Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-19


and industry of the country, and by exempt
ing the accumulated wealth from taxation,
they thus cast upon the toll Of tho country
what should be borne by each and every per-
son in proportion to his accumuations, in ao-
cordance with the fundamental law; and sec.
ondly, by their proaigato expenditure and
criminal waste of the money Of partizan ag-
graudizcmcnt
The Jacobin platform says:
That as it is probable that no form of gov
ernment indebtedness will be presented for
payment for many years-thc principle Of the
war debt being the heritage Of the future
it is premature to consider the question of
calling in the loans; that teforc the issues of
such Indebtedness becomes payable, tho cur
rency Of the country will be equivalent in
value to gold, unless the enemies of the pub
lic credit shall meanwhile destroy it.
ON THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
The Democratic platform says:
That the present system of national banks
can and should be abolished at once, and the
notes of said institutions retired, and their
place supplied by the non-interest bearing
notes of tho government, thus saving annually
to the people over twenty millions of dol
lars.
The Jacobin platform says:
Nothing:
ON TIE QUESTION OF TAXATION.
The Democratic platform says:
That all the wealth of the country wheth-
or invested in government securities or other
wise, should sustain it's full and Giir share of
taxation, that the present esormous and cx-
travagant expenditures of tho government
every deparment of the same and particu-
larly slould this be done in the charges sus-
toned for the army and navy; while in the
administration Of the present system Of inter
nal revenue reform is loudly called for, and
which in our judgment, can only be effected
by expclling from place the present horde of
thieves and plundcrcrs, who for years have
riotcd and fattcncd on the substance of tho
people, and who, under the prctcnce of col
lecting revenue for tho government, have only
succeeded in enriching themselves at the ex-
pcnse of the people.
The Jacobfn platform says:
Nothing:
ON TIE TARifR QUESTION.
The Democratic platform says:
That the present tariff system is an unjust
and unequal tax levied on the consumers of
the country, and whioh falls With peculiar
and onorous severerity upon che agricultural
people Of the West, and, while ostcnsibly de.
signed to bring revenue into the treasury, yet,
in many instances, the goverhnient is in no
respect benefited sShereBy, and merely serves
tho purpose of enhancing the profits of the
manufacturers of small section Of the Un-
ion; that we are opposed 10 all such proteo-
tive andsectional legislation, and demand that
trade shall be perfectly free, subject only to
siie imperative necessities Of tho government,
chat by the present system tho west is spoiled
to enrich the manufacturers of another SEQ.
tion, while In tho present forced politi.
cal subjugation of the South, industry thern
is paralyzed, and thereby ono Of the great
markets for our produce is wholly destroyed.
Tho Jacobin platform says:
Nothing!
ON THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
The Democratic platform says!
Tn,t IN. n,,,..,. r.-,.,. nttemntcd impeachment ,
of tho President Of the United Sttos cxhib.
its to the world tho malgnity Of thcropresen-
tativcs Of a party par. of whom were repudia.
ted by tho constituents at tho last expression
of their views, and who, to secure partisan
advantage, would destroy, if in thor power,
a coordinate branch Of their govornmcnt.
The Jacobin platforms says: m
Nothing!
ON OUR ,NATURAIIZED CITIZENS
Tho Democratic platform says 3 .Na
That recognizing the doctrine that allogc-
.anoo is alienablo, our national government
should protect American citizens abroad,
whether native Or foreign born, anda outrage
committed on the person Of an American cit-
izen by foreign governments should bo rcsis-
ted at overy cost and at all hazards.
Tho Jaoobin platform says: 3
That tho right Of of'oxpatriation is asnatural
and Inherent right, and indispensable 70 the
epjoyhmitSns Of life, liberty and the pntsuitof.
happiness; t}as while the oisizcn owes alls-
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