The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-02

NenllON aS>eUlUitN, 90
administration Of the federal government
to be in urgent need OF immediate reform;
do hereby enjOin upon the nominees OF this
con, entioL. and OF the democratic party in
each state. jealous effort ana 60 opera
ton to this end, and do hereby appeal 10
our fellow-citizens of every former political
connection 10 undertake with Us this n;si
SIT most pressing patriotic duty.
TUE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION, RKrU8II-
CAS- SELF-GoyERNMFNr
For the democracy of the whole country,
we do hereby reafiir1n our faith ia the per-
manence OF the federal union: our devotion
To the constitution of the United States,
with its aneL dmentS universally accepted
as the Gnal ett'cment OF the controversies
that enxendered civil war. anu do bere re-
cord our steadiast confidence in the perpe
tui,y Of republican seli-goyernment.
The FIRST CENTURY.
Ia absolute acquiescence in the will Of
the msjority--the vital principle OF replb-
lies; in the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority, in tie total operation OF
church and state. for the sake alike OF civil
aud religious freedom: in the equality OF
sill citizens befcIe Just laws OF their own en-
actment: in the liberty of individual con-
duct. linve Xed by Sumptuary laws: i'll the
faithful education of the rising generation,
that they may preserve. enjoy and transmit
these best conditions of human happiness,
| and hope we behold the noblest products OF
| q hundred years OF changefnl history; hut
| while upholdlng the bond of our union and
great charter OF these great rights. /. be-
| hooves free people 10 practice also that
| eternal vigilance which i The price OF
! liberty.
REFoRM--CoHErpT!O
Reform is necessary 10 build and establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from The
danger of "A secession Of states but now to
be saved from corrupt ccptralism. viii ch.
after INJECTING upon ten states the rapaciiy
OF carpet.bag tyrannies. has hone y-combed
the offices OF tie federal government itsclt
with incapacity, waste and fraud: in'ected
States and municipalities with the conta-
glon Of misrlllc. and locked fast the pros
pcrity OF an industrious people in the pa
ralysi> of iiard tinc>.
REFORM or THE CURRTNCY--sTECIE
PAYMENTS.
H,fora7 l. necessary to establish a soaDd
currency. restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We denounce
the failure for all these eleven years TO
make good.thc promise of the legal tender
notes, which are changing standard of
value in the hands OF the people. and the
non payment of which is 4 derC gard of the
plehted faith OF the nation.
We deuounco the improyideucc which in
people, in federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount of the legal tender notes,
/ and squandercd ioul time, this sum in use
less expense, without accumulatipg any re-
/ serve Tor their redemption. We denounce
/ The financial imbeciliiy and immortality OF
/ that party which, during eleven years of
\ peace. has made no advance toward re.
demption; no preparation Tor resumption.
| but, instead, has obsuucted resumption by
wasting orr resources and cNhau,ting all
our surplus income. and while annually
protesting to intend speedy return to
specie payment. has annually enacted fresh
hindrances thereto--as such a hindrance
we denouuce the II sumption clause OF the
act of 1873, and we demand its repeal.
We demand q judicious system OF pre-
paration, by public economies. by official
retrenchment, and by the finances. which
shall enable the nation soon 10 assure the
whole world of its perfect ability and its
perfect readiness to meet any OF lis prom.
ises at the call Of the creditor entitled TO
payment,
We believe such 4 system, well devised,
and, above all, entrusted to competent
hands for its execution, creating at no time
| an artificial scarcity OF currency, and at no
time alarming the public mind into a with.
! draWal OF that vast machinery of credit by
which 50 per cent. OF all our business trans
actions are performed; a system open 10
| the public anu inspiring general confidence
would, from he day OF It's adoption, bring
healing on its wings to all our hsrrassed in
dustries, set ia motion the wheels Of com.
| merce, manufactures and the mechanical
arts, restore employment TO labor, and re.
new IN all it, national sources the prosper
ity OF the people.
reform OF THE TARITF-FREE TRADE.
! ,Rg'7z' Is necessary in the sum and mode
/ OF federal taxation, TO the emf that CAPITA
may be sci Tree from distrust and lab ?
/ lightly burdened. We denounce the pres
| eEt taTll ievled upon nearly four thousand
! articles as a mast r piece Of injustice III
| equality and false pTetense IL yield,
dwndln2, not yearly rising revenue. II
has impoverished many industries 10 sub.
sidizs few; It prohibits imports that might
purchase me products Of American l,bors;
II has degraded American commerce from
the hrst 70 an Inferior rank upon the high
seas: II has cut down the sales of American
| manufactures at home an abroad, aud de-
| peted the returns vi American agrieulture
en- INDUSTRY followed by halt our people. Ii
costs the people five times more than Il pro.
duces TO the treasury; obstructs the process
or production, and wastes the fruits OF Ia.
Dor; II promotes fraud, fosters smuggling.
enfiches dishonest officials and oankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that ali
custom mouse taxation shall he only for
! revenue.
IFfoRM r. PUBLIC EXPFN 81
Reform Is necessary in the scale of public
expense-federal, State and municipal
Our federal taxation has swollen from sixtv
millions gold, in 1860, % four hundred ami
! MY millions currency, in 1870. our sgrre.
gate taxation. from oue hundred and ti1ty.
io'lr millions gold in 1850, 10 seven hundred
anu thirty miiilons currency in 1870; or, in
one decade, IRON less than five dollars per
mead 10 more than eighteen dollars per head.
since tho peace the people have maid N
their taX-gatherers more than thrice tho
sum OF the national debt, and more Than
twice that sum for the federal goyernme "a,
alone, We demand a vigorous lrugality i'm
. every department, and from every ottcer
oil the government
RrToRM--FCBLIC LAMB. 10 ACTUAL at
ILKRs.
hqorm Is necessary 10 put a stop 10 the
ptollsatc waste Oi the public lands and
their diversion from actual settlers by the
party IN power, which has squandered
100000 900 acres upon railroads alone. ami
?n amount OF more than thrice that a,,,,e'
gate, has disposed Of less than sixth III.
roctly TO the tillers or the soil.
HEfoBM-ApoPTED CITIZENS, REygCTrn
NONGOLs.
ApyiM ~ necessary 10 correct the omm II
SION OF republican congre - and the err or
"a our ueailes and our diplomacy, Win, n
nav stripped our fellow-citizens Of foreign
birth and kindred race, recros,iny the ~
lan'ic, OF the shield of Amerlra, ri,iza,,'
ship, and have exposed our lr etbcn n, r.
faeihe coast 20 the incursiOns of n raee No.,
slruns from the same great paronr s,oaI
anu, in fact, now by law dari.'li. StOsA,