The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-07-20

Union, whose long essranged peo-
pie shall re-unite a I'd frateTniZe
upon the broad b; 81 of universal
amnesty with impartial suffrage. |
Third. That isubjecf to Our sol
emn constitutional obligation to
maintain the equal rights OF all |
citizens, our policy sh 'Ild aim at |
local self government and not at |
Capitalization; that thu civil au
thorlty should be supreme over
the military; that the writ of ha-
beas corpus should be jealousy
upheld as the safeguard of per,
sonai freedom; that the individ-
ual citizen should enjoy the lar
gest liberty consistent with public
ord r, and that there shall be 10
t'e ieral Subversion of the inter
ma, poilty Of the several States
AMI municipalities, but that each
shall he left free TO enforce the
rights and promote the well-being
OF the inhabitants by such means
as the Judgment OF its own people
shall prescribe.
Fourth. There shall be real
/ and not merely simulated reform
i'll the civil service of the Repub-
, lie, to which end it is indispensa-
: bic the chief dispenser of its vast
= official patronage shall he shield
ed from the caain temptation to
use his power sel6shly by a rule
inexOrably fOrbiding and preclud-
ing his 10 election.
r Fifth. That the raising OF reve-
. nue., whether by tariff OF other
D wise, shall be recognized and treat
2 ed as the peoples immediate bust
r ness, to be shaped and directed by
: them through their Representatives
! in Congress, whose action thereon
D the President must neither over
:. rule by his veto, attempt to die,
: tate, nor presume to punish by
n bestOwing office only on those who
i agree with him, or withdrawing it
j. from those who do not.
Sixth. That the public lands
: must be sacredly reserved for &C,
IS QUESTION and occupation by cult
e vators, and not recklessly squan
e dered on the projectors of rail
}. roads, for which our people have
L no present need, and the prema
b ture construction of which is an
i nuaiiy plunging us into deeper
II and deeper abysses of foreign in
d debtedueSS.
o Seventh. That the achievement
4 of these grand purposes of uni
Ell versal beniticence is expected and
e. sought Of all who approve them
Y irrespective of past affiliations.
n Eighth. That the public faitt
must, at all hazards, be maintain
ed, and the national credit be pre-
served.
Ninth. That the patriotic de
T. votedneSSand ineStimable service!
of our fellow citizens, who as sol
dierS or sailors, upheld the flas
and maintained the unity OF thu
II republic, shall ever be grateful,
of remembered and honorably re
n Quilted. ~
N These propositions, so ably anC
If Gorcibly presented in the platform
or OF your convention, have alread,
" fixed the attention and command
s. ed the assent of large majorit,
to of our coantrymen, who joyful,
IS. adopt them, as | do, as the basi
a. of a true, beneticent, national re
o. construction of a new departar
es from jealOusies, strifes and hates
er which have no longer an adequat
n motive, or even plausible pretext
ID into an atmosphere of peace, fra
be terniry and mutual good will. Ii
IS vain do the drill sergeants of de
I'd cayIng organizations flourish meu
nj acingiy their trurcheOus. and an
ty grily insist that the files shall b
n closed and Strengthened. In val
D. do the whippers in of parties one
is vital, because rooted in the vita
H. needs OF the hour, protest agains
ne Straying and boiling, denounc
ed men no wise their interiors a
l traitors and renegades, and threat
o. en- them with infamy and ruin.
am confident that the America
a people have already made you
tie cause their own, fully resolve
n. that their brave hearts and stron
SO arms shall bear it on to triumph
IL In this faith and with the di:
ch tinct understanding that, if cleo
Cd ed, | shall be President, not of
m party, but of the whole people.
ok accept your nomination in tn
n confident trust that the masses {
es our cOuntrymen, North and Soutl
nd are eager to clasp hands acro>
rb the bloody chasIn. which has tn