The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

lOI Inc OuIueHS IL Imposes, DuJ a rotten
Republic IS at once the most costly, the
most oppressive, and the most unsteady
of all political structures
ISSUES.
1t will surely be admitted that all Amer
lean citizens who believe these facts to be
true are bound by the sacred obligations
of patriotism, honor. and conscience to op-
pose this state of things, and by opposing
end it. The persons interested in pre-
venting change will ask how, to what
| extent, and by what means we propose to
make reforms The question is fair one,
! and we will answer it briefly. 1t will be
the duty OF the Democratic party. and. to.
the extent of our authority, original or
delegated, we hereby pledge ourselves and
our associates, so far as in us lies
l. To put the ship of state once again
on her constitutional track and hold her
head firmly and steadily to that course.
2 To protect the individual citizen of
all parties, classes, and creeds in the ell
Joyment of lite, liberty, reputation, and
the pursuit of their lawful business, by an
imperative administration Of Justice in
the ordained and established courts.
3. To preserve the powers Of the gener-
al Government IN their whole constitute
onal vigor as our sole defenseagalnst for
eign aggression, the safest bond of union
between different sections of the country,
and the-only sure promise Of general pros
perity.
4. To maintain, unimpaired, the re-
served rights of the States, not only be-
cause they are guaranteed by the Federal
Constitution, but because the States alone
can safely be trusted with the manage
ment of their own local concerns.
.. To reduce the expenditures of the
Government by confining its appropria-
tions to legitimate objects, by q rigid sys-
tenn of accountability and economy, and
by abolishing much of the unnecessary
and pernicious machinery with which it is
now encumbered.
6. To moderate the burdens Of the peo-
pie, not only by economical administra-
ton, but by a system of taxation upon
foreign imports as well as domestic pro-
ductions, which shall be just and equal in
its operation upon the property and bust
ness of the country, not enriching some
while it impoverishss others, and not open
to the frauds pow habituaily practiced.
Z. To preserve the public credit by the
prompt payment of the public obligations
s. To consecrate the public land to the
use of the landless people who need it by
system which will secure a suficiency
to all, and stop at once the long series Of
swindles by which so many millions of
acres have been given away to those who
already have more than enough.
These are some of the duties which lie
before the people if they desire to see their
government administered with decent
respect for the Constitution Of their fathers
or with tolerable honesty in financial mat
ters
We have no test of orthodoxy, no disa-
bilities for nor discrimination against for
mer political antagonists. We can not,
and do not object to by gone differences.
provided the citizen be truly and faith
fully devoted to the interests and Institu-
tions of the whole country and all the in
habitants thereof
Our object is not revolution, but resto-
ration; not injury to our opponents, but
an assertion Of our own rights and those
of our fellow-citizens. -3v9 .D3--l. d
By order of the Democratic Executive
Committee, "a ., --,---- s..-
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.