The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-20
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.


We, the delegates of the democratic
party OF the United States, in nationsI con.
NeDtion assembled, DO hereby declare the
ADMINISTRATION or The federal government
10 be III urgent peed Of immediate reform:
do hereby enJoin upon the nominees Of this
eonsehtioL, and oil the democratic party Ia
each state, Jealous effort ana 90 opera
uon to this end, and do hereby appeal TO
our feiiow.citizens OF every former DO iticsl
connection TO undertake with Va hi. fifst
an most pressing patriotic duty.
The UNION, THE CONSTITUTION. REpCBLi-
CAS- sELf-GOvERNMENI
For tue democracy Of the whole country
we do hereby rcaffrm our faith ia the Der
manence OF the federal union: our devotion
10 the Constitution OF the United States
with It's amendments universally accepted
a, The mai settlement Of the controyers sic.
mat enRendered civil war, and do here re-
cofd our steadia-t confidence in the perpc
tutS OF republican seif-goyernment
1HE FIRST CENTURY.
10 absolute acquiescence in the will of
the msJority-the vital principle Of repub-
iie.; IN the supremacy If the civil over the
military authority, In tae total &c paraiion OF
church and state, tor the sake alike OF civil
ana religious freedom; in the EQUALITY of
all citizens beicTe just laws OF ths ir own en-
actment; in the liberty Of individual con
uuct, uhvexed by sumptuary laws; in The
faithful education OF the rising generation,
that toey may preserve, enjoy and transmit
| these best conditions Of human happiness,
| and hope We behold the noblest product. al
| hundred years OF changeiul history; but
| While UNFOLDING the bond OF our union ana
great charter OF these great rights, /. be-
| hooNes Tree people 10 practi ,e also that
| eteiuai vigilance "e.sh IL ,hc price -,
/ liberty.
kkfokM-CoREUPr:ON cRNTRALIsM.
| Reform Is necessary to build aud establish
IN the hearts OF the whole people the union,
eleven years ago happily Rescued from The
uahger oi secession OF states but now 10
| be saved from corrupt eentralism viii n
after inilicting upon ten States the rapaci,y
OF caipetbag tyrannies, has honey combe,l
the oihees OF tue federal government itself
| WITH lncapacity, waste and fraud: infected
states and municipalities with The contn.
gion OF mi srue, and locked fast The oro..
perity OF an industrious people in the ps.
ralysis Of hard times.
REFORM OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PAYMENTS.
| H.form is necessary To establish a sounJ
currency. res'ore the public credit and
| maintain the national honor We deno,n1'a
the failure for all these eleven wears m
MAKE gOou The promise OF the legal tender
notes, which are . changing ,taudard n,
value In the hands OF the people. and The
non pay inent OF which Is a dir. Ard of the
piighted faith OF the nation. ''
we denouncs the improyidence which IN
eleven years OF peace has taken from ,he
people, In federal taxes. thirteen times he
whole sinount OF the legal tender notes,
anu squandered foul times this sum in ,,sa
ess eApehse, without accommodating any re-.
serve tor their redemption. We ieno;,nce
Tue financial imbecility and immortality q,
.nst party which, during eleven years OF
peace. has made no advance toward re.
aenption; no preparation for resumption
Du., Instead, has obstructed resumption b,
washing our resources and exhau.tinp M
our surplus income. and while snnssi,s
processing to intend q speedy return "a
specie payment, has annually enacted fresh