The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-07-18

CONDITION OF the people by a more
distribution of the products
oflabor, asserting that the General
Goyernment should substitute for the
present currency legal tender treasury
notes, eXchangeable at the holders
option for Government securities, re.
deemable in said treasury notes; con-
demning the neglect of the Govern
ment TO. enforce the eight hour law 4
pledgine the Democratic party to such
amendment of the patent laws as shall
work the forfeiture of a patent monop.
oily where those engaged in manufac.
turinga patented article are worked
more than eight hours daily; also ia.
voring direct taxation, exclusively
graduated to the wealth of the indi.
vidual also favoring the enactment Of
laws to secure minorities fair repre-.
sentation. ya ish
By A. Minor, of q Utah-A resolution
favoring such rules as shall admit
Territorial delegates to full member.
ship in the National Democratic Con.
vention. ~ - aHs teei 5fft s.isd- t
By w. o. Cunningham of Kentucky
it to be the duty of al
patriots to lay aside all party and per-
sonal preferences atsthis time, and tC
combine to defeat tyranny, usurpatior
and misrule, and to- preserve the ex.
istence of a free nation. -s-tiee7
By the Alabama Delegation-De.
signing the restoration of the Consti.
tuition and of equal rights to every
State and citizen, and.to that end, &C
cepting the nomination of Greeley
and Brown, and indorsingi the Cincin.
natl platform as restated in Greeley'i
letter of facceptance.ra... ID, f..,i 81 g>aF
REPORT ON NCREDENFIALs-NoC CONTESTS
D. S. hickman, Chairman of the
COMMITTEES on Credentials-The Com.
mittee on Credentials are now read
to report.
The Secretary read the report, a,
To the Democratic National Cohven.
tion, at Baltimore assembled -
Your Committee on Credentials dc
respectfully report that on call of the
States, they all report thei.' delegation:
full, with no contested seats. Thai
thenpmber of, seats in the Convention
is 732. That Texas reports 90 dele.
gates,and yonr Committee recommend
that the, be aIlo wed seats on the floor
but only to cast the 3 votes to which
she, is entitled. .,,a-T -, 80. .f,.s.Fgsf :
{. Your Committee further, recon.
mend that the, delegates present iron
the several Territories be, entitled .te
seats. upon the. floor without a vote.
4 = our Committee, through !, theil
Secretary, herewith transmit to the
Convention. an accurate, and corrected
list of I delegates, from q the sseYera
States in the Union, all of which il
now respectfully submitted. .aaf,{s.. (,
~ age ge DIS DIckMAN, Chairman.
.ThesQ Question was putt and the re.
port of the Committee agreed to. e,ioai
ri After selecting the National Exectl.
tive Committee, the Convention adj
journed till Wednesday morning, al
10 o clock. sid iEfii s1iJs sfl9Tg zee
sts.. SECOND DAY DAY IS sIPRoCEEDINGs.esr
AT ten O'Clock yesterday, the Con.
vention, pursuant to adjournment, re.
assembledg The Pfesideht,1 Hon. j
r. Doolittle, called the convention to
order iand introduced the Rev. DIR
Leyburn, who briefly addressed the
throne of grace. 19d .iois-9ss0g sol
daMr. A. Il. Burr, of Connecticut
chairman of the committee on resolui
tions, announced that the committee
were ready to report. He. asked the
clerk to read in the first place, the in.
troductory paragraph of the report.
zsThe clerk read as follows: OF nedFl
The committee on resolutions sub.
nit the following reports: 5aa yns9g'
tsWe the Democratic electors of the
United States, in Convention assem-.
bled, do present the following prin.
ciples. already adopted at Cincinnati
as essential to just government" ."Eloud
and continued applause Pei SO tit8
Mr.. Burr-In order that there NAV
be no misapprehension in regard tc
the platform. / now ask the clerk tt
read the entire report. o@ bur jiiod1
The clerk then read the resolution
adopted by the Cincinnati Convention
of Liberal Republicans the reading
being frequently interrupted. by ap.
plause. The platform as amended in
the preamble, is as follows: 8qlazit
4 First-We recognize theseouality oi
all men before the law, and hold thai
it is the duty of the government. in
its dealings with the people to mett
out equal and exact justice to all, oi
whatever nativity, race. color, persua.
sion, religious orpolitical. Sai9d saa
uSecond-We pledge ourselves tc
maintain the union of these States
emancipation and Acknowledgement
and to oppose any re-opening of the
Questions settled by the thirteenth
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
Of hn tint -
Is Third-We demand the imm ediate
and absolute removal of all flisabili.
ties imposed ON account of the rebel.
lion, which was finally subdued seven
years ago, believing that universal
amnesty will result in the complete
pacifcation of all sections of the cotn.
try. 5fxUs IsfiR haG -gnilla} aiialigms
Fourth = Local nself government
with impartial suffrage, will guard the
rights of dallbcitizensT more securely
than any ficentralized power. a. The
public welfare requires the suprenla.
ey of the civil over the military au.
thority, and the freedom of persons
under the protection of the habeas
corpus. . We demandsIor the indiyid.
ual the largest liberty consistent witt
public order; for the States self.goy.
ernment, and for the national a return
to the methodsIofp peace and the con.
stitutional limitations of poWer.-saW
Fifth-The civil servicefof the gov.
ernment has become q mere instru.
ment of tyranny and personal arnbi.
ton, and an object of selfish greed
It is a scandal and reproach upon our
free Institutions, and breeds demor.
aliZatiOn dangerous to the DeTnaf,litu
of republican governments. We there.
fore regard thorough reform of the
civil service as one iofithe most press.
ing necessities of the hours that hon.
esty,, capacity and fidelity constitute
the only valid claims to public EN-.
ployment that the Offices of the gov.
ernment cease to be a matter of arbi.
traE.y favoriteism and patronage, and
that public stations I become iagair
posts of fhonor.adTo this end il is i'm,
peratively required that no President
shall besa candidate for re-election.a r
a Siyth-We dauan1 a Ovoyo,ot,e e,,1