Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-30
Democratic Platform.
Adopted by she Democratic state
Convention, at Virginia city,
August 20th. 1876.

We. the Delegates OF the Democratic Party
OF the State Of Nevada, in convention assem-
bled, do hereby declare
First-Our unfaltering and cordial adher-
ence to the declaration of principle contained
in the platform. Of tho National Democratic
| Convention, which convened at st. Louis on
the 9th day of June. 1875.
| Second-We declare our adherence and our
earnest and jealous support to Samuel ] Til
| den and Thomas A. Hendricks, the nomirecs
| Of tho National Democracy for the Offices OF
President and Vice President Of tie United
States, and that we view with Subtraction the
candidacy Of those great rsprescBtatives oi
reform, Who, II elected; viii carry into effect
| aDce and in the platform Of the National
Democratic Convention.
Third-We declare thntwe are in favor Of
| naintaiDg q free public school system, and
the funds thereof. or to any religious or sec.
tartan interference Herewith.
Fourth That religious liberty and sopara-
tion of Church from State are cardinal doc
boon maintained by it. That we are there
fore unalterably opposed to political pro-
scription on account Of religious faith and to
any interference BY any religious scot or creed
sp%s as pos.d o ss ths isaaH11 sa.,
ment the immediate modification Of the treaty
with tho Empire of China, known as tho Bur-
linsane treaty. and such lsgislation and
| treaty regulations a. shall utterly abolish
Chinese immigration to these shores. and we
declare that We will support no one for Office
who il not determined and active in opposi-
| tion thcrsto. And We denounce the Republic
can party as being the author Of the present
| system Of coolie importation and Mengolian
immigration to our country. through its blum
| dcring lcgis ntion and administration; and we
| chargevthe Kepublica party with having
| promoted and fostered and countenansed
Chinese immigration by gross peryersion Of
of the Declaration Of Independence which de-
| clares that "all men are created equal" and
we charge that the Republican party is in
sincere in its declaration of opposition to
| Chinese immigration, as evidenced BY the de-
claration of its acknowledged leaders in it's
| National Convention at Cincinnati, and as
evidenced by tho fact that in .neighboring
State the leaders of the Republican party
panies engaged in the coolie trafc for the use
and benefit Of the Republican party in the
| pending political camp paign.
| Sixth-That we view with satisfaction and
point with pride to tho labors of the present
Federal House Of REPRESENTATIVE in unearth.
| ing corruption and villainy in high places and
( having in single year instituted economies
whereby the expenses OF the Federal Gov
ernment have boon reduced more than $780,
00o, 900. notwithstanding the determined op-
portion and hostility Of the leaders Of the
| Republican party in Congress.
| Soyenth--We favor an economical admins
/ tration OF our State. county and municipal
governments; that taxation be so regulated
i that no surplus rev enne be accumulated
1 that all property including the net proceeds
i of mines shall bear it's equal burden of TAXA
4 ton, and we arr opposed tu any legislation II
a:y wise exempting such proceeds from taxa
4 ton.
kighth-That the Democratic party Of thi.
/ State utterly repudiates the assertion of its
| fnyoring the payment of any claims tor slaves
liberated, or any portion of the Confederate
| wa ur ri n 0r n ia ftIl1
| ard final settlement of those questions by the
| Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of
tho United States. which providos: The
validity of ths public dobt Of tho United
States, auth rized by law, including debts Tor
payment Of pensions and bounties for services
in suppressing insurrection OF rebellion. shall
not bs questioned, but neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay any
| debt or obligation incurred in aid Of insur-
r.ction or rebellion against the United States,
| or any cain for the loss or emancipation of
any save; but all such debts, obligations and
claims shall be held illegal and void"
Ninth-That we charge upon the ubll-
can Congress tho clanaestine. surreptitious
and fraudulent passing OF the act Of March,
| 1873. demoneti1ing silver That we denounce
/ that act as an infamous outrage on the debtor
| class OF the United States. resulting as It has
in iaci easing their burdens to the startling
amount of over S400,000,000. That we de-
noance that act as in an extreme degree in
| imical and disastrous to the people Of Nevada
| by mainly causing tie immense depreciation
| Of the value Of silver and thereby prostrating
and paralyzing the great leading industry Of
| silver mining in this State. That we demand
the restoration of the double standard OF
| gold and silver, and we call upon all the peo-
plH in this State, disregardlng minor issues, to
solflly support that party which has evidenc-
ed by its vote in the present Congress its deter.
| mination to do us ample justice in this vital
| question.
Tenth-The rulo of tb, Republican party
| dr,ri ha aIa Of ha haa uah, n
| terized by corruption and oppression, Of
which modern despOtism furnishes no paral-
lei. Protesting to be the party of liberty and
progress, IT has with armed mem invaded
| legislative bodies of sovereign States of the
Union in violation Of tho fundamental law,
| thereby imperiling the existence of FREQ gov
crnment. While advocating the restoration
of fraternal relations with the people Of the
unhappy section BY means disgracefu! teo, q
| civilized and Christian age. By the incite-
ment of riot and insurrection it has main
tanned its supremacy in the South-a supreme
uncultivated fields and general bankruptcy
upon once prosperous people. With loud
| promises to the country OF reform in the civil
| service, of the reduction OF expenditures In
the departments Of tbe~dovernment, It has m
presented to the country and the world the
humilitating spectacle of tho acquittal of a
| high officer of the Government successfully
impeached for high crimes. Of the enforced
| resignation OF caDlnot OHclalS, because tHelI
purity of character and fearless prosecution
| Of thieves rendered such officials no longer
useful to the party managers; of frauds in
| tho Revenue Department perpetrated by
their officials. who. instead Of punishment fol
their crimes, are protected by the Chief Mag
| istrate of the nation; of fraud in the Interior
Department whereby the Indian Ring" has
purloined the appropriations made. by Con-
gress to the Indian tribes. thereby instigat-
| ing said tribes to war, with its attendant hor-
rors, upon defenseless frontier; Of currup-
| tion in the Land Office of the Government
| whereby decisions disposing Of the Home
stead, Prescription and Mining rights of the
citizens have been bought and sold; of fraud
in the Navy Department wherein many mil
| Inns have been expended ostensibly. for the
maintenance Of rotten ships and their arma,
ments, but in reality for the enrichment oi
| its high officials and tho campaign purposes
| of the party. Of fraud in the advancement
| by the Government of millions of the public
| moneys to private banking institutions know
| to be on the verge Of bankruptcy. OF corrup-
4 ton in the Executive Department in the ap,
pointr.e ent of dishonest individuals as United
| States Judges, Marshais and Revenue officers
| by whom the administration Of justice has
| been brought into contempt and the reyenue
of the people stolen. By the perpetration OF
| these high crimes and misdemeanors by the
| leaders of the party in power. we claim thai
| it is no longer entitled to the confidence ol
the American people. We therefore earn
| estly and cordially invite all men of whatSO-