The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-03
Platform Of the Pennsylvania De-
mOcracy.

mOcracy.
READING, Pa, June 1.-The following is
the platform of principles adopted by the
Democratic Convention:
" "Resotred, That the Dcmocntic party,
while in the future as in the past firmly up
holding the Constitution Of the United States
as the foundation and limitation of the
powers Of the General Government
and the safe shield of the liberties
of the people, demands for the citizen the
largest freedom consistent with public order
and for every State the right Of self-Goyer1l-
ment; that to uphold the former and protect
the latter the Democratic party OF Pennsyl-
vania can find no better platform upon which
10 stand than the great leading principles
cnunciated in the inaugural address Of Presi.
dent Jefferson and the farewell address of tho
immortal jackson. Upon these two great
State papers we plant ourselves, and enter
the contest Of 1872.
ResOired, That, abused as the publ,
confidence has been by long period of Off
cial mismanagcment, waste, and fraud, tlli
Convention invites the cooperation of all The
| citizens of the Commonwealth in the carneS
effort which the great constituency it repre-
>ents is about to make to remove from ou
state administration every taint of polltlca
corruption. The interest of every PennSyl
vunian is directly and vitally concerned il
the eradication of all unjust usages ant
practices by which individual fortunes NH.
created at public cost; and the attempt t
! lo this can be made certainly successful j..
the union of upright and fair-minded mel
Of all parties, and by sustaining candidate
If unuucSticned7 abilities and unspottet
names"
"fssoiued, That this Convention appeal
to the people Of Pennsylvania for the sup
port of the candidate for Governor whom i
has placed in nomination because his election
will secure ut once Il correction of eXistin:
wrongs and the permanent future prospcrit,
Of the State. 1t asks for his support because
lie has been nominated not to subserve tn,
views or promote the interests of any section
or faction, but to meet the requirements o
III urgent and common need; because Ii,
fully represents, and in his life and charac
Ter fairly illustrates, the true spirit ant
principles of popular government; he
cause he has been m earnest, sincere
and efficient opponent Of the fraudulent
practices and false doctrines OF the party tha
has held power through many long years o
| Misrepresentation and miSrulc; because ht
stands pledged by the record of his whole
life to administer his office II elected, for tlt
| benefit, and only for the benefit, of the peO
pie; because he can be trusted to secure
careful, economical and responsible cOntr"
of the agents and officials and the treasur.
of the commonwealth; because he can be re
lied on to withstand unfoundcd and unjus,
demands to the prejudice of the publ,
rights, to oppose with vigor the cncroarh'
| 'nent of powerful corporations, and ener
getcaly resist the grant to aggregated
capital of privileges which could be used tc
injllre, hamper, and impede the efforts of III
dividuas in the various enterprises and fields
of labor which the State affords, and because
his action in the past is proof that his otficla
influence will be used hereafter to prevent
the mischief Of special legislation, and to
destroy the possibility of procuring the en-.
actment of any statute by the use of money
or any other corrupt means"
The remaining resolutions express conf
dence in Hon. James Thompson for Judge OF
the Supreme Court, and in the candidates
for the offices for AuditOr-Gcneral and Con.
grcssman at large, and the delegates to the
Convention to amend the Constitution. They
also condemn the grant of numerous charters
by the Radical Legislature of the State,
creating such corporations as the " Southern
Improvement Company" tue Continental
Improvement Company" and others of q
similar character, as unjust to the interests OF
trade, and dangerous to the rights aud liber
ties OF the people.