tial law ther, in at his own
mere will and pleasure, thus subverting
| the entire civil power, legislative, execu-
tive, and Judicial, of such State, destroy
ing the freedom OF speech and of the press,
and the peaceable assembling of the peo-
pie, and subjecting every person therein to
military arrest, trial, and execution
we're enacted for no other purpose than t.
complete the Capitalization of all power
in the hands of the general government
aud establish a military despotism, and
thus perpetuate the present administration
without regard to the will of the people
and not only utterly inconsistent with the
whole theory and character of federal gov
ernment, and revolutionary and danger
Gus in their nature, hut in direct conflict
with the spirit and letter OF the constitu-
tion, including the amedments which they
pretend to enforce.
ls That the Radical party of Is7l,.as
now constituted, is not tho Republican
party of the period previous to the war at
the North and the so-called 'union party"
during the war, and is in no respect en-
titled to beg the public confidence rs such;
that it is only an administration of Grant,
party, dating back to March 4, 1869, and
to be judged by its record since and that
upon that record totally hostile L., the