The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-12

drcd observation applied to the ancient democratic
o oo,s,n OF white mans government" No one
live without teaching Continually as a most vital
Tue inierlority OF the negro. and the dogma OF
Ponslca n, ana social equality with him. But the New
iorh ueinocratlc platform had uttered no word on
TINS su9lect although negroes actually vote and
may noid ONCE IN all the States lately in rebellion.
saving democratic ideas and tradition had SURPRISED
the whole country and could only be accounted for
States in constitutional convention assembled. IN
we were to turn from the negative to the positive
hnd quite as little relief FOR orr Hemocrat,s
friends. They demand the Immediate restors.
the Union but fail to tell US what thew mean Sy tina
demand and why the democrats in both Houses OF
Congress had unitedly voted against restoring tSs
and slavery, which have confessedy perished by the
war. They demand amnesty for ali past political
the least chance Of being punished for any such
offenses. They demand the abatement OF the Freed.
or will aw w law @
democrats OF both Houses. They condemn the doc
trine Of immutable allegiance, as to which no OF
They assert the right of the States to regulate the
question OF suffrage, which is admitted by the repub
lcan party while the demand for reform OF abuses
In the administration, and the expulsion of cor
rupt men from ONCE will be heartily seconded
o o e ens s1a
nal brood Of democratic thieves and Williams who are
preying upon its life, from Andrew johnson, inclu-
utute that have found favor in his sight, The speaker
passed from these subjects for the purpose of nOtie
Ing still more remarkable and novel feature OF this
very remarkable and novel platform. 1t ia as fol-
lows:-'That the public lands should be distributed
as widely as possible among the people, and should
be disposed of either under the presumption home
stead laws, or sold In reasonable quantities, and to
none but actual occupants, at che minimum price
established by the government. When grants Of
public lands may be deemed necessary for the
announcement OF important public improve
ments the proceeds OF the sale OF such lands,
and not the lands themselves, should be 80 ap.
Piled" The speaker pronounced this q most
excellent republican doctrine. From his earliest
connection with politics he had earnestly commended
settlement and tillage, and now with the republicans
stood ready to advocate the doctrine which he en-
braced over twenty years ago. He reviewed at length
the republican policy regarding the domain, the
homestead laws, and our swamp land legislation.
lie said the democrats had always been on the side
OF monOpOliZng corporations against the interests
veopement Of the resources of the country. Accord
ing to official tables furnished by the General Land
Office there are now In the ptne-land States OF the
South more than ftytwO millions OF acres of unim.
proved land held by mOnOp0lsts while more than two
thirds Of their people are andless and II towns and
cities OF those States were excluded more than nine
tenths Of their population are without houses Of
their own. These were the facts, II they were tho
faults OF democratic policy Democratic tactics Gun.
ningly employed by Southern members carried QUIZ
swamp lands through a democratic Congress, while
the frightful maadministratOn OF these lands
which followed was cOncOcted and contaminated BY
the democratic States. He commented severely on
the language Of this famous resolution, and the
empty and mpudent strut with which 1t was full
minated in the Democrat C State Convention, ana
showed 1t to be what 1t really s-merely the expOs
ton of the long standing land policy Of the repub
lican party, plagiarized by the democratic dema-
gogues, and with the other resolutions inserted =
their platform for the purpose OF making the people
think they were honestly clamoring for the speedy
reform Of all kinds Of political abuses.