The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-07-14
second Day.

Second Day.
The Convention was called to order al II
O'Clock, and prayer was offered by the Rev.
Father Brady. A resolution was passed,
limiting speeches on resolutions 10 five
minutes, and speeches on placing candidates
before the Convention TO ten minutes. The
Committee on Resolutions not being ready
70 report, the Convention adjourned till ?
O'Clock.
After adjournment, in response TO calls
from the audience, brief addresses were
madeby ex-senator Doolittle, OF Wisconsin;
Gen. breckenridge, OF Kentucky; Hon. GratZ
Brown, of Missouri; and ex x-senator Wal
lace, Of Pennsylvania.
Upon the reassembling u the Convention
Mr.. Meredith Of Virginia, stated that he
had been instructed by the Committee on
Resolutions TO present the result Of their de-
lberations TO the Convention, but that, his
voice being unequal 10 the task, Gov. Dor
sheimcr would read the report. GOV. Dor
shelmer then read as follows:
The Platform.
We the delegates Of the Democratic party Of
the United States, in National Ionvenion aesem-
hled do hereby declare the administration OF the
Federal GovcrnmenttO be In urgent need Of imme
diate reform. do hereby enioin upon the nOmi-
nces Of this Convention and of the democratic
party IN each state a jealous effort and CO opera
tion 10 this end, and do hereby appeal 10 our fell
low citizens Of every former political connection
70 undertake with us this first and most pressing
patriotic duty. For the Democracy Of the whole
country, we do here reaflirm our faith
n the permanency o. the Federal
United states y i'm t1 amendments universally
accepted a final settlement of the controversies
that ,ncendered the civil war. and do here re-
cord our steadfast confidence in the perpctuity Of
Republican self government. In absolute acqu
IN the viii of the majority. the vital prn-
ciple ~ Republics, in the supremacy Of the civil
over the military authority In the total separation
Of church and state for the sake alike OF cviland
religious freedom Ia the equality OF all citizens
before just laws Of their own enactment, in the
liberty OF individual conduct unvexed by sump
tuary laws In the faithful education Of the rising
generation, that they may preserve, enjoy and
I transmit these best conditions Of human happ-
mess and hope. We behold the noblest products Of
hundred years Of changeful history.
But while upholting the bond OF our union
and great charter Of these rights. II behooves
a free people to practice also that eternal vig
lcnce which II the price Of liberty. Reform Is
necessary 70 rebuild and establish IN the hearts
I OF the whole people the Union eleven years ago
4 happily rescued from the danger Of a secession
/ Of States, but now TO W. saved from a cor
/ rupt centralism which, after infiictng
upon ten states the rapacity of carpet bag tyrzn-
nice has honey -combcd the orlces Of the FEEDER
Y nj Government itself with incapacity, waste and
fraud, infected states and municipalities will
the contagion 81 misrule, and locked fast Inc
prosperity Of industrious people In the paralysis
OF nNru times. Reform n necessary 10 eEtihllri
a sound currency, restore the pubic credit and
maintain tse National honor
We denounce the failure for all these eleven
years Of peace to make good the promise OF the le
gal tender notes. which are changing STANDARD
OF value in the hands Of the people, and the nom
payment Of which Is disregard Of she plight
cd faith OF the Nation. We denounce the inn
providence which. in eleven years Of peace. has
taken from the people IN federal taxes thirteen
times the whole amount Of the
legal tender notes. and squanderci
four times their sum In useless expense without
( nccumulatiug any reserve for their redemption
T We dcnOunce the financial imbecility and i'm
morality Of that party which during eleven years
I Of peace, has made no advance toward resump.
2 ton no preparation for resumption but instead
has obstructed resumption by wasting oui
resources and eNhausting all our sur
plus income, and while annually pro
Tossing u intend speedy return
70 specie payments, has annually enacted fresh
hindrances thereto. A. such hindrance. We de
nuunce the resumption clause OF the act of 1873
and we here demand its repeal. We demand :
judcious system Of preparation by public econo
mics by official retrenchment-, and by wise
finance, which shall enable the Nation soon I,
assure the whole world Of its perfect ability anc
its perfect readiness 10 meet any of Ia
promises AT the call OF creditor entitlct
10 payment We believe such system. wei
devised. and. above all, entrusted to compe
tent hands for rexecQtlon-creating st no time an
I artificial scarcity of currency. and az no tim,
alarming the public mind int withdraw al Of tbs
vastar machinery Of credit hy which - per cent
q
"A sysiem open and public and inspiring gen
cral confidence-w from the day OF its adop-
ton bring healing on its wings To all our harasH
ed industries, set In motion the wheels oI com
merce, manufactures and the mechanic arts, re-
store employment 10 labor, and renew IN All ia
natural sources the prosperity OF the people
Reform Is necessary in the sum and modes o
federal taxation. 10 the end that capital may b'
set lree from dittrust, and labor lightly burden
cd We deDounce the present tariff levied upor
ne. ry four thousand articles as arasterpiece o
Injustice, inequality and false pretense. ]
Yields dwlndllng and not yearly rsing rcye
nue. Ii has impoverished many industries 4
subeidize a few, Il prohibits imports THAT nigh
purchase the products OF American labor,
has degraded American commerce iron
the first 20 an inferior rank upon the higl
seas IL has cut down the sales OF American man
uiacturcs az home and abroad II hae dopletc'
the returns Of American agriculture, an industr
followed by half our people; u costs the peopl
five times more than it produces 70 the treasury
II obstructsthe process of production, ana waste
the fruits OF labor, IL promotes fraud, foster
smuggling, enrichcs dishonest officials, an
hankrupts honest merchants. We demand Una
all custom house taxation shall be only FOR rese
nue..
Reform ia necessary in the scale Of public ex
pensc Federal State and municipal. our Fed
eral taxation has swollen from sixty million
gold in 1850 70 four hundred and NIFTY million
currency In 1870; our aggregate taxation frot
one hundred and fifty -four millions gold IN ~
To seven hundred and thirty millions currency !
$780, and in one decade, from lees than iive dol
,
head. Since the Peace the people have paid
their tax gathcrers more than thrice the sum 9
the national debt, and more than twice tha
sum for the Federal Government alone.
We demand q rigorous frugality in every dc
partment and from every officer OF the Govern
ment Reform il necessary to put irstop TO IN
prongatc waste Of public lands and thei
diversion from actual settlers Ivy the part
in power which has squandercd two hundre
millions of acres upon railroads alone ana out Z
more than thrice that aggregate has disposed ,
less than a sixth directly 10 the tllers of the sol
J Reform is necessary 10 correct the omission
ofa Republican Congress and the errors OF ou
treaties, and our diplomacy, which nave strll
ped our fellow citizens Of forcig
birth and kindred race, -c-crossing 81
Atlantic, of the shield of American citizenship
and has exposed our brethren 81 the Pacific con-
20 the incursonR OF q race not sprung from W
same parent stock, and In fact now by law denle
citizenship through naturalization as being ncith'
accustomed TO thetraditions OF aproresslNc CIV