The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-26
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by tho
Committee.
Adopted az 81. Louis, June IS. iS'"'

10 hereby enjoin upon the nominees oil TINS
convention, and OF the democratic party III
esch state, a Jealous effort anu eo'opers-
ton to this end. and do hereby appeal To
our fellow-citizens of every former political
connection to undertake with us this li'st
an most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION, RKpuBLi-
Can SUPERINTENDENT
For the democracy Of the whole country, |
we 10 hereby reafiirm our faith ia the per- |
manence OF the federal union: our devotion |
to the constitution OF the United states, |
with fits aneL dments universally accepted
as the final sett ement of the controversies
that engendered civil war, and do here re-
cord our steadiast confidence in the perpe.
tuity of republican selt-0overnment.
THE FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acquiescence in the will Of
the msjorly--the vital principle OF repub.
hes: in the supremacy Of the civil over tue
military authority, In the total separation OF
church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedoms: 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 nobest products OF
hundred years Of changeful history; but
while upholding the bond OF our union and
great charter of these great rights, i: be-
hooves free people TO practice also that
eternal vigilance which Is the price OF
liberty.
REFoRN-CORRUPIl
Rffor0i is nece ssary TO build aud establish
| i'm the hearts OF the whole people the union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
! danger of secession OF states but now to
! lac saved from corrupt ccntrali,m, viii h..
! after inilicting upon ten states the raparl' y
/ of carpet ag tyrannies, has honey. conbed
, the offices oi tue federal government ltscif
/ with fncapactv. waste and fraud; in'acted
! States and municipalities with the conta-
! eIon of misrulc. and locked fast the pros
I perty OF an industrious, people in the pa
I ralysl- of hard times.
I REFORM OF me CUEEgNcI-->rECIf
PAYMENTS.
I H,f,rs i. necessary to establish soani
/ currency. restore thc public credit and
maintain the naioDalhono We dcnounce
| the failure for all these eleven wears TO
| make good the promise Of the legal tender
notes, which are n changing standard Of
yaHc in the hands OF the people. and tie
non payment OF which l. n di-rs gard OF The
pli.hted faith of the nation
We deDounce the lmprovidence which in
eleven years Of peace has taken from the
people, in federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount OF the legal tender notes,
and sIlandered foui times this sum 10 use
less expense, without accommodating any re-
| serve for their redemption. We dcnounce
! the financial imbecility and immortality OF
| that party which, during eleven years Of
peace. has made no advance toward re-
demption; no preparation for resumption,
| but. instead, has obstiucted resumption by
| wasting our resources and cNhlusting AL
| our surplus income, and while annually
rot stI n nj u rot %.
specie payment, has annually enacted fresh
| bindrances thereto-as such "a hindrance
| we denouncc the IT sumption clause OF the
act of 1919, and we demand it's repeal.
We demand judicious system oil pre-.
paration, by public economies. by official
retrenchment, and by the finances, which
shall enable the nation soon to assure the
whole world OF its perfect ability aud it,
perfect readiness to meet any OF its prom
ises at the call of the creditor entitled tc
payment
We believe such a system, well devised
and, above all, entrusted u competen
hands for its execution, creating ut no time
an artificial scarcity OF currency, and at M
time alarming the public mind into with
drawal OF that vast machinery OF credit b,
which % per cent. OF all our business trans
actions are performed; a system open L
the public and inspiring general confidence
would, from The day Of its adoption, brin
meaning on us wings 10 al our hsrrasseo III
' uustfles, SET In motion the wheels OF con
merce, manufactures ana the mechanics
arr, Iosto,e euiPioyi hent 10 iapor' ana IL
y ne" !n All us hatiohai sources the prospe!
e ity OF the people.
"a prropv m TUE r.p,rprpvp
Reform is necessary III the sum and mod
OF federal taxation, TO the end that capt.;
may be set tree from distrust and labo
lightly burdened. We denounce the pre-,
re eDt tariff levied upon nearly four thousan
: articles a q master piece Of injustice, I'm
equality and false pretense. 1t Yields
dwindling, not yearly rising revenue.
!. has Impoverished many industries 10 suI
siulZe STEW, IL proDiDlis imports that Nigh
purchase -ne Piouucts OF American labor
tho Dr., 70 an intan;or uoi
;, .ess. IL has cnt %o,x, ,ha na,a upor 'no ing
manu,sc,nras -, ~, ". nh VI - liei ica
nIa,sd The ratnrns ~ 1870. oau ahu ut
an ;nd,a,r. ,oiianai Hn Ii. asiicu,.ui,
4 49, .,,a n1,in s. y! nali Jul people.
J ISL 'ne peopie n,c times more IMAM IL pre-
opces W .ne ueasuryi oDstfucts the proces
bor: il nromnies rand fos,ars s,n,,, 81 "a
| enriches distances, otticiaI. 49, $500,
. bonast merchsnta w Sama,S 49,
custom house tsx.,ion shaIi ~ ,nn' !"
revenue '''"'' w o''' ~
an, o,
A'oNoMf IN PUBLIC EXPENSE
ftj0rm Is necessary in the scale OF publi
expense-federal, State and municipal
our federal taxation has swollen from sixt
millions gold, in 1860, 10 four hundred an