The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-16
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the Initcl 81 tgs, Ia natlonal convention as
sembled, dsbeyyhy declare The tdminisiralion
II tho FederA gosefnneni q be 10 great
need Of ininediase reform sBd % hereby en-
ioin upan the nominees ofihis convention and
OF the Democratic party in each State ZEAL
Gus effort md co operation to this end, and do
here appeal a. oar Eel 0w.eiiiz us OF every
former POLITICAL connection 10 undertake with
rs this Grsl nni m 81 pressing patriotic duty.
For tbc pcno r cy Of tbs whole county We \
dol ~ re-aifinn oar faith ia the permG nsnee |
oil thr Federal Union, oar dsygi0n g. ilw 4
Constitution ~ the United States. with n. I
amendments universally acc pied ~ u hnal
settlement ol the controversies that chgchder- I
cd the civil war, and do here rec nd our stead
fast conf leurgt 50 The perpeiuity % republic ~
scli-rovsrnnenf, IL absolute acquieseenee IN
the will oi ihe majority the vita principle
Of rcpubics In the supremacy OF the EVIL
over Tie military, IL the total separation Of
Church aud state. Tor the sake alike Of civil
and rel gious lr eioIni 10 the equality OF all
citiIcus before inst laws Of their own enact
mcut u the liberty Of individual conduct,
unvcxri by -nmptmry lave; IN the faithful
education OF the rising generation, that
they may preserve. enjoy aud transmit these
besi conditions Of human happiness aud hope.
= We bctpld tLe notlest prot'lyis5fa bundled
yearv+f chnurtfnl history.
But while upboliing the bond Of our Union
aud the great charter Of these our rights, II
bchooycs o free people 10 practice also that
eternal vigilance which il the price OF liberty
Reform Is necessary % rebuild and esinhlish
in the honrts Of he whole people the Union,
eleven wears ago happily rescued from the
danger ola secession OF Siatrs, bet now TO be
saved from d corrupt ccntrnlisn, which aftor|
iunictiug upou ten Statep The raphcity Of Car-
pel-baE attorneys, has honey -oombed the ofhcea
Of the Federal goyeTnment itself with ncapaci-
IS, waste aud fraud infected States md mt
inequalities with the conlngion Of misrule, and
La anil ~ & "a ua
people IN iht paralysis Of hard times Reform
Is necessary 20 establish sound currency
festorc1hs pubic credit and maintain The ma
ional honor
We dcnounce the failure for all these eleven
wear. 30 make good thu promise of the legal
trhier notes which are changing standard OF
value in the hands Of the people. and the non
payment ofewhieh is a disregard ofthe plight
81 faiui0 ~ The nuidrs ~ f.yM Il
We dcnounce The / npioyltlcnoe which In
eleven years Of peace has tnLen from the peO-
pie. Ina Federal taxes thirteen times the whole
amount OF the legal tendcr notes. and squan-
lcrcd four lines their sum IN useless expeus Sc,
without accumula.iug any reserve for their
redemption
We dcuouucc the financial imbccilty and
immortality 81 that party which, during eleven
years 81 pchac, has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
assumptions but instead has Instructed re
sumption by wasting our resources and ex-
hnustinN all our surplus Income aud, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hiahrRuceH thereto. As such u him
drnpce We dcnouncc the resumption clause of
the TACT Il 1870 aud we here demand its re
peal Il
tion.by public cconomics " oitcialictrcnch-
mcnts, and by wise finance, which shall cna-
bile the nation soon 10 assure the whole world
of Its perfect ability aud its perfect readiness
60 meet any VI ia promises at the call OF the
rre.i'or op.hlea 40 payment We believe
trusted lo comprcnt hands tor execution,
creating at no time au artificial scarcity OF
currency aud Of no time alarming the public
mind into q withdrawal Of that vast ma
chincry of credit by which ninety-iyc per
cent OF oar business transactions Is perform
pd--a system, open and public, aud insri-
ring general oonlidencc would, from the day
Of its adoption, bring beading on itswings 20
an our harnssed industries, set ia otion The
wheels Of commerce, mnnuftcturCs md tho
mechanic arts, restore employ mont to lobor,
aud rrnow IN all its sources the prosperity
0r the people.
reform il necessary in the sum and mode
Of Federal taxaiion, 10 tho end that capital
may hc SGT hce from distrust and labor light
Is hurlencd. We dcuounce the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles as a
ma-teuiecbof Injustice. inequality md false
pretense, which yields dwindlirg, not yearly
rising revcuurt II las impoverished many In
lnstries to subsidzo few 1t prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products Of
American labor it has degraded American
eanmarcn from the trsi to an interior rank
Apon she hlrlt seas; " has cut down the walls
Of Amerteeu maRuiuctures at home and abroad;
a. has dRn,ttel lAr returns of American
ayt,ieulhn1s4 Industry f6llawed by half our
people il costs the people lie times more than
1t proluce4 tnihr treasury II ohstruots the pro.
cess oft rruduciion HpI wastes the nuts OF la
hor % promotcs fraud, fosters smuggling
turichct dishonest officials aud bahkrupts
honest merchants. We demand that all Gus
tom-hause TAXATION sholl be only for revenue.
Reform is necessary IN the scale of public
expense Federal State and Municipal, Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars in gold IN lS60 to four hundred
aud Efly million dollars In currency in 1870
our aggregate taxation trop one hundred and
hfty-iour millions Ia gold III 1850 10 seven
hundred aud thirty million dollars in ourren-
cy in 1870 or in one deeadc from less than five
dollars per head to more than eighteen dol
lars perhcad. Since the pence the people have
paid 60 their tRX-gaihcrcrs more than thrice
the sum Of the nau0nhl deb and more than
twice that sum for lhc Federal government
alone We demand u rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer Of
the government. V
Reform Il necessary 10 put a5stop to the
PREDICATE waste Of public lands and their di.
version from actual settlers hy the party in
power, which has sQuahdered two hundred mil
lions of acres upon railroads alone, aud
out OF more than thrice that aggregate has
disposed OF less than sixth directly to the til
lers OF the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
Of a Republican congress aud the errors Of
onr treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped our iellow-ciuEens OF foreign birth
and kindred race, re-erasing tho Atlantic
from the shield Of American citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast to the incursioas Of race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, 10 fact,
nowby law denied citizenship through natu-
raliEatiou, as being unaccustomed to the
traditions Of a progressive civilsation, and
unexereiscd in liberty under equal laws.
We den0iuace The policy which thus discards
the liberty-lovmg German and tolerates the
revival of the Coolie trade in Mongolian wo-
men imported Tor Immoral purposes and Mon
goian men held TO perform seryile labor con-
tracts. We. therefore, demand such modi-
feations Of the treaty with the Chinese en-
pire, and sich legislation by Congress, within
constitutional Limitation, as shall prevent the
further importation or immigration Of the
/. Monaghan race
Reform Is necessary and can never be effect
cd but By making II the controlling issue Of
the election, aud lig.iag Il above tue two false