Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-14

of grievances aud equal and ex-
act jnstice.'
"Rcsolred, That the public
lands should be sacredly reserved
for actual settlers, who will
dwell upon and cultivate them,
and that we will continue to de
and oppose, as We have
always denounced and opposed,
all gifts of snch lands by the
Government to incorporated com
panics.
'ResolUed, That the greatest
danger to free institutions ls the
widespread corruption that
threatens utter destruction to
public virtue; when Credit Mo-
bil.er frauds pass unpunished;
when those engaged in them are
elevated to high official position;
when seats in the Federal Senate
are VIGOROUSLY purcha- ed; when
vast sums Of money are corruptly
employed in popular elections;
when an army of ofice-holders
with the sanction of the Govern
ment use their official influence
/ o control elections; when bribery
Of Custom house officials is an
established usage; when rings of
p~lunderers are the recipients of
millions of money appropriated
for public u e; when official de-
falcations are OF such frequent
occurrence as scarcely t. excite
attention; when Presidential par
dons relieve detaulters from de-
served punishment, and Presi-
dental appointments reward
Credit Mobilier and sa1ary-grab-
bing congressman, and when
Congressional investigation is
generally a whitewashing affair,
it is not strange that men begin
to lose confidence in free institu-
tons, and that the fame of the
great Republic is furnished
throughout the civilized world.
To remedy these evils we insist
that the receipts aud expendi-
lures OF the Government shall be
diminished; that its patronage
shall be curtaiIed and all useless
offices abolished; that it shall
cease to usurp functions TO which
it has no title; that official mis-
conduct and fraud and corrup-
ton in elections shall be rigor-
ously punished, and that public
virtue shall be upheld, and want
of it condemned, by the united
voice of the people.
"Resolred, That we condemn
without reserve, the late act o.
Congress granting additional sal
aries, as unjust and unjusti6able
and demand its Immediate anc
unconditional repeal, and we de
nounce every member of Con
gress, whether Republican OF
Democrat, who supported the Law
or received and retained the mon
ey procured thereby; and we es'
pecially denounce the conduct o
President Grant in using the in
1uence of his high position fol
its passage, and whose oficia
signature made it a law.
"Resolued, That the act of the
President in setting up by bayo.
net ID Government in Louisiana
not chosen by her people. and
having no title whatever to rule
over them, was a fagraht viola
ton of her rights and of the Fed.
eral Constitution.
"Resolved, That every Depart
ment of Government being in tn
hands of t e Republican party.
they are justly responsible for the
evils and wrongs in the legisla-
ton and administration of which
the country complains.
sResetred, That, under the
time-honored Democratic banner.
w tn this declaration of princi-
Piles inscribe on its folds, we en-
gage in the conflict, and we earn
estly appeal to patriotic men of
every class, without regard to
party names or past difference,
to unite with us on terms of per-
feet equality in the struggle to
rescue the Government from the
hands of dishonest men, and res
deem it from the flood of corrup
ton which threatens its ruin"
After the resolutions had been
read Judge McKemy. of Dayton,
moved that the resolutions be "a
dopted as a whole.
A delegate in the rear of the
room moved that they adopt 1t
section by section. This was OBJ
jected to, aud the platform was
adopted with tremendous ap-
plause.
FOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM ALLEN,
OF ROSS.
The Chair now announced that
the next thing to be done would
be for t. EN- to place in nomina-
ton a State ticket. There was a
moment of silence when the form
of Senator Putnam was seen