The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-07
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.
Adopted a, 81. Louis. Jr~. -, 1879.

e ,ch state, Jealous effort and so opera
ton to this end, and do hereby appeal 10
our fellow-citizens Of every former political
CONNIE c,ion to undertake with Us This list
an most pressing patriotic duty.
The UNION, TIE CONSTITUTION, RErUBLi-
CAS- sELf-GoyERNMENT
For the democracy of the whole country,
we DO hereby reafiirn our iai'h 10 the per-
nianence OF the federal union: our devotion
to the constitution OF the United States,
with it, ameL dment> universally accepted
the final settlement Of the controN ersies
that engebdcrcd ci>i wsr, AMI do here re-
cord our stcsd'a.t confidence in the perpc.
tuitv OF republican tcli--0vernne mt.
THE FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acquisscence in the will OF
the msjority-the vital principle OF repub-
lies: 10 the supremacy Of the ciNil over the
military authority, in tae total separation OF
church and state, Tor the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom; in the equality OF
oil citizens before just laws OF their own en-
actment: in the liberty Of individual co.,
duet, upyeXeI by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education OF the rising generation,
that they may preserve. EMO! and transmit
these best conditions If human happiness,
and hope We behold the modest products Of
9 hundred years OF changeful history; but
while UNFOLDING tie bond OF our union and
great charter Of these great rights, i. be-
hooves free people 10 prscti,e also that
eternal Vigilance which 1. the price Of
liberty.
KEfoRM-CoRRUPTIoN
Refgys. 10 necessary to build ard establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union.
eleven yesrs ago happily rescued from the
danger Of secession vi states but now TO
be saved from corrupt ceDtrslism, wbi b,
after inflicring upOH ten states the rspaci Y
a. ..vat. 4
the offices OF the federal government itself
with incapacity, waste and fraud; intecte
States and municipalities with the con,a.
gion OF mi .I,ile. and locked fast the pros
perity OF sn industrious people in the pa
ralysis Of hard times.
REFORM OF THE CuREENCY-sPECIE
PAYMENTS.
Reform 10 necessary to establish 3 sound
currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We denounce
the failure for all these eleven Years TO
make good the promise Of the legal tender
notes, which are q char, ing standard OF
value In the hands OF the people, and the
non payment Of which Is Il dir. gard OF the
plighted faith OF the nation.
We denounce the ImproNidcnce which in
eleven years of peace has taken from the
people, in federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount of the legal lender notes,
anu rQubHueTeu IOul times tnl- rum IN USE
less expense, without accommodating any re-
serve TOR their redemption. We denounce
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 eXhsusting all
our surplus income, and while annually
processing 70 intend . speedy return TO
specie payne mt, has annually enacted fresh
hindrances thereto-as sucn a hindrance
we denounce the n sumption clause OF the
act Of 1879, and we demand its repeal.
We demand 9 judiciOus system OF pre-
parati0n. by public economics. BY official
retrenchment. and by the finances, which
shall enable the nation soou TO assure the
whole world OF its peiiect ability aud It's
perfect READINGS, TO meet anv OF its prom.
ises at the call OF the creditor entitled TO
payment.
We believe such a system, well devised,
and, shove all, entrusted n competent
hands LOT ITS execution, Great ng at no time
an ARTIFICIAL scarcity OF currency, and at no
| time alarming the public mind into a with.
drawal OF that vast machinery Of credit BY
which 81 per cent. 0f all our bushes :. trans
actions are perforIned: q system open 10
the public and inspiring general confidence,
would, from The day Of its adoption, bring
healing on its wings to all our harrsssed in
| meree, manufactures and the me chsnIcal
arts, restore employment 10 labor. and re.
new 10 Gil its national source. the prosper.
i.y Of the people.
EHFoxN OF TIE IAgITF-yEEy Tg1uy.
R,ror.~ lie neeessAry IN Tie .uB ana mode
OF fe1srsl Ssks,iOn, 10 The end that e.r!ta
nay tt sei Tree from ais,rns; And Abr
lightly hardened. We dsnounls the uye,-
| Ell. tsrn levied upon nearly four tl.ouss q q
srtielss a. raa',;r piece D! IEg8s.le-, IN
equality and h!ss pysisnss. &; yiski. /.
csindhny, r@i cary risiny rsTsEg.. i,
La iLnrS srA.Ded LAZY lr4Estrss. " ,ut,.
s.siLs fsT, II pr1hltsi. iAn,ssFi. hat r.4ig I,
ilrch.se ne prDc1rfs Of American .tyr..
[ y IA. ftsfAlsi AI1srlcsr sDnsussres tom
u. IRE, " IL Inferior rank upon TIE hiyn
| s<as; i la. ~; Gown the ssJe. Of Amerlear
! nlAEufse,Gre. AZ home al 4 sbrOad, and de.
rlsitd the TsiuTD- 81 American agriculture.
81 indu,try fob"si By half our people. IL
cosss the people I'VE times more than IL Bro-
cuee. " the ueasury; obstruc,s the proee..
Of production, and wastes the fruit Of Ia
Tor; II promotes fraud. fosters smuggling,
snriches dishonest officials and BANKRUPT.
honest merchants. We demand that ali
custom house taxation shall be only tor
revenue.
EEyohA-EcoSOaY IL PUBLIC E1rgssE.
k.f1rm IL neeessary In the scale OF public
.tdkS anu municipal.
Our federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions gold, In 1850, 10 four hundred and
fifty millions currency, 10 $50. Our aggre-
gate taxation. IRON one hundred and Kity.
four millions gold in 1880, TO seven hundred
and thirty millions currency 10 lsIO; or, In
one decade, from less than 1--WE dollars per
head 10 more than eighteen dollars per be I'D
since the peace the people have paid Il
tneir tAx-gatherer more than thrice the
sum OF the national debt, and more than
! twice that sum tor the federal goyerpInsnt
| alone. We demand q vigorous frugslity i'm
every department, and from every offcer
OF the government.
REFokM-PCBLIC LANDS 10 ACTUAL SKI
TIERS.
RsfoSa 10 necessary to put 4 stop to the
prohigste waste OF the public lands and
their diversion from actual settlers by the
Party IN power, which has squandered
1o,oo.OOO acres upon railroads alone. and
sh amount OF more than thrice that snprs.
gaze, has disposed Of less than a sirih Al.
fecuy to the tllsTs Of the soil.
"ArohM-ADOPIED CITIZENS, KEJRCr.n
n0SGOLs.
! Hgofm 10 necessary 10 correct the omm;..
sion OF republican congress and the error.
Of our treaties and our diplomary wh;a,'
nave stripped our fello -ritizens OF ioraisn
birth and Kindred race. recrossing ,ba
isnue, Of The shield OF American citIzen.
snip; ana nave exposed our brethren of The
racine coast 70 the incursions of a race NOT
sp.uus s.o.n the same great parent stock.