Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-09-22
Tie Principles Of the Democracy,
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TIC 10 Ivtn,i0n Judge " .reGith OF Va.
prtsen'od tie rep'rt nf Inc GanDatiee
On Resoluli.us, which saws fiat a great
m0nv rc, olul inns were e. scniod to the
committee. all OF which lave been care
- ,ily rYamincd End dNussrd before
camiuc - an agreement. lie hen re
rucs -! Lieut. Gov. Dorsbcimcr Of New
20 < TO rcHd it 10 the Convention. as
tOilows.
W., the delegates Of the Democratic
uiity of the Uni'td States, in rational
convention Of the Federal Government
% be in urgent need of inne,Fute re-
sorm. We do hereby c%nioin upon the
Hourinece pt tljs Convention and of the
D@s, g,;ic party in ea:h Sta'e a zeal
eus "a, n an! co~-npcrarion 30 this end
AMI DO hereby app"ii to nur Iellow,cit-
szens ii every former political connec.
zion ~ am icrlake withsis this first AID
mos! pressing patriotic duty ct the Je
moe acy o! the whole country.
We 80 here Tcsfirm our faith in the
r~srmsucncy of the Federal Union. our
levution to the Constitution of the Uni
Sci States. with It's amendments uuiycr-
sally accepted ms n final SETTLEMENT oi
She controversies hat eRcendered civil
wal, and do here record u stcadiast
cOnfdruv In HE perpetuity oI republl'
can sell government. In abso'u G ac-
auicsreacc 10 the will of the majority
she yital principle of republics; j. the
supremacy OF the civil over The military
authority; in the total separation o.
v'u,Ci, and state for the sake alike of
civil and religious freedom; in the equal
.ty of all citizens before just laws Of
,hpir OWL enactment: in the liberty Of
individual conduct uuveXeG 10y sumpt-
',ory laws; in the faithful education of
the r;sing generation, that they may pre-
serve, cri"y, and transmit these best
con ;itions Of human happiness and
ilupc, We behold the noblest products of
n liYuurud wars OF changetul history.
But, while upbolding the hond of our
union, the great charter OF these Il
rights. it bchooves a Tree people to prac"
tice also that GENIAL vigilance which is
tIe price OF liberty. Reform is neces,
sary 10 rebuild and establish in the
.lemts of the whole people of the I'm
jon, eleven years ago happily rescued
from the danger OF q secession OF
Statrs, bat now to c saved from a cor
rupt ccnualism, which, after intlicting
up0n ten States the mpacity OF carpet
'ag ~tyrannits, has honey-combed the
offices of the Federal Government itself
with inrapacIty, waste and fraud, in
fccted States and municipalities with
ihe contagion Of misrule, and locked
fat the prosperity of an industrious
people in the paralysis of hard times.
TIFF CURRENCY PLANK.
Reform is necessary to establish q sound
currency, restore the public credit, and
maintain the national honor.
We denouuce the failure for all these
eleven years to make good the pro1ise
of he LEGAL tender notes, winch are a
changing standard of valuein the hands
of the people, and the n%onpayment OF
winch is q disregard of the plighted
faith Of the nation.
Wedcnouncc the improvidence which
in eleven years Of peace has taken from
the people in Federal taxes thirteen
times the whole amount of the legal
tender notes, and squandered four times
this sum 10 useless expense without &C
cumula,ing any reserve for their re"
demptiOn. =.
We denounce the financial imbeciIity
and irmoralily'of thai party which du
ring eleven years oil peace has made no
advance toward resumption: that in
stead has obstrncted resumption ny
wasting our resources and ~exhausting
all our surplus income, and while annu-
ally protesting to intend q speedy re-
tu'n to specie payments has annually
enacted fresh hindranccs thereto. AS
such a hindrance we denounce the re-
sumption clause OF the act of 1S75,and
w here demand its repeal. We demand
a iudIc,ous system of preparation by
public economies, by official retrencho
merits, and by wise finance, which snail
enable the nation 200 to assure the
whole world of its perfect ability, and
its perfect readiness to meet any oil
Its promises at the call Of the creditor
entitled to payment.
We believe such a system we'll devised
and above all entrusted to competent
hands for execution, creating at no time
an artificial scarcity OF currency, and at
no time alarming the public mind into
n withdrawal Of that vasler machinery
Of credit by which % per cent OF all
business transactions are pe;formcd--a
system open, public, and inspiring gem
eral confidence, would from the day II
its adoption bring healing on its wings
TO our harassed industry, and set IN mo-
ton the wheels oil commerce, manutac-
lures, and the mechanical arts, restore
employment to labor, and renew IN all
its national source the prosperity OF the
people.
Reform is necessary in The mode Of
Federal taxation to the end that capital
NAV I've set free from distrust, and labor
lightly ~burdcncd. We denounce the
present tariff, levid upon nearly 1000
articles, rs n masterpiece Of injustice in
equality aud false p%re'ence. II yields a
dwndling. not . yearly rising revenue.
1t has impoverished many industries to
subsidize a few. IT prohibits imports
that might purchase the products ol
American labor. 1t has degraded Am
ericon commerce from rhe first to AN in
ferior rank on the high seas, 1t has
cut down tie sale Of American manu'
features at home and abroad, and dcple'
ted he rcturnsof American agriculture