Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-24
WISCONSIN.
The Democracy in Council,
j. 8. Doolittle for Governor
The Platform of Principles.

assembled, hereby affirm,
That We point with pride to the eco
| nOmical administration and limited
| amount of taxation that prevailed in the
State under Democratic rule, as contras-
ted with the enormous body of taxation
| and profiigate expenditures of succeeding
| Republican State administrations, and
that the Democratic party, if restored to
power, will observe economy, retrench-
ment and reform in every department of
the State Government.
Constitutional Rights Of the states.
2. That the wise restrictions enacted
in the tenth amendment to the National
Constitution, reserving to the States re-
spectively and 10 the people all powers
not delegated to the United States, is one
of the strongest safeguards of popular
| freedom. That the acts of Congress and
Of the Federal administration usurping
powers not delegated and constitutional,
| and breaking down the distinctions be-
tween the powers of the State govern
meats and those of the General Govern
ment, are destructive to constitutional
liberty and threaten the overthrow of
SuA SA'otAuS IOl1 VI IOCdl duu Il cQbIhl
government and tend to the establishment
of permanent centralized despotism in
Congress and the National Executive, and
| that we denounce as avicious off-shoot of
the centralizing tendencies of the General
! Government the frequent attempt of the
agents OF the Federal administration to
interfere 10 local political affairs.
Tariff MonepOIies.
3. That we are in favor of tariff for
revenue. That under the pretext of
raising a revenue within the past ten
years, the national Congress has estab-
lished and continues that enormous rob-
berry of the masses for the enrichment of
of the few, known as the protective tariff,
system which has swept our commerce
from the seas, and fettered and oppressed
every agricultural pursuit; system of
which the conventions of the Republican
party equivocally and haltingly speak in
heir platforms, but which that party
perpetustes in Congress, and from
which the people may hope for no relief,
but by the restoration of Democratic
rule.
The vampire of Taxation,
4. That by its corruption and profit
gacy the present administration have
| squandered large portion of the national
domain and enormous sums for the ma
tional treasury, thst it is no answer to
this complaint that they have paid soma
| proportion of the national debt. By
wise and economical use of the immense
revenue which an unprecedented taxation
has raised, much greater reduction in
the debt would have been accomplished.
But the Democratic party opposes Op-
| presslve taxation for the mere sake of
| speedy payment of the deb', believing
that by wisdom and justice in the general
| adjustment of taxes and economy in the
expenditure, the national debt may be
| paid with sufficient Tapidity with but
light burden upon the industry and re-
sources of the people, and that we are
opposed TO all forms of national repudia-
ton, either of the debt or pensions snd
bOunties due the soldiers.
The Amendments and Amnesty.
) That as the late amendments to the
Constitution have been declared by the
properly constituted authority to be a
| part of the Fundamental law of the land,
they are binding upon the people; that
the Democratic party, now as ia the
past, know no higher law than the Con-
stitutior; tbs. the time honored principle
| of 8 strict construction applied by its
trainers and accepted ty the wisest
statesman and jurist of the country,
should be observed in all legislation By
| Congress relative to the Constitution and
its amendments. That the Democratic
party is opposed to the withdrawal of
civil or political rights from any class of
the people, and that We demand the re-
moval of all political disqualifcstions.
Corruption
6. The defalcations, embellishments
and cOrruptions of the National Admins
tration and the prostitution of legislation
TO the demands of INSCRIPTIONS lobby
lists and greedy monopolists are q scandal
| and disgrace, the most dangerous blow to
public credit and an intolerable outrage
upon the taxpayers of the country.
BayOnCt Governments.
Z. That as the representatives of a
| Constitution loving and law. abiding
party, we depricate and derOunce every
outbreak of lawlessness and violence,
whether committed at the North or South,
and that the acts of Congress which au-
thoriZe the employment of a standing
army to garrison places where elections
are to be held and constitute local po-
lice in the States, and which empowers
officers of the Federal Administration to
interpose military force for the purpose
of oVerawipg Conventions of the people,
are subseryiye of free government and a
perpetual menace to public liberty.
Destiny and san Domingo.
s. That while the people of this country
hope in time to come they may extend
blessings of our form of government over
the entire continent, the COulse pursued
! by the national administration in its
efforts to annex San Domingo are uDjus-
! tifiiabie usurpatiOns and wicked az
tempt to lay hold of the faith of this peO-
pie in their destiny for unworthy purposes
of personal gain.
Broad Enough fer All.
WHEREAS, Believing no past habits of
association and partisan sfflctiOn should
prevent the citizens of a free country
from cooperating together for the success
of principles that are necessary for the
public safety, and vital to the cause of
| good government; therefore
Resolved, That we commend the prin-
| ciples herein announced to the calm and
candid judgment of the people of all
parties in the Safe, and we submit in
their behalf aud for the candidates nom
mated upon this platform the support
and suffrage of all our honest and patriotic
fellow. citizens.
speech of Senator DOOittIe.
]. s. Doolittle was nominated Govern
or by one hundred and twenty three of one
hundred and fifty four votes. He accept
ed in carefully prepared speech
Hopeing that he might do some
! thing to cave the constitutional liberty
of the Republican institutions in sub
stance IS well as in name. He briefly re-
viewed the country since the repeal of the
Missouri compromise aud the war, the
emancipation proclamation and the 13 h
amendment abOlishing slavery which he
fully endorsed. He claimed that Lincoln
and johnson sought in reconstruction the
preservation of the rights of the States,
but the spirits of evil were unloosed and
disregsrdirg the oaths and pledges and