Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-13

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OF the Keystone State -Poli'i
: raj Issues of'tba Day Clearl,
ard Strongly Stated.
p The follow ing are the materi-
al PORTIONS Of the, address of the
Democracy Of Penns, lyania by
the Democratic Executive Com,
Iaittee of that State:.I!The pape,
was prepared by ex-Teeretary
Jeremiah S. Black. 81, s-5Hg 10 g"
: The Executive Committee q
the Democracy Of this State, to
5 whom the following address was
referred by the recent State Con.
vention, now present the same
TO you as embodying some of the
reason which aetuate and con
troll the organization they repre-,
cent: We here solemnly renew
onr offen repeated declaration of
fidelity to the great principles
upon which our party has acted
from the time of its first organi-
zation. Our Ultimate objects are
those Of our fathers when they
adopted the FederaIC G Constitution
viz: "'To form q more perfect un-
ion, to established justiee, to in
sure dome.ti Tranquility, to pro-
mute the general welfare; to pro-
vide for the common defense, and
secure the blessings Of liberty"
We sincerely believe that the
government of the United States,
administered as it was in former
days, with q direct view to the
advancement of these principles,
would do for us and our children
ali that any people can reason
ably desire from the political sys
TEN under which they live. We
ere equally sure that if NOT car
ried out in the spirit of those BY |
whom il was framed, 1T must be-
come q eurse insteadiof a blessing
as we are, obedience to
the fundamental law means not
only the honest performances II
sworn obligations, but freedom,
peace, and prosperity to all clas-
SEES OF the people. On the other
hand, the LsnrpatIon ofinterdicree or I'm
delegated power is not only u crime in
itself, but the faithful parent of other
and win lead, as it has already
led, to ind,f finite misgoverRment, corruP
len, and tyranny subverting all liberty
and rendering the rights OF all men in
When We speak of The Federal
49, -hNla IN y
ssrumeut, with all IT'S amendments, and
acknowledge the equal oDiiga len of e.
very Fart. Several Of those amendments
we're carried by brnte force and -
ranaa upon the public, will so glaring
rs to take from their authors all CAIN
Upon our respect. But we cannot deny
hat they hsye actually become q part OF
he Constituii, n ; nor can We avoid that
nor get behind it, by showing the
,orrups misconduct oil the men VIM a.
Inst Tune control Congress aud master
ID the State Legislatures. Whosoeyer
wears 10 support the Const,toti- n must
ali that is~gsfnoininated in the
Any change which axperienre
md reason shall prove to be desirable
must be made in b prescribe way. and
lot BY revolutionary and d~isorderiy
u saiIS. .etisSl ss,r IS alsl'&
The Declaration cf 1871. No candid
,eraon will deny thar the leading men in
,owrr &C Washington have br0ken the
that they made to the people,
md IN reckless disregard. of their oaths,
hey have violated the ~plainest provi-
ions of the Constitution They have
the States of theiI sacred right
# self in matters purely To-
al, aud disarmed lnem OF the power To-
:ntorce their own laws for b PreservR-
OF order Wiihin their own bouhdar-
e. They have passed tilis Ut penAlties
fperAting on millions at once, witho I
egxrd to the guilt or innocence OF the :
They have tran pleu TN Nil Ihe
be ilies Of lite, liberty and proper n
y. They nave treated the hhbeas cor
MS law with contempt, and denied the
Ixhs OF trial BY jury. They nave sen,
Ut swaruas oil Their hireling agents with
,stFaciions 10 kidHaP. ImprIsI n anu
10 free crtizens for political eff nses
ithout Judicial accusation, warrant or
,iaL. they have not onIy trodien upon
le great principles, emb. died in the "a
constitution rs It came from h
snds Of us trainers, but even tue u
4 pdments, 9hteh they themselves Ih- !,
p polluted, have heen broken without re-
c res Whenever IL suited their interests. J
) ~asiaBce of the Xlftth amandmenL s
have doomed many persons to tin" 4
urst kind vi -~sIaIery or inv. pAtsrY +,
-rvitads' in the public prisons. VI hout :
70 prstense of any crime whereof the :
srty was fe5a.ty consicIed.'' La the
Vth they have abridseI the ''equal- =
of whole masses OF white cinZrns. t
TiEhout ILe least respect .Ior the right !,
aniyersai suffrage, guaranteed by che :
With, they have intertered both forcibiy =
ID fradu emily TO pre- veHt far electIons, {
ID set them ASIDE after they were held. 4
ouIrsges upo- justice, liberty and
" have been pea petr4ted, Het during a r
OF a civil wHr-hot in mon euts L
Wild passion Or heated excitment-bnt
cold blood, upon deliberate ~retiectIon
. time of profound peace, in full view
the consequences, and their authors 1.
We followed out this line oI policy step
step. with "A e sistency which show "
red determination for the future, as in e
e pasL, 10 be bound by no oatn and O
Id by no promI-e The two last and T
ost important OF their ani-constitution .,
measures shUR more distinctly thar L
her their settled desi-n to strangIe q
liberties of the nation, and take per- o.