The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-20

We, the delegates Of the Democratic party Of
the United states, in national convention as
sembled, DO hereby declare the administration
of the Federal government 20 be In great
need Of immediate reform, and do hereby en-
Join upon the nominees ofthis convention and
Of the Democratic party in each state real
Gus effort tui cooperation 10 this end, and do
here appeal TO our fol 0w.citirens Of every
former political connection 70 undertake with
ns this Grst aud most pressing patriotic duty.
For the Dcmo'r cy Of the whole country we
do b re rc-aiiirm our faith in the pcrmanence
Of the Federal Union; our devotion - the
Constitution Of the United States. with its
amendments. universally accepted as hunl
settlement Of the controversies that engendcr-
Oh the civil war and do here record our stead
fast conf lencc ~ the perpetuiiy Of republican
sclf-govcrnment; Ia absolute hcquiescence IN
the will OF the maiotity--the vital principle
Of republics, in the supremacy Of the civil
over The military; IN the total separation Of
Church and State, for the sake alike Of civil
and rel Rlous freedom in the equality OF all
citizens before Just laws of their own enact
mcnt, in the liberty Of individual conduct,
unyexcd by sumplunry laws; in the faithful
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit those
best conditions Of human happi and hepe,
we behold the noflest products ola hundred
years II chauReiul history.
Bm while unfolding the bond Of our Union
and the great charter Of these our rights, II
bchooves free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance which is the price Of liberty.
Reform Is necessary 10 rebuild and establish
In the hcnris Of the whole people the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger OF a secession OF States, but now 10 be
saved from n corrupt oentralism, which after
unictinE upon ten States the rapacity Of car
pcl-bag attorneys, hnshoney-combed the Offices
of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
ty, waste aud fraud infected States aud mu-
inequalities with the coutagion Of misrule and
locked last the prosperity Of an industrious
people In the pnrhly sis Of hard times. Reform
Il necessary to establish sound currency
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ional honor
We denounce the failure for all these eleven
years 10 make good the promise Of the legal
lender notes which are a changing standard OF
value In the hands Of the people and the non
payment Of which IL disregard Of the plight.
ed fnith Of the nation.
We denounce the inproyidencc which In
eleven years Of peace has taken from the peo-
pie in Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes and squRn-
lcrei four times their sum in useless expense
without nccumulnting any reserve for then
redemption
We dcnouncc the financial imbeciity and
immortality Nl lNhl party NnlVNi uuIlHK 'lVNtll
years Of peace has made no advance to-
ward resumption made no preparation for
resumption; but instead has Instructed re
sumption by wasting our resources aud cx-
hnusting all our surplus income and, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh lindrauccs thereto. AS such hin
drnuee we denounce the resumption clause Of
the act Of 1915, and we here demand its re-
peal.
We demand n iudoous system of prcpnra-
ton, by public economies, by official retrench-
mcnts and by wise finance, which shall ena-
hlc the nation soon TO assure the whole world
of its perfect ability aud its perfect readiness
to meet any Of its promises at the call of the
creditor entitled TO payment, We believe
such u system well advised and above all, in-
trusted 70 competent hands Tor execution,
creating AZ no time nm artificial scarcity of
currency and AT no time alarming the public
mind into withdrawal of that vast ma
chincrv OF credit by which ninety-hye per
cent. of our business transactions Is perform
cd--a system, open and public and inspi-
ring general confidence would, from the day
Of its adoption bring healing on its wings to
all our harnsscd industries, set in motion the
wheels OF commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, restore employment to lobor,
and renew in all its sources the prosperity
of the people
Reform is necessary in the sum and mode
OF Federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set free from dstrust and labor light
ly burlened. We denounoe the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles Ms
masterpiece of injustice, inequality and false
prctensc, which iedsa dwindling not yearly
rising rovcuue ii has impoverished many in
lustries TO subsidEe few Il prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor il has degraded American
Ga. la HVaf %, nm tt,fa ptn a,l
upon the high seas; it has cut down the walls
ofAmeriopn manufactures at home and abroad
il has depleted the returns of American
arriculture--an industry followed by half our
people; II costs the people FIVE times more than
II produccs TO the treasury II ohstruots the pro-
cess Of production and wastes the fruits OF la
bor; it promotes fraud, fosters Smuggling
cnriches dishonest officials and bankrupts
honest merchants We demand that all Gus
tom-house taxation shall be only for revenue.
Reform Is necessary in the scale of public
expense-Federal State and Municipal. our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil.
lion dollars in gold in 1850 to four hundred
aud fifty million dollars in currency in 1870
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and
dfty-four millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred aud thirty million dollars in curren-
CIV in 1870 or in one decade from less than five
dollars per head to more than eighteen dol
lars per head Since the peace the people have
paid to their taS-gatherers more than thrice
The sum of the national debt and more than
twice that sum for the Federal government
alone We demand rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer Of
the government
Reform is necessary 10 put stop to the
pronigate waste OF public lands and their di.
version from actual settlers by the party in
power, which has squandered two hundred mil
lions of acres upon railroads alone, and
out of more than thrice that aggregate has
lisposcd Of less than a sixth directly to the till
lers of the soil.
Reform IS necessary to correct the omissions
Of y Republican congress and the errors Of
our treaties aud our diplomacy, which have
stripped our fellow-citiiens of foreign birth
and kindred race re-erasing the Atlantic
from the shield Of American citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast to the incursious " race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact
nowhy law denied citizenship through nstu-
raliIation, as being unaccustomed to the
traditions Of progressive civilization, and
unexercised in liberty under equal laws.
We dcnounce the policy which thus discards
the liberty loving German and tolerates the
revival Of the Coolie trade in Mongolian wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
golian men held to perform servile labor con-
tracts We therefore, demand such modi- |
fcations. Of the treaty with the Chinese en- |
pire, and such legislation by Congress, within |
constitutional limitation, as shall prevent the |
further importation or immigration of the
Mongolian race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect |