The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-07-06

". Y. World.
National Democ attic PiatfOrm.
Platform-We the delegates of the Dem
ocratic party of the United States in ma
tional Convention assembled do hereby de-
clare the administration of the Federal
governmeuti in urgent need of reform, and
hereby enjoin on nominees of this Conven.
tion and the Democratic party in each State
jealous effort and cooperation To this
end, and do hereby appeal to our fellow
citizens of every former political convio-
tion to undertake with us this must patri-
oiIc duty. For Democracy and for the
whole country we reatiirm our faith in tho
permanency OF the Federal Union, our de-
votIon to the Constitution of the United
States with its amendments universally ac-
cepted of final settlement Of coniroyer-
sizes that engendered civil war, and do here
record our steadfast confidence ia the per-
petuity of republican fgovernment, In
4bsolute acquiesence in the will of tho
majority, the vital principles Of the repub-
lie, IN supremacy of the civil over the NH
itary authority, in total 8, paratinn OF
church and State FOR the sake alike Of civ
il and religious freedom, in the equslity Of
all citizens before just law, 10 the liberty
of individual conuuct unvexed by snmptu-
airy laws, IN the faithful education of the
rising generation that they may preserve,
enjoy and transmit these best conditions OF
human happiness. We behold the noblest
products of a hundred years and changeful
history, but while upholding the bond Of
union and great character of these our
rights, 1t behooves free people to praC-
tce also that eternal vigilance which ID the
price of liberty. Reform is necessary TO re-
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whole ueople the union that years ago VAS
happt, rescued from danger of CORRUPT cen
tralism which, after infiicting on ten States
the Iapacity of carpet-bag tyranny, has
honey combed the offices of the Federal
government itself with incapacity, waste
and fraud, infected States and mu-
inequalities with the coniagion of
misrule, and locked fast the pros
peri;y of an industrious people in the
paralysis of hard times; re- form is necessary
TO u sound currency, To restore the pub
lie credit and maintain our national honor.
We denounce the failure for oil these eleven
years to make good the promise in re-
gard to the legal tender notes, which are
changing standard value in the hands Of
the people, and the nonpayment Of which
is a disregard of the plighted faith Of the
nation. We denounce the improvidepce
which, in eleven years of peace, has taken
from the people in Federal taxes thirteen
times the whole amount of the legal tender
no:es, to Fquander four times this sum in
useless expense, without accumulating any
reserve for their redemption; we denOunce
the financial imbeciiity and immortality OF
that party, which, during eleven years Of
peace, made no advance towards Tesump-
uiOn,b that instead has obstructed fesump-
tiYn by wasting and expanding our income,
and while annually profcs Ing speedy re-
turn to specie payments, his annually en-
acted fresh hiDdrances thereto-as such
hindraDce we denounce the resumptioa
clause of the act of 1873 and demand its
T, peal. We demand a judicious system of
preparano ,by public economy. official re-
trenchnIent and wite finance which shall
enable the nation to insure the whole world
Of its peri, ct ability and ITS perfect readi-
ness to meet any OF its promises at the call
si the creditor entitled To payment. We
bel eve that such system viii be devised
and put in Competent hands, creating at no
time an artificial scarcity of currency, aud
at time alarming the public mind into a
withdrawal OF that vnsier machinery OF
credit by which ninety!iivc per cent. OF all
business transactions ARE performed; q sys-
TEN open, public and insuring general con-
tidence would, from the day OF its adop-
ton, bring healing on it's wings to all our
harassed Industries and set IN motion
the wheels Of commerce and manufactures
and the arts, aud would restore employ
meRt To labor IN ali its national source.
F,r this prosperity of the ptople, reform
Il necessary in the sum aud mode Of Fed
eral taxation to the end that capital may
he set free from distress and labor lightly
burdened. We denounce the present tar
III levied on nearly four thousand articles
as masterpiece OF injustice, inequality
and false pretense. It yields dwibdiing,
not q yearly rising revenue IL has impov-
crushed many industries to suhsidize les;
IL prohibits imposts that might purcha
these products Of Americah labor; Il has
degraded American commerce from the first
t0 nm inferior upon tine high seas; 10 has
cut down sales of American manufactures
ut home and abroad. and depleted the re-
turns Of the American agricultural indus
I y followed by half Of our people; Il costs
The people five times more than it produces
To the Treasury, obstructs the process Of
Ir 'duction and wastes the traits OF labor:
it promotes fraud, enriches dishoDest sfi-
Gals and bankIupts honest merchants. We
demand that all custom house tax alton shall
be only for revenue. Reform is necessary
in the scale Of public expense-Federal,
state and municipal The outer Federal
taxation has swollen from SIG, O00, 900 gold
in 1860 70 $46, 600, 900 currency IN 1870
our, taxation from $3.50, 900, 600 gold in
1860 70 $3.50, 900 900 currency in 1S70-Jr
in cne decade from less than FIVE dollars
per head 10 more than eighteen dollars.
Siace the peace the people have paid their
tax -gstherers more than twice the sum Of
the national debt, and more than twice
that som for the Federal government alone.
We demand frugahty IN every 9epaftment.
aud from every officer Of the government.
Reform Is necessary TO put 3 stop TO the
waste OF public lands and their division
from scfusl settlers by the power which
las sqaandercd 200, O00, 600 acres upon
railroads alone, and out Of more than thrice
the aggIegAte has disposed Of less than one
sixth directly TO tilleTs Of the soil. Re
form is necessary 20 correct os,ie-
sious Of the Republican Congress
sDd the errors Of our treaties aud
our diplomacy which hsve stripped our fel.
ow-citizens Of foreign birth and kiIsdred
nee Tecrossing the Atlantic OF the shield
81 American citizenship and have exposed
our brethren Of the Pacsfic coast 20 the In
eursions Of y race not sprung from the same
parent stock.
Z The aggregate capacity Of the mills Of
Dallas Ii 100, 900 bushels per month. which
will enable them 20 manufacEure an aneant
81 wheat largely beyond the amount pre-
duced in Dallas county. Besides. there are
several sther fine mills in the eonnty, and