Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-07-31
National Democratic Platfrom.

The Democratic party, in national
conNcntionassembled, reposlng its trust
in the Intelligence, patriotism and dis
eliminating justice ofthe people, stands
upon the Constitution as the founda-
ton and limitation of the power OF the
government, and the guarantee of the
liberties OF the citizen; and recogniz-
ing the questions Of slavery and seces-
sion as having been settled for all time
to come by the war; or the voluntary
action of the Southern States in con
stitutional convention assembled. and
never te hs renewed or recognized, do,
with the resurn of peace, demand:
l. The immediate restoration of all
States to their rights III the Union I'M
der the Constitution of civi, govern
ment, and the American people.
: Amnesty Tor all past political Oh
fences, and the regulation of the cleo
tive franchise in the States by the citi-
zens.
3. The payment of the public debt
OF the Cnited States as rapidly as rrac-
ticable,-all money drawn from the
people by taxation, except So much as
is requisite Tor the necessities of the
government, economically administers
ed. being honestly applied 10 such pay
ment,- and when the obligations of the
goyermm"ut do not expressly state
upon tholr face, or the law under which
they were issued does not provide, that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought,
in right and justice, to be paid in the
lawful money of the United States.
!. Equal taxation of every species Of
property according to its value includ-
ing government bonds and other pub
lie securities.
.. One currency for the government
and the peoplc,-the laborer and the
otiice-holder, the pensioner and the
soldier, the producer and the bond
holder.
s. Economy in the administration
OF the government; the reduction of
the standing army and navy; the abo-
lition of the Ereedmen's Bureau and
| all political instrumentalities designed
to serve negro supremacy; simplitica-
ton OF the system and discontinuance
of the inquisitorial modes of assessin.
aud collecting In,elnM revenue, ,uat
the burthen Of taxation be equalizea
and lessened and the credit of the cur
rency made good; the repeal OF ali en-
actments for the enrolling of State
MALTA into the national forces in times
OF peace; and tariff for revenue upon
foreign imports, and such equal taxa
ton under the internal revenue laws
as Will afford incidental protection TO
domestic manufacturers, and will, with
out impairing the revenue, impose the
least burden upon and best promote
and encourage the great industrial in
terests Of the country.
Z. A reform of the abuses in the adj
ministration; the expulsion of corrupt
men from office: the abrogation Of
useless officers; the restoration of right
FIJI authority to and the independence
of the executive and judicial depart
ments of the government; the subor
diilation Of tie military to the civil
power, to the end that the usurpation
Of congress and the despotism of the
sword may cease,
8. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and natiye-born citizen, at
home and abroad; the assertion Of
American nationality which will com
mand the respect of foreign powers,
ard flu ash an example and encourage
ment to people struggling for national
integrity, constitutional liberty and IN
dividual rights of naturalized .citizens
against the absolute doctrine Of immu-
table allegiance, and the claims OF for
eign powers to punish them for alleg-
ed crime committed beyond their !u-
risdictions.
In demanding these measures and
reforms we arraign the radical party
for it's disregard of right, and the I'M
paralleledoppressiona ndtyranny which
have marked it's career. After the
most solemn and unanimous pledge OF
! both houses of congress to prosecute
the war exclusively for the main.e e.
nance Of the government and the pres.
ervation Of the union. under the con-
stitution, it has repeatedly violated
that most sacred pledge under which
was rallied that noble volunteer army
which carried our flag to victory
Instead of restoring the union, it has
SO far as it is in its power, dissolved it
and subjected ten states, in time of pro
found peace, to military despotism and
negro supremacy it has abolished Tho
hzJeas coryas-that most sacred writ o
liberty; it has overthrow the freedom
of speech and the press; it has substi
tuted arbitrary seizures, and arrests
and military trials, and secret star
chamber inquisitions for constitutions
tribunals; it has disregarded, in tim
of peace, the right Of the people to b