Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-02
rhe Democratic National Platform.

Senator Clemens in Alabama the following tho
rough exposure of that elaborate humbng, the
81, called Democratic Platform. 1t should be-
borne in mind that it is TO this platform the al
herents of Mr.. buchanan point a. shield again~
ali that is vulnerable inconsistent or indeten.l
Die in tie public career of their candidate HIS
is the platform in which he has hid himself away
Whatever meriiorions there is in Democracy "f
we'll deserving in its candidates i all 70 be found
set forth in this platform. For the present 1t EN-
bodies aud supercedes all the other and separate
attractions of the party. Now let the reader
lock at the platform itself Mr.. Clemens said
propose 10 analyze that platform. t. show
that whore it is sound, it has been shanofally
yiolated-thai in other respects it i, double
headed monster, looking North aud South at the
same tine, and showing an honest face IL neither
seetion--that it announces foreign policy dan
3yerous, unwisc. and imPraeticable aud that iho
convention resortnd I" an unworthy trick 10 So
cure the votes Of California aud Missouri.
The first resolution upon which wish 10 com.
uent is the 9Th, and is IN these words
That it is the duty Of every branch ri fbc gov
crnment enforce and practice the most ga caa=
omy in conducting our public ntair5f q
The principle here announced unquesliane
served will inko the three last Democratic \ ,
,nini.trationS by way ef illustration NJ. Atu
Buren, from ls:B IL 1-IO, with the flnridn war
on his hands ran up the expenses OF the Gov
ornment 10 thirty seven millions ofdoars. HIS
was regarded rs such inckeu>able extravaganza
that in $50 he was badly beaten for the l're-i=
dency by Gen, Harrison. Mr. Polk, from II
to 1873, with an army Of more than hundred
thousand men in different phrts # Moaica, com
4 army
ions, and baggage, hundred. 4 miles IN an enc
tny's country, made an average expenditure vt
less than forty FIVE millions of dollars. In 80
the Democracy assembled IN Baltimore, and AL
opted this economical resolution aud what ha-
been the result In a profound peace. with ~
extraordinary demands OF a legitimate character
upon the public treasury. those expenditures
have been sweled t. the enormous sum Of sry
onfv five millions of dollars. More than double
Mr.. Van B1rens. aud nearly double that Of Mr..
Paks Nop will thus perceive That there y a
vide difference between anti American protes
sion AMI anti American practice Aud how b1s
this money been sqnandered y large slice h1-
gone into the pockets of foreign capitalists. Il
{ : notorious that the Collins line of steamers T.
owned FOR the most part abroad and yet und'r
the speciou- pretext of protecting American en-
terprlsp these steamers receive n bonus oi some
thing like three hundred and fly thousand dol
credit to build the ships and now pays thcm r.
transporting the mails in vessels which ought t.
belong TO us. So WINS with George Law on tho
line between New York and Charges, aud with
Holland and AspinYall between Panama aud Sun
Francisco. Large sums have also been nppfo
priaied TO local works of Improvement. As
specimen of the character of those works mny
mention that considerable amount was appro
priated for the purpose of cleaning out GRpe
I'M .ll.
North Carolina ever imagined 10 be of national
Importance. The salaries of all the Cabinet Ot=
Ulcers have been raised, and also those of tie
Foreign Ministers. In the various Departments
at Washington, employing over thousand per.
sons tho Jay # all The employees has been IN
creased until now the lowest clerk receives IA
salary of $500. while be is only required to wotIl
from nine clock in the morning to three clock
in the evening, or six hours in the twenty four.
A large increase has been made to our standing
army, and the permanent expenses of both The
army and navy double what they ought 10 be.
All this too has been done by party processing
10 believe that economy in the Administration Of
the Government is absolutely essential to il
purity.
Nor is it alone in this particular that the promi-
SEES of the platform have been nufed and disre-
garded. The second section reads thus:
That the constitution does not confer upon IN
general government the power Ia commence H-I
carry on the general system of Internal imrru'#=
meuts.'
This | also admit is sound democratic doc
trine. but the party who announces ii have de
parted from il widely and so often that find
i difficult to understand how they dared 10 insert
such plank in their platform. For the last ten
years every Congress. ia one or the other branch.
and sometimes IN both, have passed bills Of in
,sTHal improvement. There has not been dcm-
acrsi from Ohio. Michigan. Indiana. Illinois l.
"a Niseoas3u. Nls.oari, ar Afkansas. wha has
Tos bseltDsIy voted fur them There hayt been
very fsw tram ] Tennessee. Kentucky. I4aui siaua.
Terzs- or Sem isrk. pbr fa,s nj Gone to-
ssss thing. ln5sed viiL tbe exception Of Au
"a = North Carolina. ~ea,i Carolina. Georgia.
azd Alabama fbe tsaaerscY - tbe STATE hHs
couslstently AM frfrl , addicted 10 this {iaul II
thsir national platform. TIE convention uud,i
stoo8 inss vel as d.. ! herr were men iu tbaf
body voting aud sustaining ihi- resolution WI
had neyen given an auti-iutsrual Improvement
vote IN their liYes. Take i.T instance tn record
W. A. Richardson. There never Wa iu Fedora
or Wing ranks more determined advocate Of
internal improvements Take the record Of any
democrat from the NORTHWEST and the sam
astounding fact is manifest. Even at the present
session. after the adoption of the Cincinnati plat
form Democratic Senate has pas sed three bills
OF internal Improvement over tho veto Of Presi
dent by two thirds vote.
How then. you will ask, did they come to in.
sert resolution varient from their practice!
! answerit was put there to delude aud deceive.
They 60 upon the same principle with the same
people that SimonlSuggs did with his nanny.
simon had been detected by his parental proge.
nitor in the wiekedness of INDUCING in ''shor,
game OF cards" Whereupon the old man indi-
Gated 10 Simon his desire that he should follow
MN 10 shade tree for the purpose of receiving
the ohastisement Of his offence. On the way that
worthy INDUCED ina soliloquy after this fashion:
Darn II all, never could whit daddies are
good Tor no how "Xoeptto beat boys, aud drive