The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-11

shall mainly rely on judicious system
of public economies and Official re-
trenchments, and above all on the pro-
motion or prosperity in all the indus
tries of the people. 1 do not under
stand the repeal OF the resumption
clause OF the act Of 1875 70 be back
ward step in our return 20 specie pay
ments. but the recovery of false step
and although the repeal may ioT the
time be prevented, yet the determine
ton of the Democratic party on this
subject has now been distinctly deciar-
ed. There should DE no hindrances
pns IN the way OF return to specie
payments. As such hinderance says
the platform the ST. Louis Convention,
We deBounce the resumption Clause ol
the act of 1873 and demand its repeal.
| thoroughly believe that by pubic
economy ny official retT-Dc.iI;If-'i. g ''1
pv Wis finance. enabling u To arrh.iI.
u.nf.. the precious metals, resumption
at an early period il possible without
producing an artificial searcii? of eur
reucy, or disturbing the public or com
mercial credit, and that these reforms,
together with the restoration of pure
government, will restore general conf
denc", encourage the useful investment
of capital, furnish employ ment to la
bor, and relieve the country from the
paralysis Of hard times With the in
dustries of the people there have been
frequent interiereuces. Our platform
truly says that many industries have
been impoverished TO subsidize few.
Our commerce has been degraded to
an inferior position on the high seas,
Manufactures have been diminished.
agriculture has been embarrassed, and
tie distress'of the industrial classes
demands that these things shall be re
formed The burdens of the people
must also be Gghtened by great
change i'll our system of public eXpens.
e.. The pre- iligate expenditures which
increased taxation from s. per capita
III 1860 to SIS in 1870 tells its own
story of our need of fiscal reform.
Our treaties with foreign powers
should also be revised and amended, i'll
SO far as they leave citizens of foreign
birth less secure in any country on
earth than they would be if they had
been born upon our own soil; and the
iniquitous coolies system, which
through the agency of wealthy com
pauies imports Chinese bondmen and
establishes a species of slavery, and
interferes with the Just rewards Of labor
on our Pacific coast, should be utterly
abolished
In the reform of our civil service L
most heartily endorse that section OF
the platform which declares that the
civil service ought not to be subject
to change at every election, and that it
ought not to be made The brief reward
| of party zeal, but that it ought to be
awarded for proved competency, and
held for fidelity in the public employ.
| hope never again to see the cruel and
remorseless prescription for political
opinions which has disgraced the Ad-
ministration for tue last eight years.
Bad as the civil service now is. as all
know, it has some men of tried integ-
rity and proved ABILITY. Such men
and such men only should be retained
in office but no man should be retained
in any consideration who has prostitu-
ted his Office to the purpose of par, ,isan
intimidation or compulsion, or who
has furnished money to corrupt the
elections. This is done, and has
been done in almost every county of
the land it is blight upon the morale
of the country, and ought to be reform
ed.
OF sectional contentious, and III re
spect to our common schools, / have
only this to say That in my Judgment
the man or party that would involve
our schools in polical or sectarian con
troversy is an enemy to the schools.
The common schools are so far under
the protecting care of all the people
rather than under tie control of any
party or sect. They must be neither sec
tartan nor partisan, and there must be
neither division or rmisappropriation of
the funds for their support. Likewise, i
regard the man who would arouse or
foster sectional animosities and antag-
orisms among his countrymen as a dan
gerous enemy to his country. All the
people must he made to feel and know
that once more there is established a
purpose and policy under which all
citizens, of every condition, race, and
color, will be secure i'll the enjoyment
of whatever rights the Constitution
and laws declare or recognize, and that
in controversies that may arise the Gov
ernment is not a partisan, but within
its Constitutional authority the great
and po1,rful guardian of the rights
and safety of ALL The strife between
sections and between races will cease
as soon as the power for evil is taken
away from a party that makes political
gain out of scenes OF violence and
bloodshed, and the Constitutional au-
thority is placed i'll the the hands of
men whose political welfare requires
that peace and good order shall be pre-
served every where
It will be seen, gentlemen, that |
am In entire accord with the platform
of the Convention 10y which | have
been nominated as candidate for the
Office of Vice President OF the United
States. Permit HE in conclusion TO
express my satifaction at being associ
ated with a candidate for the Presi-
dency who is the first among his equals
us a representative of the spirit and of
the achievements UI I"fu;m. In his
official career as the Executive of the
great State of New York he has i'm
comparatively short period. reformed
II1c Ss-t ttEsAl
lie burden so as to have earned at
once the gratitude OF his State and the
admiration OF his country The peo-
pie know him to be thoroughly in earn
est. He has shown himself TO be pos
sessed of powers and qualities which fit
him in au eminent degree for the great
work of reformation which this coun-
try now needs, aud if he shall be chosen
by the people TO the high Office OF the
President of the United State, | be-
lirve that the day of his Inauguration
will lie the beginning of new era of
peace, purity, and prosperity in all de-
partments of our Goy eI n,nent. | am,
gentlemen, your obediert servant.
THOMAS \. HENDRICKS.
To Hon. John a McClernand, chair
man. aud others Of the committee of
the National Democratic Conven-
ton.
GoDLoVE s. ORTIZ, Republican cau
didate for Governor of Indiana, bay
ing rendered his resignation TO the
State Central Committee of that State,
L. I,