The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-06-18
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
what yirs. Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton Says OF it.


what she thinks, regardless of the conse-
queuccs. In the following fine transla
ton, into plain English, of the radical
platform promu gated at Chicago:
Il. Let us congratulate ourselves on our
successful reconstruction policy; which.
although maintained by military despot-
ism that degrades one-half the people and
loads all with taxes, is nevertheless neces-
sary in our present emergency. Although
standing army to suppress disc0ntent
that wise Legislation could easily
turn into peace and prosperity. is opposed
to the genius of our institutions, yet it is
not our province to establish principles
for national safety, but to bridge over
present difficulties with 4 transient policy
that will secure party success.
g Although it is SAID to be the duty of
congress to secure republican form of
government in every state of the union,
yet We DO not believe in negro suffrage as
a principle at the north. See our state
constitutions, and our late elections. We
know there is seeming contradiction in
Withholding the ballot from Intelligent
black men Of the north, who fought brave
ly under the urion flag in the late war,
while we give it to every ignorant plarta-
ton hand in the south, but as we necJ
the black vote Of the south, which is
very large one, while in the north il is a
mere tri1e, to perpetuatc our republican
dynasty, wise statesmanshlp can easily
reconcile these seeming contradictions.
So The national honor requires the
payment OF the public debt, but as it can
never be done while we continue TO pay
boudbolders 6 per cent. in gold, and leSis
late the enormous profits We nov ID into
the national banks, amounting in 65 years
to 81, 800 900, we must in some way shirk
the responsibility Of our OVID policy. See
ing that our financial policy leads ineyita-
oily to revolution and reputation. We must
set the dogs Of war on the wrong s;,Ef,
by showing that greenbacks for bondho!d
ers is the straight road in that direction.
Though We will say as little as possible on
this point, lest the great west should per-
ceive that this is a Wall street latform.
"a We see that the workinSmen are
waking up to the fact that the policy Of
McCulloch and Jay Cooke is national su-
icide, and that the taxes fall mainly on
the laboring classes, hence the necessity
of a reference at least in our platform to
'equalize and reduce taxation AS the
masses are easily wheedled by such high
sounding phrases as national honor, aud
the great principles laid down in the i'm.
mortal declaraton,' it is better to give
them these glittering generalities than
promises of any specific redress of their
wrongs that we could never fulfill without
splitting our PARTY.
'5. The national debt is too big prob
lem for us to solve. We dare not repudi-
ate and we cannot pay. So do not let us
bother our heads about it. but 90 on with
! the show, leaving the burden of our sins
on the shoulders of our children, that they
may fight this financial scheme with the
bondholders just as as our fathers left US
by their wicked compact to fight the BAT,
les of slavery for century.
, Though this debt was made by inha.
ton it will net do to pay it by initiation
Though We are growing poorer every
day for the lack of currency to de.
veiop our resources, and are grinding la
1 Dor to pow Ter by building up moneyed
aristocracy. yet we must keep up appear
ances, SO that foreigners will lend us mon
ey at lower percentage than our pet
bonoholders do to-day We know it is
: the duty Of congress to relieve the present
F., rate of interest, but so long as the bond
! holders own congress there is serious
difficulty in the way of its accomplish
D ment.
S -. This has been the most corrupt ad
ministration since the foundation Of the
government. Both at our national anC
: state capitals We have witnessed sucf
e wholesale decentralization that we have haC
), no faith in the leading men of our OWE
0 party. We doubt the honesty of William
h Pitt Fcssendcn, and the honor Of Chic
r Justice Chase in fact the Mephisto
D phies, Andrew johnson. has deceived tht
very elect. We have been SO shamefu.ly
D nursed and fostered in our own corrup
: rs some new power and pabulum for ou
h speedy redemption.
e IS. We mourn the fact that Andrew
J. johnson has so fully carried out the poll
: cy for which we elected him. We chos
y him fron all the prominent candidates, il
!. order to concilate the south, but he ha
= rather overdOne the matter IL that dlreC
y ton. True, we rejected good Ne'
England republican to make way for him
h but in Andrew Johnson We got more tha
r we contracted for. We tried to impeac
l. him; but we found that he was so inter
is twined and intertwistcd with all our part
It interests that it was like cruciiylng -ou
own flesh and blood; to prove him guilt
10 proved too much against ourselves and s
or We ended the farce. and his fate, like thu
Id OF Jeff. Davis, is indefinitely postponed.
le 20. Though 500 naturalized citizen
n have been rotting in English prisons tt
he the last three years, sentenced Tor life. o
as The mere suspicion of sympathy with Fel
l. ians, and one of our distin yuished citizen
is George Francis Train, has been imprisone
for words spoken on this side of the waite
as we had no stomach for a fight wit
k England, we thought best to be still
ut referenee In this whole matter But nov