Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-09-02
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.

We. Mo DELEGATES Of the Democratic parry
oi the hu''rd States in NniIoual Convention
'S,emhed. ,'r hereby d,.rarr ritr a,Iruini>,ra-
fion Of the Federal Guv"rrmlru; ~ Lee IN
argent need Of urrr'diarc D, orH ,lu hereby
cny'n "Pnn ii,c uu'iIiue-> 81 Ihr> convention.
and ni the lirm"crarIC party IN each State y
jealous rHIni amd conperaIimr la r!i- end. aud
do hereby appeal Ia our fellow ririIrn> uf
ever former political c"r,uecIl"n ia uud,t,ah,
with as t!,l, first and most Ia'rurr duiy.
For the Democracy ri the " hu'r country
W. du here rraflirm unr faith IN ,trr prru.a
nrurr 81 .Ir frdrral UnIcn: TIA r!cr,rru ru
Ire Constitution at The Umit.d States, with H.
snrrndnr NJ, uuivrr,aly accepted ~ the lual
srI''rrIe.i' at lie C"riruvri-v ih..I ru.ruicrri
"itii WAY anI do hrrrhy rr,rarl nur >,raHia>I
routdrnc" IN the rciVcrui'y It rrpuh,l,au
srlfsov, rnmcit
In absolute sCIuir>cenCC IN tho will Of the
MAJ riiy--'hr vital principle at RcIGhiir>
~ 'hC supremacy oiIhr ciNll over The military
ntihorUy. M the total srparatiou at chuwli
aud State, Tor the sake alike al CIvi, and t..
h.iru, freedom in the equality a; all riracn>
before just laws q. iltrir own cna.Ii,.rd: il.
'he Liberty of individual conduct unvrXed hy
srmIruary laws ~ the faithful education of
the TI>III. generation. thar they may preserve
enl,y aud rrausn IL these best conditions Of
L.ttu happ,nes, and hop.. We brLuId the
au.ic>, prr,rcr- ufa hundred years nt change.
FIJI history but Whit. uptutriI,. Tie bond of
our Union, and great Cnaitnr Of tLr,r oi,,
Rights. i, hch"ovr, u ircc people to Irlrricc
also. that eternal yiril,pr, which = ,l,,. u1icr
Of I.iIerv.
H.j.r, Is necessary To 7 buili and 81 abIi,h
IN the heart, { the whole people. HE Onion.
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ui Il secession al States. bur now To he
saved from corrupt C-nrnlisin, which, after
in:iriin. upon ten States the rnpariry @. car.
pet bag iyrann.rs has honey coin.d the Office.
&c the Fc,irrai Government Itself with inca.
Iarirv. WASTE aud fraud infected States and
and municipalities wi'h the cumr;,ginr of mis-.
rul,.: aud lockcd fast the pros rify al! ~, ~.
,lu>trious people III tho paral,si, u d" Hard
Time
s.fUrn is necessary io establish n sound
rrrrency. re>;nre the public credit and mann.
tain the National! honor
We dcnounce the failure Of all these eleven
years of peace To make good the promise az
the legal tender notes, which are "A changing
value m the bands of III. people, and the
on-paymcnt Of whirh is disre.arded the
rliyhred faith Of the Nation.
We dcnouncc the inpruvi,lrnce which, in
eleven years Of ,tacc, has taken from the
PEOPLE in Federal Taxes thirteen times Tie
nrnounr Of the l.Yal ,rndcr mites. and scuan
tscrcti fur times that sum in useless expense
without accommodating any reserve tor their
redemption.
We drnnunce the financial imbccili,y and
immortality Of that parry which. durin. eleven
years Of peace has made no advance tow ard
resumption. has no preparations for resu,uI,-
ton, 10y wasting orr rrsrurcrs aud cxhausiing
all our surplus income, n,.d while annually
protesting To intend n speedy return to .p.cic
payments, has annually enacted fresh hin.
ORANGES thereto A. such hindraure, We
,lenounce the resumption clause OF the act Of
1873. and demand lis repeal.
We demand Il juiici"ns system Of prepare
zion by public economies, by uilirinl r-rrencl
n-ni, and Ivy wise finance. winch shall en;,.
BILE tine nation soou Ia assure the whole worli
Of lis perfect ability and lie perfect readiness
~ merr amp of - promises NJ the call of the
creditor entitled To payment.
We believe such system well devised,
and above all, entrusted To competent hands
for execution, creating at no time an artificial
scarcity ofcurrency. aud no time ALARMING. the
public mind withdrawal of tia, vast ma
chincry OF credit by whs'h nineiy-tive pei
cenr Of all our business transactions are per
h'rrne'l-a system open and public and inspir-
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a"'. "as "eP'cic" 'he returns OF american
agriculture, an ihn"stry followed Ivy nan our
people. ~ costs the people hre times more
'''"h " P'o'Fts 10 'ne teas"Iy' o'strl,c's me
it"cess ~ P'oo"e''oIi ana wastes me runs "i
'aoo', p,"'no'rs lr"o"' FOSTERS smuggling
ehI~"es "iSlione,, oi'ie'ais' ana Da"hrmp' non
es' "'e'''' we "ennahn ina' a'' '"S'o'h-
n"">e ''Na'"'h sna'' ohy oe ior heveh"e'
Reo'"n, is necessary in the scale Of public
expense, Federal State and municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from siXiy
millions IN gold IN $50 to four hundred and
my millions currency IN 1870. Our aggre
gaze tNatiO1 from one hundred aud Rfry Jour
millions gold IN 1860 to seven hundred and
'ir'y millions IN currency in 1870; or ia one
tccaoc rom less Than i've dollars per head