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National Democratic Platform
R<-n<l mill ixlopli'il in CiiniTHttiiii
in New Voi K Jut* 7, in<;s.
The Democratic party, in National Con
vention assembled, ri pnairig its trust in
tlm intelligence, patriotism, and dmcritn
inating justice of tlio people, ((landing
Upon the e.inatitiitiiin an Hie foundalion
and limitation nC tlm powers of I lie Cov
ernment and the gnuranloo of the liber
ties of the citizen, and rctJ'igoizing tie
questions ol ala Very and secession a
having been settled for all time to cone
by tbe war or the voluntary action id lie
Southern Staten in con lilutional con
volitions asson bled, and never to lie re
i.eweil or roagitated, do, with the retun
of peace demand,
Ist. The immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the Union
tinder the (JnmddliiltiMi and of civil gov
eminent, to the American people.
2d. A nines',y lor all past political of
fene.es, and the regulation of the elective
franchise in the Stales by their citizens,
and the payment of the public debt ol
the United States as rapidly as practice
ble.
ISd. Ail money drawn from the npople
by taxation, except so much as is reqili
site for the necessities of the Oovern
m»nt economically administered, to lie
lionestly applied to snelt payment, and
where the obligations of •the Government
and . not expressly state upon their face or
the law under which lliey in rn issued
does not provide that th y shall be paid
in coin, they ought, in right and justice,
to lie paid in the lawful money of the
United Stales.
till. Equal luxation of every specie.,
of property, according to its real value,
including government bonds and other
public securities.
sth. One currency for the government
and the people, the laborer arid the oltiee
liolder, the pensioner and .soldier, the
producer and the bond holder.
(illi. Economy in the administration ol
the government; ihe reduction of the
standing army and navy; the abolish
ment of the freed men’s litireau and all
political instrumentalities designed to se
cure negro supremacy; the simplification
of the system and disconfi nance of the
inquisitorial boards of assessing and
Collecting internal revenue, go that the
burden of taxation may fie equalized and
lessened, the credit cjf the govern
ment and the currency made good; the
repeal of all enactments for enrolling the
State militia into national forces in time
of pence, and a tarrill’ for revenue upon
foreign imports, and such equal taxation
under tlm internal revenue laws ns will
afford incidental protection to"domestic
irinntifnctun.Tß, and as will, without itn
pairing the revenue impose Ihe least bur
lier upon and best prcmiote'and encourage
the great industrial interest ol the coun
try.
7 tli. The reform of abuses in the ad
ministration, the expulsion of corrupt
men from office, the abrogation of useless
officers, the] restoration of rightful au
thority to anil the independence of the
Executive and Judicial departments of
the government, the subordination of the
military to the civil power,’ to the end
that the usurpations of Congress and
the despotism of the sword may cease,
8 th. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native-born citizens at
home and abroad. The assertion of A
, merioan nationality, Which shall com
maud tlio respect of foreign powers,
farni.sli an example and encouragement
to people struggling for national integ
lily, constitutional liberty, and imlivid
nal rights, and maintenance of the rights
•of naturalized citizens against the abso
lute doctrine of immutable allegiance,
and tbe claims of foreign powers to pun
nish them for alleged crime committed
bcvuuml their jurisciction.
In demanding these measures and re
forms, we arraign the Radical party for
its disregard of right, and the unparallel
ed oppression and tyranny which have
marked its career.
After the most solemn and unanimous
pledge ol both Houses of Congress to
prosecute the wav exclusively for the
maintenance of Ihe Government, and the
preservation of the Union under the CVi:»
stitution, it has repeatedly violated that
most sacred pledge under which was ral
lied that noble volunteer army which car
ried our Hag to victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it has,
so far as was in its power, dissolved it,
and subjected ten States in a time ol
profound peace to military despotism and
negro supremacy.
It. lias nullified there the right of tiial
by jury.
It. has abolished the writ of habeas
corpus—that most sacred writ of liber
ty
It has overthrown tho freedom of
speech and of the press.
It has substituted arbitrary seizures
and arrests and military trials and secret
starchamber inquisitions for constitution
al tribunals.
It lias disregarded in time of peace
the right of the people to be free from :
search and seizure.
It lias entered the post and telegraj h
offices, and even the private rooms of in
dividuals, and seized their private pa
pers and letters, without any specifica
tion or notice or affidavit as required by
tlio organic law.
It. lias converted the American Capita!
to a liastile.
It lias established a system of spies
and official espionage to which un con
stitutional monarchy of Europe would
now dare to resm.t.
It lias abolished the thb right of appeal
on important constitutional questions t ■
the supreme judicial tribunal, and threat
ens to curtail or destroy its origiuat ju
risdietion, which is irrevocably vested
by the Constitution, while tlio learned
Übief Justice i as been subject to great
and atrocious calumnies merely because
lie wotil 1 not prostitute iris high office to
the support of tlio false and partisan
charges preferred against the Presi
dent.
Its conniption and extravagance have
exceeded anything known in history, and
by its frauds and monopolies it lias
nearly doabh and the burden'd’debt created
during the war. It lias stripped the
President of ht» von; iliiilional p. •• • r o'
appointment even of his own cabinet.
Under its repeated assan’ts, the pillars
of the, government a.e rocking on their
base, and, should it succeed in Novem
ber next, and inaugurate its U'cs detit,
we will meet as an object and conquer*, I
people amid the ruins of liberiy and the
scattered fragments of |he (’onstiintieu;
mil we do declare and les' lve, that ever
dnee the people of the 1 oiled Stat/s
■liretv off all subjection to the British
frown, Hie privilege and trust of suffrage
tave belonged to toe Save'al .States, and
lave been granted, regulated, and con
rolled exclusive by the political power
if each Slate, and any attempt by Ciui
cress, on any pretext whatever, to de
rive any State of this right, or intyrf' re
villi this exercise, is a flagrant iisnrpn—
-ion of powei-wliicli can find no warrant in
the (Joiistiliition, anil, if suctioned by the
people, will subvert one form of govern -
ment, and can only end in a single, in r,-
truiized, consolidated government, in
which ihe separate existence ol the States
will be entirely absorbed and an unqual
ified despotism he established in place of
a I edoral 1 iiion ol equal Stales.
That we regard the reconstruction nets
of Congress, Ho called, as usurpations,
unco us tifu lion a l,p^'evolutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors, who car
ried the Hag of our country to victory - a
gainst, a most gallant, determined foe,
must ever be gi a i fatly remembered, and
all the guarantees given in their favor
must be faithfully carried into exeeat
| ion.
That the public lands sin aid lie dis
Iributed as widely among the peopie as
possible, and gjipuld'be disposed of, eith
er under the pre-eiiiptinn or the home
stead law, and sold in reaxopablc quan
tities, and to none but actual occupants 1
at | bp minimum price established by the
Government. When grants of lands
may lie deemed necessary for,the encour
agement of important public improve
ments, the proceeds of the sale ol'such
lands, and tint lands themselves, should
be so applied.
That the President of the United States,
Andrew Johnson, in exercising the pow
er if his high office in roasting the ag
gressions of Congress on tin; constitu
tional riglitsjof the Slates and tin-people,
is entillcd to the gratitude of the wlio'e
American people, and oil behalf of the
Hem era lie party-’wo tender him our
thanks for his patriotic efforts in that re
gard.
Upon this platform, the Democratic
party - appeal to every patriot, including
ail tliu conservative element and :;li who
desire to support the Constitution and
rc-4bro tlio Union, forgett ng all past
differences of opinion, to unite wiili us
in the present great struggle for the lib
orties of the people, and that to all such,
to whatever party they may have here
tofore belonged, we extend the right
hand ol fellowship, and hail all sncli co
operating with ns as friends and broth
els.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1868.
THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE.
mm rail hits iiimu
ITouounccd by, the Southern Press to be the most
elegant and taleifted young people’s
paper printed ih this country.
LAW nr enow publishing 3L trooner s Island, a
Mupiel to the Young Muroonors, and jaefe Ihibcll.
or'a lhn/'s Adventures in Texas, by one of Fan
nin’s men -pronounced “efpial to the best of
Mayne Reid's Slones.’’ We stin. 1 begin, in the
(list number of ISiiH. a thrilling story by a lady
of Virginia, (‘Willed ‘ Fu,i:.\ ill ntkr: .1 talc of
the HVov 1 which will mu for several mouths. -
Muumg the regular contributors to B 1 lUvP'S
W KEKLY are Rev. F. U. Goui.bixu, author o
a*Tlio Young M.u tinner's;’Mrs. J am: T. 11. Cross:
\li --. Folio, ol Home (hi.; Miss Mary .1. Ul’siiun, oi
Norfolk, V.i.. nnd many others.
Tk.icmmv- $2 a year in advance; Three copies
foi's/,. Five copies for $8 ; 'fen copies for sis»,
ami Twenty-one copies for
clergymen and Teachcvsjl’urnished at $1.50 per
annum.
The vdurnO begins with the duly humher.
Pack numbers can be supplied from the first,
and all yearly subscribers may receive the num
hers for the first six months, stitched in an ele
gant illuminated cover.
Address, .1 W. lU'KKF A CO.,
Publisher's Macon (la.
"]htrl-e\s lOr/.h/’ 1 and QtiifnuUi Banner
will be furnished for one year for *O,OO cash.
T H 13
DECKER &CO.
IVOUV AtiKAFFF JIAIt
3* 1 &M 0 F O R TtS
\IMI celebrated throughout the country, and
. are distinguished far their .Singing Quality:
Volume and purity of tone ; Sympathetic Elastic
even touch. Durability of construction, and beau
j ty of finish!
, First Premiums awarded at the New York
j State Fair in 187 S, and whenever and wherever
I exhibited.
Tbe lacker A: Company Piano.* have always
J received the First Premium whenever and when
eve.)' they have competed with the most eelebra
| ted makers in this country.
'i he ivory Agraffe Bar is an invention beauti
ful in its simplicity, and wonderful in its practi
cal effect. It is the most compact Agraffe ever
invented, nnd its influence upon the tone is to
render ir mellower, rounder, and more clearly
brilliant, while if utterly overcomes that sharp,
nwtalio quality which disfigures the instrument
of all other makers.
The unanimous opinion of the best artists and
tlm most reliable critics, is that the Decker A
Company Ivory Agraffe Bar Piano K*M‘te, which
in voluminously sonority, and positive solidity of
tone, can stand comparison with the best grand
Piano Fortes made.
No. -2 Union Square,
Cor. of 14th St. and Jib avenue, NFAY YORK
January 3-47-if
Saviiniiiili News & Fcrald,
I>AII.Y ANT) TRI-WEEKLY,
la the best advertising medium in its section,
having the Largest Circulation. It is the Official
Paper of the city.
Im General News, Commercial. Marine and Lo
cal Departments are careful l .v edited, and no
i pains are spared in procuring the
L 4 TES Y INTEL L 1(7 ENCE
From all quarter:, but always from reliable
-mi ccs. The News and Herald Staff includes
Col. \Y. T. Thomtsox, (well known as the author
of “Major Jones’ Courtship) long Editor of the
Morning News, aud Dr. J. S. Jones, former Editor
of the Tallahassee Floridian and Journal : with 1
an able corps of Reporters and correspondents
at all important points.
Terms: Daily, $10: Tri-weeklv. So per year
are authorized t-> act a< agents !
4 I! KSTII.L.
epv: tt TA\‘‘ and r'rnpn-t*
j, Quitman Advertisements..
NEW STORE!
QUITMAINT, G-SO.
liectlask & Sparks
Having Received their New and well selected Stock of
©S>EDO© mm BOEIE3IO ©OOOS-3
Respectfully Invite the public to cull and examine them before purchasing elsewhere. < nun out
long experience in the Mciv iutile business, our thorough acquaintance with hn-im" men and hist
clti-A houses, we flatter ourselves that wV can make »< very materially to your interest to give us a
call. Wc know that our Stock has been bought LOW, and therefore can be sold CHEAP.
We hare all New Goods and all Low Prices!
NO OLD GOODS AND NO HIGH FRIGES ! !
And having Keenre<l the services of an experienced Rover in New York city, we expect at idLfime
to keep our stock perfect an I complete ; and ;e “an active penny i.-> worth more than uu idle «hil*
ling,” our motto is, Quick Sales and Small Profits.
(jßililll®, STAPLE k DOMESTIC GOOBS, BOOTS k SHOES.
HATS, CAPS, CLOTHING,
Hardware, Crockery, Glass and Queens-ware.
Also, a Fine Assortment of
Ladies’ Dress Goods, Trimmings, &c.
All of which we propose so sell on the most liberal terms.
the highest market price will bo paid. Please call and examine our stock.
Quitman, January loth, JK(;8. (00-ts) MFDLOCK A SPARKS.
iNtmjze home institutions
PIEDMONT
S9| • ES , , H m A Sl3‘ > <
■K 2* ►;>«••£ Hi § |»*IWI *
Q CSaa.U Wv aa nu I Wi V ao^cißt^i
• J W
FOR LIFE INSURANCE ONLY.
Authorized Capital, - - $1,000,000!
Capital Paid in, : : : : : SIOOOOO !
87 1-2 percent, of Profits paid to Policy Holders.
s ' Asa,/ es ’ 55 -- xs a s •; - at
THE PIEDMONT REAL ESTATE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA,
DECEMIIEK «7TII, m<!7.
Capital Stock paid ill, SI OO,OOO 00
Premiums since Organization. H 0,991 Hl*
S 130,001 St
VV. C. CAIt It INO I'ON. I‘r'wtcHl '
.1, J. HOPKINS, Senrtary.
State of Virginia, UMaon County, to-tril •
This tiny. 4V. 1L Carrington, nml J. J. Hopkins. (ProHidenf and Secretary) of the Piedmont
Real Estate Insurance Company, personally appeared before me, a justice of the pf-ace, in and fui
said county, and made oath tli A t tluYabeve statement is correct.
1 further certify, that I have no interest in affairs of said Company, and that T made personal,
examhiation of its affairs and actual examination of its books, and that from that inspection. 1 find
above statement. e< : " ; any having one hundred thousand dollars of paid up capital J
safety secured o. in vested, and iU premiums earned, have been thirty-five thousand nine hundred
and ninety-four dollars and eighty-lbur cents. D- officer* are well known to me, and are men ol
good character and business qualification, in whose administration the public can rely for faithful
discharge of duty.
Given under my hand this 27th day of December, IM6-7.
JOHNS. EWERS. J. P.
•January 1. Receipts now <»v«r, $-12,000 00
Would you leave a support to your helpless family ?
Would you lit your <feuth release an encumbered estate?
Would you secure your endorsers from lo > .
W ould you be sure to educate your children ?
Would you make a profitable ami safe investment?
If so. apply to l lie agent of the Company and secure a policy, for this is the best Life Iran- j
ranee Company in existence.
MEDLOCK & SPARKS. AC”DJTS.
DR. J. H. EVVCALL, MED. EX.
C lias. Whitehead,
(iOHoial Agent, Atlanta, Georgia.
emugetie canvassers wanted. I-Iy
JOB PRINTING
EST A Blj ISHMENT
Is Camp lute in almost every particular, and we guarantee to Execute as
GOOD WORK,
As can be done Anywhere,
WITH THE SAME FACILITIES AT HAND.
Are Strictly
CASH ON DELIVERY,
And our Rates
Fully as Low as those of any Establishment
In this Section us the Country.
Savannah Advertisements.
1868. spring 1868a
U
IM POUTERS AND JOBBERS OF
DRY jS,
Motions, Millinery,
ot r3B>
SE3LP JS...NJCT C2rC3C3II3^^ ?
Corner of Bnouoirrox and Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
• aiti&VTS I?on
fIIOVEE k BAESE'^
Elastic* Slilch Sewing machines.
Aujfust 2, ly
Importers and Dealer's in
ESBL’ttllf, CUM,
GLASSWARE, CUTLERY,
KEROSENE LAMPS, KEROSENE,
. -a. ’W; Ci 33
itCI'SE H!IMKM.\a WOODS generally.
CROCK ERY, Assorted in (Lutes, or Repacked, to Suit Purchaser•«.
•Vo. <iN At . ,Ice Han anti 203 IS rij an Streets,
XEA I; TII E M. IHK E TANARUS,
Q-eo.
. October 25. ]y
IC6B. 1868.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
1
a a Mills* a 'kjWWirlty
137 Congress Street,
f3Gf\r€kJOLnsLJoL 9 G.-oorgia,
Uu vi• JiisiOpt-Dtiil their
MMM & MmmM
OUD’C^OIEIL.
• €fioof?sCs:j filers'}} Steamer,
Ladies Dress floods in al! the Newest .-ivies : SlLeeirng, Shirtings, Linen*. and everythin"- wanted
in housekeeping; \\ ! i e Oo- o-. Ho '.t*ry, and small wares in endlecs variety.
Goods for Gentlemen and Boys’ Wear.
*U. OCR STUCK IS XEW AND JCST BOCOIIT AT
IP 5 1E5. E O 33 £3 .
I)E\V ITT MORGAN.
-Ipril 17> 18<iS. r»m
Lovell & Lattiinorc,
slvntkactorkhs ok
PLAIN TIN WARS,
A.Vfl PEAJ.BRS IX
j ’ Tpaanc'l. IMa;:: c lt -,l ami Slamjiud Tin AVaiva,
| KorsK rcKMsuixc; goods,
I <toves, Sheet Iron, Tin Plates.
Load. Brooms, Wooden Wore,
Pocket and Table Cullen'.
IIOLLOW AVAHE, &€., AO;
Crocker?/ and Glassware
Also, Water Cooler* md Voter*,
ICi: mVIIERS AN'P REFMGERAtOBS.
Ami i:: cuaneeti»n iviih the ab ve. we hat e in
Mere every variety of
nf) n ->/ 7 n n?n n 777.1 0
Li u y i ;c( if $ jujjXis
AND KAN'GES,
With all the fixtures ready for immediate use.—
These Stoves are neat and simple in appearance
with large flues of extra thickness and weight. j
Witt be sold at reasonable prices. Orders ibi j
Stoves promptly attended to.
So. 100 and lot Cnnsrrcss St..
SAVANNAH. CEO.
May ltli. ISC'. ly
F. CONSTANT,
Bull St., near Bay Street,
Nariiiinali, Uco.,
—PE.vi.KR is —
Wmpovtcb mtb Domestic Cigars,
TOBACCO, PIPES, &C.
i:h a long established reputation as an Im
porter. Ik* endeavors to keep as good a stock.
::i quantity aud assortment, as can be lound ia
f the Slate.
“ The Recess.”
CtOXNEt *TEI> with the Cigar and Tobacco P!»-
tubli&hmont, is a
sal o 0 x
f»r the accommodation of regular patrons a»d
the public generally, where the
Best of Imported Liquors
re -erred, with aLI XCII each day. Strangers
will find it a quiet resort, with no Wines er Li
quors that are not choice. ang23-29-ly
T. SKELTON JONES,
Bookseller and Stationer,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Theological. Classical, School and Miscellaneous
Publications kept on hand.
received for any Work. Foreign
or American. aug23-Iy