The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-01
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.
ADOPTED at st. Louis. juno -. 1879.

rsch state a Jealous effort and 60 oucra-
ton 10 TINS end, and DO hereby appeal TO
our felIow.citizcus of every former political
connection to undertake with Ia TIL. first
al : nv - - i.'''
I'M 'NioN, ihh BIZ
Az ShLr w hi'-'-'f
For the democracy oil the Whoie country,
We do hereby realhrm our ialih IN the per
mInenee OF the federal union; our devotion
10 the constitution OF the United states,
with H. ameLdmcnt, universally accepted
a. the final settlement OF the controversies
that engendered civil wsr, and do here re-
cord our steadiast confidence In the perpe.
tuity OF republican selt-government
1ur rtpsr crSIrpy
In absolute acatliesceuce in the will of
the msiorty-the vital principle of repub-
lies; in the supremacy OF the civil over the
military authority. in tie total separation of
church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom: in the equality OF
all citizens before just laws oil 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
a hundred years OF changeiul history; but
while UNFOLDING the bond OF our union and
great hsrter OF these great rights, i: be-
hooves a free people TO practice also that
eternal vigilance which l. the price of
liberty.
pYpoRN-CoRRr-PTro
Reform Il necessary 10 build aud establish
III the hearts OF the WnOle people the union,
| eleven years ago happily rescued from The
danger OF secession OF states OUT now 10
be saved from corrupt cepTall,m, viii IN,
alter lhnietlhs upoh zen states inc fapaci'y
OF caIpetDaS t!rahnies, mas none! comoed
the Offices OF tue federal government ltseli
with incipaclty, waste ana fraud lnfecte u
states and munieipalitits with the cont1-
glon OF lnlsrule, anu locked last the pros
perity OF an INDUSTRIOUS people IN the pa
raiyel- OF hard times.
vvropv np THY
p,yyp>ys
4.yg'tr IL heoe,a!! 10 estaohnh q soah1
currency, itstotc ny pupiic 'r1dt anu
h'aintaiIi i"e H''1U -, a, h"hoi; We uc"o"h'c
the iaiiui1 i"i Az ti'so ei1Neh YEAR, 10
mat Sool the promise Vi the irsA tehdei
hpie'' winch az c.aI-ihs rtAhuafa oi
III 'ne Is",.s " u's neoPle, ana .ne
noh "a. hirht VI "iicH a. . "i-i' AId Vi the
phsh'su Iaith VI the hi'Iohi
z ur'ouii tis iii's'i % .'snS' Mhlth IN
et''h var 90 pa IA tdheh rom we
ptotie, ~ leueia 4. 49,, .Hii 'een 'IIir. VI"
"h WI, a" gu, ~ '". tehuei no'es,
@ t,, r,'i ~ "se
ieS "Iiiiou. a. a'ibs an! re-
ssiN : lol tnt'I Ieuenpuoh' " nenouhce
~ ~ az "nI luiuioi' ills oi
peace. has made no advance toward re.
demptioh; DO preparation Tor Resumption,
pu'' tirt'a ma "Os'i u''en e.uHiptloh Oy
"islIhs our resources anu tAnAl-tlhg All
our surplus INCOME ana while annually
PROGRESSING 10 ihlehu 'predy return 10
rPeGie pay hinhi' mas aihtii4Il enacted ire-h
hlhutihces thefeto--'s hueh hihdranee
W. uehoulce we II sumption clause OF Tue
act vi io,', anu !" e ueihahu It's repeal.
| We uelnahu yuuiclour system OF pre-
p.iatIoh. U! pupiS eeonoihies' u! oHicial
| feuehchiheht, anu ~ lhe finances, which
snah chapi1 tiie nhuoh sooh 10 assure the
| "hoie Moiiu vi it- perfect aOllty ana It's
| peiiee' IeauliieS1 u meet any oil rs prom
sen ~ tne can Vi 'ho cred!iOr entitled 10
pay NJ;
| and ahnve All an,r3s,a' "oh cNi.eu.
80 .i, oniu't u competent
n,' 20 ~ creating al no time
an a. tinelai scaic'y vi currency, ana AT no
49,, "i'I "i'hS 'iio PupiG Llihu INTO Win
uia" ~ 20 VI mat vast machinery Oh credit by
nm 90 PEI cent oi nii our business Trans
| .e'ionI aIO PSiI iiIcu' u system open 10
| would. from the day OF H. aJon,Ion LrinS
healing on il, wings TO all our harrasse1 in.
| dustrie. SCI in yno,ion tte u-i~'ai =. - 81. -"
merce. mnnrfactures and tho moNho I'M
arts, restore cmployment to labor and 70
new in sll it, national snrrces tLe ,,~nS,.1,
ity of The nnonIe
REFORM OF The TARIFF-PRgE TRADE.
| Refgyla l. necessary IN the sum and made
| OF federal taxation. 10 the end that c,,itaI
may be set free from distrust and ipbnr
lightly burdened. We denounce the pres.
ent tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
| articles a. a mast3 piece Of Injustice. in
| equality and false pretense. II Weld. a
| dwindling, not yearly rising revenue. 7,
| has impoverished many indu,trie. Ia snt.
sIul%e alcWi u prohibits imports that might
| puIchaac 'He piouucls OF American labors;
| ,ba IL, ~ a., ;,,ario DiiiIeice rom
10, 4, - iii ,. ann upon the hIgh
20, 'he saes oi American
| ,ia,aJ ~ r.,,' - an apioau, anu de-
". ,ii " y, hhericau agriculture,
| al !nuusu! ioiomeu ny nan our people. 1t
| Gosp the peoile h'c Tunes more than II pro-
| dlces 70 the treasury; obstructs the process
~ piouuolioh, anu wastes the fruits OF la
| 90 ~ Ji-ha,, - ., ips'eIs smuggling,
| honest mercbsnt. 70" anu uaHhrupt,
| nvato,n hn',sn uemsnd mat all
rexaDmo Nou'o ''Aa'ion shai De only for
|
REFORM -ECONoMY IN PUBLIC ExPENsE.
Reform Is necessary in the scale Of public
expen-e-federal. state and municipal
| Our federal taxation has swollen from sirty
| millions Doli in l-ln IN tom,