The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-05
DEMOCRACY.
what the Democratic Party Will do
when in Power.
From the N..York world.l


1. 1t will limit the annual taxes to S250,-
0o0, 900, and out Of this moderate revenue
will apply s25, 900 900 towards. the extinct
ion OF the public debt; whereas the fed
eral taxes for the last fscal year amounted
to the enormous sum of SAIL, 255,447.
III. 1t will revise and reform the system
OF taxation so that this diminished annual
burden of $3.50, 100000 will be equitably
distributed. The present system not only
overloads the faithful horse, but ties some
Of the load to his legs, puts part upon his
head makes him drag portion by his
TAIL obstructing his freedom ofmovement,
and causing him the utmost annoyance.
The Democratic party will withdraw every
pound Of the load from his limbs and ex-
tremities and collect 1t upon his back where
he can carry it with greatest ease. 1t will
moreover take good care that the taxes
find their way into the public treasury, and
not into the pocket, of greedy, grasping
monopolists.
III. The Democratic party will rectify
the abuses Of the present banking system;
extinguishing monopoly by making the
business free to oil who comply with the
conditions, stopping the interest on gov
ernment bonds while in pledge 10 secure
bank circulation and guarding against a
redundant currency by compelling the
banks 10 redeem their notes in specie.
Nv. 1t will revive our PROSTATE shipping
interest. and restore to American citizens
their former large share in the profits of
| navigation, by free trade in ships and the
repeal of duties on all a.sicles used in their
| construction.
" II viii extend aal complete the sys-
TEN of universal suffrage, by abolishing
the term of residence now required for ma
turalization, and giving intelligent white
immigrants the same advantages enjoyed
by our colored population. There is no
reason whys thrifty German who emil
gratest to Texas and buys farm should not
at once be as favored a citizen as the South
Carolina negro who emigrates TO Texas
in the same year and is employed by the
German as a laborer.
VI. The Democratic party will faith
fully fulfll all the obligations created by
the public debt In their letter and spirit,
and will secure TO disabled soldiers the full
amount Of their pensions without allow
| ing dollar to be deducted for the fees of
agents.
VII. 1t will repeal all laws which per-
nit the federal government, or any of its
officers, TO interfere with elections in the
| States.
| VII. IL Will mhke IL nlgn msde-
meanor, punishable by dismissal from the
service, tor any officer of the army or
navy to aid in the suppression Of domestic
violence in state, unless the State author
titles have made a previous application to
the president for such assistance, in con-
formity TO the constitution or to inter-
fere for enforcing any federal law, unless
federal judge shall have previously GER.
tilted that the execution Of the laws is re-
sisted by combination too powerful TO be
overcome by the marshal and his posse.
| TX. The Democratic party will remove
all the political disabilities and disqualif-
cations imposed for participation in the
late civil war.
y. 1t will recognize the binding force
Of the three new amendments to the con-
stitution, so long as they are held to be
! valid by the supreme court.
Here are no hourishes, no buncombe, no
vague, cloudy theories which cannot be
reduced to practice. If there is any south
ern citizen who does not think this list of
measures would bring relief from and re-
dress Of present evils and grievances, We
cannot respect his Judgment, And ii, on
the other hand, any Republican insists
that the policy here sketched is a mere
bundle of negations and dead issues, he
forfeits all claim to be considered can
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