The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-20
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.
Adopted ut 81. Louis. June -. 1875.

connection to undertake with us this first
al most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION. RKPUBLi-
CAN SELF-GON EMINENT.
For the democracy of the whole country,
we do hereby reaffirm our faith ia the per-
manence of the federal union; our devotion
t. the constitution of the United States,
with its ameL dments universally accepted
rs the final settlement of the controversies
that engendered civil war, ana do here re-
cord our steadfast confidence in the perpe.
tuity of republican seli-government.
THE FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acquiescence In the will Of
the msjority-thc vital principle OF repub-
hes: in the supremacy the civil over the
military authority, in tle total separation OF
church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom; in the equality of
all citizens before just laws Of their own en-
actment; in the liberty of individual con-
duct, unveXed by sumptuary laws; In 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
hundred years of changeiul hi-tOiy: but
while UNFOLDING the bond OF our union and
great charter OF these great rights, i: be-
hooves a fee people TO practi. &c also that
eternal vigilance which 1. the price Of
liberty.
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Reform is necessary to build and establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger of secession VI states but now to
he saved from corrupt ccntralism, viii b,
after intlicting upon ten states the rapaci v
of carpet-bag tyrannies, has hone y.combed
the offices OF the federal government itself
with incapacity, waste and fraud: in'acte d
States and municipalities with the conta-
glon OF misrule, and locked fast the pros
perity OF an industrious people in the pa
ralysis of hard times.
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"Hr wv" vi p.XvvS TS"HN' '-SrE.ih
Reform is necessary to establish q sound
currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national hon0r: we denounce
the failure ior all tnese eleven years TO
make goou tne promise OF the regal tender
notes, when are q changing standard OF
va!ee In the nahus OF the people, and the
non payment OF when IL di-r"gsrd OF the
phghted falth OF the nation.
We deno,,nce tho ,mnrovidepce which in
eleven years OF neace mas taLpn from The
neonle in federaI taves ,h;r,oan ,;n,as ~
wbola amount of Tho iew.i ,ondar &c.,
and so,andarad tou, t;mss tb;s a,,, ~ NC
less exnense' without accumulatin~ anv 80.
serve Tor their redemntion1 I'VE jenoynce
the financial imbecility and immortality OF
that parry which dmrina eleven vear: ~ ~
tto,nnt;a,'. ~, ue uU vance IoWaru re-
but, instead. has obstructed res,nni I'm hy,
wasting our resources and eybsu.tino III,
our surplus income, and while ANNUALLY
| protesting to intend n ,peedy return ~
speeds payment. has annua,ly enacted fresh
| hindrances thereto-as such a hindrance
we denoupce the r, sumntion clause ~ ,b q
| act of 1875. and we demand lis reneaI
We demand a iuuicioIs svstep ~ nra-
paration, by public economies nv oft|cial
retrenchment. and by the tinances. which
| shall enable the nation soon 20 eSs,,ra ,ha
whole world of its ne, fect ahi,itv and ;,s
perfect readiness To meet anv M Ks nror'
ises nj the call of the creditor ant;,Ipt -
PAYMENT. w
w. ho,;o, anil, s.o
orT ueuae such sys.eI' wen deSised.
anu, aDo,e All, entrusted U competent
nauus ior i!s execution, creating ct no time
a ai q, ,nI,a sca,e'! ., currency, ana al no
drawai Of .taS, ,no puul4 nnno Into With'
| wh;oh az .',a. az. hnSniheiy oI circuit py
actions .to naraor, ~, az ous business trsns-
| uo.ious arc Pei'oriheu' q system open 10
| would. from The dav az its .dontinn IT.,
| healing on its wings to all our harrassed in.
| dustries, set in motion the wheels Of com.
merce, manufactures and the mechanical
| arts, restore employment to labor and re.
new in all its national sources The nrosna,.
| ity OF the people,
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REFORM OF THE TARIFF-FRRE TRADE.
Reform is necessary in the sum and mode
| of federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor
| lightly burdened. We denoupce the Dres.
ent tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles as master piece Of Injustice, in
equality and false pretense. 1t Yields a
dwndling, not yearly rising revenue. II
| has impoverished many indnstries to suhl
| siulze lew; IL prohibits imports that might
| liz a., - a,' ~. .ni io1n soIiheIce from
sass. !, hos an err, ne. ram upon the nigh
! msn,,tactmros ~ Hn,, .he sAes vi american
nIetad tho re,,'rn no ~ an aDIoau, anu de-
an indnstrv soiioYed a. al agriculture,
ens,s ,ho 1911 Sc y! naII ouI people. II
dmnos tn H. tro nv LINES more tnsn II pro-
of nrodnc,;on aa oostIucts the process
Dor: il promotes fraud FOSTER smno,,i,n "a
enriches dishonest of,iciaIs al snns,
bone.t merchants va anu o"uArupIs
custom house tayation shah IL n a.,
revenue. snA'' NC only ior
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NET ohN -h.oNoMf IN PUBLIC EXPENSE.
| HJorm Is necessary in the scale of public
expense-iederal. State and mupiciDal
our federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions gold, IN 1860, to four hundred and
MY millions currency, in 1870. Our aygre.