The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-07-13

cryscs Of production md wastes the fruit, Ol labor
II promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, cnrichcS dis
honest officials, and hNlkrupts honest merchants
wy ieIudud that all cuNumhotsc taxation shall he
only for revenue.
Reform is necessary III the scale OF puulic
expense, federal state and municipal Our
federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars IN gold N 1860 to four hundred
aid tiflv TiilliGn dollars IN cDtrrencyin $50;
our agEttgatH taxation from one hundred
and fiity.four million Goi'Gr" IL gold in 1860
to seven hundred and thirty million cellars
IN currency in 1870, or in one decade from
rec .hpr dyc dollars per head to more than
eighteen dollars &c, Head, Since the peace
the people have paid then 'rT'fafhercrS
more than thrice the sum of the national
debt, nnd more than twice that sum for the
tftetai coternment alone. We demand u
vigorous irugalty ii SrerS department and
from every officer Of the goverihit@'.
Reform is necessary to put stop TO tne
| ptoNipate waste Of public lands aud their dl'
versions loi, drtiial settlera by, the party IN
power, who have sQuandereu $50 hunoreu
million acres of land upon railroads alone,
and ont of more than thrice that aggregate
| has disposed of less than sixty directly to
| tileis OF TIE S'l''
Reform is necessary to g ofrec. thH omls.
| 81 Ills OF Il republican cOnglcss and ettor' 3I
our treaties aid ot our diplomacy which
have stripped eur fellow.cititens of foreign
| birth and kindred race, when rccrossldc we
| Atlantic Of the shield of American citizen
! shin, and hnse cSpOsed our brethren OF the
| Pacific coast to the incursionS C' n race not
Surunr from the same great parent stock,
and, in fact, now by law denied citizenship
through naturalization, because il is neither
| la hn fra tipng "A "A nrpUrpSgiNp
civilization, nor exercised in liberty unoer
equal laws We denounCC the policy which
thus discardS the liberty loving terlan,
and tGicrntes the renewal Of the Coolic trade
in Mongolia women imported for Immoral
purposes, and Mongolian men, lic!d to per
form seryilC labor contracts. We, therefore,
demand such notifications Of the treaty OF
the Chinese empire, and such legislation by
clnGrter. within constitutional limitation
as shall prevent the Iurthcf importation or
immigration of the MOng0iail raCt
Reform is necessary, and can never be ci
fcctcd but by making it the controlling
issue of the elections and lifting it abov,
the two false issues with which the office
holding class and party III power seek tc
smother it, These false issues with whicI
they NOuld tnkindlc sectaran strife in re-
spcct to the public schools, Of which the
establishment 9nd support belong exclusive
" TO the several states, aad which the
democratic party has cherished from then
foundation, and SrcSOlvcd To omaintain with
out partialty or creed, and without con
tributing from the treasury to any false issue
by which they seek to light anew the dying
cmhcrS of sectional hate between kindred
people once unnaturally eStranged but now
reunited in one ndivisble republic and 4
common destiny.
Reform is necessary IN the civil service
and experience proves that an efficient anC
economical conduct of the governmental
business isnol possible il its civil service b.
subject to change ut every election; if it IN
a prize fought for at the ballOtboS, or if
he reward of party instead OF posts q
, honor assigned for proved competency am
held for fidelity in the public employ. 1ha
! the dispensing Of patronage should nelthc
l be a tax upon the time Of all our publ
! men, nor the instrument OF then ambition
? Here AGAIN, professions falSificd in the per
formance attest that the party in power caI
work out no practical or sautary reform
which is necessary even more in the hIGhc
grades of the public servicc-prcsident
Judges, senators, representatives and cabne
officers. These and all others in authort!
are the peoples servants. Their Offices ar'
not Il. private pcrqulslte, they are publi'
: trust. When the annals of the public, thu
disgrace and censurc OF vlce-rresldent;
late speaker of the house ui representative
marketing his rulings as presiding officer
: three senators protlitlng secretly by thcl
| votes as Lawmakers; five chairmcn OF tn
, leading committees of the late house of repre-
+ sentatves exposed in robbery; a late sccrc
q tarv of the treasury forcing balance in tn
| la "a lutp la u pp raj m
- appropriatng public funds; secretary o
;. the navy enriched or cnrichng friends b.
! pcrccntageS'leyied of the profits Of contract
\ ors with his department. an ambassador Il
ENGLAND ccnsurcd in dishOnurablC spCCu
ation the presidents private sccrctar
barely escaping conviction upon trial |"
Ne guilty completely in frauds upon the rev
~ cnuc; n secretary Cl war impcachcd ic
q" high crimes and confessed misdcmeanor
Of The demonstration is complete that the fir
Ii step in reform must be the peoples chOl'
d, of honest men from another party, lest Il
y disease Of Que political organization inic
" the body polite, and lcst,by making !
10 change of men or party we can get i
l. change of measures, and no reform in 4
10 these abuses, wrongs and crimes
,t Ihe products of sixteen years ascendan'
st of the republican party create ncceSsl
y for reform. Confessed by the republican
e themselves, but their rcformers are uot,
e down in convention and displaced from Il
W cabinet, and the party's mass Of hone
e voters is poweress to resist the eighty tho'
II sand oiiice.holders, its leaders and guide
t, Reform can only be had by peaceful civ
= revolution. We demand n change ot sy
p( tenn, change Of administration, change
Il uarties, that we may have Il change Ot mel
bcrs and OF men.
ID On motion of Mr.. M'lem Md. Il
re convention proceeded to nominate ca
= didates for president and vice-presider
Nv The roll OF the states was called
u, present their nominees. When Del
~ ware was called, Mr. Whitley took 1
y, platform, and nominated Thomas Fra
tn els Bayard whom he eulogized in glowi
"f terms as Il democratic statesman and &c
tIeman. Applause.
" Mr.. Williams Ind. presented t
en- name of Gov. Hendricks, of lndiar
Ter There was no fire in his rear. With b
"b they could carry Indiana by twen
IN. thousand majority.
zen Mr.. Fuller Ill. seconded fIendric
aal nomination eloquently and forcibly.
in Mr.. Campbell Tenn. by instruct
,ia of its convention, also seconded H'
ich bricks, under whose lead Tennessee
pee more confident at success than un'
by any other
nr- MIR. Abbott, of New Jersey, prcsen
nm- m Jos. Parkcr's name in Il ringing. spec
h When New York was called there
OF a tremendous outburst of cheers.
by Senator Herman expressed his sym
by thy with all that had been said OF =
its tlemen already presented here, but
the ceeded to urge the nomination OF
Ge- ie Tildcn as the surest guarantee of sue
ting in the coming contest. MIR. lid
at name was received with great cheers
hich d Mr.. Ewing [Ohio presented the II
}, is of the former statesman Mr.. Allen.
J vi VI Mr.. Clymer Penn. presented