The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-10

Sd instant, the following Address and
was Platform of Principles adop ted with.
out dissenting voice
Address to the People.
The Administration, now in power,
has rendered itself guilty of a wanton
disregard of the laws of the land and of
powers not granted by the constitution.
1t has acted as if the laws had binding
force only for these who are governed
and not for those who govern. Ii has
thus str0ck blow at the fundame ntal
principles of constitutional government
and the liberties OF the citizen. The
President of the United States has OPEN
" used the powers and opportunities of
his high Office for the promotion of per
sonal ends. He has kept notori-
ously corrupt and unworthy men in
places Of power and responsibility to the
detriment of the public interest. He
has used she public service of the govern
ment as a machinery of partizan and
personal influence and interfered with
technical arrogance in the political affairs
of the States and municipalities. He has
re warded, with influential and lucrative
Office, men who had acquired his favor
by valuable presents, thus stimulating
the decentralization Of our political life
by his conspicuous example; he has
shown himself deplorably unequal to the
tasks imposed upon him by the necessi-
ties Of the country, and culpabIy careless
Of the responsibilities Of his high Office
The partisans of the administration, as
Stunning to be the Republican party, ard
controlling it'd organization, have ate mpt
ed to justify such wrongs and palliate
such abuses to the end of maintaining
partisan aBceudancy. They have stood
in the way Of necessary investigation and
Indispensable reform that az serious a
| fault as could be found with the present
! ADMINISTRATION Of public affairs lie tina
! seeking to blind the eyes of the people
| by keeping alive the passions and resent
ments of the late civil war for their own
advantage; they have resorted to arbit-
| rary measures, in direct conflict with the
| organic law, instead Of appealing to the
! better instincts aud latent patriotism Of
the Southern people by restoring those
rights the enjoyment o( which is indis~
| pensible for a successful administration
! Of local affairs, and would tend to move a
| patriotic AMI hopeful national feeling
/ They have degraded themselves and the
name Of their party, and are justly en>
| titled to the confidence of the nation by
q base sychophaney TO Executive power
| and patronage unworthy OF republican
! freemen. They have sought to silence
| the voice of Just criticism, to stiae the
| moral senne of the epic, aud to subius
| gate public opinion by tyrsnnical party
| discipline. They are striving 20 NAM
| tain themselves in authority, for selfish
ends, by an unserupulous use of the
power which rightfully belongs to the
people and should be employed emily IN
the service of the country Believing
that an organization thus led and con-
trolled can no longer be Of service to the
best interests of the republic, we have
resolved to make an independent appeal
to the sober Judgment, conscience and
patriotism of the American people
THE PLATFORM.
We, the Liberal Republicans of the
/ United States, in national convention as
sembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the fclS
lowing principles as essential to just gov
ernment:
First-We recognize the equality Of all
men before the law, and hold that it is
the duty of the government, in its deal
lngs with the people, 70 mets out equal
and exactJustiee 10 all, whatever natiVi>
ty, race, color or persuasion, religious or
political.
Second We pledge ourselves to main.
tain the union of these States. emancipa-
ton and acknowledgements, and to oppose
any re opening of the questions settled
by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth amendments of the constitution.
Third-Ne demand the immediate
and absolute removal of all disabilities
imposed on accoupt OF the rebellion,
which was finally subdued seven years
ago, believing that universal amnesty
will result in complete pacifeation in all
sections Of the country.
Fourth-Local self government, with
Impartial SUFFRAGE, VIII guard tn rights
OF oil citizens more securely than any
centralized power. The public welfare
requires the supremacy of the civil over
the military authority, and freedom If