, 1876-11-04
n nnDCRATiG Plat. 0hM.
adop ed by .he ne,noern',e r., &c N s.SsS' Snm,
y.,,tion ian Session al 81 a"s' ''

nEi1UnNitS'
snx ,he Democratic National Con-
Adoi, Sessiou at NJ. I-oIis. Jnne
Seh't NJ the democratic party OF the
Wt, the " " IN national convention assenbssd, 60
UnsS deIsra thr administration OF the fe'leTa SVH
-, -, h. N, great need of immediate reform 10
b,sv snioin UPON the nominees OF TINS cohVeh.ot'
and OF the democratic party II each otale am Al a.
Touis 10 make efforts, and Cooperate 10 sulS @
- a. Gfranv auutsal TO our fellow citizens OF eNsS
@ a. llti.sI conuection TO undertake with US TINS
frs ai most pressing patriotic daty lor Ine ueHen
of The whole country. r a.
u " =. brs t IA our faith in the permanency Ui the
sI,r,I Union: our devotion to the constitution Sl
- I-,,.3 Srstss with its amendments university
nc,sptel a. I'm settlement O. the cohtlonS , @
- ustler-i The civil war, and 90 mere ietuit cut
s,Stast c1nti ience IN III terletuity OF r'puuAktu
= : ,,,y-,.rt IN an absolute acquieststiiCt IL tie
vii of Tie msiority, tie prnclple oi rvp1on.s III
a.. supremacy OF the clNl over the li'l1''S4y ~
tI,rity IN the total stparatrn oi ehuieii at'n
- ti. s,Le like OF cIvIl aud lellsiJuS iiee-om III
,.Itx II AL CITIZEN before the JaSt laws oi thelI
o,S enactment in the ber'y OF li'!lIianii cOE'u''
rv.x-,i by sunptuary laws; in the IAthlul edIcl-
tion OF the Tlsnl geneTa'ioI t't egGs - ~ L,,
ENJOY and tTanSinlt lheso 0es'
hapolness and Lope- -,
Ne uphold the Ioblest products OF one htn"tgu ~.
ers nf chan,eful history, but Willie uiioidlhS lhe
iopd of our union, and the great character OF lhse
o ,i,h,s If bhoOves free people 10 pIa tlte also
tb.t eternal ylgancs which i the pflce OF ADet1-
Reform Is necessary 10 rebuild and estinsii IN te
hearts ot the whole people tie CI!oh, eleven 1'1io
ro barriv rescue from danger OF corrupt eeatrHs-
-, ,trI, after II fiic ug upon ten States me Fte-
ify OF caIIet-bag tyranny, has toney-eoAsoVd the
offices the federal government itSei WIN ihla -
Vors. than fr II inflicted States ana NJ
with the coBtsSiUn OF missue AMI loeA@i last 'is
rty of an iisI-:riOsIs people IN the para!! Sis oI
hard times Reform Is necessary 20 establish soaii
currrpcy restore the pubic credit anu maintain the
national honor
We denounee the failure OF all these ten years 70
make ,o,I the promises OF the Legal tender notes
! whirh are Changing thu stanttrd OF value IN the
hands of the pvOpe, and the Bon-paynieut OF Wnich
Is disregard o. the plghed iaIth ot Lie nttioh- we
denounce he mpIoyldehce Whi'h III eieNSii aIs M l
peace has taken from the people III frauds ten tihe
the amount OF the legal tender notes and "a anderei
four times the sum IN useless expense without ae-
| cumulatIr.y III Y reserve Tor their IeitEiotlon
! We deuounce the financial policy and immortality
NJ tlat ptrtv which, during eievt years OF peace,
haS made no advance InrnJ toward rrSUnptlcn' no
Y,rtTs,f,.;on tor resumption hnt lLstezlH, has CD
structed resumption by WASTING our Ies''uI'J I /,
and elayIstiug al our surplus IneoIne ana "ii4l5
annually protesting 70 Intenl a SPECIFY return %
sp4cis u;,yHeut has Annually added tres hindEance
thereto As such IA hIn!TstEee, we denodhee ths II
sumption clause OT tie act OF 1879, ami ucia- Us
! repeal. We demand JudleiouS system oi pfepiIa d
ii6u by public economies, by uthcEIl relIehcl-Iiehl'
and bv wise tI.Ie which shall rn2be the nation u
assure the wi ole Worl a.. IL perfect AOly anu li'
peIr' readiness 10 meet any oI lis PROMISES al Int
We believ- such a system wen 4Visei aui intrust
sd 10 cOmpetenr hands execution. crea,.ns at
time an artificial scarcity of eurr ncy, and at no ti
alarming the public mind into withdrawal OF thai
ytster machinery of credit by which % per cent q
all business TRANSACTIONS are peTfnTm-tl-a system
open, public and inspiring general cOnhIehce WouI,
from The day Of It's afOpuOn brlBg healing ON IL
win all LarlsSsd lndustrles set Ia motion
the wheels OF commerce. manufactures and I'M
mechanic IIs restore employ men; 10 labor atsl pros
p-rity TO the people
Reform 5 necessary in the sum and mole o: feiers,
taNati n TO the Cni 4 Il capital De st free from dS
| trust and labIr lightly bur,eHei- e deDouues Tie
| present IHrln level upon nearly 1000 aItuAS az =, .
! master piecr of lHJUstIee and isise pIs-raSe- ~
yields dwnaling, not yearly rising 1eiiue. -
has IMPOVERISHED many Industries tc0'i'eIIiZ . .
I Ii prohibits imports that might priCh'ISe 'ie Pc
ducts the country II has rrirc7a amer l'-''i o,i
/ meIce hOui the iI to an INFERIOR rams Gl"-' 'ii
| h.yh se-ss Ii has Iowe-ed the sale OF American
manufactures At ZONE tLl a0sot'' @ Ia Ia ;Pr
return OF Ar.eriyip asrio ana I''duS'r! t''
Lowell ly half OF CIR people 1t costs the people hy'
tlmS ore thar 1t pr dues 10 'Ie treasury. IL 90
strIcis tie pzuee-~s7 o. Pfo-ue' aisd wastes 'H
fruits OF k.sor. 10 promotes Haul, -osteis SNUG
i,ug aurches DIS! oHgst officials and bInhrUpis hon
- T,.-clE.,.s We demand that cs;OIn-L use = s
| tiou shah b only L 7 revenue
R4frm Is necessary IL the ale Of public expense
nafiunal State lnd muuicIptl. our federal tlNatIJI
bas syoIIjt II fl0In 500 30 900 goi, 1860 TO Si50
co o q currency 1870, IN one decade nom e~s
/ than - per head more than SlS Per head Sine
the peise the p-oPle Ii u pail - the tax gather;
/ NO than three JliueS the amount OF The iatuid
debt and more tE4n twice the sam Of ieerIl Cut!ys
Above all .eElanl frugaA;y III sgery department
of tue government.
Reo..I Is necessary to Pat stop 10 PEui.ig,;t'
UuStu public lanes M IA. l---ron mon! aetna
settles hy the party IN power which has squandert
two hundred mil onS UiCD railroads one
and out OF t-au thrIcr tdHf aggregate has dis
POSED of less thIE SIXTH 10 tis tsli-> Of the son
Reform = Necessary 10 c,rTect the Omissions of Z
I Of P-r1H-
and or q pOa.s"y, which iavr striped CIR ;eIU.
ct.z!:s 81 f,rr.gu Irb and kindred races erosSiuq
t.. - atc % tH- ShIr!8 OI An CI:iZe..s and
have eypcSg cur br tLTnu % the PacIir e. IT,
nguIsgt,s ri "a sIeaE3i.- "A 4Guf,.e iO Ia.
same great lr rent sJCcs, ana, IN tHct, ty aw de
u;ed cIti2gI.siIP through naturalization as beiI.-
Eci,i.tr Gus ;OsG To tire traditions OF rCeressip
cIyIlzI,l Il uos eNercse! in liberty under squal laws
Ne DrI,Guuce TIE P,Lcy witch thus dlsGIui5 HI
liberty ty.Oyng German and tOCIatss he levIV4, q
I the aOue trade IL Nol1sallan women imported f0
immoral purposes ami MoH=oiI.n men held g per
form s-rvne E.bor contracts, and demand sucn
mO.Ih IL On 81 the treaty VIII tie Chinese Umpire
oI such gIsla'fUn 10y Congress within cuustItui ct:.
lInl:atiO. shall prevent the Ur her inportafo
or irliIi- ration OF he MoEgCian race.
Reform is necessary, and eau never be eff ctel hu
by masking 1t Jhe eontronn. issue cf the elrca II
and lifting il stOve the asr issues With vi icl
the Othce-holdlns Class AID tie party il power se
Iiss 10 .otuer IT,
I, The ia!se issne With which they would erkindi
wl.ci, the establishment and support beio, eIiI
slVely 10 the States wich the democratic party H.
CHERISHED from their fOUniat.on, AMI Is resolved :,
maintain without aHy p2 tIaiity Tor class se,t q
creed, and without contributions from the treasury
;. Ihr false issue by WhIh they seek to lia,l.
anew the dying embeTs OF sectional hate betueel
klnired people once unnatur,lly estranged but nov
united IN one indiylsible republic and a commol
destiny.
Rel I'm Is necessary in civil service. Experiene
proves that the e Is 1t eeonOInIeal conduct til
government Is not possible If its civil service be
prIze fought Tor at ge ballot bOx be bIiei rewal,
Of party zeal lnsteId Of POSTS Louor assigned 70
proved eonIrteLcy, held TOR Il ie.Ity IN puhG
employ That the tIspea> L., OF Patronage sAUu
hellhtr be TAX On tie time OF our public men 10
the instrument OF their ambition. Here again pIO
sSlJIs talSliei IN the pertO name. attest that IL
party IN power nov can work No practical O
s2i ~i5ctory TCfoTm.
Reform Is Necessary even r-ore in higher siades G.
public servlce-tTe>Tlenj, Wee p esldeDi Judges
senators, representatives, cabinet officers these E
al IN authority are tb- p-oplr's SERVANTS Ihei
otilees are not private prTquIsItss, They puhh
trust " hen the annals OF this Tepabhc show tn
disgrace and ceTsuTe Of a Vice President OF a lat
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives marketing
Ills rulings a. a presiding officer; Of three senator
prottng secretly by their votes us law makers; O
hve charnen OF thu la ing Of the lat
HOUSE of Representatives exposed III robbery: OF
ate secretary OF The treasury forcing tauc in n,
public account; OF late attOrn y-;,e neral nisrro
printing public funis of secretary Of the treasur'
ehI le VI tLflihhS Trends, by pr ceOiage leVle-
on tn Z ohts OF contractors with his department
einlssi'!Or TO England cers;IreI f,r a dIshOnOr4
bic speculation; OF Presidents private secretar,
barely escaping convection upon trial tor guilty com
illty III frauds upon the rsyrBu OF a secretary O
WY npeAclied Tor hlgA crimes and confessed misle
| mestnuIs.
Inc demonstration is complete that the first step /,
reform must be the people'e cuce for honest neI, !,
ano her party lest the disease Of one political oranj
z'ition s.ould infect ii body IoiItlc and lest b.
ma sin; no change OF men pirty get no chang
OF measures and no reform Of al these abuses yroDs,
aud er-lnts That tie pro lUctiOus Of sixteen wear
OF ascendeney OF the UblIcan purity create neces
sIty tor TeiOrm confessed by repuhlll.,rs thern