The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-09-20

sition for which he is re-nominated. He
was in fact the first state superintendent to
properly organize add give efficiency to that
department of the s. He administration, and
should he be re elected. heNill prove an APP
propriate successor b Cot SfdMANN. I
AS whole, thesticket is personally and
politically unexcepionable, and combines
in the aggregate more ability. .integ gritty and
personal popularity than any state ticket
placed in the field by the republicans for
many years past. That its election entire
would largely advance the material interests
of the state is the sincere and positive con-
viction ola ooncernodlini its nomination or
support
The following IS the platform Of princi-
PIES adopted ~ the Convention, which.
must commend itself to every enlightened
and liberalimindcd citizen: - 7ds
I The democracy of " iscopsin, by their
delegates assembled In state convention,
hereby soemnly declare that the objects of
this organization are ,.T r,st ~, ..-.-,4s,5
lst. To preserve civil and religious liber-
ty to the people, -. go
81. To enforce the Federal Constitution
as the supreme, law Of the Union. - .,es.gf
Sd. To defend the sacred and inalienable
right Of the states to their own local govern.
ment. iesr- 80 s,fy y.s.gefv .rJ III /.
A. To repeal existing tariff laws enacted
for the protection Of the few, at the cost of
the many. ,si - -, : i ;.ia.-, II ,s.rvf
5. To'protect the right Of labor to ade-
quate reward. l,3s ~ .ge
G.. To guard capital from public disorder
and partisan misrule. 49,. rrsqi a .xse
( 7. TO resist the attempts of the dominant
party to, abridge the right of representation
and the elective franchise. ,a;s.is i,-,is.
s To promate the equality of the states
and the peorle.e.3 4 aa9 81 "a dsa
! 8 To abridge the present reckless and
pronigate system. Of public expenditure and
unequal taxation. stu. ss;t }e s3iq,- ~
10. 70 oppose the aggressive efforts of
the legislative. power to govern the con-
science and dictate the business pursuits of
the individual through arbitrary and I'M
constitutional enaetments on the subjects of
temperance and religion. and to repeal all
laws conflicting with the spirit of this reso-
luton. E.r.is rq.H ia ~ sa.. ksrs
The Democracy, of Wisconsin, by their
the present republican party, by it's palpa-
bic determination to perpetuate the supre-
macy of military power in the United
States, by Its attempt to preserve the ascen-
dency ofa,pinorty party through the sub
version OF the government; byits increasing
acgresslons upon the freedom ofspeech and
OF the press; by its open and active friend
ship for despotic forms of government by
I M rny-c nf f,lp To
by its unscrupulous taxation of the people
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of its power aud the
enrichmcnt of its leaders; by its odious
alliances with the traditional enemies of re-
publican institutions :, by its shameless
assaults upea the-eectiye franchise by its
substitution of partisan DEGREES for the OBJ
legations OF the supreme law by its extern
ded abrogatioas of the renewed rights of
the states and permanent maintenance of a
national standing army to enforce compli-
ance wlthlits usurpations, has proven false
TO all lis pretentions of patriotism, false to
tho goyerHmept+ and the people J. and de-
tseryes the reprobatian of the. friends of free
dom throughout the civilized world 4, III.
! Resolved, That the ,indiseimipate dis
reimbursement of more, than II 900 citizens
OF Wisconsin by officially publishing their
| names as deserters, while many of them
were faithful soldiers of the Union army,
without, previous trial and conviction or
other sufficient proof of crime, is unconsti.
tutiQnal exercise of legislative power, and
IN many instances a wanton and cruel libel
upon the living and the dead, which de-
mands instant and complete reparation lat
the hands of the peoplea ssg5ss slodw Il
Resolved, That the enormous tax direct
ly and indirectly imposed by Congressional
legislation unonithe industryIof Wisconsin
of between thirty, and forty millions per
annum, in large part for the exclusive pro-
lection of Eastern capitalists or for the
support Of dangerous schemes of partisan
aggrandizement, is an exhaustive drain
upon the RESOURCES of the state, which calls
for earnest and united effort III behalf of
retrenchmeht aud reform. hsTgij -
Resolved, That we are in.faver of the
full and punctual discharge of the National
obligations and debts, precisely on condit-
ions and terms upon which they werefcon-
tracted, and the faith of the Government
pledged to its creditors. ha ~ lpi af
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