The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-09-11

the supremacy Of the civil over military auth no.
rity economy IN tie public expense, that laoot
may be iehll ~ nurdened the honest payment
OF our Just dehts. ane the sacred preservation
OF the pubic faith; freedom of religion, freedOm
OF the press, freedom Of tbs person under the
tEOtecton of the great WRIT OF habeas corpus,
second Tnat the wide spread depression and
suffering witch hBrct every business and em.
plOyinent tLat is caparle of being touched Dy
eelslau6n, show beyond a do1Dt the Ignorance
| tueheiency ana vic edness OF the leaders OF the
pa ~ that has rule the Stute AMI N at GA Tor
period ul years, and calls for Ier immediate
| nnY permanent mOvll IRON the places which
| tdey have 50 lone d d'shoEOred ano d sgr ccd.
Third. That the undue mutt. picatOn of the
| pubic Ofhcrs and tue inOrGinale increase Of
tala'tos aId emOlum nts Ot Ofict, are amoog
| tho many evils winch radical rule has forced
admlnls u alton OF the GeIera and St.te Gov.
ernments, s0tdat tho people may be as speed.
| as pOsslhle reoevtd n ON the buiden OF tax
| ton with whlci tuey are now seriously Cypress.
ed We call upon cur Federal and tate repre-
| sentatlVes to 81 i've Dy all proper means TO 90
duce them bot" to the very lowest practicable
| hu noe and npOunt
Fourth That the conduct OF the pre- ,ent
Shte treasurer 10 Tue management Of tile Com
| mOnwealtn'S fiLancej iii his neglectiug to ap-
propiiate tho moneys IN the sinking fund in
pawn cut II yLe pubic deLt as Iapdl, as re.
received by him on therneopie's mOney depos
teo with lhe severaI banks and DunAng instl-
| tutlOhs Throughout the state. and his lnsOlent
! Itiusa. % submit the archives Of the Treasury
| DSparim ms 70 the legally constituted com
|
POI ted u invest g. -te the paine, IL cause Tor
x ave susO.ciOn qnu is deserving of the Sc.
Veresr co ideUlnation at the hands OF an out
laEeu uau all eadY 0veftnx3d peOp e.
FlftD, r1ul liz tOndItiOl OI our state Treas
urt demands the most setll cn.ng ana thorough
'nves lgatOn, and we c ii upon TIE committee
appointeI Uy the Huuse of ep esIn O.. vo. to
lhNtsttsate tle state Of the same and Ie D.
lu,el' pursue he duty which has been coliGe
10 1t. YER
Sixtn That tle nomin es Of the Convent on
are hereby pledged to app al none. III the
SINKING iuId as req meg Dy iaW III the reddc-
hOn of the III iic as t. and thereby save tnI
interest Oh the 5ame 10 the amount 80 reduced
and MAJ mon y due the Commonwealth rom
cOrpOrHtOns aud l..dIN luuills sIa be promptly
contested anupaiI into the freasu y. aud nos III
any mani g.. directly or Il dlTeclE, to employ
puDll moneys for lhe, ow.i pr0nt or purposes
Seventh, IhIu The cOntracgOL oil the money
cur ehcy anu circulating medium hel el01ort
made " the Repub icau parry, ana tle fuI theI
contraction Proposed By IL with vlsw 10 stne
fOiced resumOtiun OF lhe specie payments, has
already Orought disaster 10 the business of InC
cOuully, lnu threatens general Dhukruptcy
we u, mad that tlls pOEcy be aUnudOned, and
that tue volume OF Inoae, Ge made anu Aept
equal 80 tae wants Of trade, leaving tie estO a
tlOn OF legal tenders 10 par gold 10 be brUu hi
dUout by promoting the lpdu-t les Of tnU PED
pie, ana not by deesti owing them.
Eighth Ihat the polcy al, eady initiated hy
tht Republican patty OF aOOliShl z egal u nj
e. 5, anu giving the National Uanks Tue pow
TO turnsh ali the currency VIII lnGi ease tn,
power Uf al already DANCE oa, IN n ,puly and
The enormous burdens now oppry ssing the peo
pie wlthout compenslling advantise and thai
ali The .'atlonai bunk circulation be y. ompt.I
anu ptrmanen ly retIed and iun legal tendei
be Issued IN tuelr place.
Ninth. That the UuLl.c interests demand tha
the GOVerl!'nenJ should cbah5 10 ulscredlt III
II uoaey. and 5hUu make ITS legal lender
receiVaOe Tor ali puDlic dues. except where o
spec Tor The obligation of contracts require
payment IN CON
7 Tenth Demands that the extinction of tn
present nitiOnal DanRs and The establishment
, IN their stead OF systsm of free banks Of dis
count and deposit, unuer such regulations u
a | the states res Jectlvely may pi iescriOe md n
paper money, except sui us may be ISSUED d.
. reCtly anu upOa the 1alth Of the teueEal govern
meht, affOring plact. cally q currency Das, d OF
the gOl anu sliver AID other pIopelty or 10
. Whole peOpe OF the country
I Eleventh. Resolved, That with this declara
tiOl OF principles ann policy We airalgn I'll
leaders Oi the hepuO ican ,party for Their eS
lravagant expenditure and prLni -a,e waste @
ihe p ople's anon y for thelr cUrrnpGou 70
p the peeulatlon Tor tueir contempt Of cOnst
tuu0nal oullSuJl0ns for tneir exluIt onate IL
g ease oil the salaries OF oar puUlic officers f.
Their oppressive unjust aud dciective system {
= taNts nnance and currency for their conJnl
auce Oi lncOmpe, ent and corrupt iLen IN ofic.
: anu Tor their general mis- ismanaL ement OF bot
the t1tes an Federsl Governments ard W
I. co, o'al vtte the Liberal RepuO. leans an
q other III. n, Without regaru to past parry ass,
c;at'Ol', To cooperate with Us In expe In
tuenl from pO er auu establishing sucn an "A,
inlhistreuOn u our pubic Hffa 10 Hs characte
= i|eu 'he pulef ana better da' OF the republic
Eighteen candidates for lioverno
Were placed in nomination, and ballot
Ing began, On the seventh ballot eigt
c candidates were voted for, the lea0ir
t names being Bigler, So; Barr, IS
= Ross, As SQyes 40, and PerShing &c
!. Ballotng continued when our repol
closed