The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-06-01
POLITICAL.
Address and Resolutions of the
Cincinnati Convention.

by the Literal Republican Con.
vention reads as follows, and will
be found strong Indictment
against President Grant:
The administration now In pow
er has rendered itself guilty of a
wantOn disregard of the laws of
the land and of powers not grant
ed by the Constitution; it has
acted as if the laws had binding
force only fer those who are gov
erned. and not for those who
govern. 1t has thus struck blow
at the fundamental principles of
Constitutional Government and
the liberties of citizens. The
President of the United States
has openly used the powers and
opportunities of his office for the
promotion of personal ends; he
has kept VIGOROUSLY corrupt and
unworthy men in places of power
and responsibility. to the detri-
ment of the public interests: he
has used the public service of the
government as machinery parti-
san and personal influence and
interfered, with tyrannical AFRO
gance, in the political affairs of
the States and municipalities; he
has rewarded with influential and
lucrative offices those who have
acquired his favor by valuable
presents, thus stimulating the de-
moralizati0n of our political life
by his sconspicuous example; he
has shown himself deplorably un-
equal TO the tasks imposed on
him by the necessities of the
country, and culpably careless of
the responsibilities of his high
office. The partisanS of the Ad-
ministration, assuming to be the
Republican party and controlling
its organization, have attempted
TO justify such wrongs and palate
such abuses, to the end of main
tanning partisan ascendancy.-
They have stood in the way of
necessary investigation and indis
pensable reforms, pretending that
no serious fault could be found
with the present administration
OF public affairs, thus seeking TO
blind people. They have kept
alive the passions and resentments
of the late war to use them for
their own advantage. They have
resorted to arbitrary measures in
direct conflict with the organic
law, and instead of appealing to
the better instincts and latent
patriotism of the Southern people
10y restoring to them those rights,
the enjoyment of which is indis-
pensable for the successful admin
istratioO of their local affairs, and
would tend to move a patriotic
and hopeful national feeling, they
have degraded themselves and the
name of their party, once Justly
entitled to the confidence of the
nation, by base sycophancy TO
the dis of executive power
aud patronage unworthy of repub-
lican freemen. They have sought
to stifie the voice of just criticism,
the moral sense of the people, and
subiugate public opinion BY ty-
rannical party discipline. They
are STRIVING TO maintain them
selves in authority by an unscru-
puloas use, of power which right.
fully belong to the people, and
should lie employed only in the
service of the country; believing
that an organization thus lead
and controlled 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 following is a full text of
the resolutions:
We, the Liberal Republicans of
the United States, in National
Convention assembled, at Cincin.
natl, proclaim the following prin.
ciples as essential to a just gov
eminent:
/. We recognize the equality of
all men before the law, and hold
that it is the duty of the Govern.
ment. in its dealings with the
people, TO mete out equal and
exact justice to all, of whatever
nativity, race, color or persuasion,
religious and political.
2. We pledge ourselves to main
tain the Union of these States.
emancipation and eufranchise
meut, and to oppose any re open
ing Of the questions settled by the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fif.
teenth amendments of the consti.
tntinn