The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-30
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,hs1-u,Ic n ,f,s. in national ciny nf'on As
ssnblei ~ srtby declAu lc ain n'sirHi ion
of the Federal taycrh nent 90 D. IN great
ussd of .nmeliai6 telolm, and 10 hereby en-.
Join uguu H. ariuluecsDi thisconu niion hnd
ol The cmosrat party ~ each smic frnl-
Gus Effort 0ua CO -, r4ti5H to ibis end, and do
Ter. appea ~ or ~ ow.ei zsns of' eyefy
former political connection TO undertake with
ms this first aud m ast pressing patriotic duty .
Fnrlae Druo 2 cy ol the whole country We l
doh Dr. r.-afafm oar faith iH The pcEpnnance /
oi ibs Federal Union; uur devotion T. no" /
Constitution of the United Sintrst win ~ !
,rla,d uuuts. universally accepted a. nal /
sr,,rr.r.tf of tine cuulroytr.Ics that dn gender
ga thc civil war aud do here rec ri Opr stead-l
f..t conf ieucc 100 the perpeiuily OF republic N
-rIt-.. y.rumnui. in absolute acqnlorccnce 10
the viii uj tac majority-thc vital principle
of rrpahHcss in tuc supremacy Of the civil
over Doc military lu tAs total separation 81
Church ald STATE, for the Fate aike Of ciFli
and rri giaus T eJoui; In The equalliytf ~
citizen, before jas laws ~ tlcir own chAet
msnt. boo the liberty Of individual coulucl
uu,r,ul hy -umptmry lewti IN tho ftitbful
education of he rising generation, that
,b,y may proscrye, enjoy and ram nit these
b,,, conditions q Human happiness and hope.
we behold the botlrst ptoluctsof hundred
yc4rsul eHaugcinl history.
Rai while upbpiliug the bond Of our Union
and 'bc great charter Of those our rRhiSai
ulahooNW & frcD ptoplc u 1ffctiee hho thaia
cituhhl tiGlhhcc winch laIhr pfice OF llhef'y
Reforms necessary 10 rebuild ana 'stnhllhh
in flc hearts of thc whole people the Union
eleven years ago hnppily rescued from the
danger ufh secession OF states, but now 10 be
saved from corrupt Contrallsm, which after
inHIruur anon ten states the capacity % chr
ppt.bAV attorneys, has honey o0mbed the Offices
Of the Fcderal government ilsgh with inGqpaci-
~. wu.tc and fraud, inteeted States Anndm0-
utcirlliiios with the conirgj0nof miuuld,nhd
locked iusl the proepcrity oG4hui ndusNiobs
rroplr iu tine paralysis Of hard times. Reform
IA necessary 10 establish n sound currency
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ional honor.
Wrdpu1uncg the fniure for all these eleven
lyrAfsso mlk6goOd tbe prpnise Of thr 4lsgnl
ToSt uofF4 Mich rrc ehhh ng i n H,lardd
ynluc iu the hands Of the people and the non
paymoul of which is q disregard Of tho plight
ri faith ot the nation. 4~y E.~ q j F.. 4
We dcpouncc the irproyidcncc which in
cincn Years of peace has taken from the pco-
plp In Federal taxes, thirtecn times the whole
nmeuhlaut The legal tender notes, and squhn-
jered G,rn,i ire heir sum n usehH eNpensr
Nft'iout orrhrru'nunR nny-rc-crNe FOR their
tcjgmplOn
We dcuouuce the financial imhccility and
immortality of that party which, during eleven
Years ~ peace, has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation torl
resumption; but instead has Instructed re
SUMPTION by wasting our resources and eN.
hausiiur al QUE surplus income and while
nthHAlly prolcssiAg tO%ntend'N speedy return
10 spccic payments, Inns annually enacted
irrgh hiudrRncps thereto. As such n him
drancc we dcuouncc the resumption clause Of
the act OF 1919, and we here demand It's re-
peal
We demau4 iudiGious system Of prepare
tiou hv tuhlN economies by official iCtrcnch-
n,I ,yt IuuuFp which shall pnu4
bile tho nutiua soau 10 assure the vhOlowufld
Of it, ptricctnbilityh mud It's perfect rradines'
ia mpcLhuy OF itspromhcs ~ The gall OF The
creditor entitled 10 payment We believe
such % system, well advised and, above ALL L.
trusted 10 competent hands tor execution,
creating nj no timo an Artificial scarcity Of
carrcnry aud ~ no lbnc alarnh az the public
mind ino IL wittltaw1 nl that yast ma
chtncry of credit by which uinciy-hye per
cent of our business transactions ~ perform
cd--a system, open and public, and insp-
ring general confidence would, from the day
Of It's adoption, hiring healing on it's wings to
all our harasscd industries, set in motion the
wheels of commerce, manufactures aud the
mechanic arts restore employment TO lnbor,
and renew in all tssuurccs the prosperity
of the people.
reform is necessary IN the SUN and mode
ol Federal taxation, 70 the cRd that capita
may boz set free FROM dsrust and labor light.
levied upon nearly iour thousand Articles as a
ma. lrrn ere 81 injustice inequality and laltc
pr,lpuse. wfrH iell~ dwtndlipE, ttotN yearly
rising revenue; ithas impoverished many in
lusIrlcs to substitute u few it prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products OF
American labor it has degraded American
rommartb Ifunl tic FIRST to an interior rank
gpon The j 'gh seas; it has cut down the walls
Vt American manufactures at home and abroad
ID hus dta,eigd the returns of American
nrrieulturp =.,a iullusrN followed by halt Qur |
people lttey IS Inc peopiefEe limes moro chan
ltutoluccs 10 the treasury ohshucts inc pro |
cess OF proausl ,opHui wastes The fruits OF la
b1rs IA luppetaS trtpd fosters juggling |
eurlchc. dishonest uNtinls and bankrupts |
honest merchants We demand that all Gus
tom-hous- taNttioRs shah be only efreycnue.
Rcturn is necessary in the scale Of public |
cNpcusc-GcdcrWl, State aud Municipal. our
Federal taxation has swollen irem sixty mil
lion dollars IN gold in 1850 to four hundred |
ami hfty millioh dollars in currency in 1870, |
ourRgrrcgaic taxation rrow one HUNDRED and
Gftv-tour millions ia gold In 1860 to seven
hundred and thirty million dollars in clWrcn-
rN In $50, or ia oue decade from less than five
dollars per head 10 more than eighteen dol
lars prrhoad. Since the peace the people hayo
maid To heir Ax-galhCrcrs more than lhriccl
the sum of the national deb, and moro than |
twice that sam fer the Federal government
alone. We dcmand a rigorous trugality in |
every Department and from every officer of
the government, .|
Reform is necessary 10 put stop to the
pro0jgatc waste Of public lands and their Iii !
version from actual settlers lay the party in |
power. which has sguahdered two hundred mil !
lions OF acres upon railroads alone, and
on, at more than thricc that aggregate has
disposod % less than sixth directly to the til
lers Of the soil
Reform is necessary 10 cQrrect the omissions
of Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped our icllow-citiTcns OF foreign birth
and Kindred race, re-ensinF the Atlantic
from the shield of American citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast TO the iucurSions Of o race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, IN fact !
now hy law denied citizenship Through natu-.l
ralEatiou as being unaccugomed to the
traditions OF > progressive ctNlhEatlon and
uueNcrcised in liberty under equnt laws, |
Nedcuouuce the policy which thus discardS |
the libcrty-loying German and tolerates the |
revival OF the Goolie trade in Mongolisn wo- |
men imphri e,l for immoral purposes, and Mon |
golian men held TO perform seryile labor con-
TRACTS. We, therefore, demand such, modi- |
locations III the .neatk With the Chimes e ens
piTe and such legislation by Congress within |
cousitlhiea al limitation, as shau prevent the
Monaghan race.
Reform l. necessary and can never be effect
ed bitt lly hi king iLLfhea controlling of !
the election and lifting il above the two false
issues with which the Office holding class and
marty in mower seak 20 smother list the false
issnes with which they would cnkindle seeta-
,;an strife in respect 10 the public schools, of