The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-30

each state. Jealous effort and so opera
ton TO this end, and do hereby appeal TO
our fellow-cltizens OF every former political
| connection TO undertake with US this first
| sn most pres-in patriotic duty.
! THE UNION. The CONSTITUTION REPUBLi-
/ CAS- sELF-GovERNMENT
! For the democracy of the whole country,
we do hereby reafhrm our faith In the per-
maneuce of the federal union; our devotion
| to the constitution of the United States.
with its aDeLdments universally accepted
| a. the final settlement of the controversies
| that engendered civil wsr, ana DO here re-
cord our stesdisst confidence in the perpe.
| tuity of republican sel!.goyernment.
- HE FIRST CENTURY.
| 10 ab1olute scquiescence in the will Of
| the majority-thc vital principle OF repub-
/ lies; 10 the supremacy OF the civil over the
| military authority, in t1e total separation of
| church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
| and religious freedom: in the equality OF
| all citizens befcre Just laws of their own en-
actment; in the liberty of individual con-
| duct, unyeNed By sumptuary laws; in the
| faithful education of the rising generation,
/ that they may preserve. enjoy and transmit
| these best conditions Of human happiness.
| and hope We behold the nObest products Of
/ a hundred years OF changeiul history; but
willie upholdiDg the bond OF our union and
! great charter OF these grCat rights, I. be-
eternal vigilance which Is the price Of
| liberty.
| REFoRN-CoRRrFTIoN
Refstal il necessary to buid aud establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union,
! eleven gears ago happily rescued from the
| danger OF a secession OF states but now TO
be saved from corrupt centralism, whi n,
after in1icting upon ten States the rapaciiy
Of carpet-bag tyrsnnies, has hone Y. combed
I fhr nF~ f,fs fNa taAr
with incapscitv, waste and fraud; infecte
States aud municipalities with the conta-
glon OF mlsruie. and locked fast the pros
| perity of an industrious people in the pa
ralysis OF hard times.
REFORM or THE CCRRENCY-sPEcIE
PAYMENTS.
Reform Is necessary 10 establish o sound
| currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the nationalhonor. We denounce
the failure for all these eleven years to
make good the promise of the legal tender
| notes, which are changing standard OF
| value in the hands OF the people, and the
non payment Of which is a dir. gard OF the
plighted faith Of the nation
We denounce the imDroyidcnce which in
eleven years Of peace has taken from the
people, ia federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount OF the legal tender notes,
and squandered fout times this .um ia use
less expense, without accommodating any re-
serve Tor their redemption. We denounce
the financial imbcclity and immortality of
that party which, during eleven years OF
peace. has made no advance toward re-
deInptlon; no preparation for resumption,
but, Instead, has Ob-tTucted resumption by
wasting our resources and exhausting ali
our surplus income, aud while annually
protesting TO intend a speedy return 10
| specie payment, has annually enacted fresh
bindrances thereto-as such a hindrance
we denounce the re sumption clause OF the
act of 1873. and we demand its repeal.
We demand judicious system OF pre-
paration. by public economics, BY official
| retrenchment, aud by the finances, which
shah enable the nation soon 10 assure the
whole world Of its perfect ability and It's
perfect readiness 10 meet any OF its prom.
ises at the call of the creditor entitled to
payment.
We believe such a system, well devised,
and, above all. entrusted n competent
hands for its execution, Great NJ at no time
an artificial scarcity OF currency, and at no
| time alarming the public mind into q with.
| uraWal OF that vast machinery Of credit BY
winch 20 per cent. OF all our business trans
actions are Performed; q system open 10
| the public and inspiring general confidence
| would, from The day of It's adoption, bring
healing on It's wings 10 sll our harrassed in
| dustries, set in motion the wheels Of COM
| merce, manufactures and the me,hanlcai
arts, restore employment TO labor, and re-
new Ia al IT. national sources the prosper
ity OF the people.
REFORM OF THE TARIFY-FRgE TRADE.
| Reform Is necessary in the sum and mode
OF federal taxation, 10 the end that capital
may be set tree from distrust and labor
| lightly burdened. We denounce the pres
ent tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles as 4 mastor piece Of injustice, in
| equality and false pretense. Il Weld, A
| d"lnolng, not yearly rising revenue. Il
has impoverished many industries 10 sub
sicze few; II prohibits imports that might
| purchase .ne products OF American labors:
! It has degraded American commerce rom
the nrst TO an interior rank upon the high
| seas; II has cut down the sales of American
manufactures 81 home an abroad, and de.
pleied the returns OF American agriculture.
an INDUSTRY followed by halt our people 1t
costs the people five times more than IL pro-
uuces 70 the treasury; obs,ructs the process
OF production, and wastes the fruits OF h..
bori II promotes fraud. fosters smuygling
ennehes dishonest officials and banErupis
nonest merchants. We demand that an
custom house taxation shall be only for
revenue. WY '"i
hEa IL PUBLIC IxPEysE.
Hg0FAa Ia necessary in the scale on nnhlie
eApeuse-iedcral, State and muntcinaI
our federal taxation has swollen from 49,
snilions gold, IN 1850, to four hundred and
Ely mlliions currency, in 1870. Our aggre.
| 'lhhi Out uuDuItl and nfty.
Tour millions gold in 1850, 10 seven hupdrsd
anu thirty millions currency Ia 1870; or. I'm
, one decade, from less than five dollars nsr
head 10 more than eighteen dollars u or head
stnee me peace the people have paid 10
tueIi tah-gatherers more than thrice tbs
suIh OF The national debt, aud more than
twice that sum for the federal yovernmsn,
/ alone we demand Il vigorous frupali,v in
every department, and from every ofIfce,
OF The government.
hhfokd-PVBLiC LANDS 10 ACTUAL SET.
TLBRs.
hyofHt is necessary 70 put A t,on IN ,bs
ptohlSate waste OF the public land. and
lhelr diversion from actual settlers nv ~.
banry In power, which has sauanderaS
Ioo,ou,UO acres upon railroads alone ana
IN amount OF more than thrice that agors.
gat., mas disposed OF less thao a sixtb AZ,
. feeu! 10 the tillers OF the soil. VI
@kfohh-AD0PTRD CITIZENS. KrIvcrrn
hOSGoLs.
| Ngyfm - necessary 20 correc, thu orn,r;.
s,pn oi republican congress and the errors
our treaties and our diplomacy. Witch
| Law slnpped our fellow-eitizens OF ,oreien
pnih ana kindred race. recrosslng ,ha A..
iauuc, OF the shield OF Amertca,i ci,,xsn
pp,a hd nave exposed our brethren OF the
ras,ne coast 10 the incursiOns Of a race moi
sPiung from the same great parent sfock