The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-29


of the federal government
to he I'm urgent need Of immediate reform:
do hereby join upon the nominees oil this
con entiOL, and Of the democratic party IN
e .ch state a jealous effort and 60 opera
ton to this end, and do hereby appeal to
our fellow. citizens of every former political |
to undertake with US hi first |
an most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, RKPUBLl-
can sELF-GONERNMENT
For the democracy of the whole country, |
we do hereby rcaffirin our faith In tue per- |
mancnce of the federal union; our devotion |
I, the constitution of the United States,
with its amei dnents universally accepted
as the final settlement of the controversies
that engendered civil war, ana do bere re-
cord our steadast co, tihence in the perpe
tuity of republican selt-government
THE FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acqtiescence in the will Of
the majority-thc vital principle oil repno-
hes: ia the sui remacy II the clVil over inc
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-.
ac,ment; In the liberty of individual con-
duet, unvexcd by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education Of ilis rising generation,
that tDey may preserve. enjoy and transmit
these best conditions Of human happiness,
and hope we behold the nobcst products OF
a hundred years of changeiul hi tory; but
while unfolding I'd &c bond OF our union and
great charter OF these great rights, /: be-
hooyes fee people to practice also that
| eternal vigilance which Is the price OF
| liberty.
RM--CORRurT!ON-cK
Reform is necessary to build aud establish
| in the hearts of the whole people the union,
| eleven years ago happily rescued from The
| danger Of q sece ssion OF states but now 10
| be saved from corrupt centrallsm, viii ID,
! after intlicting upon ten states the rapacl'l
| of carpet bag tyrannies, has honey combed
| the offices OF the federal government itself
| with incapacity, waste and fraud; infected
| States and municipalities with the conta-
| gion of mi srule, and locked fast the pros
perity OF an industrious people in the pa
| ralysis of hard times.
REFORM OF THE srECIE
| PAYMENTS.
| H.fo,9a is necessary TO establish sound
| currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We dcnounce
| the failure for all these eleven years to
make good the promise OF the legal tender
| notes, which are changing standard OF
non payment of which is a di.rs gard OF the
plghted faith of the nation.
| We denounce the improyldcnce which in
M 1'a ase hai n fksn times the
whole amount of the legal tender notes
and sqiland cred foul times this sum in use
less expense, without accumulating any re
serve Tor their redemption. We denounc,
the financial imbecility and immortality o
that party which, curing eleven years o.
PPo,nnt;on. no nrsnarotion for res,mnt;on
but, instead, has obsti cted resumption by
| wasting our resources and eXhallstipp al
our surplus income, and while annual,
| protesting to intend "A speedy return tt
specie PAYNE mt, has annually enacted fresl
hindrances thereio-as sucn hindranc'
| we denounce the RI sumption clause OF tn,
act Of 1873. and we demand its repeal.
We demand juuicious system OF pre-
| paration, by public economies by officia
retrenchment, and by the finances, which
all enable the nation soon to assure tn,
whole world of its perfect ability and il
| periect readiness to meet apy of its prom
ises at the call of the creditor entitled !,
| payment
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49,, en uo'i.eu
ID for "a sxaon,inn 80, ~, =, ~ ~.
an ar,taniai scareitv ~, ,,,rr.nar ga q. , ~
time ALARMING The nnhhc mini INTO rnc q AZ viz, ~
urawai -, .ha, ~ puun, ,n,nu ir'o MN
s;",' az ~ u."s va. sna m y. oreult o.
o,;ons 90 PEI ar,o,r ~ an ous uus,nes, IRAN
actions are PERFORMERS u system open I
would, from The day Of It's adoption, brin
neanng on its wings 10 al our harrassed In
. uustries, SCI III notioh the Wheeis OF com
n merce, Inanulactures ana the mechanics
4 arts, restore empioymen 10 labor, and re
ne" ~ an " na.io''"' sources 'he prosper
Ivy vi Tue people.
REFORM or THE rARIrr-rpKE TpAnr
= p.,,r,, a noooosor,. a., 81, ,,,, 49,, ;,
of .t,r ,sa~',io .. ~ .ne su,i, anu nou
nay h. 90. ,"H ,r ILL.,, ~ .ie enc 'nat capi'a
;%f,,v hnrt.ned W. $500 s ,h iap o
eLt .hrin 'e'leo upon hesriy Tour thousant
!, articles as mat Y piece OF injustice, in
equal,! anu iAse pIetense. II yields
uw'nuhhk, not yearly rising revenue.
mas Impoverished many industries to sub
, purchase .he products of American ,ho,
II has degraded American CONNIE. CO ron
Wy n. , W az .h,eiioi tahN upon Tue nig
A eas, mas Gu. aoMn the saies Oh america
anu,ae."ies az noine au aproau, ana az
peseL .ne Ietuins vi american agriculture
s,u . .s iohomeu W uali our people.
,s 'ne peopie h.e tunes more IMAM II pre-
uuces " .ne treasury; oDstructs the process
~ prouucuon. anu wastes the fruits OF la
enriches Ji,honas, oai.iaIs an, Rsiins
| honest merchants W. aara S"nhI up'
| custom house tayation shaii - -,
revenue A' w o"s ~
BEfoRM-ECoNoMY IL PUBLIC Expense
Reform Ia necessary in the scale q, Mil;
expense-federal, slate and nn,pio;uai
Our federal taxation has swollep from .; = I,
millions gold, in 1860, TO four hundred an