The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-01
PLATFORM or THE NATIONAL DEM
CRATIC PARTY.

CRATIC PARTY.
We the Delegates of the Democratic party
m National Convention assembled do here
declare the administration 81 the Federal
Government TO be In urgent need q imIne-
dats reform do hereby enJOin upon the nom
inoes Of this Convention. and Of the Demo
cratic party in each State. jealous effort
and cooperation TO this END. ana 20 mere
by appeal TO our follow citi1ens OF every former
political connection 10 undertake with us THIS
first and most pressing patriotic duty. For the
affirm our faith in the permanency Of the FEEDER
al Union our devotion 10 the Constitution OF the
United States with it's amendments universally
accepted as iiNal settlement 81 the controyer-
sizes that angendered civil war, and do here
record our ateadfast confidence In the pefpetuity
Of republican self government; in absolute ac,
guiescence In the will OF the majority the vital
principle of republics in the supremacy 0t the
civil over the military authority; in the total
y Fl h%ron a9a sse dor 'i IN st s
equality Of all citizens before Just laws o.
their own enactment: In the liberty 81 individual
conduct unyexed by sunptuary laws; IN me
faithful education Of The rising generation thai
they may preserve. enjoy and transmit these
best conditions OF human happiness. and hope
we behold the nobest products 81 hundred
years Of changefui history but while uphoding
The bond Of our Union and great charter Of
those our rights. II bchooyes Tree people %
practice also that eternal vigilance which Is the
''0 INFORM rs NECESSARY
30 rebuild and establish in the hoarts OF the
happily rescued from the danger OF corrupt
eentralsm which. after inlctng upon ten states
the rapaey q , EEraa nIa mas h1ney
itself with incapaeity, waste and fraud. injected
States and municipalities with the contaeion Of
misrule and locked fast the prosperity Of IN
industrious people In the paralysis Of hard
times. Reform ~ necessary to establish sound
currency. restore the public credit. ana MAIN
IRE for these eleven years TO make good the
promise of the legal tender notes. which
are changing standard Of value in the
hands Of the people and the non
payment Of which H. disregard 81
The plighted faith Of the nation. We de-
nounce the improvideDee which in eleven y ars
OF peace have taken from the people In Federal
taxes, thirteen times the whole amount Of the
legal tender notes. and sauandered four times
ting any reserve for their resumption. We de-
nounce the financial imbecility and immorallty
Of that party, which. during eleven years Of
peace has made no advance toward resum ption
that instead has obstrueted RESUMPTION Dy
wasting our resorces and evhausting al our
surplus income, and while annually protesting
to intend speedy return 70 specie payments.
has annually enacted fresh hinderaneeS thereto.
tAs such hinderanoe we denounce the resump-
ltion clause Of the act of 1876 and we here
| DEMAND ITS REPEAL.
| We demand a judicous system of preparation
by public economies. by official retren hments
Ind by wise finance which shall enable the ma
hon To insure the whole world Of its perfect
lbiity and It's perfect. readiness q meet any Of
H. promises at the call of the creditor entitled 10
byment. We belieye such system well de.
lsed and above all. entrusted to com potent
knds for execution creating at no time an
Hncial scarcity Of currency and at no time
mng the public MIND era m12 ~ whnh " q
b cent Of all business trans ctions are per
imed-a system open; public and inspiring
Neral confidence would from the day of its
option bring healing on its wings to all
4 harassed industry and set In motion
Il wheels Of commerce. manuiacture e
u the mechanical arts, restore employment 10
lAr and renew In all its national source the
The sum and mode Of Federal taxation, TO the
cathat capital may be set free from distress
a1 labor lightly burdened.
WE pENoUNcE THE PRESENT TAHITI
letd upon nearly four thousand articles. az n
maerpiece Of injustice, Inequality a. q false
risle revenue: il has impoverished many in
duSfes 10 subsidze few. 1t prohibits imports
purchase ths of
fro6 the first to on inferior upon the high seas
IL III cut down the sales Of American manufac-
turaat home and abroad and depleted the r, re-
turH Of American agriculture. an interest FOL
lowd by half our people it costs the people
five Ines more than 1t produces to the treasury
wastb the fruits Of labor: II promotes fraud
and kstors smuggling. enrichea dishonest offlc-
ias pa bankrupts honest merchants We DC,
shall be only for revenue. ket9rm
Fyyserh IN z the te 's sns 9 mun Ppsf
FEDERAL TAXATION HAS SWOLLEN
from hs 900 900 gold in 1860 to sa500o00oo cur
rencyin 1870: our aggregate taxation from slsi.-
600 OJgold in 1860 to $3.50 900 currency IN 1870
or I'M dne decade from less than i've dollars per
head I'd more than eighteen dollars Der head.
Since the peace the people have PAID 70 Their tax
patherers more than thrice the sun 4Of the
national debt, and more than twice that sum Tor
the Federai Government alone. We demand Q
vigorous frugaity in every department and
from every officer OF the Government. Reform
is neeessary to put stop to the profiigate waste
ofnnblic lands and their diversion from a'tual
sati lera by the party in power, which has sqlan-
dered two hundred millions OF acres upon all
roads alone and out of more than twice that w
s,ragata has disposed Of less than sixth diret-
IL ~ filters OF the soil. Reform Is necessary o
correct the
OMISSIONS OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESS,
ond tho errors of our treaties and our diplomae
which have stripped our fellow-citizens 81 ior
eirn birth and kindred race recrOsslng me q
lantic AZ the shield Of American citlzenship. an
have exposed our brethren OF the racine STOP
tntbe Excursions Of a race not sprung from U
same great parent stock-in facl, now dehleu y
l"rc citizenship through naturalization. rs penn
neither accustomed to the trauiliohs ol pr
uressiye civilization. or exerclseu III. n npg ia
nndar equal laws. We denOuhce w pOilo
rhich thus discards the liberty-loving German n
Ind tolerates the revival Of the coolle .i'ue !
Xnngolian women imported Tor iilinoIai Pu.
p.ses and Monaghan men nlreu 70 Her LII;
seivila labor contracts. and demand SUN NJ E
fcainp of the treaty with the chinese Eih
nirt or such legislation py Coheressii VIII sa
n constitutional limitation. as shah pre-