The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-09-16

been settled and accepted assettled by the
people who are to be affected 10y them and
We should consent that they remain SO set
tied If We nominate ticket which the
/ people think believe that sort OF doctrine
and II We say we are IN favor In our
platform of such an extension of the right
of franchise as is compatible with the inter-
ests of good government and the safety of
the state and country at large, we do what
is proper and requisite, and believe We
shall be endorsed at the polls most tri
umphaDtly, and the doctrin of taxation and
representation will go hand in hand, and
We will meet with the approval of the state
The majority Of the people OF the state see
although they have been weaned away from
us by various devices ct the enemy, out to
the polar star the rights out OF the laboring
people against the oppresson OF the capital
lists, and they will come With US and be with
US not only in the canvas but Tor ever. APP
piause.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
| The report of the committee on resou
tons was called for, whereupon Hon. c.
| Latham Sholes, of Milwaukee,, reported
the following resolutions, which were recei-
we'd with frequent bursts Of appla Sc, and
adopted as whole without dissenting
| voice:
| Resolved, That the unity of the nation
md the permanence of republican institu
tions depend upon the subord nation Of the
government to the popular WILL upon the
cheerful and implicit obedience of rulers
and people to law, upon the reservation to
the several states of the sacred and imper-
ishable right of local self government, upon
freedom OF speech aud of the press, and
| a nd
pllcatiOn of the public revenues and that
we solemn'y protest against those acts of
the republican party by which those fun
damental conditions of natural freedom
and prosperity have been repeatedly aud
ruthlessly violated.
J ResoiUed, That we entertain the most
grateful r, embrace of those true and no
BILE men who laid down their lives in de
fence of the integrity of the union, and that
We will ever cherish the highest admira-
ton Of the living who have survived the
shoch OF arms.
Resolued, That the financial disorder
and depression apparent to business men,
the corruption which confessedly attends
the admin tratlon of the la S, the ingeni-
Gus and burdensOm, system of taxation by
which enterprise is paralyzed and the vast
surplus wealth of the state IS fruItlessy
| squandered and consumed, are evils which
demand less OF partisanohlp, purer NOR
atty in rulers and radical reform in the
ad nnlstrati0n of the state and federal gov
| ernmen,S
Resolred That the continued and Iersis-
tent imposition upon the people OF tariff
laws avOwedly designed to tax the mas
scs of the people for the benefit Of the &C
cumulated capital Of tie eastern states
whereby millions of dollars are annually
distracted fraom Wisconsin without any
corresponding gain to the common govern
ment Is a wanton and intolerable abuse of
federal power, for which the only effective
remedy is the complete union of tie friends
OF free labor and our domestic industry at
the ballot box.
Resolued, That we lament that chronic
infrmity of the dominant party by which
the exercise Of its long continued and album
dant power to adjust the burdens of tax
alton by revi,ions and notifications. from
time to time of The tariff and other revnue
laws" is Hunted to pretentious confessions
of the consequences OF its own misrule,
aud to periodical resolutions deporing the
evils which it persistently refuses to abolish
Resolred, That we believe the honor and
welfare of the IA ion alike require the rap
id and complete extinction of the national
debt by he full payment of the principal
and interest thereof in exact accordance
with the terms of the contract between the
government and its creditors, but that We
oppose with all the influence at our COM
mand, the ILL., disguised efforts CT the party
in power to convert the debt into per-
| manent burden for the aggrandizement of
| special classes, by discrimination gisla-
| ton against the people and the lesser cred
itors of the government In behalf OF incor-
pcraied capital.
Resolred That the public avenues on
which move the commercial products of
the states, are the highways to wealth and
the general prosperity of the people; that
kindred with the numerous improve
ments that have received the protection Of
! the general government, Is the work OF ell
| iarging the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in
| orders to secure permanent channel of Wa
| ter communication between the great lak es
| and the Mississippi !; that We ask the aid
ct the general government for this pur
pose, and In addition, will unite with our
sister states of the west equally to be BEN
| ehtted with Wisconsin In securing compile
ton OF the same as a matter of state enters
prise should the general government fail to
aid us the rem; and that the continuous
failure of the party in po.er after many
years of ample opportunity to contribute
effective legislative aid to this enterprise,
leads US to doubt the sincerity OF its pro
fessions.
Resolred, That we protest against the
narrow partizanship and prevailing greed
tor spoil which characterizes all the inHu
ences surrounding our state government
against the eXaction of exorbltant fees in
state departments, and against that indiff
erance to the burdens IF the people which
compels the tax payers to contribute the
enormous sum of nearly one million dollars
per annum for the support of the state
government and its PARTISAN dependents
ResotUed, That the democratic party of
Wisconsin reJoices in the extinction of slave
ry, in the prompt and general acquiescence
of the soulher people in the results of the
war; In every well directed effort for the
enlightenment and elevation of oppressed
humanity at home and abroad, and in every
measure compatible with good government
and public order, to broaden the basis of
suffrage and extend the blessings of free
institutions to all classes of people; and that