The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
THEBEMOGRAF.
Democratic Platform. Adopted
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July ., 1S0O.
I. ReSosoed That the exemdtion-
fsom taxation OF twenty-five hund-
rcQ million o. dollars In Government
bonl1 and t6ccri - Il unjust to the
peopIe. and cntht not be tolerated,
ana tuer we o|0 onro1cd 70. any ap-
prop1 4tIrH Cor zI1 PAYMENT Of inter-
est 11 .41 bonds until they
are l4de So 81 .C- tc dernl texations
3. Resolte11, Thai the claims OF the
bond-holders that bonds bought with
greenbacks, and the principal Of
which, Is by law pay b 1ia ID currency,
should nevertheless be paid il gold,
Is unjust and extorlionate, and IL
persisted In will Inevitably force up
on the people the question Of repudi-
alton.
8. Resolved, That we denounce the
national system as one Of the worst
outgrowths Of the bonded debt, In
that it unnecessarily increases the
burden OF thepeople thirty millions
Of dollars annually, and we demand.
its Immediate repeal. ~
4. Resolved, That we denouRce the
present high protective tariff enacted
in the interests of the New England
ufactures for its enormous imposition
of duties on salt, Sugar, tea, coffee,
and other neceSsaries as are oppres-
,sive upon the people of the West, and
that we demand its repeal, and the
substitution of another based upon
revenue principles alone, apprOxi-
bic. " -, d - -,
N 5. RsS65ued, That the Democratic
party ofthe United States has alWayS
been pre-eminently frtendIy TO the
rights and interests Of the labOring
mani that Is Iinf favor of, q limited
number Of hours Of labor In all Gov
ernment workshops, hours dictated
by the physical and mental well be-
Ing Of the lS6oFeIs that y IS in IA
to household and Homestead exem-
tions from sale and e1esution : that
1t Is also In favor Of liberal grants of
land from tha- public domain to
Ia actual settA se1 sae9s So end ops p
. Is Genera 4 y Zen ~ S6 the IA eashres
advocated by the Labor and Indus
b, trial Congress: and as q party 1t
pledges, II restored to power, its in
fiuence to give them practical appH-
6. fRsSobed, That 1t is the right of
each State to decide for itself who
shall possess the elective franchise
within 1T, aud that the attempt to
regulate suffrage in Ohio by means
of the so-called, Fifteenth Constitu-
tional AmendLne Is 'subVersive' Of
the Federal COpstitution-f gTu-e "a
Z. ReSoEUed, That the policy sad
legislation Of fhe-Radical party lend
to destroy, al the reserved rights, Of
the States and conHeftS the Bepub-
lie into 8 eonsoiftiAted- despo otisIn
that such deSp0 tishd Ewhether sexer-
cised by Presidents EmperoF;'Or NJ
Congress, Is fatal to liberty aud gOod
government; that consolidation IN
this country means the absolute do
Ininion) of monopoly and aggregated
capital over the lives, the iDerty and
the property OF the toiling MASSES.
s. ReS0tUed. That the numerous
palpable and high handed usurpa-
tions OF the party In power, and their
ma9ypgbHs and prfpts acts of tyr
amy, trampling under foot the civil
law and the guarantees Of the Con-
stitutio1s cad their continuing tedea
prive t1e eevereign states q repre-
sentatfon m Congress = governing
States by military rule, prove themf
to be the party Of dSsPotism Fnd pnz
wqfthT q The conhdsnee gud sup-a
port OF q free people.
tence TO death by q military commits
sion ofR eitizenlO Fexas9 nOtIfn the
military service, while y the civil
of their functions in that State, and
in time Of profound peace, and cthe-
approval Of that sentence by Presi7
dent Grant, are in violation of the
most srcred rights OF Amerfean eiti-
Zens guaranteed by their Constitu-
ton, both State and Federal, and
deserve and shOuld receive the
seVerest ndem1ation ofevery low
er Of liberty and constitutional gov
,eFnmer6r = % fOCucN 9W - 2
10. 7eesoLoed, That the attacks of
Governors Hayes and Lee upon the
doings Of the late General Assembly
are false IN statement, malicious In |
spirit, and urlka6FdlE 6I their high !
position. n.------ ----------
IL Resolved, That the Fifty-eigbth
General Assem- Ilyl lYsh t&hsd hR@
TO make large ahd Ell fa0rd rdihary Ab- |
propriatiopa to rebuild the burned
lddatie AsyluHhi to ptovide q Re
form School for g4rls, 10 construct q
new Blind Asylum, to make an ap--
preparation to meet. o. judgment Of
more than eighty thousand dollars,
recovered IN the -Supreme Court Of
the Stste, In Avbr Aof the 4lfe and
TEustE EomhAAy, and 10 supply q de-
ficiency of more than five hundred
thoJSand ID In "a kka tpEeeAsiing
Republican LegIslature-all of which
OgethAf.Nith the extra eompensattoh
paid tomebnbSfs under q law passed
bya Repub blieEn Legisla turS, ithout
an increase or the State levy not
Wlthstapdi1g all these things, the
apprDpEiations ara much less than
those Of the preceding Republican
Legislature-and that, too, without
Abstracting eight hundred Thousand
dollars fqnn the relief fund, for the
14aln1ed Ane disab bled soldiers and
I12 i 1HoLvED That we hereby re-
tarn our thanks to the late General
Assembly for their economical ex-
penditures In administration Of the
State government, and for the expo
sure Of the ,HAqlesalG frauds in tfe
erecttpu 81 atatA bA1lld ing, iwbers6y
the people were defrauded out Of
half q million OF dollars by the neg
hgence and corruption OF Republican
state Officials and the dishonesty
Of heir appolntees and their snbor-
dinateS.
13. ReSoIUed, ,That-we extend the
right hand offelloWship, and recog-
nize as brethren in q common cause,
all conservative men, not heretofore
Denpozats Who. VIII unite with us IN
reScuing the Government from the
unworthy hands into which IL has
fallen and we pledge the united and
cordial support pf the two hundred
and MY thos1sand y enocrats in
Ohio whom we represent, to the
ticket nominated by this Convention
and Presented by the sunrages Of the
people Of Ohio. t'''
RSSecFansS ReHOuAceS 1he Peace
SDe1AOcrats aS T'raItOr1-