The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-08-27
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Following Is the full text OF the Platform
adopted by the National Democratic Convection
on The 2sth of june 1876, a. st. Louis. No.,

We. tho Democratic pariy'o! The United States
In National Convention assembled. do hereby
declare the administration of the Federal Cow
eminent to be I'm urgent n-sS. CO immediate re-
5nTiu. We do Hereby onlOiu upon the NOMINEES
. OF This Convention aud OF The Democratic party
IN each Stats jealous effUTt aud cooperation To
citizens Of every former political conuectiou, 70
undertake with US this hrst and niost patriotic
duty OF tho Democracy OF tho whole country.
Nc do here affirm our faith IN the permAnen-
oy VI tho Federal Union. aud our devotion to
the Constitution Of the United Stateo, with Its
EriendIoert universally accepted II . anal
ccndcrei by the civil war. AVID DO here record
orr stnhdf1st confidence IN the prrpptuity Of
Republican, self-snvernnert In absolute Aoquio.
scence 10 tie will Of the majority: tho TitAl
/ principles OF Republics Ia the supremacy OF tho
civil over tho military authorities; In tho toAl
snpIra.ion OF church and State. for the sake
Alike Of civil and religious freedom: In tho
equality Of all citizens before lust laws Of their
own enactment; in tho liberty Of individual
conduct, -unTexed by sumptunry laws: In tho
faithful education Of the rising generation that
they may preserve, enjoy aud transmit those
bost conditions OF human happiness aud hope
We behold the noblest productions OF hun
dred ycira OF chAngeful history, but while up
holding the bond OF our Union aud the great
charter OF these our rights. It behooves = FREQ
people to practice also that eternal vigilance
which Is the price OF liberty. Reform Is ncocs-
, eary To rebuild and establish In the hearts OF
/ the whole people, tho Union, eleven years ago
happily rescued from the danger OF . corrupt
ccntraiism. which,. after inhicting upoi, ton
States the Tspseasy OF carpet lag tyranIGies. has
Ilent itself with incapacity, wa te and fraud.
infected States and municipalities with the con-
tagion OF mis- rule, and locked fast the prospect.
: y OF an industrious people Ia the paralysis OF
hard times. o.
: Reform Is necessary to establish sound cur
rency, restore the public credit aud maintain
we denounce the failure Of all these eleven
yeare to make good the promise OF tho legal
tender notes. which are changing standard OF
value III the hands OF the people. and the non.
payment of which is n disregard OF tho pllehtsd
faith Of tho nation.
We denouuce the improvidence. which In
el,ycn years CT peace has taken from the peo-
pie, iu Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes, and squan.
dered four times this sum In useless expenses
without accommodating Iauy reserve for their TO
demp Ion. p. 49,.
We denouncc tie financial iInbecllity and i'm.
morality OF the party which, during eleven years
OF peace. has niado TO advance towards resunip-
uon; that instead has obstructed resumption By
washing our resources and cxhaustlng all our
surplus Income, and while annually protesting
\ return TO specie payment has annually enacted
: fresh hindrnnces thcreto. As such hindrance
VIC denuuuce tho resumption clause Of tho act
OF 1875. and We here demand its repeal.
We demand q judcious system Of preparation
by puOlic economies, by official retrcnchmcnt
and by wise finance which shall. enable the ia
tIon soon TO assure the world OF Its perfect read
mess 10 meet any 81 its proluilcs at the call Of
o.
such system well devised, and above all In
trusted to competent hands for execution, Gre
aliug at no time nn artificial scarcity Of ctrren-
4 cy. and at 10 time alarming the public mind In
20 Withdrawal O! that waste machinery OF
credit by which 95 per cent. OF nM business
transactions are performed. sya;em. open.
public and inspiring general confidence, would.
from the day Of its adoption, bring healing on
its wings 10 our harrussod industry, and set In
motion tho wheels of commerce.. manufactures
and the mechanical arts. restore employment to
labor and renew III all its national free tho
prosperity Of the people.
-sS We denonncs Tho present iarin levied upon
nearly 1000 articles, US a niAStcr-piecc OF Inc
qualify and false pretcnRes. It yields u dwind-
ling, not yearly rising, revenue. 1t has impOy.
crishP,l many Industries 10 substitute n few IL
prohibits imports that might purchase the pro-
ducts Of American labor; il has degraded Amer
lean commerce from FIRST 10 an inferior rank on
the high sens: 1t has cut down tho sale OF Amerl-
can manufactures at home ami abroad. and de-
plcted the returns Of American aGriculture-an
Industry followed by half our people, 1t costs
tho people i've iilups moro than 1t produces To
the Treasury; obstrlcts tho process Of produc-
tion, aud wastes the fruits Of labor; II promotes
fraud aud fosters smuggling; cnrichCs dishonest
officials, and bauiTupts houeat merchants. We
demand that all custom house taxation Rhall be
only for revenue. Es"t
Reform Is necessary IN The scale of public OK
popscs. Federal, state nnd municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sec, o0O, 900,
In gold, III 1861, TO $1,000 900, In currency, in
1870 or In decade from less than IS per head
to more than sIB per head. Since the return
OF peace tho people have paid to their tax.gath-
crers moro than thrice tho sum Of tho national
debt, and more than twice that sum for the
Federal Government alone. s.s
We demand vigorous frugAllty In every de-
phrtment and from every officer Of the Govern
ment
higatc waste of public lands and their diversion
from actual settlers by tile party IN power.
which has squandcrcd two hundred millions of
: acres upon railroads alone. and out CT more
khTirQ ulyN0fHl
than n sixth directly 10 tho tillers OF tho soil.
NefOTn IN necessary to correct tho omissions
our treaties and our diplomacy. which have
stripped our citizens Of foreign birth and kin.
dred race, recroBslng the Atlantic, Of tho shield
OF American citizenship, and have exposed our
brethren OF the Pacific coast 10 the incurslons
OF o race not sprung from tho Same great parent
stock, and In fact now by law denied citizenship
through naturalization, as being neither uccus-
toned TO the traditions OF progressive clylliLa-
tlon nor exercised In liberty under equal laws.
We denouncc the policy which thus discards
tho libcrty-loSinR German and tolcrat5s tho TO.
Vival Of the coolie trnde In Monaghan women
imported for immoral purposes, and MongoliAn
men hired 10 perform FGtviiU labor contracts
and demand such modification Of tho treaty
with the Chinese Empire, OF snch Hesitation by
Congress within constitutional limitation, as
s. shall prevent the further immigration or I'M
portaton OF tho No, golian race.
Reform Is necessary and can mover ba effected
but 10y making II tie controlling issue OF tho
election aud liiing II above the two false issues
with which the nfice-holGng class and tho
party In power seek 10 smother H.. The falSe
issue with which they would eukindle sectional
strife IN respect to tile public schools, which tho
Democratic party has cherished from their
foundation and resolved to maintain without
Partially or preference for any class, sect or
treasury to any Of them. and the false Issue by
Which they seek 10 light anpw tho enbcrs or
sectional hate between Kindred people once
rsirangod but now reunited IN ono indivlsable
republic and q common dcsiiny.
Reform IN nccessnry In the civil service. Ex-
pcrienco proves that cinCicnt nnd economical
conduct Of the government business IL not pos
siblc II It's civil service DO subjected 20 change
at every election; be a priEc fought for at tho
balloi-box; be brief reward OF party zeal III.
stead Of pos,s % homer s sS;sSmed for proved
employ; that tile dispensing OF patronage
should neither be n tax upon tho tiino 0f all our
rnblic men nor the instrument OF their AInbi.
ton. Here sgAn professions faIsllcd In pot.
formanco mites. that the party In power can work
no practical or EslutarY rcforuI.
heforn Ia necessary even more In tho higher
grades OF the public service, PRESIDENT. Vice.
President, Judges. Senator's. Representative s,
Cabinet officers. These and all others IN nu.
thoriiy are The peoples yeTyanis. Their Offices
a,o not q private rtrqnisite They arc public
tile disgrace and cenGure Of u YIcc-Prcsldeut, A
lato speaker OF tho house Of Representatives
marketing his rulings ns presiding officer,
three Senators Fronting secretly by their votes
as law makers, 1yc chairmen Of tho leading
committees Of tho late House OF Representatives
opposed ~ jobberS, lhio Secretary OF tho
Treasury forcing balances ia public accounts, a
laio Attorney General m:sappfOIriailng public
funds, aSccfcIary Of tho ntVy enriched or en-.
Iiching friends by perez ttage levied or tho pro.
fits OF contractors with bis department, an Am.
b1Esador TO England ccnEnTcd In dishOnoraLIc
speculation, tho PfrsidcntE private secretary
barely escaping conviction upon trial for guilty
completely IN frauds upon tho revenue, a Sccrc.
tary Of War imp aclch for hisl' crimes and con.
icshed fnipdcmtaror. the demonstration IL com.
rlete that the first stcps In rtfotinE must bt tho