The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-21

Liberal Republ ican Platform
Address and Declaration d Prineiplss
Adopted By the Convention Of Liberal
Republicans IN Cincinnati, Nay 3rd,
1872.
The administration now in power haa rend-'
| cred itself guilty Of wanton disregard of the
laws Of the land, and has usurped powers
not granted by the Constitution. It has
! acted as Il the laws had binding force only
for those Who are governed, and not for those
who govern. IT has thus struck a blow at
the Fundamental principles Of constitutional
| government, and the liberties Of the citizens,
! The President Of the United States has
openly used the powers and opportunities OF
bis high Office for the promotion Ut personal
ends. He has kept notoriously corrupt and
| unworthy men in places OF power and re-
sponsibility, to the detriment Of the public
interest. He has used the public service Of
the Government as q machinery of partisan
and personal influence, and interfered with
tyrannical arrogance in the political affairs
Of States and municipalities. He has re-
warded with influential end lucrative Offices
lnen who Ind acquired his favor by valuable
presents, thus stimulating decentralization of
our political life by his conspicuous example.
He has shown himself deplorably unequal to
the tasks imposed upon him by the necessi-
tics of the country, and culpably careless Of
the responsibilities of his high office.
The par4isans Of the administration, as
Stunning to be the Republican party and con-
trolling its organization, have attempted to
justify such wrongs and palliate such abuses,
to the end Of maintaining party ascendancy.
They have stood in the way Of necessary in
vestigatiOns and Indispensable reforms, pre-
tc5Salng tilat no serious faulf could be found
stfa;rs tbns sseI;na ~ hl;na t aas - the
nennla They have knnt alive the :. nass;nns
and resentme,,fs of tI,e late civil WA. tn ,,se
them far their nw,, .,lvamtaga Thay have
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Ait with fla organic law ;nstaa.1 ~ .n,,eni-
m, - tha hatta,. o,,d 1asa,,.
;as snf tha Snntharn raa,,ls ~ ,,astap;,,1r -,
them those r;ehts the eminyment If whin2 i
Indispensable for a s,,ccessfui a.l,ninistration
IF Their local aff.;rs ar,l ,ynrlI tend 70 ,nnna
!. naf,.;ot;a and hanaf,,1 nat;anaI ;...Is',,r
They have deorainI fhamsaivas a,d *.
na,n.. of tba;r ,,a,.t,- c,oa i,,stl, o,,+;tfa, ~
fra cor 4idn,.a nf tia na+;n,, ~. hasa s,s-,.,
,,haoe, ~ +ha d;s,na,,sa. - aa,.+;..a 49,,
and ,,,,pynrthv ~ Ran,,h1;..Ipp faal
men They so,,ght q ai;Aa tha rn;.'. 81 ;,st
81; ~
Mo and r. suh;nnatn nnhl;c on;n;nn H.
tvrannical Marty disc;n1;ne. Thay a,e st,;v ~
mo tn ma;,,t.;n thon,salros ia .,,,h",.;+. e..
salfsh ends Nv ~, ,,nsorm,srla,s NO ~ H.
nn,yc, which yahtf,,li,- ha1 ~ 70 4Ia ,,aonr.
and shomiI hc e,nnlo,.el o,,ly !, the i rer1t;on
of tbe co,nt,.v ' - ''o 81 '''e
Relieving FRAT an organization t,,s ,ed and
hest ;nta,ests ~ the 7enrhl;,. ~, ., ~ , rn
solved ~ male m ;pJa,andan+ a,,,,aai =, +ha
soh,r ;nda,na,,+ aud ~ .no
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THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
Therefore we. the Liberal Republicans of
the United States. in National Convention
assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the fol-
lowing principles as essential to lust Govern
ment:
4 l. We recognize the equality of all men
before the law, and hold that It is the duty
of Government in its dealings with the PEG
Pile to mete out equal and exact Justice to MI.
of whatever nativity, race, color, or pcrsua-
sion, religious or political
9. We pledge ourselves to maintain the
Union of these States, emancipation. and en-
reimbursement, and to oppose any rc0neninp
Of the questions settled by the Thirteenth
Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to
the Constellation. - y ss.sst.... -.
8 We demand the immediate and abso-
lutte removal Of all disabilities imposed on ac-
count Of the rebellion which was finally snb-
dued seven wears ago, believing thai uni
yersal amnesty will result in complete paci-
ficatinn i'll all sections OF the country.
A. Local self-govcrnment, with impartial
suffrage, will guard the rights Of all citizens
more securely than any Centralized power.
The public welfare requires the supremacy
Of the civil over the military authority. and
freedom of person under the protection of
the habcas corpus. We demand for the in
dividual the largest liberty consistent with
public order, fol. the State selfgovernment.
and for the nation return to the methods Of
peace and the constitutional limitations If
power.
5. The civil service OF the Government has
become a mere instrument of partisan tyr
amy and personal ambition, and an object
Of selfish greed. It is ascan,l;ll and rcproach
upon free institutions, and breeds democrat
iZatiOn dangerous to the perpetuity of repub-
lican government. Wetherefore regard such
thorough reforms Of civil service as are of
the most pressing necessities of the hour: