New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

tobacco,
wines alone excepted. Approved March 4
1868 This act abolished about $Ji.WO.Mi
year Of war taxes, a reduction VI the intern
revenue to date Of $l51,OOO,OOO year.
tax on whiskey. then 81 gallon, to 20 eent
| and changing the rates on tobacco.
A brief recess Of three weeks Was taken bsfou
| the next regular session.
REACTION IN THE SOUTH
On July 20. 1868. William II. Seward. Seen
| tary of State. announced by proclamation u
ratification Of the Fourteenth Amendment
the Constitution By three-fourths Of all II
States. To all appearances. the triumph Of -
craftsmanship Of the Republican party was Nv
nearly complete.
The Democratic party OF the whole county
refused. however. to accept as final the freedom
and enfranchisement Of the colored race Of h
South Both wings Of the party united with tn
| utmost implacabity in denouncng the Recon
struction acts OF Congress as usurpations d
power, and the Southern wing engaged In NJ
lignant and violent acts which virtually ~
vived the rebellion Of 1861 against the authohu
Of the United States. In Georgia, thirty unre.
constructed rebels having been seated in ths
lower house OF the Legislature by vote OF u
| black members, in Difference 70 law and In
spirit Of the utmost fairness, the whites then,
violation Of the law and in spirit Of deadly
hatred turned the black members out OF th
House -four negroes excepted and took posse>
sion Of the Legislature. In all the States Of
the South meetings and political professions d
the Republicans and negroes We're broken %
by armed bodies Of Democrats. WhO perpetrata
several abominable and ineXcusable massacfs
OF the blacks in order TO frighten them from
the polls on Election Day. In spite OF the pfeS
ence of small bodies of the Regular Army ID
various parts Of the South and their engu 70
police the States and suppress violence, Ks Klu1
klans Of masked men rode at night through The
country. shooting. whipping and terrorzins ~
nocent negroes and Republican leaders A reign
Of assassination, violence and terror was inst'
tuted by the eX-rebels all through the South
These acts recoiled upon their perpetrators and
the section they represented by infiaming ne
loyal people OF the North, and leading them
resolve. cost what il might. that law and ortd
should be preserved in the South and the css
st.tution Of the country be obeyed.
THE CAMPAIGN OF isS
The Presidential campaign OF 1858 was 90
Of the most bitter political contests ever VIII
messed In the United States On the one hand
the Republicans. resolved to put an end to III
deplorable scandal OF the conflict between III
Executive and Congress TO carry out the p
construction acts to the bitter end. and
graft a new amendment upon the Cons;Itu,id
which should. IL possible. put an end forever 10
the oppression OF the colorei race Of the South
by violence. nominated for re Presidency
reclamation land on subsequent first balx
unanimously the hero Of the Union armies The
soldier who had won where others had been bas.
fled, General Ulysses s. Grant. and placed viii
him on the ticket Schuyler ColfaX. u Indiana
who. as Speaker of the House II Represents
tives. had aided admirably in the work Of r.
constructing the Southern States The Demo
Gratis nominated Hora,io Seymour Governor Of
New-York State, associating with him on the
ticket Frank p. Blair. OF Missouri formerly
Republican, who had now cas-, in his !oi with
the second Shareholders rebellion.
GRANT AND COLFAX
The work Of the Republican National Convex
ton may thus be briefly summarized:
For President-General Ulysses : Grant. Of III
nois. commanding the United States Army.
For Vice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES colfax. q Indiana
Speaker Of the House Of Repres entAiises.
Convention: Held in Chicago, May ~ and -
1865
PLATFORM.
First-Congratuiated the country on the -
sured success Of the Reconstruction policy Of 10
Republican Congress.
Second-Declared that the guarantee Of eaua
Suffrage in the South must be maintained.
Third-Denounced all forms OF Reputation sns
pledged the National honor to the payment OF I"
National debt.
Fourth-Declared that taxation must be n
duced as rapidly as the National faith viii pr
init.
Fifth-Called for a lower rate OF interest on ne
public debt, and extension Of payment over atsS
period Of redemption.
Sixth-Declared that the hes, policy Cor dinS
ishing the burden of debt was 70 improve u
credit OF the Nation. 49,
Seventh-Called FOR strictest economy in NJ
tioral Administration a.
Eighth-Deplord the untimely and srare
death Of Abraham Lincoln and the ,reacnsH
and misdemeanOrS ~ President johnson.
Ninth-penied the doctrine q Great Bnt,a
that man. once a subject. IL always so.
manded that naturalzed American eitsI-
should he protected by this Government ana ".
clared that no citizen must he liable - aIes
and Imprisonment abroad for acts done or wow
spoken in this country.
Tenth-Favored pensions for Union vetefsS
and declared the widows and orphans q The -
LIANT dead "a sacred legacy oeQGeaihed !" w
Nations protecting care" -