Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-07-16
The Democratic Platform.

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posing its trust in the intelligence,
patriotism and discriminating JUS /
tice of the people; standing upon
the Constitution as the foundation
and limitation of the powers of
the government and the guaran-
tee of the liberties of the CITIZEN
and recognizing the questions of
slavery and secession as having
been settled for. all time to come
by the war oy the voluntary &C
ton of the Southern ..aates in
constitutional conventions assem-
beled and never to be renewed
or reagitated, do, with the return
of peace, demand
/. Immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the
Union under the Constitution and
civil government of the American
people.
2. Amnesty for all pol1ical of.
lenses and the regulation of the
elective franchise in the States by
their citizens, and payment of
the public debt of the United
States as rapidly as practicable.
3. All money drawn from the
people by taxation, except so much
as is requisite for the necessities
of the government economically
administered, should be honestly
applied to such payment; and
where the obligations of the gov
ernment do not expressly state
upon their 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, be paid in the lawful mon
ley of the United States.
4. Equal taxation of every
species of property according to
its real value, including govern
ment bonds and other public Sc
curities.
5. One currency for the govern
ment and the people, the laborer
and the office-holder, the pension.
er and the soldier, the producer
and the bondholder.
/ 6. Economy in the administra.
ton of the government; the re.
Iduction of the standing army
and navy; the adjustment of the
Freedmen's Bureau, and all polite.
al instrumentalities designed to Sc
cure negro supremacy; simplifica-
ton of the system and the discon-
Itinuance of inqu;sitorial boards
flor assessing and collecting inter
NAL revenue, SO that the burden
of taxation may be equalized and
lessened; the credit of the govern
ment and the currency made good,
the repeal of all enactments for
enrolling the State militia into
national forces in time of peace; a
tariff for revenue upon foreign
Imports, and such equal taxation
under the internal revenue laws
as will afford incidental protection
to domestic manufacturers, and as
will, without impairing the reve-
nue., impose the least burden up
on and best promote and encour-
age the great industrial interests
| of the country.
z. Reform of abuses in the
administration, the expulsion of
corrupt men from office, the abro-
cation of useless Offices, the restor-
ration of rightful authority to,
and the independence of the Ex-
ecutive and Judiciary departments
of the government, the subordina-
ton of the military to the civil
power, to the end that the usur-
pations Of Congress and the despo-
tism Of the sword may cease.
8. Equal rights and protection
for naturalized and native born
citizens at home and abroad; an
assertion of American nationality,
which shall command the respect
lof foreign powers, and furnish an
example and encouragement topeo-
pie struggling for national integri-
ty, constitutional liberty and indi-
vidual rights and the maintenance
of the rights, and the maintenance
of the rights of naturalized citizens
against the absolute doctrine of IL
limitable allegiance, and the claim
OF foreign powers to punish them
for alleged crime committed be-
yond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures
and reforms we arraign the Radi-
cal party for its disregard of right,
and tha ilunaral1alad onnosit;op