The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-29

negative character lie eNhOrted toll
ennce forbearanee aud harmony In
'" Convention,
Evening session.
. 'ne Invention was called to order
~ -''o' Jelge Meredith, Of Virginia,
thurman "thc CommittD. 40 Reso.
'ouohS, present. lhe report. \ great
many resolutions "oro presented dur.
Ing the session oflho,ommlttee, all Of
which had been rarcnlly examined
aud discussed before co@iny to AN
agreement At his request Mr. nors.
heimer of New York, read the report
to the Convention, rs follows.
PLATFORM.
We, the delegates OF the democratic
party OF She United States, iu Natl0na
convention assembled, do hereby de.
clare the administration of the Federal
Government % DO in urgent need OF
Immediate reform; and do hereby en-.
Jolnupou the nominees of this COnven.
ton, and of the Democratic party in
each aud every State, Jealous effort
and cooperation To this end, and do
hereby appeal 10 our fellow-citi2ens
OF every former political connection TO
undertake with us the first and most
pressing political duty for the Democ-
racy Of the whole country; we do
mere re'aliirm our faith in the perma-
| nency Of the Federal Union, md our
devotion 10 the Constitution OF the
! United States with its amendments,
universally accepted as final settle
ment of the controversy, that enuyu-
dered civli war, do hereby record
our steadtast confidence IN the porpe-
tulty OF Republican self government.
! in absolute aGquirSOeuce in the win of
| the majority, the vital priucipIp of
republics; In the supremacy uf the
| civil over the military authority; la
| the total separation at Church aad
STATE, for the sake alike of civil and
religious freedom; in the equality ur al
citizens before just laws of
their own Enactment I'm the
| liberty of individual conduct,
| invoked by sumptuary laws; la the
faithful education OF the rising genera.
ton, that they may preserve, enjoy
aud transmit these best conditions of
human happiness and hone, We behold
the noblest products of hundred
Years Of Changeful history. but while
upholding the bond OF our union and
great charter of these our rights,
II OchooveS a free people 10
practice nlso that eternal VIII.
lance which is the price oflihety. Re.
form Is necessary to rebuild
and re.estuhlish confidence in the
hearts of the whole people Of
the Union eleven years ago happily
rescued from the danger OF Il cOrrupt
coutralism, which. after nNlctinu
upon ten States the rapuclty of Garnet
bag tyrannics, has honevcomed the
offices of the Federal government it.
self with iucgpacitv, waste and fraud.
infected States aud municipalities with
the contagiOn of misrule. AMI locked
fast the prosperity of an industrious
people in the PARALYSIS of hard times
reform is necessary to establish a
sound currency, restore the public
credit aud maintain the national
honor.
We dcnOuncc the failure for NIL
these eleven years to make good
the promise Of the legal tender notes,
which are changing their standard Of
value In the hands of the people, and
the nonpuyment of which is II disre-
gard of the pledged faith Of the nation;
we denouuce the improvidence
which, in eleven years of peace, has
taken from the people in Federal
taxes thirteen times ;AsAg...: q amount
of the legal tender notes, and sduan.
dered four times this sum in useless
expense without accommodating any re.
serve for their redemption, we de.
uounce the financial inability and inn
morality of that marty. which durinr
eleven wears of peace, has mado no
advance toward resumption, no prepa-
ration for resumptIou, bat, instead, has
obstructed resumption by wasting our
resources and exhnusting all our sur
plus income, and while annually pro-
Tossing to intend speedy return TO
specie payments has annually enacted
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