The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-02
Daily Argus.
THE PLATFORM OF THE ILLINOIS DE-
E0CRAeY.

Resoioed, That the happiness OF the American
people and the protection OF their liberties are
not to be found In splendid government sup
ported by powerful monopoles and kristocratic
establishments, but, in the language of our great
leader, Jacksen,-''In plain system, devoid of
pomP, protecting all, and granting fayors to
none, dispensing its blessings like the dews of
heaven, unseen and unteit, save in the freshness
and beauty thay contribute to produce; :" that il
is the mission of the democracy, in accordance
with Its time-honored principles, to reinstate the
ADMINISTRATION Of the government in these its
ancient ways, and, by the restoration of the prsc
tise of the virtues of frugaity, honesty, and de-
votlon to the public 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.
Resolved, That we are in favor of free trade
on principle, and while conceding the legality of
4 tariff for revenue simply, We denounce n pro-
tictive tariff rs not authorised under the federal
constitution, as destructive of the best interests
of our people, and as enriching the few at the
expense of the many;
That we are op osed to monopolies and to
substituting corporations by the use OF the peo-
pies money and the peoples lands;
That the bonds Issued by the federal govern
ment should be subjected TO the federal taxation
except when otherwise explicitly provided by
law;
That we are opposed to the present system of
which exalts capital 1T the pense Of the people
and the government;
That the national debt should be paid at the
earliest practicable moment consistent with
such reduction of taxation as the necessities OF
our people require, and to this end we insist
upon the strietest economy In public afairs, the
careful outstanding of the public resources, and
the rigid accountability OF all public servants
Resolved That We demand the overthrow OF
the party in power-because it stands committed
the destruction of the legitimate rights of the
state, to the subversion ofthe executive and
judicial departments for partisan ends, and to
the erection of a consolidated government upon
the rains of the federal system; because it lie
piedg to the policy of protection, which 1t has
enforced by oppressive legislation for the last
ten years, to the continuance of an enormous
and aggravating 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;
because it is extravaganza, wssteful and corrupt,
susta ming and sustained by ring legislation, its
most distinguished leaders unhlushiugly open to
bribery and using the power of their official
positions for private purposes f; because, desti-
of nciple, it s held together solely by the
cohesive power Of public plumber.
ResotceG, That, in view of the administration
of our own state affairs, declare that the pres
ent administration has been more reckless in
pendltUre OF tne puniic money imam any tAEteFef
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
propriations of the last republican general as
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 profigate expenditures that
all this is done by the party in power while pro-
Tossing economy in the management of the pub
lie business;
That we are opposed to the present manage
ment of the state penitentisry, which We declare
has cost the taxpayers of the .tate for the last
three years nearly, if not quite, 81, 900 per day
and which enor nous sum we believe to have been
either squandered or stolen by the persons in
charge OF the sams; that this expenditure can and
should he avoided, and the prison made self
supporting.
hesolred That the democratic party now as
ever profoundly sympathizes with the efforts of
the people every 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 democracy have NO disposition
TO disayow, but which, the contrary, they
openly acknowledge, and will unhesitatingly
maintain;
Ths,the republic of France receives our hearty
welcome into the family OF free nations that its
people, endeared to Us by traditional ties, have
our sincere synpathies in their release from
thra idGln. tlat we commend the
of the federal government for the recognition so
far accorded to the French republic, and demand
that the moral aid of it's support be given to the
fullest extent in behalf OF the rule of the people
naugurated upon the overthrow Of all imperial
dynasty;
That the inhabitants of Germany have our
heartiest good wishes in their endeavor to erlng
about nited country; that we congratulate
them on their gallant conduct in the pending
war and trust that the liberty which the defeat
of the emperor has given their sister state viii
be indicated in their own persons, and grand
German republic be the glorious result of their
efforts;
That the island of Cuba has long Ian ushed
under the incubus of foreign despotsm, and
every effort Of this country should be bent to the
attainment of Its liberation, that it's people may
partske of that free dom for which they long,
and share in fortunes If they so elect;
That are not unmindful Of the people of
ireland, and, fully recognizing the wrongs they
have been called upon to endure, we trust that
| the tocsin Of liberty now sounding has st uck
| the hour of their redemption;
That, while thus declaring unalterable
deter alton to require the whole weight Of the
government to be thrown in behalf Of repu blean
institutions protest against this country be
| ing drawn into taking sides in the quarrels of
despots, and We condemn the leaders of the OPP
position for their desperate attempts, from I'M
worthy motives, 10 commit nation to the
cause Of any potentate claiming to rule a peo-
pie by divine right.