Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-04

rights, which lies at the base of the
compact formed by the various
States in the Convention of 1888; and
its forced and fraudulent adoption at
the point of the bayonet will be the
deadliest blow ever struck at the SOW
ereignty of the States and the hber-
ties of the people.
Resolved, That the Democracy Of
this State now, as heretofore, r the
strenuous advocates of q tariff for
purposes of revenue only. That the
principle of g protection for the sake
of protection is at war with the
diversified interests of the people of
the States, and experience has shown
its tendency to aggrandiZe a class in
the community at the expense and to
the injury of the producing and labor
ing millions, taxing the industry
equally in violation Of the authority
Of the Constitution and of the great
principle that should govern this peO-
pie in their intercourse with the fam
lily of nations.
ResOJced, That the Democracy of
Connecticut, by the action of their
State Convention, in 1862, denounced
the legal tender act as a Congressional
usurpatiOn; an Infringement upon the
letter and spirit of the Constitution,
and in violation of the rights of the
people of the States. In 1870, the
Supreme Court of the United States
affirms the position assumed by Us in
1862, and we reiterate the declaration
that there shall be but one currency
for the Government and for the peO-
pie, and that one the constitutional
currency as proclaimed by Andrew
Jackson, and we call upon the admin
istratiOn to aid US by honesty and
economy in the public service, in the
restoration of that currency to the
uses of the people.
ReSOLUed, That the language of Mr..
Dawes, of Massachusetts, in which he
asserts that in the work of Govern
ment economy, +" the House could ex-
pect no aid from the other end of the
Capitol (meaning the Senate), or from
the other end of the avenue" (mean-
ing the President), should startle the
Cauntry, and arouse all good men to
unite in Overthrowing a profigate adj
mi~nistratiOn, which is cOnfessedly ex-
travagant and reckless at a time when
all business interests are perishing I'M
der their heavy burdens, and labor is
being p~auperized with intolerable tax
alton.
RESOLVED, That the bill now before
| Congress for the purpose of changing
the laws regarding naturalization, is a
direct attack upon all foreigners seek
ing the United States as q home fol
themselves and families. And the
present corrupt and unprincipled
leaders of the Republican party
having destroyed the constitutions
rights of the people of all t~he.States,
robbed them of the power to deter
mine the status of the citizen, now
seek to degrade the white immigrant
below the level of the native negro,
Resolved, That the Democracy o
Connecticut sympathize with the PEG.
pie who struggle for freedom every,
where; and their cordial greetings t.
the people of Cuba, who are now val
iantly contending for their freedom
and their rights.
ReSoJUed, That a direct tax levy il
Connecticut of over eight hundred
thousand dollars, besides half a mil
lion more upon saving banks and 9th
er corporations, is a larger amOun-
than should be made upon the people
annually; and we demand that The
public burdens be diminish by equali
ty in taxation, and economy in th'
expenditures.
ResolUed, That in presenting thu
honOred name of James E. English
as our candidate for Governor, we dC
so with full confidence that we appea
to the best judgment of a large ma
jOrity of the people, and the sOunC
patriotism of the State, and in thu
candidates associated with him, W,
feel assured that worthy representa-
tives of the people and their best in
terests have been selected,