Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-05-17
Address
OF rnr CINCINNATI coNvENrIoS.

The Cincinnati Convention having
borrowed almost exclusively from the
record of the republican party the TIM
Der for their platform, in turn borrowed
with equal exelusiveness their address
from the democratic party, and thus go
to the people double beaded. 10 all re-
publicans we commend that part of the
address in such bitter hostility TO the ex-
ecu.ion of the reconstruction and ku-
klux laws. Here is the address;
"The administration now III power has
rendered itself guilty of wauton disre-
gard of the laws of the land, and usurp-
ed powers not granted by the constitu-
ton. 1t has acted as If the laws had
binding force only for those who are
governed, and not for those who govern.
II has thus struck blow at the iunda'
mental principles of constitutional gov
eminent and the liberty of the citizen.
The President of the United States has
openly used the powers and opportunities
of his high office for the promotion of
personal ends. He has kept VIGOROUSLY
corrupt and unworthy men in places of
power and responsibility to the detriment
of public interest. He has used the
public service of the government as a
machinery of partisan and personal in
huence, and interfered with tyranieal
arrogance in the political affairs Of States
and municipalities. He has rewarded,
with influential and lucrative offices,
men who had acquired his favor by val
liable presents thus stimulating demon
alization of our political life by his con-
spicuous example. He has shown him
self deplorably unequal to the tasks i'm
posed upon him by the necessities of the
country, and culpably careless of the re-
sponsibilities Of its high Office. The par
tisans of the administration, assuming
to be the republican party and eontroll-
ing its organization, have attempted to
Justify such wrongs and palliate such
abuse, to the end of maintaining parti-
san ascendency. They have stood in the
way of necessary investigations and in
dispensible reforms, pretending that no
serious fault could be found with the
present administration of public affairs
thus seeking to blind the eyes of the
4 people. They have kept alive the pas
sions and resentments of the late civi
war, to use them for their own advan
tage.
They have resorted to arbitrary meas
ures in direct conflict with the organic
law instead of appealing to the bette
instincts and latent patriotism of thu
Southern people by restoring 10 then
those rights, the enjoyment of which il
indispensable for successful administra
ton of their local affairs, and would tent
to move patriotic md hopeful nationa
feeling. They have degraded themselve
, and their party, once justly entitled t
the confidence Of the nation, by has
! sycophancy to the dispenser of executiv
! power and patronage unworthy o reput
;, lican freemen they have sought to ST
, ae the voice Of just criticism, to stiff
the moral sense of the people, and to sui
4 jugate public opinion by tyranical pal
; ty discipline. They are striving to mair
= tain themselves in authority for sel6s
\ ends by an Inscriptions use of the pov
. er which rightfully belongs to the peop'
: and should be employed only in the Sc
, vice of the country. Believing that a
:, organization thus led and controlled ca
4 no longer be of service to the best int
a ests Of the republic, we have resolved
|. make an independent appeal to the sol
q Der Judgment, conscience, and patriotisl
= of the American people.