, 1876-07-09


i ~nd practical American people will not remain fol
eyer blind to the suicidal policy Of this monstro,
and iniqnttous system. The American people vi
soon rcatizc the truth Of what Thomas .Jcterso
sald. that not the fostering of Or mcddlng wit
tnlerssis but the protection Of ,'ights is tho onl
legitimate purpose Of Republican Government
and that for this purpose alone it rghtfMlly t.
its citizens. do mot demand that A or L shal
De taxed for the benefit Of my private business, bu
4 the Government can not rightfully tax you or IN
for the private advantage Of a Or B. To tax
money out Of your pocket and put it, not into tn
public treasury, but into somebody elsc's pocket
ia no longer taxation; tits conscatoh and robbery
] sUMFTuARr LEGISLATION.
With equal bol.1ncss und nlanliness the St. Loui
Convention has pronounced against the paternal
interference theory Of Government In the shape Q
sulnptuary laws; laws by which the care for indi
ydual morality TO be fntrusted to the constabu
larry and local politicials laws which rest on thu
presumption that the plan Of creation can b
Of the General Assembly; laws which srs
based on the belief that municipal autiorit,
can make of certain weaker vessels whnt thi
family the school, and the church had been I'M
! able to make OF them; lnws which declare tina
man must not be free agent, but perpetual,
stands in need Of guardian, and that that guar,
Legislative and executive products Of onr bcautifu
system OF caueuses and primaries. Tic politica
representative and enbodi1ncntof this iIbcral AMI
lnfolerlnt spirit IL the Republican pnrty,. which,
on economical as we'll Us eocial questions, il
welded to the idca that man must nut be left tt
himself, but that tho Goyernmsnt-Fcderal, State,
everything for everybody, and lake away the rnttlt
for fear it might swallow The ohfld do not diepute
! the fact that now and then the Democratic party,
or. to eleak more correctly, Individual melnbars
Of it. have allowed themselves to be mihled by a
timid Difference 10 what they mietook for the pre-
vaing opinion, Into acts OF utteranees inconFist-
interference theory Of government; but its general
sentiments, drift, and Tendencies on this question
were right, while thoee OF the Republican party
were radically and peEsstentiy wrong. Sttl1 up to
this time, the Democratic opposition to s,,mptuary
legislation had been a sentiment or q ten
dency merely; but now, It has become an article
c1arcd its belief in individual liberty unycxed by
such legislation; and henceforwasd the spirit Or
Thomas Jefferson will hastls against the spirit Of
weapons Of Adam Smith, Bastlat, and Herbert
Spencer will be arrayed agntnst the fa1Iacies Of
Pig Iron Kelley and Charles Henry Carey
Anu nov, ne to the currency question. The
Soas l. to Platform 1Rat is h! sn9est wGHd aa
hc broken promise 81 the a%a shieh tSs
law XS e asfeRt for real dqaE but
dollar in which you and bad believed before the
diapidatcd survivor Of the old Whig party had
arisen to teach us Democracy. The St. Louis plat
dollar, by which noboiy han ever been deceived. It
pledges us to the currency of the civilized world
currency which teaches economy and thrift instead
currency 1yioh Il n6t = aham snd assns;n;r
but has intrinsic yulue and represents nctrai
will always bur tile necessarIes Of life om;1n.+ ali
nations and at aiI places; currency which secures
stability ana confidence instead Of proancne tlnc.
breaks: the currency O; mid anil x;lvrT nndcr
which this country hau attained it's highest and
sonn!est prosperity instead of the CURRENCY under
and are now suffering tflelt lowest deprcssion.
There Ia one clause in the financial blank Of the
st. Louis platform which do not like. Bat even
cidcd for return to sound money than the Mat
form adopted ut Cincinnati. A comparison of the
record Of the two Conventions will tell the tale.
glittcring gcneralitica in favor Of snecie hasis
But dieuvowing the work of its own Congress
voted down ! proriso that the return to q
beyond the time Fixed by the Res1lInD-
tiun law. The Democratic Convention, on
the other hand, declares that law to be a
Of Tint part Of It which likes the ist Of Ian1sasy,
1870, as tile time for resumption. At the same
time, however, the Convention votes down mo-
ton for the unconditional repeal of the law and
nostponing clause, leaves in operation the n,achn-
erv created 1or, and the powers given to- the Sec
relaF5 o. Inc treasury Tor Tue purpose Of eccting
rsesun.pLlon' No", et hs nave such a
.9estetaLy 81 }, " ane treasury ~ Mr. Til
uen ,N MI MI aPi'o1nt,, any tne currency pfoh-
lem na. VIII W oe aove4 H. "l1hont @ trouble or diff
4 Il
ntcasea ourselves 10 40 what we should have done !
iung ago, anu, IT, ~, nc aao' W.at We could hare
aonc !oils n.y. ha not tne rl1ilhs party been both
ttSrly y nncapanle anu entte'Y unwilling to DO So
Z Z me currency question fas become danger anda
entea- ~ - 1ne iaht. OF thoss VINO Tor the last
NJ @ 1efs' nare oefn III nclstn1bcd possession
y = Ine W!o1e poMct ~ Golelnncnt without using
y loe !Me ~, duinllmenl o1 anty winch They now
asiocsa.lea.5 a recos:e ~ wofu o. month, while
|helr oee0s Only prove tnelr uefclictlon.
THE EFFEc1s or THE PLATFORM.
am tnlly satleiled With the platform, and feel
Int by It's adoption the Democratic psrty has at
racleG 70 Itself ~ the earnest men who hays not
lsletolofe or at least not lately, co-opcEated with
{. nut "ho seriously mean what the platform de-
nanuf. ao4 see great many of them in this hall !
Q night. some Of them have been silent fo1
ears, ont tneT VIII oc heard from now. and their
nlntnce VIII ne ieit al over the country They all
cnlAe 1nat ~ no'ul3 ptoclainhng what nd political
convention had darcd to say for nearly a genera
ION, the men Of ST. Louis haTe rendered service |
men enttiex Ilcm to Tue gf:1iltnac Of the amcr-
an people; rms service WILL be recognised and
appreciated ~ al thinking and independent men.
hey are coming to you now. and they will stay |
1th you as long a. you nnhefe and live np to these
rlnelpleS. ana ,neis numbers. ana consequently
onr numbers, VIII sweM n ptoportlon to the sly
etly Wh1ce Yon mailliest IN The detenss and ap-
l'catlon Oh theSc pr1nclp1ee.
THE CANDIDATE.
Am enun2}r sdfisfr6 with tfe r,nt1idata n-hc.n