The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-26
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IRE DEgl.llIIg COysEGNAIIyE CONVENTION.
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semhlel Do hereby declare the administration
ul the Fclertl government 20 be in great
need o. Immediate reform, and do hereby en-
Join uDon ihr nominee, OF Ibis convention and
Of the Democratic party 10 each state a ZEAL
ous effort sui q, operation TO this end, and DO
here appeni 10 oar ic ow.oilIzeus OF very
former political connection 20 undertake with
No. this fist hul u .al pressing patriotic duty.
For thc Ueul gy " the whole country we
do D re r.-a'huI oar faith iu thc pcrman snce
of the Federal luian; our devotion O. the
Constitution ~ ihn United States. with itE
amendments. universally accepted ns a hnal
settlement 80, fHu csuiIUycrsIcR that eHgcndrr-
ca thr els NAT, and dl here rec I'd our siend-
its' conf lougr 100 iho porpo'tity of republic ~
sr'f-say rpWuHt- Duo absolute Hrguinsccuce iu
ihp viii pI lNr majority -.thc vital principle
cot republics: boo l4r supremacy nf the civil
over Iuc military in ihe total separation Of
Church and State, for the sake alike Of civil
puHrrl g,ous fr ciomf In the equality " all
citizens before IH.t laws Of their own enact
mrut. iH the liberty Of individual conduct
uuyrhri hy sHmutuHry laws ia the faithful
education OF the rising generation, that
they may preserve culoy and transmit these
beat conditions of human happiness and hope,
I've behold lnr mol lee, products ola hundred
years phaugoiul history
EH. while upnolliug The bond Of our Union
aud iur great charter Of those our rights, it
hthDoycs o free people 30 practice also that
eternal Vigilance which is the price Of liberty.
Ref fmf.u.rtasary 90 rebuild and cstnbliEh
in thr hearts Of rhH whole people the Union
eleven years nco happily rescued from the
DANGER ula accession OF States but now to be
saved from % corrupt crutrali-m, which after
uHictiur upon ten states 'hc rnpacty Of car
pc.-bpg attorneys, hhshonry -combcd the Offices
of The Federal government itself with incapaci-
ty. waste and fraud, infected States and mu-
inequalities with thr coulHgipn Ut misrule and
locked nal tho prosperity " an industrious
people lu lHr paralysis Of hnrd times. Reform
b. necessary 10 ratnhlish q sound currency,
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ioual honor
We cnuunco the failure for al these eleven
years a. make good the promise Of the legal
tcn1crnoic3 which are changing standard OF
value iu tBc hnuds If the people. and the non
payment OF which is a disregard Of the plight
ri Faith OF The nation.
We drpouuuc the iuprovidcncc which IN
eleven ycpla oi pence has tpken from the peo-
plr 800 Federal lnXos thirteen times the whole
amount of the legal tcuger notes. aud squan-
lprcd four times their sum Ia useless eXpen ~,
without occumulnung my reserve for their
redemption.
We dcuouucc the financial imbccility aud
immortality Ul chat party which, during eleven
years Of pence. hUs made no advance to-
ward resumption, mndc no preparation ioI
resumption, hut instead has Instructed re
hpusuug oll oar surplus income and, while
annually protesting TO intend u speedy return
60 spnclr payments, has annually enacted
fresh Liudrnuces thereto As such u him
druucp we drpouucr the resumption clause Of
the net u' 1870, md We here demand its re
peal
Wcd,mpul iudjcious system of prcpara-
ton, hy public o.uuomica by official rctrcnch-
mruts. mud hy wise finance, which shall enR-
bile the nation soon tu assure the whole world
uf its perfect ability aud It's perfect readiness
iu meet any of its promises at the call Of the
creditor entitled TO payment We believe
auch system, well advised aud, above all, ir-
trusted to competent hands Tor execution
creating at NO t,mo nu Artificial scarcity of
currency aud at no time alarming the public
mind into u withdrawal Of that vast ma
chiuprv Of credit hy'which nincty-fvc per
cent. OF our business transactions is perform
cd-a system, open and public, and insp- !
ring general confidence, would from the day |
Of ila adoption. hing healing on its wings to |
an our hanssvd Industries set in motion the
wheels oi commerce. manufactures and the |
mechanic ntt., restore employment to lohor,
aud renew in all It's sources the prosperity |
of the people,
Reform Is necessary in the sum and mode
OF Federal taxation, to the end that capital
may boz set free from distrust and labor light.
liz hur1pued. We dunuunoc the present tariff
icyirl upon nearly four thousand articles as
mu ,tprptccc OF injustice, inequality and false
prelcnsc, which irdsa dwindling not yearly
rising revenue, it has impoverished many in
lustrics ~ substitute q few II prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor ID has degraded American
commerce from the Grsl to an inferior rank
Epou The high seas; it has cut down the walls
otAmcri,au manufactures o home and abroad;
it has depicted the returns of American
agriculture .au industry followed by half our ,
people; /, costs the pcopctvc lines more than
V produces "a the treasury tpbsruCts the pro.
Dor; IL promotes fraud fosters smuggling,
curchrs dishonest officials and hankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that all Gus
tom-houso 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
6ny,toU millions in gold in 1850 to seven
hundred and thirty million dollars in currcn-
cy ju lN}O cor I'm one decade from less than five
dollars pee heat 90 more than eighteen dol |
lars per head. Since the peace the people have
paid 90 their tsK-gath,rgrs moro than thrice I
The sum of the national deb, and moro than I
twice that sum for The Federal government {
alone. We demand q rigorous fFugSity in
every department and from every officer of |
Iht governments
RcCorm is necessary to put a stop to the ,
proGjuatc waste ~ public lands and their di.
version from actual settlers by the party in I
,owcr, which has squNBdcred two hundred mil.
ions of acres upon railroads alone, aud
,Ui nf more than thrice tbat aggregate has ,
iispused et less than sixth directly 10 the til
erS Of the soil
Reform Is necessary to correct the omissions
4 4 Republican congress and the errors of
ur troatics aud our diplomacy, which have \
trippcd our tellow-citi3eus of foreign birth !
md kindred race, re-erasing the Atlantic !
rom the shield OF American citizenship, and 1
AVE exposed oar brethren Of the Pacific 5
cast TO the iucursious of a race not sprung {
rom the same great parent stock, and, IN fact 5
low by law denied citizenship through natu- d
as being unaccustomed 10 the d
traditions Of a progressive civilization, and Il
lncxercised In liberty under equal laws. II
y e denouncc The policy which thus discards
he hhertN-tONlUg German and tolerates the
'eYiNal of the Coolic trade in Mongolan wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
,ohan mgn held 10 perform scryilc labor con-
racts. We, therefore, demand such modi-
'cahons Of the treaty with the Chinese en- p
IRE, and such legislation BY Congress, within 81
onSu,ubonal limitation, as shall prevent the
9r'her importation or immigration Of the 81
longoian race ~
reform Is necessary and can never be effect
a oei hF making 70 the controlling issue Of -
ne e'eclon, ana lining it above the two false ~
ssues "l'h which the othce-holding class and -
arty IN power seek 20 smother list the false a"
ssues with which they would enkindle secta-
lan strife IN respect 70 the uuhlic schnols ng &c