Our Presidents and how we make themMcClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
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Our Presidents and how we make them
McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
Presidents -- United States -- Election
6. Economy in the administration of the Government; the reduction
of the standing army and navy; the abolition of the Freedmen’s
Bureau, and all political instrumentalities designed to secure negro
supremacy; simplification of the system, and discontinuance of
inquisitorial modes of assessing and collecting internal revenue,
so that the burden of taxation may be equalized and lessened; the
credit of the Government and the currency made good; the repeal of
all enactments for enrolling the State militia into national forces
in time of peace; and a tariff for revenue upon foreign imports, and
such equal taxation under the internal revenue laws as will afford
incidental protection to domestic manufacturers, and as will, without
impairing the revenue, impose the least burden upon and best promote
and encourage the great industrial interests of the country.
7. Reform of abuses in the administration, the expulsion of corrupt
men from office, the abrogation of useless offices, the restoration
of rightful authority to, and 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. Equal rights and protection for naturalized and native-born
citizens, at home and abroad; the assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respect of foreign powers, and furnish
an example and encouragement to peoples struggling for national
integrity, constitutional liberty, and individual rights, and the
maintenance of the rights of naturalized citizens against the absolute
doctrine of immutable allegiance, and the claims of foreign powers to
punish them for alleged crime committed beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms, we arraign the Radical party
for its disregard of right, and the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which have marked its career.
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