Richland beacon., 1876-09-09
g&s8ittla''d82 'easo'',
RAYVILLE. =. LOUISIANA
Saturday, Sept. 8, 1915.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.

We. the delegates of tie DrmoCr,sr parry
r. the United States in National Convention
assembled, du hrrthy. dcriarr the adnlini>tra-
ton Of the Federal Government I" he in
urgent need oi immediate rciorm lu hereby
cnJpin upon the nominees at iIi- cu,,Nr n,lon.
and al the Democratic party in each State. u
jealous c'lur' alu! ro--Tcralru To- ri,l- cni and
do hereby appeal TO orr irll"v ci,izrr> uf
with rs 'hi, first and most patriotic duty.
For the Democracy of the Whole country
W. dn here rrallirm our faith ia the prrma
ncnc.. "r the Federal Umi,.n ,ur devotion io
Tie Constitution "f the United States " iIh it,
amendments universally accepted a. tn. final
rc'rlrErnt of the CONTROVERSY III I cu:-ndcrcd
civil war; and dn hereby record our >rca,llasr
""rfidrn"" III iir pcIpctuiiy ut republican
selEgovcrnment
la absolute acgurscrncr in the will Of the
MAJ rl'y-'hc vital principle Of Republics !;
ia the supremacy of the civil over ,lir military
authority, IN the total separation Of church
and Stan. for the sake alike of civil and re-.
I@ous freedom IN the equality fall citizens
before Iust laws al their own cnacini-nt; in
the Liberty of individual conduct invoked by
sumpiuary laws in the faithful cducaiion Of
the rising gcneratnn that they may preserve,
cnloy and iransu it these best conditions Of
human happiness and hope, we behold the
noble>r prod,;cts ola hundred Years of change
fuI history but while upiol,iing the bo.'d Of
our Cninn, and great CHARTER al these our
Rights, il behnvrs a Tree people To practice.
also. that eternal vigilance which is the price
Of Liberty.
h,Jo'm Is necessary 10 r;bIIid aud establish
in the hearts Of the whole people, the Union,
eleven yeus ago happily rescued from the
danger Of N secession Of States, but now tn be-
saved from II corrupt Ccnrraiisn, which, after
inncins upon ten States the rapacy OF car.
pet bay 'yrann.es. has honey -comrd the offices
e the Federal Governmr II, itself with inca
paciry. waste and fraud infected States and
and municipalities with the coniarinn of mis-.
rude; and locked fast the prosperity 81 an IN
'ius,.ious people ia tina paralysis d'' Hard
Times.
Reform is necessary To establish n sound
currency. restore the public credi, and main
tain the National honor
We denounce the failure of all these eleven
years Of peace to make good the promise Of
the legal tender notes, which are a changing
value m the hands Of the people, and the
non-payment of which is disregarded the
pliglred faith Of the Nation.
We denouncc the improvidcnce which, in
eleven years of peace, has taken from the
PEOPLE in Federal Taxes thirteen times tic
amount Of the legal tender nnIeS, and squan.
fered four times that sum in useless expense
without accommodating any reserve for their
redemption.
We ,i-nounce the financial imbeciliiy and
immortality of that party which, during eleven
years Of peace, has made no advance toward
resumption, has no preparations for resump-
lion, by wasting our resources and cxiiaus,in.
all our surplus income, AID while annually
protesting To intend a speedy return to specie
payments, has annually enacted fresh HIM
ORANGES thereto As such a hi"drance, we
denonnre the resumption clause oil the act oil
Ls..r and demand ITS repca.
We demand Judcious system oi prepare
ton ny public economies, by 'iic'nl reirench
Incn' ami ny wise finance. winch shall ena.
Die Inc na'ioh soon !" assure the Whole world
vt MS perfect ability and MS perfect readiness
'" meet any OF i's promises al the call "i ihe
creditor enlisted 10 payrHcnH
We ochere snrh system well devised,
ana aooVe ai', entrusted 10 competent han's
Tor execution creating III no ii"ie an ar''iiciai
scarrhy oi currency anu no ''iie aiari"'hs The
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Reform, Is necessary IN the scale OF public |
expense Federal, State and municipal Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions IN gold IN 1850 10 ionr hundred and
h''y m'''ons currency m 1870. Our agsre
gaze t"Na''o from one hundred ANA my ionr
'm'''ons g"'d IN 1900 10 seven hundred and
u'"y ",'"ons III currency IN 1871 or IN one
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