The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-28
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THE PLATFORM OF rHR ILLINOIS DE.
N0CRACY. III.

| Inn 4A0A1VoA We Am XLLkNOlh UE-
| N0CRACY III.
Resolved, That the happiness of the American
people and the protection of their liberties are
not to be found in q splendid government sup
ported by powerful monopolles and sristocrHtic
estsohsnments, but in the language of our great
leader, Jackson,-'In . plain system. devoid of
pomp, protecting all, and granting favors to
none, dispensing its blessings hAe the dews of
| heaven, unseen and uDfeit save in the freshness
ana beauty they contribute to produce :" that is
10 the mission Of the democracy, in accordance
with Its ame-honored principles, to reinstate the
administration of the government in these its
ancient ways, and, by the restoration of the prsc
toe OF the virtues of frugality honesty, and de-
Votion to the ublio veal, to place the country
| again upon that course the pursuit of which can
alone render it for the ages come united, pros
porous and free.
Rssotued, That We are in favor of free trad e
on principle, and while oonceding the legality of
| a tariff for revenue simply, We densunce q pro-
tic:ive tariff rs not authorized under the federal
constitution, destructive of the best interests
of our people, and a. enriching the few at the
| ex pense of the many;
That we are op osed to monopolies and to
substituting corporations by the of the peo-
pie's money and the peoples lands
That the bonds issued by the federal govern
ment should be subjected TO the federal tn Ration
except when otherwise explicitly provided by
Jaw;
That we are opposed to the present system of
nation al banks. and all legislation of every kind
which exalts capital at the expense Of the people
and the government;
That the ational debt should be paid at the
earliest practicable moment consistent with
suoh reduction of taxation as the necessities of
our people req ,irs, 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.
Resoired, That we demand the overthrow of
the party in power-because it stands committed
to the destruction of the legitimate rights of the
state, to the subversion of the executive and
judioial departments for partisan ends, and to
he erection of a consolidated government upon
the ruins of the federal System because il is
pledged TO the policy of protection which it has
enforced by oppressive Legislation for the last
ten years, to the continuance of An enormous
and aggravatiug 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 the
fostering of schemes of private aggrandizement;
because it is extravaganza, vssteful and corrupt,
sustaining ard sustained by ring legislation. its
most distingui. he'd leaders unblu shingly open to
bribery and uIing the power of their official
positions for private purposes because, desti-
tute of pr ncipls. ii h held together solely by the
cohesive power of public plunder.
"' ms, ~ VIC" VI INC
Vi GU, own s'ate ahs rs we oe''are 'aat 'he pres
cut administration aus peeh mors reckless IN eA-
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 cal! the at
tentlon of the taxpayers to the fact that the ap
preparations of the last republican general as
sembly have forced the auditor Of state to raise
the levy OF state taxes from six mills and hVe
tenths to thirteen mills on the dollar, to meet
these corrupt and orofigate expenditures that
all this is done by the party in power while pro
fesslng economy in the management OF the pub
lie business;
That we are opposed to the present manage
ment of the state penisentisry. which we declare
has cost the taxpayers of the state Tor the last
three years nearly, II not quite, Sl,o0o per day,
and which enor nous sum We believe to have been
| either squandered or stolen by the persons in
| charge of the same that this sxpeL diture and
| should be avoided, and the prison made self
supporting.
hesofred, That the democratic party now as
ever profoundly sympathizes with the efforts OF
the people sveryw here To be free;
That the great republic of the United States
necessarily occupies position of perpetual antag
onism toward the despotism of the world, "a
position which the democrsy have no disposition
| to dissvow, but which, on the contrary, they
openly acknowledge, and will unhesitatingiy
maintain;
ThRtthe republic OF ancerece1ves our nearly
welcome into the family OF tree naaons; that lie
people, endeared to us by traditional ties, nave
our sincere sympathies In their release from
thrs'ldom that we commend the Administration
II the federal government tor the recognition so