The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-25
THE DEMOCRAT;
Democratic EsIntform, Adopted
July y, 1S0o.

bonds and securities Is unjust to the
people. and ought not be tolerated,
and thar we sra opposed 10 any ap-
prnrEtNtioh Ia the naVment Of Inter
eat On she ~ bonds until they
are tcl 70 federal taxation.
!. That the claims of the
bond holders ia hDnd9 bought with
Rreenbaclz. and ne frInfipaI OF
which is BY laW ~ u carrency,
should neverthe-o 1e pAId In gold
Is unjust and extorl onate, and II
persisted In VIII ineyi labiy 1orce np-
ON the people the QUESTION Of repodi-
atlon-
8. Resolved, That we denounce the
national system as one OF the worst
outQrowths OF the bonded debt, In
that it unnecessarily increases the
burden Of the people thirty mtIlions
ofdollars aGnuallys and we demand
itaimmediate repeal, =, =.
(. ResoIUed, That We denouRce the
Dresent high protective tariff enacted
IN the interests Of the New England
ufactures fer its enormous tmposition
Of duties onlsAlt, Sugar, tea, ,eoffee,
aud other necessaries as are !oppres-
sfve upon the people OF the Wesf, and
that we demand its repeal, and the
substitution Of another based upon
revenue principles alone, approx
mating free trade as closely as possi-
ble.l - GtiJJ 4 4 l...f p.
tT s. ReaOlced, That the Democratic
party OF the United States has always
been e-eminontly frfendly TO the
rights and interests Of the laboring
man; that Is In, favor Of limited
number Of hours Of labor In ali Gov
eminent workshops, hours dictated
by the physical and mental well be-
Ing Of the iabOrers: that Il Is In IA
Vor OF the most liberal IaWsin regard
to household and homestead exeni-
tons nom sale and exeeutloh; that
It is also In favor Of liberal grants of
land from the public domain to
actual setuers " thout eosf And opH
is, eeneraIly friandIy To the measures
advocated by, the Labor and Indus
. trial Coneress, and as - party It
pledges, II restored opower, its in
huence to give them practical appli-
s. ResolUsa, That II. i the right of
4 each State te decide. FOR ITSELF who
shall possess the elective franchise
within It, and that the attempt TO
regulate suffrage IN Ohio by means
of the eo-calIed Fifteenth Constitu-
= tional Amendment, is subvefsiYe, Of
the Federal Constitution. vst,7s. rge
z. ResOEUed,, That the policy S1nd
legislation OF the Radical party lend
to destroy All the reserved rights OF
the States and converts the sRePub7'
lie into Cal eonSOlidated despOtisn
that such deSpotismI whether exeT-
cised by 3 President, Emperor, or 9
Congress, is fatal TO liberty aud good
HntT nm III -
this country means the absolute do
mIniOn OF monopoly and aggregated
capital over the lives, the liberty and
the property Of the toihng MASSES.
8. : ReSoEUed, That the numerous
palpable and high handed usurpa-
lions Of theparty in power, and their
many public and private acts OF tyr
amy, tramplinE under foot the civil
law and the guarantees Of the Con-
stitution, and their continuing tQde-
priVe the sovereign States OF repre-
sentatIon In Congress governing
States by military rule, pr0Vn. them
to be the party Of despotism and nm
wefthy ok the eohhdenee and bqprr41
port or q free people.
9. Resolved, That the trial and sem
tence to death byA militaryeomnts4I
sion of citizen OF Texas, not In the
mAuAALX ScLN4Ce1 " W4AAO- s1S Wy ~
courts are IA unobstructed exercise
= OF their f0ncti ions in that State oaAd7
In time Of profound peace, and the
approval OF that sentence by Presi71
dent Grant, are In violation OF the
most srcrefTTtghtgpf American Tel q
zens euarnnteed~b BY tlelR Constr q
ton, both State and Federalg and
deserve and should receive the
ssvefest com demh ~ htiOnt OF foevery l0v-
. er ofIiberty and constitutional gov
ernmenk,r gd 5Ours1 @ u .--LC
10. ResoLoed, That the attacks Of
Governors Hayes and Lee upon the
doIngs Of the late General Assembly
are fGiss IN statement, malicious IN
spirit, and unworthy- Of their high
position. -. -
II. Resolved, That the Fifty-eiehth
General ASSEMBLY, Was called upon
to make large and extra erdinatyHp--
preparations to rebuild the burned
T6unaEic Asylum, to provide q Re-
form School fOt Klrls. 10 construct q
new Blind Asylum, TO make an api
preparation to meet q judgment Of
more than eighty thousand dollars,
recovered In the Supreme Court Of
tho StAte, N IaVorA o. the< Life and
Trust CDmpApY apd to supply 4 d.
hciency Of more than i've hundred
Thousand dollars Of vther preceeding
RepubI bIfcAn Legis ttlre5alf Of which
together with the extracompepsAtion
paid to members under law passed
by q Republics eRialature, without
an increase Of the State, levy not
withstanding all these things, the
appr0pTiati6n are much less than
those OF the preceding Republican
Legislature-andt that, too, without
abstracting eight hundred thousand
dollars from the relief fund for the
MANNED and disabled soldiers and
fhelr families. EEEt2
tara eur thanks to the hate General
Assembly for their economical ex-
penditures In administration Of the
State government, and for the expo
sure OF the wholesale frauds In the
ezectioa of6tate bui IdlneH Whereby
the people were defrauded out OF
half q million OF dollars by the neg
Hgence and corruption Of Republican
State officials, and the dishon estY
OF heir aPpolntees and their subOr-
dinates.
IA. Resolved, That we extend the
right hand OF fsll0Wshipy and reeog-
nize as brethren IN q common cause,
all conservative men not heretofore
rescniSe the 3 q Gossrhn,e6t 81 tom the ne
unworthy hands into which 1t has
fallen and we pledge the united and
cordial support Of the two hundred
and FHfty thousand Democrats in
Ohio whom We repreSeht, to- the
ticket nominated by this Convention
and presented by the sunrages OF the
people OF Ohio. =, ~, ..i...,Iir ir-ae.a.
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