Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-09-21
NATIONAL PLATFORM.
ADOPTED BY TUE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION A
BALTIMORE.

ADOPTED BY TUE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT
BALTIMORE.
l. We recognize the c1uality of all
men before the law, and hold that it is
the duty of the Government, in it's
dealings with the people, to metc out
equal and exact justice to all, of what
ever nativity, race, color, orpersuasion,
religious or political.
2. We pledge ourselves to maintain
the union of these States, emancipation
and enfranchisoment, and to oppose
any re-openiny of the questions settled
by tho thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
tecnth amendments to the Constitu-
ton.
3. We demand the immediate and
absolute removal of all disabilities I'M
posed on account of the rebellion,
which was finally subducd seven years
ago, believing that universal amnesty
will result in complete pacifcahon in
all sections Of the country.
4. Local solf-governmcnt, with i'm
partial suffrage, will guard the RIGHTS
of all citizens more securely than any
Centralized power. The public welfare
re luires the supremacy of the civil over
the military authority, and the freedom
OF person under the protection of the
habeas corpus. We demand for the
individual the largest liberty consistent
with public order, the State self govern
ment, and for the nation return to
the methods of peace and the Colstitu-
tiOnal limitations of mower
5. The civil service of the govern
ment has become more instrument of
partisan tyranny and personal. ambi-
ton, and an object of selfish greed. 1t
is q scandal and rcproech upon free
institutions, and breeds dc!noraliza-
ton dangerous to the perpctuity OF Re-
publican Government
6. We therefore regard q thorough
reform of the civil service as one of the
most pressing necessities of the hour;
that honesty, capacity and fidelity con-
s!i5ute the only valid claims to public
employment; that the Offices of the
government cease to be matter of ar
bitrary favoritism and patronage, and
that public station shall become again
place of public honor. To this end
it is impnratively required that no Pres
ident shall be candidate for rc-elec-
ton.
Z. We demand system of Federal
taxation which shall not necessarily in
terfere with the industry of the people,
and which shall provide the means
necessary to pay the expenses of the
Government, economically admins
tered, the pensions, the interest on the
public debt, and moderate annual re-
duction of the principal thereof; and
recognizing that there are in our midst
honest but irreconcileable differences
of opinion with regard to the respective
systems of protection and free trade,
we remit the discussion of the subject
to the people in their Congressional
districts, and the decision of Congress
thereon, wholly free from Executive
interference or dictation
8. The public credit must be sacred
~ maintained, and we renounce repu-
diation in every form and guise.
8. A speedy return to specie pay
ments is demanded alike by the highest
considerations of commercial morality
and honest government.
10. We remember with gratitude the
heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers
and sailors of the Republic, and no act
of ours shall ever detract from their
justly earned or the full reward of their
patriotism.
IL. We are opposed to all further
grants of land to railroads or other in
corporations. The public domain
should be held sacred to actual settlers.
IL. We hold that it is the duty of
the Government in it's intercourse with
foreign nations to cultivate the friend
ship of peace by treating with all on
fair and equal terms, regarding it alike
dishonorable either to demand what
is not right or subject to what is
wrong.
13 For the promotion and success
of these vital principles, and the sup
port OF the candidates nominated by
this Convention we invite and cordially
welcome the corporation of all patriot
&c citizens, without regard to previous
political affiliations.
sf The bark Condor arrived at Port
Ludlow on the 9th inst, and the bark
adelaide Cooper on the 18th, the for
mer from Lima, Peru, and the latter
from San Francisco.
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