The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-19
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ADOPTED az
TRg DEHOCGlIIC CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION,
JUNE s.1S70.

We, the delegates Of the Democratic party Of
ne United States, in national convention as
'embled, DO hereby declare the administration
II the Federal government 20 be in great
need % immediate reform, and DO hereby en-
Join upon the nominees Of this convention and
ut the democratic party in each state real
Gus effort and corporation to this end, and do
here appeal to our fsl ow-oiiiIens Of every
former political connection to undertake with
ns this frat and ~ ~ pressing patriotic duty.
For the DE aocr cy Of the whole country We
do b re ra-aiiirm oar faith To- the permGn nee
of The Federal Union; our devotion % the
Constitution Of the United States. with IT.
amendments. universally accepted ~ final
settlement Of the controversies that engeuder-
Cd The civil war, and do here record our stead.
fast conf lcncr IA the perpetuity Of republic an
self-goyornmcGt in absolute acquiesocnce IN
the will cot the maiotity-the vital principle
Of republics. Ia the supremacy OF the civil
over The military; in the total separation Of
Church aud State. for the sake alike Of civil
nul rel gi0us ir ed0m In the equality Of all
citizens before lust laws Of their own enact
mcni IN tho liberty Of individual conduct,
unvescd u.s. sumptuary laws; in the faithful
education Of the rising generation that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these
best conditions Of human hhpp ness and hope,
we behold the n0lest products ola hundred
years e chaugcful history.
Bar while UNFOLDING the bond Of our Union
and the great charter Of these our rights, II
behooyea % free people 10 practice also that
eternal vigilance which il the price Of liberty
Rcf8rmis necessary To rebuild and establish
In the hearts Of he whole people the Union,
eleven years hgo happily rescued from the
danger ola secession OF states, but now to be
saved from a corrupt ccntralism, which after
in6ieting upon ten states the rapaoity OF car
prt-hap attorneys, has honey combed the Offices
Of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
~, waste and fraud, infected States and mu-
inequalities with the Contagion Of misrule, and
locked fast the prosperity Of an industrious
people in the paralysis Of hard times. Reform
l. necessary to establish sound currency,
restore the public credit aud maintain the ma
iona honor.
We dcnouncc the failure for all these eleven
years 10 make good the promise Of the legal
lender notes which arc changing standard of
value in the hands of the people, aud the non
payment Of which is disregard Of the plight
ed mith Of The nation.
We deuouncc the inpfoyidenoe which in
eleven years Of peace has taken from the peo-
plc. in Federal taxes. thirteen times the whole
amount Of The legal tender notes and squan-
dercd four times their sum In useless expense,
without occumulaling any reserve Tor their
redemption.
We ,lcnounce the financial imbccilily and
immortality OF that party which, during eleven
years II peace, has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption; but instead has INSTRUCTED re
sumption by wasting our resources and cx-
hausting all our surplus income -and, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hindrancrs thereto. AS such u him
drancc we denouncc the resumption clause of
the act of 1875, and we here demand its re-
peal.
We demand iudicious system of prepare
iion, by public economies, by official retrcnch-
ments, and by wise finance, which shall ena-
bic the nation soon to assure the whole world
of It's perfect ability and its perfect readiness
to meet any Of It's promises at the call of the
creditor entitled TO payment We believe
such system well advised and, above all, ID
trusted to- competent hands tor execution
creating a. no time an artificial scarcity of
currency, and Ot 10 time alarming the public
mind into Il withdrawal of that vast ma
chucry Of credit by which ninoty-fyc per
cent Of oar business transactions is perform
cd--a system open aud public, and inspi-
ring general confidence would, from the day
Of It's adoption, bring healing on its wings to
all our haNsscd industries, set in motion the
wheels OF commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, restore employment TO lObor
and renew in all its sources the prosperity
of the people
htlNlu ~ HNNtNNNIy III INV sum anu ulnut
OF Federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor light
~ bur1cned. We donounee the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles as II
masterpiece of injustice inequality and false
prctensc, which icldsa dwindling, not yearly
rising revenues 1t has impoverished many in
lustries to suhsdiso few; il prohibits im-
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor; It has degraded American
commerce from the Grst to an inferior rank
upon the high seas; 1t has cut down the walls
of American manufactures NJ home and abroad
il has depleted the returns of American
agriculture AN industry followed by half our
people itcoss she people hvc times more than
II produces to the treasury it obstructs the pro-
cess OF production and wastes the fruits of la
hor; IL promotes fraud fosters smuggling,
enrohcs dishonest officials and hankrupts
honest merchants We demand that all Gus
tom-housc taxation shall be only for revenue,
Reiotm is necessary in the scale of public
cxpense-Federal, State and Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars in gold in 1850 TO four hundred
and fifty million dollars IN currency in 1870, |
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and
ffty-tour millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred and thirty million dollars in curren-
cy in 1870, or In one decade from less than five
dollars per head 80 more than eighteen dol |
lars per head. Since the peace the people have
paid TO their tnN-uathercrs more than thrice |
the sum Of the national deb, and more than
twice that sum for the Federal government
alone We demand a rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer Of
the government,
Reform is necessary to put q stop to the
proaigate waste of public lands and their di-
version from actual settlers by the party in
power which has squandered two hundred mil.
lions of acres upon railroads alone, and
ont 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 Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties aud our diplomacy, which have
stripped our telow-ciuzens of foreign birth
ana kthdred race, re-erasing the Atlantic
from the shield Of American citizenship, and
hANe exposed our brethren of the Pacific !
coast 10 the incurslous Of a race not sprung |
rom me same great parent stock, and, in fact,
now ny law denied citizenship through natu- |
rahiaton, as being unaceustomed 20 the |
traditions OF a Progressive civilization, and /
unexereised in liberty under canal laws |
We denounce the policy which thus diseards |
the hherlN-loylng German and tolcrates the /
revival OF the Oooie trade in Monaghan wo-
men imported Tor immoral purposes, and Mon /
golian men held TO perform servile labor con-
tracts. We, therefore, demand such mod
heations of the treaty with the Chinese en-
pire, and such legislation b. Congress. within /
constitutional limitation, aSshall prevent Tho
further importation or immigration Of the /
Monaghan race.
Reform is necessary and can never he efFcc,-
ed but by making IL the controlling issua 90