The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-18
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ADOPTED Br-
JUN s.1s7G.

We. The delegates Of the Democratic party Of
tho United States, Ia national convention as
sembled. DO hereby declare the administration
of the Federal government 70 be IN great
need Of immediate reform, and do hereby en-
Join upon the nominees Of this convention and
of the Democratic party In each State n zeal
Gus effort and cooperation TO this end, and do
here appeal to our Eel ow-citizens Of every
former political connection TO undertake with
ms this FIRST aud most pressing patriotic duty.
For the Dcu0sr cy OF the whole country we
do D. re rc-aillrm oYr faith in the permanence
of the Federal Union; our devotion q the
Constitution Of the United States. with It's
amendments universally accepted ~ final
settlement Of the controversies that cBgendcr-
ell the civil war, aud do here record our stead
fast confidence m the perpefuity Of republic an
selfsuvernment in absolute acquicscence ia
the viii OF the majority --ihe vital principle
OF republics, In the supremacy Of the civil
over the military In the total separation 81
Church aud State, for the sake alike Of civil
and rel gious f. cdom IN the equality Of all
citizens before iDh laws Of their own enact
ment; ia the liberty Of individual conduct,
uuycHrd hy Wmptuary saws in the faithful
education Of the rising generation that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these
best conditions Of human happiness aud hope,
we behold the uollcst products ola hundred
years Of chanreiul history.
But while upholding the bond Of our Union
aud the great charter Of these our rights, II
hehooyes free people To practice also that
eternal vigilance which Is the price Of liberty
Reform Is necessary TO rebuild aud establibh
i'm the hearts Of the whole people the Union,
eleven wears ago happily rescued from the
danger ofn secession OF states, but now TO be
saved frou a corrupt ccntraism which after
iuAicting upon ten States the rnpacity Of car
pot-hag attorneys, has honey the offices
of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
ty, waste aud fraud infected States and mu-
inequalities with the cOntngon OF nisrule, aud
locked last the prosperity Of m industrious
proplc ia the paralys of hard times. Reform
i necessary to establish sound currency,
restore The public credit and maintain the ma
ionnl honor,
We dcnouncc the failure for all these eleven
years 10 make good the promise Of the legal
lender notes which are changing standard OF
value in the hands Of the people, aud the non
payment Of which is n disregard Of the plight
cd faith Of the nation.
We dcuouncc the improyidcncc which In
eleven yonrs of peace has taken from the pco-
pie. ia Federal taxos, thirteen times the whole
amount OF the legal tender notes. and squan-
icrpd four times their sum in useless expense,
without aceumulntng any reserve for their
redemption.
We dcnounce the financial imbccilty aud
immortality OF TINT party which, during eleven
NtHfh 81 ItNNt, mas lOAbf no huNhntt To-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption; but instead has INSTRUCTED re.
sumption by wasting our resources and ex-
hausing all our surplus incomo-and, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hindrnuoes thereto, As such n him
drauce We denounoo the resumption clause Of
the net of 1915. and we here demand its re-
peal
We demand iudicious system of prepara-
ton, by public economies, by official rctrench-
mtntg aud by wise finance, which shall cnH-
blc the nation soon to assure the whole world
of it, perfect ability aud its perfect readiness
ia meet any Of It's promises at the call Of the
creditor entitled 10 payment We believe
such q system we'll advised and above ALL In
trusted to competent hands Tor execution,
creating at no time m artificial scarcity of
currency and nj no time alarming the public
mind into withdrawal Of that vast ma
ohincry of credit by which nincty-fye per
cent Of our business transactions IL perform
cd--u system, open and public and inspi-
ring general confidence would, from the day
of It's adoption, bring healing on its wings to
all our hnrasscd industries, set in motion the
wheels of commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts restore employment TO labor
aud rencw in all its sources the prosperity
of the people.
Reform ~ necessary in the sum and mode
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may he set free from distrust and labor light
ly hurdcned We dcuounco the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles as a
masterpiece Of injustice, inequality and false
pretpnse, which yicldsa dwindling, not a yearly
rising revenues It has impoverished many in
luslrics to substitute few it prohibits im-
ports that might purchase the products Of
American labor; It has degraded American
commerce from the first to an inferior rank |
upon the high seas It has cut down the walls |
of Amcriran manufactures at home and abroad |
il has depicted the returns Of American |
agriculture-uu industry followed by half our |
people II costs the people five times more than
II produce ia the treasury itobstructs the pro-
cess Of production and wastes the fruits Of la |
hor; it promotes fraud, fosters suuggling |
euTichcs dishonest officials and bankrupts |
honest merchants, We demand that nil Gus |
tom-housc taxation shall be only for revenue,
Reform is necessary in the scale of public
expcngc-Fcderal State and Municipal Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil |
lion dollars in gold in 1860 to four hundred |
aud fifty million dollars in currency in 1870, |
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and |
ffty-lour millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred aud thirty million dollars in curren- |
cy in 1910, or In one decade from less than five |
dollars pA head to more than eighteen dol |
lars per head. Since the peace the people have
paid to their taN-gathercrs more than thrice |
the sum of the national debt and moro than
twice that sum Tor the Federal government
alone We demand n rigorous frugality in |
every department and from every officer Of
the government.
Reform rs necessary to put a stop to the |
proHigate waste of public lands and their d. |
version from actual settlers by the party in |
power, which has squandercd two hundred mil. |
lions ct acres upon railroads alone, and |
out Of more than thrice that aggregate has |
disposed of less than sixth directly to the TIL |
lers OF the soil
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions |
of a Republican congress and the errors of |
our treaties aud our diplomacy, which have |
stripped our tellow-citEens of foreign birth |
and kindred race, re-erasing the Atlantic |
from tho shield Of American citizenship, and |
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast to the incursions of race not sprung
from the same great parent stock and in fact,
now by law denied citizenship through natu-
raligauon, as being unaccustomed to the
traditions of progressive civilization, and
in liberty under equal laws.
We denounce the policy which thus diseards
the liherty-loyinE German and tolcrates the
revival Of the Coolie trade in Monaghan wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mem
golian men held TO perform seryile labor con-
tracts We, therefore, demand such modi-
icatiSns of the treaty with the Chinese en-
pirc, and such legislation by Congress, within
limitation, as shall prevent the
nrther importation or immigration of the
Monaghan race.
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