The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-11-04
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of the Federal government 10 be In great /
need Of Immediate reform, and do hereby en-. /
i,iuupon the nominees ofihis convention and
Of the gcmocraiic party In each state zeal 7
on. eHor, ani co operation to this end, ana 90 /
here appeai 10 our fel ow-citiEens OF every
former political connection TO undertake with
ms this frat and m ~ pressing patriotic duty.
For thn Demo = cy Of the whole country we
doh re re-a ili wa our faith In the permansnce
or the Federal Union; our devotion t. the
C5n.iuiion Of the United States. with 10
amendments. univ ,rsally accepted hs q final
setnearut Of the controversies that sngrnder'
cd thcciyu war. and do here rec nd our stead
fast COAT lrucc IN the pcrpetnity Of republic "a
self-ggyrrntncnt in absolute Acquiesccnce IN
the will of the maiority-ihe vital principle
OF republics; in the supremacy OF tue ciYil
over he military; in the total separation Of
Church and State for the sake alike Of civil
and rel RiDus freedom in the equality OF all
citizens before ilN laws Of their own enact
mont: Iva the liberty Of individual conduei,
uuyrHol hy eumptuary laws IN he faithful
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these
best conditions Of human happiness aud hope.
we behold the nohest products ofa hundred
. years q chauRcful history.
Bat while nphoiiing the bond Of our Union
aud HE great charter OF these our rights, II
bchooycs free people 20 practice nlso thar
eternal vigilance which is the price Of liberty.
Reform + necessary 10 rebuild aud ostablitb
in the hearts Of he whole people The Union
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ola secession OF states, but now 70 bo
saved from corrupt centrnlism, which after
iuAicting upon ton states the rapnctty OF car
pel-hng attorneys hashoney -combed the Offices
orbr Federal government itself with incapacI
~ wastc aud fraud, infected states and mu-
uicipnlilics with the coniagion o. misrule, and
locked fast the prosperity OF an industrlous
people IN the paralysis Of hard times. Reform
an Ia al unC -
restore the public credit aud maintain the ma
iona honor.
We deuounoe the failure for all these Neyen
wears TO make good the promise Of the legal
tcndcr notes which are changing standard OF
value In the hands Of the people, and the non
payment Of which is disregard OF the plight
ed faith of the nation
We dcpeunce the inpioyidcnoo which in
eleven years OF peace has taken from the poo
pir. In Federal taxes, thirteen times tho whole
amount Of the legal tender notes and squan-
lered four lines their sum IN useless expense,
without ncoumuating any reserve for their
redemption,
We dcnounco the financial imbecility and
immornlity Of that party Which, during eleven
ycnrs oil peace, has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption, but instead has Dbstrucled re
sumption by wasting our resources and OK
hnusting nll our surplus income and, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hndrances thereto. As such hih-
drnnce we denounce the resumption clause Of
the act of 1915 and we here demand its re
peal
We demand iudicious system Of prepara-
ton, by public economics, by official rctrench-
monts and by wise finance, which shall ena-
bic the nation soon to assure the whole world
Of ils perfect ability and its perfect readiness
10 meet any Of It's promises ut the call of the
creditor entitled 10 payment We believe
such n system, well advised and, above all, ia
trusted TO competent hands for execution,
creating az no time nm artificial scarcity of
currency, and Mt no time alarming the public
mind into II withdrawal Of that vast ma
rhnery Of credit by which ninety-fyc per
cent Of our business transactions is perform
cd-a system, open and public, and inspi-
ring general confidence, would, from the day
Of It's adoption, bring healing ON its wings to
all our hprAsscd industries, set in motion the
wheels Of commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, restore employment to labor
and renew in oil its sources the prosperity
Of the people,
Reform is necessary in the SUN and mode
Of Federal taxation, 70 the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor light
ly hurdcned. We donounce the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles as a
masterpiece of injustice inequality and false
pref eusc which ieldsa dwindlhg not yearly
rising revenue; 1t has impoverished many in
luslres TO subsidiEe o few IL prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products Of
American labor 1t has degraded American
commerce from the first TO nm inferior rank
upon The high seas; it has cut down the walls
ofAmerioan manulact lures at home and abroad
it has depleted the returns Of American
agrculute=-0n industry followed by hal our
people; It cosrs the pe0p!e five times more than
itproduocs 20 Tho treasury " Ohstructs the pro-
cess Of production and wastes the fruits of la
ID ltps
cnrchcs dishonest officials aud bankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that all Gus
tom-house taxation shall be only for revcnue
Reform is necessary in the scale of public
eXpcnse-Fedcral, State and Municipal cur
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars in gold in 1890 to four hundred
aud fifty million dollars in currency in 1870.
our aggregate tn Nutiou Crom one hundred and
hry-four millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred ard thirty million dollars in curren-
cy 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 tax-gnthcrcrs 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 to put stop to the
prohirate waste of public lands and their d.
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
disposed Of less than sixth directly TO the TIL
lcrs of the soil.
Reform is necessary 10 correct the omissions
Of q Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped our fellow-citiIens OF foreign birth
aud kindred race, re-erasing the Atlantic
from the shield of American citizenship, and
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast 20 Che incursi0ns of race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact,
now by law denied citizenship through nNu-
mliTauon, as being unaocustomed TO the
traditions Of progressive civilization, and
unexercised in liberty under equal laws.
Wedenouuce the policy which thus disoards
the hherty-loying German and tolerates the
revival OF the Coolie trade In Monaghan wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
goliaa men heldto perform servle labor con-
tracts. We, therefore, demand such modi-
hcations Of the treaty with the Chinese EN-
pire, and such legislation by Congress, within |
constitutional Imitation as shall prevent the
further importation or immigration of the |
Monaghan race. r. /
Reform Is necessary aud can never be effect |
cd but by making il the controlling issue of /
the election, and lifting il above the two false
issues with which the ofhce-holdinc class and
party in power seek to smother it--lst the false
issues with which they would enkindle secta-