The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-08-15

lause of the Act of 1875, and demard
IS repeal" I thoroughly believe that
" public economy, by official retrench
nent and by wise finance, enabling Us
o accumulate the precious metals,
RESUMPTION AT AN EARLY PERIOD
q possible without producing an artii-
,ial scarcity of currency, or disturbing
public or commercial credit, and that
hese reforms, togethtr with the restora-
ion of pure government, will restore
general confidence. encourage the useful
nves:ment of capital furnish employ
ID ent to labor and relieve the country
from the paralysis of hard times.
THE DEMANDS OF LABOR
With tile industries Of the people
there have been frequent Interference
Our platform truly says that many In
dustries have been impoverished to sub
sid'ze few. Our commerce has been
degraded to an inferior position on
the high seas, manufactures have been
diminished, agriculture has been embar.
rassed, and the distress of the industrial
classes demand that these things shall
he reformed.
THE BURDENS OF THE PEOPLE
Must also be lightened by great change
in our system of public expenses. The
proligate expenditures which increased
taxation from So per capita in 1860 to
FSlS in 1870 tells its own story OF our
need of fiscal reform.
-g CITIzENs OF FOREIGN BIRTH.
Oar treaties with foreign powers
shouli also be revised and amended in
so far as they leave citizens of foreign
birth in any particular less secure in any
country on earth than they would be il
they had been born upon our soil; and
the iniquitous e'2 'a.a
+' CooLIE SYSTEM,
Which, through the agency Of wealthy
Companies. imports Chinese bondmeI
and establishes species Of slavery, ant
interferes with the just rewards of labol
ION our Pacific Coast, should be utterl,
abolished in the reform Of our civil ser
vice.
l Oe sectional contentious, and in re
spect 10
| OUR COMMON SCHOOLS,
l have only this to say, that, in m,
judgment, the man or party that woul
Involve our schools in political or sec
tartan controversy is an enemy to tn
schools. The Common Schools are 8
far under the protecting care OF all th
peorle that under the control OF an
party or sect they must be neither sec
tartan nor partisan, and there must b
neither division nor misrepresentation Q
the funds for their support. Likewise
regard the man who would arouse Q
foster "a a1
SECTIONAL ANIMosITIEs
And antagonisms among his countr!
a men as dangerous enemy to his cour
! try. All the people must be made
feel and know that once more there
established purpose and policy undo
, which all citizens Of every condition
. race and color will be secure in the el
joyment of whatever rights the Const
5 tuition and laws declare or recogniz
/ and that in controversies that may ari'
the Government is not q partisan, b
!, within its constitutional authority u
. just ana powerful guardian OF the
rights and safety. All the strife betwet
e sections and between races will cease
II soon as the power for evil be TAXI
e away from pa tv that makes polite
gain out of scenes of violence, bloc
shed, and the constitutional authority
e placed in the hands Of men whose p
If litical welfare requires that peace al
l. good order shall be preserved ever
1t where. 1t will be seen, gentlemen, tn
I am
T IN ENTIRE ACCORD WITH THE PLATFoRl
st OF the Convention by which ha
|. been nominated as a candidate for t
III Office OF Vice President Of the Unit
,r States.
i'll HIS OPINION OF MR. TILDEN
Permit me, in conclusion, to expire
my satisfaction at being associated wi
Of candidate for the Presidency who
I'll first among his equals as represent
ye tive of the spirit and of the achie1
to ments of reform. In his official care
al, as the Executive of the great State
n New York, he has, in comparative
ic short period, reformed the public sci
he ice and reduced the public burden so
or to have earned at once the gratitude
he his State and the admiration of
- country. The people know him to
all thoroughly in earnest He has sho
ty himself to be possessed of powers a
ch qualities which fit him in an eminent {
nut gree for the great work of reformati
id which this country now needs, and il
to shall be chosen by the people to
or high office of President of the Uni
ey States l believe that the day Of his
ne augura,ion will be the beginning Of
l.y NEW ERA OF PEACE,
or Purity and prosperity in all departme
re- of our Government l am, gentlem
your obedient servant.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS
Did TO the Hon. John A. McClernand, Oh
al man, and others Of the Committet
not the National Dem ocratic Convent