The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-05

of the United States On equal terms vi
D men.
The CHAIR-The convention ha
1 heard the memorial, and the caaI
: will entertain a motion as to what di-f,t
slton il will make Of it.
MCLEeSAND H. II move that III
memorial be referred TO the committe
on resolutions, for their respectful COZ
sderation.
The CHAIR-Witbout objection
3 raised, the resolution will be referred
under the rule, as moved by the gentle
man from Illinois
The CHAIR-The secretary Of the con
! ventlon will call the roll Of the States
and as each State is called the Chairman
Of its DELEGATE will send the name o
the delegate appointed upon the commit
tee on resolutions. to the secretary. Thu
secretary then called the roll for the APP
pointment of committee on resolutions
with the following result:
Alabama, Leroy p. Walker; Arkan
sas, l.. V. Mangum California, join
). Hagar Colorado. L. j. Marshall
Connecticut, r. d. Hubbard Delaware
George Gray Florida, John Wescott
Georgia, G. p. Howell; Illinois, John
A. MClernand Indiana, ID. w NooT-
hees; Iowa, II. H. I'rmble; Kansas,
Thomas l.. Davis; Kentucky, Alvin
Duvall; Louisiana, X. II. Mann
Maine, ID. r. Hastings; Maryland,
George Freanor: Massachusetts,. Edward
Avery Michigan, William l.. Bancroft !;
Minnesota, Daniel Bucks mississippi, \.
NJ. Clayton Missouri, c. III. Harden :
Nebraska. George L. Mellen; Nevada,
\. &. Ellis New Hampshire, +. G.
Barley; New jersey, James w. Gates !;
New York, William Dorsheimer North
Carolina, Thomas l.. Clergyman; Ohio,
General Thomas Ewing Oregon, NJ. Y.
Brown; Pennsylvania, Malcolm Hay !;
Rhode Island, William b. Bead South
Carolina, Samuel MCGOWAN; Tennessee,
John &. Brown; Texas, Ashbel Smith j,
Vermont, James II. Williams; Virginia,
John A Meredith West Virginia, John
ELL
Gen. McClernard, of Illinois, was
elected
PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION,
GENTLEMEN OF THE NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC NVENTIoN-I thank you Tor the
distinguished honor which ynn have
dOLe me in directing me 10 preside over
Your deliberations. You are the del
egates of the Democracy of the whole
Union OF thirty-seven States, once nn-
naturally estranged but now forever
united In one hdivisihie repnb!ic, brethren
of one political family, with the same herit-
age of liberty, under equal laws. and heirs of
one destiny. Shall We preserve and transmit
that great heritage? Shall we make that
destiny the most glorious in the history of
tree peoples? If your deliberations, fellow
Democrats, to-day, shall be wise; il your
perception of the necessities OF our time.
our country and our politics shall be just
and SaIacious; ii your sympathy shall be
quick with the hearts OF great people,
then, beyond all peradyenture, we will
transmit TO our children and our children>S
children. uulmpaired, this priceless hcrit-
age. Yours will be better rcnoWn
than the renown most priced by the
Romans the coHdtores t1Rpert0ftnna-for
greater than the founders Of empires
are the preSerFers OF rcpubllcS There
are no enemies OF the Union GA this
continent except that administrative cen
traliSm which is congesting at the capital
the vital currents which onght to flow
through every part, giving light to the
farthest eXtremities of the body polite and
energy To all its mem bers except that cor
has never failed in age or land to entail upon
amy government. Centralism has imposed
upon ten Sta es the rapacious tyrannlos
of carpet-bag rule, and since the war have
added two hundred millions to their debts.
They have infected the governments OF our
Northern States and cities with the same
disease of extravaganza and fraud. They
have debauchtd the Federal government it
self, and made the names OF scores OF its
high officers sud public men, our pub
lin, Il, Il an Bsln
ord is horrible in incapacity, venality.
waste and fraud. The Republican par
ty which has been powelIe>s 10 head
down and tram pie under foot its corruption
lists, with stupendonS efronterY pledges 1t
self to IL reform of which it has become in
capable. That party pledged itself TO re-
store specie payments. and every year Is
taking us farther from specie payments. 1t
pledged itself TO civil service reform, and
then dropped and Knocked its rcformcrs. So
&c pledged itself to protect American labor,
and with its monstrOus custom house taxa
ton on over three thousand artic eS 1t has
i'm poverished American labor. \ few score
monopOliSts, y lew thousand corrupuonlstS,
have been enriched, but capital in the hands
of those that earned it by Industry and
saved il 0y frugaiity. i every here a.strGst-
ful and rustS unused, while honest labor
goes about the streets begging bread l. this
the final outcome OF u century OF republI-
can self government? God forbid it! But wa
have wandered far from the right paths W.
must return to the constitutional principles,
the frugal expenditures and the a1mlnistra-
tive purity of the founders OF the republic
This is the first, the most i'm perious neceS
sitv OF our day and nation. This is the APP
D, Il we have to make to cur fellow citizens
of every former political utilization. This is
the one Supremeeommandingi issue to which
all others are inferior. all other trivial
Reform reform reform il y on shall rec
ognize this imperious necessity il you shall i
Guarantee in your platform the successful /
achevcmen of this arduous work OF nation /
al regeneration if you shall select Standard +
bearers true TO your own high purpose ana
faithful to your pledge, victory in the D /.
veInb-r and victory in the October contest
ia already YOURS Incarnate the vital issue /
of reform in the candidates and platform,
and the States that have honored Douglas
and Lincoln, the States that to- day honor
Hendricks and Thurman, Hancock and Par /
ker. Bayara, and Tilden, these Stats, with /
all their vast populations, will rise like the /
wouds and the winds that foiioEeI the !.
fieeting Qrpheus, and follow you to VIcto- I
ry-
Gov. Dorsheimer read the following
PLATFORM.
We. the delegates of the Democratic party of
tn. United States, in national convention as
spmbIed do hereby declare the administration
of the Federal government to be IN great
need Of immediate reform, and do hereby en-
Join pom the nominees oL 'iiis ool t"i' ~
OF the Democratic party in each State zeal
ouS effort and cooperation TO this end, and do
hare appeal to our fel ow- citizens of every
farmer POLITICAL connection to undertake with
ms this first and most pressing patriotic duty.
For the Democr 4cv Of the whole country we
Ia baro firm our faith in the permanence
If tie federal Union, our devotion to the
CanstitutiaIf of the United States, with its
amendments, universally accepted as hnal
settlement of the controversies that eRgender-
81 The civil war and do here record our stead
f4st confidence IN the perpetuity of republic an
seIf-rovernment; in absolute acqulescence IN
the viii of the majority-the vital principle
Of republics. in the supremacy OIL the elEIi