The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-24
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.



e,ch State. Jealous effort and co opera
ton to this end, and do hereby appeal Ia
our fellow-cIiizens OF every former political
connection 10 undertake with us thi, first
an most pressing patriotic duty.
| THE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION. REPUBL,-
CAS- SELF-GoNERNMENT
For the democracy Of the whole country.
| we do hereby reafiirm our faith in the per.
| manence of the federal union: our devotion
| Il the constitution of the United States.
| with its anet dments universally accepted
as the final settlement of the controversies
| that engendered civil war. and do bere re-
| cord our stesdisst confidence in the perpe.
| tuity of republican seli-goyernme
THE FIRST CENTURY.
| In absolute acquiescenee in the will Of
| the maj0rity-the vital principle OF repub-
| hes; 10 the supremacy If the civil over the
military authority. in the total separation OF
| church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom: in the equality of
all citizens before just laws of their own en-
| actment; in the liberty of individual con-
duct. unvexed by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education Of the rising generation.
| that they may preserve, enjoy and transmit
| these best conditions Of human happiness.
| and hope we behold the noblcst products of
| a hundred years of chaugeful history; but
| while upholding the bond OF our union and
| great charter OF these great rights, i. be-
hooNcS ilte ileoPIe 10 Pidcti . hlso that
, vielnal 'isilah0e WHICH II tue price vi
'ioeiS'
REFoRM-CoRRUPT!oN-
Reform Is necessary to build and establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union.
dan,sdr az soio..inn nj .,otaS tr, -, ~
| y" soyaJ from a ,.orrunt contralisn, IL; T.
after infic,ing unon ton state ,be ,a,,nn;, :,
~ '.arnef.ha@ tvren,iss ~ -,
the offices Of ITO federal govnrnnen, I'LL,
| with inrsn,ri,v ,va.ta and fraud. Ia tantoJ
| S,a,as orJ ,n,I,;cinaIi,ias u.i,h H., 49,,
non NJ mi .rnIr AMI inclcd TO-, ~ IN.
6ori,y If an indu.trioms noonia i, ~ i %
ralrsi. of hard time, f''f'' !" '''' pa
|
| REFORM OF lhE CoRRENCf-SFEClE
PAYMENTS.
| Reform is necessary TO establish a sound
| currencv restore tIa nnbI;c nra,J;t -
maintain the national honor, We denounc:
| tho failure for Mi thess oievan 800 -
make Good the promise of The Iegsl tender
notes. which are a chanoino stsndard of
value in the hands of the neonle and the
non payment of which is n di-r.ytrJ nj Tho
| purhted faith of the nation - WV
We denounce the ,mnrnXtJ,nco ,,b;,b ;n
eleven wears of peace nss taken from ,h ,n
people. in federal faxes. thirteen ,imes ,he
| whole amount of the LEGAL fender nntes
| and sullandercu IOut times this sum in NC
less eXpcnse. without acc,lmuI tim any re-
| serve TOR their redcmption. Nc IcnoiInce
| the financial imbecility and immoralitv n,
| that party which, during eleven wears ot
| peace. nus mace no advance toward re-
bnt Instead ~. nh.t,,,ctad ,oi,,n,,
wasting our resources and cxhaustinr, al
opr sIIrnlus Income and will ann,57.i n,i
protessing 10 inteni a ,naedg rat,,',
specie PAYMENT, has ANNUALLY enacted fresh
| lindronces thereto-as such a h;nJrann
| we denonncc The r, snmntion cI.nua 80 ~ g
act of 1873. and we demand its renea, '"'
| We demand n ;u,iicio,,s systa,, -; o
| marathon. NV nuhIic economics Nv nsip'ioi
| retrenchment AMI nv Tho Gn"na.s ,,ii'; Ia
| shall enable the nation soon 70 oss,ra ~ a
| whole world of its pc,fect ability ava q,
perfect readiness To meet any NJ ;,o 49,
ises at the call of the creditor an,;,Iaa -
payment. W
We believe such system. well devised
and, above all. entrusted =, comna,an,
hands for its execution, creating M no ,jma
an artificial scarcity of currency and a, az
time alarming tho public mind into n will,
| drawal of that vast rnachInar,, - or.,;. u
which % per cent. of ali onr i,sino's y.
actions are performed. svstem onan an -
H. n,,,ii' ~ ~, in,f'a. SYSTEM open u
would, from the day of its adoption brinp
healing on its wings to all our hnrrassed In,
| dustries set in motion tho uba.is 81 49,
merce, manufactures and the me sh.n,aal
arts, restore employment 70 labor and ~
new in all its national sources The nrosnar
ity OF the people.
, -
REFORM of TIE IAkiff-fRRE TRADE.
| Hef0rm IL necessary IN the sum and mode
OF federal taxation, 10 the end that capita
may be set tree IRON distrust and labor
lightly hardened. We denounce the nres-
eDt tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles as a mast II piece Of Injustice. in
| equality aud false pretense. In vield. a
| dwindlng. not q yearly rising reyenue +,
| hiss impoverished many indus,ries 80 -
[ sldlZe afew; 1t prohibits imports that might
| purchase me products Of American liboTs:
~ has uesraued american commerce rom
me- 1ne AZ - - " an .iieIlor RANK upon the high
80, AZ ma cut uo"h the sales OF American
lAhu,actHfes al nome an abroad. and de-
p!eted lne returns OF American agriculture,
an lnlu.uy ioHowed by hall our people. II
| cost, The people hye times more than IL pro-
daee- 10 the treasury; obsIuct, the process
49,. Z, S,c,,'".sH - naslss the fruits OF la
| spr{chsr di.Lor-i, ivs'is shn geUng,
| ,'a,',-'. ,,r.II1-,' "H,Gi rs anu bankrupt.
| custom house t,y,,Fo.r IN that All
revenue. '"A'' DC ohi! i'i
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hkhoka-kcoNoAf IL PUBLIC EXPENSE
AyyFM y necessary IN the scale OF public
eAPehss-iSnefal, Slate and municipal
Vuf iedefai taAatlon la. swollen from sixty
iiiAIoh' goid, IN 1879, 70 four hundred anc