The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-23

corporate caraciIy, have right, by fair and
| honest means, and rot for purposes Oh wrong
or oppression, so 10 use their property as 10 ~
crease and consolidate it to the utmost extent
within their power; out conceol1s al tns; we
| declare our cordial sympathy and co-operatlon
| with the producers and workingmen ol the
| conntry. who make and move all capital, and
| who only seek by just and necessary means 10
protect themselves against the oppressive eX-
actions cf capital, and to ameliorate their con-
dition an1 dignity their calling.
OPPOSED To ILL LAND AND'saN DOMINGO JOBS.
lb That we are totally and rcsolutey op-
posed tothe grant OF any more OF the pGoilc
| lands the common property OF the people %
the States, to corporations for railway or othel
purposes, holding that these lands ought 10 De
| devoted as homesteads to actual settlers, or
sold in smari quantities to individuals at q price
so low as to induce speedy occupation anu set-
| tlement. ,,n
l6 That holding stiu to the good old Demo,
cratic doctrine Of annexation or acquisllfon OF
territory, we are yet totally opposed " nn Enc
scheme of President Grant to acquire san Do
mingo as a Job, and by the means and Tor Cne
pur6oses evidently intended, and accept the
| Issue ne has rendered in his late message SUBJ
hitting the subject to the decision OF the peo-
| pie.
| DENouNcING THE EU:KLuX BILL.
II. That the act commonly called the bay
onet bill, secretly passed BY Congress amen
datory to the act Of May 81, 1870, and supple
ment to the act oil July Il. 1910, each and oil so
| intended and so contrved as to Interfere with
and practically subvert tree popular electlons
| in ali the States, subectng them to the aoso-
lutte control through the military. power
whenever called forth, by the President and
| Commander-in-C Chief for the time being OF tne
| land and naval forces of The United States;
and the more recent acts OF Congress COM
\ nvtnnGinn
| lis terms to every State, infermeddling with
| the exclusively local concerns OF every Stare,
authorizing tne President. upon the existence
| Of q condition of things TO be ascertained and
determined by himself, and in the exercise oil
| his sole Judgment, to- suspend the VIII OF
| habeas corpus In time OF peace, and TO march
| the standing army into any State and declare
martial law therein at his own mere Will ana
pleasure thus subverting the entire ctYll pow
er, legislative; executive and judicial, OF such
Stale destroying freedom OF speech ana OF the
press, and the peaceable assembling OF the
| people. and subjecting every person therein 10
| military arrest, trial and execution, were en-
| acted for no other purpose than TO complete
| the Capitalization oil all power In the hands OF
the General Government, establish a. military
| despotism, and thus perpetuate The present
administrator without regard to the Will OF
the people; and are not only utt' rly lncopsls.
tent with the whole theory and character OF
the Federal Government, and revolutionary
| and dangerous in their nature, but III direct
CONFLICT with the spirit ami letter OF the CON
stitution, inclucing the amendments which
they pretend to enforce.
THE GRANT PARTT CONDEMNED.
ls. That the Radical party Of 1871, as now
constituted, is not the Republican party OF Inc
perlod previous to the war, nor the so-caled
Union party during the war, and is in no re-
spect entitled to The public confidence as such;
that it is now only an administration or Grant
party. dating back to March 4, 1863, and IS 10
that record being totally hostile TO the doc
trines and. policies herein maintained and
wholly committed to the policies and doctrines
herein denounced, 1t deserves the emphatic
condemnation Of the people.
Mr.. vALLANDIGHAM's EXPLANATORY SPEECH.
In reporting the resolutions from the COM
mlttee, Mr.. Vallandgham said:
These resolutions, Mr.. President, sufficient
ly explain themselves. The principles and
policies which they enunclate require the
honest censure of those only whose hostility is
sincere Carping criticism we both expect
and contemn. For more than two years past
the bitter and bloody passions OF the war
have been gradually, but steadily and surely,
diving out. Continued and irreconcllable dis
sent upon the new issues necessarily born OF
TODAY, and even bitter personal discord.
among men ofthe Republican party who had
stood together on the questions OF the past,
inevitably followed. Yhe Democratic party
wisely remained silent or confned Itself TO the
new Issues. The Republican party having full
filed It's original mission, was rapidly falling
into decay. Moderation. JUSTICE and peace
were becoming to its more violent leaders the
sentence Of death. The Administration party,
into which, since the 4th of March, 1869, 1t has
been wholly transferred, had begun from
causes thoroughly understood to be odious,
and even inlolerable to the people. Upon the
issues OF amnesty, Of honesty in the legislative
and executive departments, of the tariff, OF
revenue and civil service reform. Of land
grants TO corporations, the currency, taxation.
San Domingo, aud other similar questions, 1t
was certain to be condemed. Necessity re.
qulred that
SOME DECISIVE MOVEMENT SHOULD BE MADE
to avert impending defeat. Not the states
men, but the mere politicians-the sycophants
OF the party, the parasites clinging to and de-
irving nurture solely from executive favor =
were called into council. These Bourbons OF
the present 1our, the men who forget nothing,
learn nothing, resolved upon one more appeal
10 the expiring passions aud prejudices OF
their partisans, the war cries OF The past. II
civil war In $act could not again be inaugura-
ed, civil war in form, with all its legislative
and executive machinery and all Its political
appliances, tQQSG Ue TcFlfcQ IL every olule W
secure first the denomination and next the re-
election of General Grant. The belligerent
pronunciamento went forth, the bloody blast
OF the war buge was again sounded. dis
tinguishea senator, the conf1denliul adviser
and main support OF the President himself, u
consum mate partisan leader, but powerful IN
proportion to the unskilulness and cowardice
of his foes, was put forth as the CHIEF fomentor
Of this new crusade; bnt / say to him that
neither he nor they can be permitted TO pro-
woke or dictate issues for the Democratic par
w, or 10 ignore those which the revolving
wears OF changing condition of The country
necessarily bring forth. That which since
1865 has been but question OF time is now
upon us.
TIE AUSPFCIoUs MOMENT,
the golden opportunity, the tide in the af1airs
OF men to be taken at the food, has now,.
in my deliberaie Judgment, reached US, when
the Democratic party of to-day, laying aside
every weight and shaking from it the dead
body of the past, yet adhering TO its ancient
principles, can and must at one bound place
itself upon che vantage ground OF the present
and defy its enemies 10 battle upon the living
issues Of the hour. It is the purpose OF these
resolutions TO establish the Democratic party
OF Montgomery County openly and .squarely
upon this firm and impregnable basis. Tacitly
and In fact We have stood upon it for the past
two years, and victory has steadily bYen ours.
Confident am that we shall meet prompt
and very cordial response from our brethren
plspwher, and everywhere In this and other