The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-17
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rms DENcCRATlC CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION
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semhled, DO hereby declare the administration
of the Federal government to be IN great
need O, Immediate reform, and de hereby en-
join upon the nominees of this convention and 1
OF the Democratic party IN each State zeal
Gus effort mi CO operation to this end, and DO /
here appeal 20 our tel ow.ciii1'ns Of every 4
former political connection 10 undertake with I
us tAis hrsl aud 10 % pressing patriotic duty. I
For the Demo y cy 0f the whole country We
do D re re-aihrm our faith In the pcrman snce 4
OF the Federal Union; our devotion g. the /
Constitution of the United States. with itsl
amendments universally accepted ~ final
settlement pt the controversial that cugcuder-
ed tho civil war, and do here record Our stead
fast confidence M lhe pcrpc'uity 81 republic 80
seli-goyrrumeui iu absolute HcquIr-ccHce IN
the viii OF the majority--ihe yllnl principle
of republics; in the supremacy OF the civil
over the military; Ia the total separation Of
Church aad State for the sake alike Of civil
and rel gious ~ ciom IN the equality Of all
citizens before Just laws Of their own enact
mcut; in the liberty of individual conduct
uuycXcd boy sumptnary laws; Ia the faithful
education Of the rising generation that
they may preserve. ENJOY and transmit these
best conditions oi human hhpp ness aud hope,
we behold the nof'osi products ola hundred
year. e changcful history
But while upholling the bond Of our Union
and the great charter OF these our rights, II
hehooycs free people 10 practice also that
eternal vigilance which s the price Of liberty.
Reform is necessary Co rebuild and establish
In the hcaris Of he whole people the Union,
eleven yturs ago happily rescued from the
danger Ola secession o. States, but now TO be
saved from a corrupt ccntrnlism which after
inhictiug upon ten States the rapacity Of car
pcl-hag attorneys, has hone -combed the offices
Of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
ty, waste and fraud, infected States and ma
inequalities with The coninRion Of misrule, aud
locked fast the prosperity of mn industrious
people IN the paralysis Of hard times Reform
is necessary to establish o sound currency,
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ional honor.
We dcnouucc the failure for all these eleven
years TO make good the promise Of the legal
tender notes which arc changing standard Of
value in the hands Of the people aud the non.
payment Of which n disregard Of the plight
ed faith of the nation.
We drpouncc the inptoyidencc which in
eleven years OF peace has taken from the pco-
pie in Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount of the legal tender notes and squnn.
lcrcd four times their sum In useless expense,
without accommodating any reserve for their
redemption.
We dcnouucc the financial imbcclity and
immortality OF that party which, during eleven
wears 81 peace, has mndc no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption; but instead has Instructed re
sumption hy wasting our resources and CN-
haustiug all our surplus income and, while
annually protesting TO intend II speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hindrnnccs thereto. As such him
drnnce we deuouncc the resumption clause of
the act Of 1915 aud We here demand It's re
peal
We demand iudicious system Of prepare
ton, by public economies, by official rctrcnch-
mcnts and 10y wise finance, which shall cnn-
hle tho nation soon TO assure the whole world
of It's perfect ability and It's perfect readiness
to meet amy Of IT, promises at the call of the
creditor entitled to payment We believe
such "a system, well advised and, above all, Ia
trusted to competent hands Tor execution
creating no no time m artificial scarcity Of
currency and at no time alarming the public
mind into a withdrawal Of that vast ma
chincry of credit by which ninety. per
cent Of oar 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 it's wings to
all our hRrassrd industries, set in motion the |
wheels OF commerce, manufactures and the |
mechanic arts restore employment TO lDhnr, |
aud renew Ia 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 dsirust and labor light
ly hurdoned. We dcnounce the present tariff |
levied upon nearly four thousand articles as |
mt sterpircc Of injustice inequality and false
preteusc, which Sieldsn dwindliug, not n yearly
rising revenue, IL has Impoverished many in
lustrics to subsidige u few il prohibits im-
ports that might purchase the products OF
American labor; it has degraded American
commerce from the first to an inferior rank
upon the high seas; II has cut down the walls
Of Americas manufactures ~ home aud abroad
it has depleted the returns of American
industry followed by half our
people 1t costs the poopic Eve times more than
II produces to the treasury II ohstructs the pro-
cess Of production aud wastes the fruits OF la
bor 1t promotes fraud, fosters smuggling
enrichrs dishonest officials aud hankrupts
honest merchants We dcuand that all Gus
tom-housc taxation shall be only for revenue.
Reform is necessary in the scale of public
expense federal State and Municipal cur
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars in gold in 1850 to four hundred
and fifty million dollars In currency in 1879,
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and
ifty-iour millions IN gold in 1860 to seven
hundred and thirty millioa la!lars in currcn-
CIV in 1870. oriu one decade from less than five
dollars per head 10 more than eighteen dol
lars per head. Since the peace the people have
paid TO their taN-CalherCrs more than thrice
the sum Of the national debt and more than
twice that sum Tor the Federal government 4
alone We demand q rigorous frugAlty in
every department and from every officer Of |
he government. I
Reform is necessary 70 put stop to the |
profigate waste OF public lands and their d-
version from actual settlers by the party in
power, which has squaEdered two hundred mil,
lions Of acres upon railroads alone, and d
Dut Of more than thrice that aggregate has ,
disposed of less than sixth directly to the til
ers OF the soil.
Reform IS necessary to correct the omissions q
Of a Republican congress aud the errors of
our treaties aud our diplomacy, which have i
stripped our icllow-citEcns of foreign birth /
and kindred race, rc-crasing the Atlantic
from the shield Of American citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast 20 the incursious OF race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact,
by law denied citizenship through natu-
ralizaiion, as being unaceustomcd to the
traditions of progressive civilization, and
lneNerclsed in liberty under equal laws.
We denOuncc the policy which thus discards
he liber,y-loying German and tolcrates the
revival Of the Coolie trade in Monaghan wo
men imported for immoral purposes and Mon
yolian men held to perform seryile labor con-
racts. We therefore, demGnd such modi- !
ieations Of the treaty with the Chinese en-
lire and such legislation by Congress, within !
constitutional limitation, as shall prevent the
urther importation or immigration Of the
iongolian race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
d but By making il the controlling issue Of
he election. and lifting Il above the two false ,
,sues with which the Ofice-holdinC class and =