The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-27
U;ailD Argus,
THE PLATFORM OF THE ILLINOIS DE-
EOCRAGY

HOCRAGY
Resolved, That tue happiness of the American
people and the protection of their liberties are
no. " be found in splendid government SUP
ported by powerful monopoies and srIstocrstic
esta Adjustments, but III the language OF our great
leader, Jackson,-'ln plain system, devoid OF
pomp, protecting all, and granting tavors to
none, dis 2eDsng its blessings liAe the dews OF
heaven, unseen and unte,t, save IN the freshness
AID beauty they contribute to produce; that is
Ii the mission OF the democracy, ia accordance
with ats tme-honorsd prinsiple to reinstate the
administration OF the government in these its
ancient ways, and, by the restoration OF the prsc
tiee of the virtues of ffugalty, honesty, ana de-
Fotion To tae ublic veal, to place the country
again upon that course the pursuit of which car
atone render it for the ages come united, pros
porous and free.
ksSoteed, That we in favor of free trade
on princip e, and while eonceding the legality of
tariff tor revenue simply, We oenounce pro-
tiosIve tariff not authorized under the federal
constitution, destructive of the best interests
of our people, ana A. enriching the few at the
expense of the many;
That we are op osed to monopolies and to
subsidizing corporations by the use of the poo
pies money and the peoples lands;
That the bonds issued by the federal govern
ment should be subjected to the federal Ia xation
except when otherwise explicitly provided BY
law;
That we are opposed to the present system of
nation al banks, and all legislation of every kind
which exslts capital at the expense Of the people
and the government;
That the n rational debt should be paid at the
earliest practicable moment consistent with
such reduction of taxation as the necessities of
our people req aire, and to this end We insist
upon the strictest economy in public affairs the
careful outstanding of the public resources, and
the rigid accountability OF ali public servants
hat demand the overthrow OF
the party in power-bscause it stands committed
to the destruction of the legitimate rights OF the
state, TO the subversion of the executive ana
Judicial departments for partisan ends, and TO
the erection of q consolidated government upon
the ruins of the federal system because II Is
pied ged to the policy of protection, which it has
enforced by oppressive Legislation for the last
ten years, to the continuance OF an enormous
and sggravatng system OF internal revenue
taxation, to the postponement OF the payment
of the national debt, to the wholesale surrender
to the spectators of the public lands, an to he
fostering of schemes of private ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;
because it is extravagant, wAsteful and corrupt,
sustaining and sustained by ring legislation, Its
mos. distinguished leaders unblushingly open to
bribery and using the power of their official
positions for private purposes because, desti-
ute of Or nciple it il held together solely by the
cohesive power of public plumber.
Resoiced, That in view of the administration
of state alta dec are that the pres
emit administration has been mors reckless in ex-
penditure of the public money than any that ever
yet exercised the power of the state and in proof
of this we need say nothing more than call the at
tention of the taxpayers to the fact that the APP
preparations of the last republican general
sembly have forced the auditor of state to raise
the levy of state taxes from SIX mills and five
tenths to thirteen mills on the dollar, to meet
these corrupt and prohlgste expenditures that
all this is done by the party in power while pro
I thA h.
lie business
That we are opposed to the present manage
ment of the state peniten tiary. which We declare
has cost the taxpayers of the state tor the last
three years nearly If not quite, 81 900 per day,
| and which enormous sum we believe to have been
either suuandered or stolen by the persons in
charge OF the same; that this xpeu diture and
should be avoided, and the prison made self
supporting.
+ kesoired, That the democratic party now s
| ever profoundly sympathizes with the efforts OF
the people every W here to be free
That the great republic Of the United States
necessarily occupies position of psrPetua antsg-
| onism toward the despOtism of the world,
position whch the democray have NO disposition
| to disavow, but which, on the contrary, they
| openly acs nowlsdge, and will unhesitatlngly
| maintain;
That the republic Of France receives our hearty
welcome into the family of free nations that its
people, endeaTed to us by traditional ties, have
our sincere sympathies In their release from
thra Ildom; that commend the administration
of the federal government tor the recognition so
far accorded to the French republic, and demand
that the moral aid of its support be given to the
fullest extern, in behalf of the rule of the people
iuaugurated upon the overthrow of all imperial
dynasty;
That tine inhabitants of Germany have our
heartiest good wishes in their endesvor TO bring
about united country that we congratulate
them ON their gallant conduct in the pending