The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-01
THE 6DEMOCRAIYI
DemOcraaEc Platform, AdOpted
Lulv q, l60o.


bonds and securities y unjust to the /
people. and OUGHT not be tolerated,
And that we ara opposed to any an
uRopkiakion for the payment az Inter-
est On the federal bonds until thew
are made subject 70 federal taxation.
:. Resotred That the claims Of the
bond-holders that bonds bought with
greenbacks, and the principal Of
which Il by law payable IN currency,
ehould nevertheless be paid In gold,
Is unjust and extortionate, and ~
persisted In viii 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 10 unneeessarily increases the
burden of the people thirty millions
OF dollars annually, and we demand
its immediate repeal.
4. Resolved, That we denounce 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 neeessaries 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-
mating free trade as closely as posi-
ble.,y1 b-.t.n s-..-tt ..a..r...G ...,.
5. resolved, That the Democratic
party Of the United States has always
been pre- eninently friendly To the
rights and interests, Of the laboring
man; that Is In favor OF 9 limited
number Of hours Of labor In all Gov
eminent workshops, hours dictated
by the physical and mental well be-
Ing Of the hborers that 10 Is In Ia
Vor Of the most liberal laws In regard
TO household and homestead exem-
lions nom sale and execution that
It Is also In favor OF liberal grants OF
land from the public domain to
actual settlers without cost and op-
posed to donating these lands 70
sWindIing railroad corporations, and
Is generally friendly to the measures
advocated by the labor and Indus.
trial Congress, and as 3 party it
pledges, IL restored to power, its in
huence TO give them practical applI-
s. Resoltez, That 1t IS ths right Of
each State to decide for itself. who
shall possess the elective franchise
within Ii, and that the attempt TO
regulate suffrage In Ohio by means
OF the po-called Fifteenth Constitu-
tional Amendment, is subversive Of
the Federal stituHon.'
z. Resolved, That the policy .nd
legislation or the Radical party lend
to destroy all the reserved rights of
the States, and converts the Repub-
lie into q consolidated despotism
that such despotism, whether exer-
cised by q President Emperor, or .
Congress, Is fatal to liberty aud good
government; that consolidation in
this country means the absolute do
mieson Of monopoly and aggregated
capital over the lives, the liberty and
the property Of the teiling masses.
s. Resolved. That the numerous
palpabls and high handed usnrpa-
many public And private acts of tyr
amy, trampIing under foot the civil
law and the guarantees OF the Con-
atitatIon, aud their cOntinuing tode-
priVe tie soNerelgn States Of repre-
0entation In Congress - governing
States by military rule, prove them
to h0 the party OF despotism and I'M
worthy OF the conhdence and sup
port OF . free people.
Q. ResotUed, That the trial and sem
tence to death by q military commits
= sionof 9 citizen Of Texas, mot in the
military service, while the civil
courts are In unobstructed exercise
Of their functions In that State, and
In time Of profound peace, and the
approval OF that sentence by Presi-
dent Grant, are in violation Of the
most srered rights Of American citi-
Eens guaranteed by their Constitu-
ton, both State and Federal. and
de9@ve and should receive the
fseverest condemnation OF every low
er okhberty and constitutional gov
ernmenE = lon =,
30. RsSotosd, That the attacks OF
Governors Hayes and Lee upon the
doinGa OF the late General Assembly
are false In statement, malicious in
spirit, and Unworthy Of their high
position. ------.----
II. Resolved, That the Fifty-eIghth-
General Assembly was called upon
to make large and extraordi binary APP
] propEiations TO rebuild the burned
Lunatfc Asylum, to provide q Re-
form School for girls, to construct 3
new Blind Asylum, to make an np.
preparation TO meet q judgment Of
= more than eighty thousand dollars,
recovered IN the Supgeme Court OF
the State, In favor Of the Life and
Trust Company, and TO supply q de-
hci0ncy- OF more than dVe hundred
thousand dollars Of the preeeedlnG
Republican LeRt Rtslature-allO Of which
toGetherwith the extra compensation
paid to members under Q law passed
by . Republican Legislature, without
an increase Of the State levy not
withdrawing al these things, the
appropriations are much less than
thCuao ~ kfn TVEvuunoor1as.Zs 1TlgoSlv,kVTo.a.,
IIAgislafure- and, that, too. without
ahstraeting eight hundred Thousand
dollars nom the relief fund, for the
nalmed and disabled soldiers and
their families. -
u. RESOLVED That we hereby re-
turn our thanks to the late General
Assembly for their economical ex-
. p8udttukes In administration OF the
State government, and for the expo
sure of the Wholesale frauds in the
erection Of State buildings, whereby
the people were defraudedc out Of
half q million OF dollars by the neg
Hgence and corruption of Republican
state officials, and the dlshon esty
OF their appointees and their subor-
dinates. .....s t+-.-..-...
13. Resolved, That we extend the
right hand OF Fellowship, and recog-
nize as brethren In q common cE.use,
all conservative men not heretofore
Democrats who viii unite with US IN
rescuing the Government from the
unworthy hands into. which II has
fallen and we pledgs the unitAd and
cordial support OF the two hundred
ead hfty thousand Democrats In
Ohio whom we represent, 70 the
ticket nominated by fhiH Convention
aud presented by the sufftagesof the
people Of Ohio. ar.l-,
HHR necessity for sTbrethEen TO
dwell together IN unity, !" Is strongly
e5 empliAe IN South Carolina. The
late Radical COllector At Charleston,
in expressing hig opinion OF q RadI-
cal South CaEoliha CONGRESSMAN,