The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-07-10

Of u hundred years Of changefll history.
But while unfolding the bond Of olI un-
ion, and the great charter Of these, our
rights, i, bchoores n free people 10 practice
also that eternal vigilance which is tue price
CT liberty.
Reform is necessary to rebuild and estsb-
fish in III, hearts OF the Who'll people the
Union clsrCa years ago happily rescued from
the danger ola secession Of State, but now 10
be saved from corrupt ccntralism which,
after inaictipg upon ten States the rapAcity
Of cHrpet-bag tyrannies, has honeycombcd
the offices Of the federal government itself
with incapacity, waste and fraud; infected
States and Municipalities with the cou,agiun
Of nisrule, and locked fast tie prosperity Of
m industrious people in the paralysis Of
bard tunes.
Reform is necessary to establish sound
currency, restore the public credit, and
mai the national honor.
We deuouncs the failure the Republican
patty ior al these eleven years 10 mako good
the promise Of the legal tender notes, which
arc changing standard of value in the
hands Of the people, and the non-paymcnt o,
which is disregard Of the pledged faith Of
the nation.
We dcnOunce the improvdcncc 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
sgunndcrcd four times this sum in useless
expenses without accommodating any reserve
for their redemption.
We denouncc the financial imbecility and
immortality Of tina, party, which, during |
years Of peace, has made no advances toward
resumption; no preparation for resumption,
but instead has INSTRUCTED resumption by
wasting our resources and cxhauSting all
our surplus income, and while annually
protesting 10 intend II speedy return 10 Fpe-
CO payments has annually enacted fresh
hindrAnccS thereto.
As such hindlancc, We denounce the
resumption clau:s Of the net Of 1875, and
We hereby demand its repeal.
We dcmard judiCioas system OF prcpa-
ration by public economies, by official re-
ucucbmcnts and Of the finances which sha |
enable the nation soon to assure the whole
world Of its perfect ability and its perlec.
readiness 10 meet any Of lis promises al the
call Of the creditor entitled 10 payment. We
believe such system, well devised, mud
above oil entrusted 10 competent hands for
execution, creating ut no thus an artificial
scarcity Of currency, aud At no time alarm
Ing the public mind iuto withdrawal Of
that vus;er machinery Of credit by which IS
per cent Of NIL business transactions arc per-
formed. \ system open, public and inspir-
| ing general confidence, would from The day
Of its adoption, bring healing on its wings
10 all our AarUSsed Industries, set in motivn
the wheels Of commerce, manufactures aud
the mechanical Gtts, restore employment to
labor and renew In Nil its natural sources the
prosperity Of the people.
Reform Is necessary in the sum and mode
OF Federal taxation, aud 10 the end that cap.
itAl mny 10 set free from dis,rust and labor
lightly burdened, we dcnounce the present.
tnrif levied upon nearly four thousand ar, j.
Giles us n masterpiece Of INJUSTICE, inequality
aud false practice.
1t yields d%ind!ing, not yearly rising
revenue.
1t has impoverished many industries to
Snhsidise few.
1t prohibits imports that might purchase
the products Of American labor.
]: has degraded American commerce from
the arst ~. an luieIier rank upon tho high
seas.
lthas cut down the sales of American man.
ufnciurcrs Vt home and abroad, and depleted
the returns Of Americas agriculture and in
duslry followed by half our people.
1t costs people five times more than It pro-
duces IL the treasury, Obsirucls the process
Of production, and wastes the fruits OF labor.
II promotes frauds, fosters smuggling, EN-.
riches dishonest officials, and b4ukruptS
honest merchants.
We demand that all custom house taxa
ton shall he only for revenue.
Reform is necessary in tue scale Of public
expense, federal, State and municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from
$50, Goo, Occ in gold, in 1860, 10 $3.50, 900, 900
in currency, in SO; our aggregate taxation
from Sl5i, oVO,0 900 in gold, in 1860, to
$3.50, 0U0 100 Ia currency, in 1870, or
In one decade from less than S. per head to
more than Sls per head. Since peace was
restored the people have paid 10 the tax
gatherers more than thrice tue sum Of the
National debt, and more than twice that sum
for the Federal government alone. We de-
maud II rigorous irdgslily in every depart
lnent aud lroui every Olhcer Of the govern
ment.
Reform Il necessary to put stop 10 the
protligale waste OfpuGlic lands, and their d.
version from actual settlers BY the party in
power, which has sQGanderel 200, 0OO, 0OU
Of acres upon railroads alone, and out OF
more than thrice that aggregate, has disposed
Of less than sixth directly 70 ulIerS Of tue
soil.
Reform Is necessary 10 correct tho OnIs.
siuns Of Il Republican Congress aud tile etr srS
Of our treaties and our dipUmaury, which
have stripped cur ielow-riHZeus OF foreign
birth and kindred race, recrossing tie A tlun-
tic Of the shield Of American ciiizCnshi p, and
have exposed our brethren ofIhe Pacific coast
lu the lncutsiOns Of race not sprung from
the same great parent stock, and in fact ROW
lately denied cilIEeuship through uaturaIiza.
ton, 40 being neither accustomed 10 the trn-
dlions OF n progressive civilization nor sx.
erciscd IN liberty under cqdal Laws. We de-
nounce the policy which thus diacarlJ the
liberty loving German aud lo'eTaieS The re.
vival Vi The CO0lie trade In MonEolian wO.
men imported for immoral purposes, and
Monaghan men held 10 perform serrllc labor
contracts, and demand such modification OF
the treaty with the Chinese Empire, or such
legislation BY Congress, within IL conStltu.
tiOnal linitallon, rs shall prevent the further
importation or immigration of.he Mongolnn
race.
Reform is necessary, and eau only DO rf.
irciud by making it tic controlling issue Of
The sleclious, and lifting i; above the two
false Issues with which tho 0lAce-hnldIng
cluSs and the party in power seek 10 smother
1.-THE false Issue with which they would cu.
kindle s.ctarial strife in re-; poet to the public