The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-02
PLATFORM or THE NATIONAL DEM.
CRATIC PARTY.

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We. the Delegates Of the Democratic party
| In National Convention assembled. d. here
declare the administration Of tlie Federal
Qpyerntpent g 6e 10 urgent need q ifnme-
insus of this Convention. and OF tho Deino-
era,ie party II ea g nv, State zeaoss sifos
s appeal 10 our eowzs ems Il an vsr 90 former
political connection 10 undertake with US this
first and most pressing patriotic duty. For tho
pstnoetaeys q ll's whole country We ~ h9re re-
al Union our devotion to The Consultation Of the
United States with It's amendments universally
sins that engendsred civil war, aud do here
record our steadfast confidence In The pafpetuty
Of republican sslf-a9,ysrnment in absolute nc.
auieseene1 In the will of the majority. the vital
principle ol republics In the supremacy Of the
civil oyer the military authority. In the total
separation Of church and state for the sake
alike oil clvil mud religious freedom, In the
equality Of all citizens before juat laws II
lieir own enactment in the liberty Of individual
ah edn"aen 1a psna - a
they may preserve. enjoy and transmit these
best. conditions of human happiness. aud hope
we behold the nobsat products vt u hundred
years of ehanggfui history. but while UNFOLDING
the bond Of ubr Union and grnnt charter 81
those our lights. II behpuyes free people to
price If liberty.
nEroHm rs NECESSARY
To rebuild and establish In the hearts OF tho
whole, people u the union, eleven. years ago
happily reseYad from the danger Of d corrupt
eeutraism Which. after inillcting pnon len States
the rapagty Of oafpet-b bag tyrahnies has honey
potnbsl the officers ri the Fedsral Government
itself with ineapaeity, waste and ffsud infected
States and Municipalities with ths runtngion u
lolsfula, and locked fast the prosperity Of an
industrious people in the paralysis of hAr0
times. tsefortn Is necessary 20 establish q sound
currency. restore the public credit and mnin-
tain the national honor. We denonnso the fnil-
promise III the legal tender notes, which
are . changing STANDARD ot value In tie
hands Oh the, people. aud the non,
She plghted faith If the nation. We do
nounes the improvidaDee which IN eleven afs
Of praee have taken from the people IN Federal
taxes. thirteen times the whole amount of the
legal tender notes, and sauHndcred four times
this SUN in useless EXPENSE without aeeulnula
nounee the financial iubeeility and immortality
pf thHt purity, which. during eleven years Of
peace, his made no advance toward resumption
that instead has cbstrurted resumption by
wasting our fesofesa and eshaiisting al our
surplus in ONE. aud whil0 ann uhly protesting
70 intend il. speedy return 70 specie payments.
has annually ena ted fresh hinderaness thereto.
As such n hiuderange we denoupes the resump-
ton clause OF the art of 1875. md wa here
DEMAND r1H REPEAL.
We demand iudirious system Of preparation
by public economies, by official rstren hinents
aud by wise finaiirs which shall enable The ma
ton 10 inHiire the whoe world of its perfect
ability and its perfect readiness e meet amy III
It's promises at the call Of the creditor entitled to
payment. We believe such n system well dos
vsed. aud. above all. entrusted 70 competent
hands for execution. creating ut no tiine an
ar,ea 5earety Of our, currency I1 ana !. no NM
that Vnster machinery of credit by which 20 per
per cent Of all business trans ctions aro per-
g p5, eeleaee would from he day d ia
adoptioi bring healing on it's wings tD all
our heras sed Industry and sel N m.tlon
md the nsehauicnl arts. restore employment 10
labor, and fenew IN al! It's national source the
pr tspority Of the people, Reform is necessary
end that capital may be set free from distress
and labor lightly burdened
WE pGNouNos rita PRESENT TAnIYF
levied upon nehrly four thousand articles. MS o
isasterpieeg Of Injustice. in,a,anal y tnls;s
rising revenue; i Inns iinpvyeriHhed many In
duaifieH 10 subsidi1e u few IT prvhibits imports
that might purchase ne ptoaufia OF Amerlean
from The FIRST TO IN inferior upon Inc nigh snas
II has cut down The snes NJ American manufne
tufea ut hone aud abroad and depicted the re-.
turns Of American agriculture. an interest fol.
lowed by half our people. II costs the people
five times more than II produces to the troasury
~, atfutts the processes OF production and
WASTES the fruita ~ labor. II promotes fraud
aud fosters smuggling. enrieheh dishonest ptiiG-
ials aud bankropte honest merchants. We de-
slail De only fpr revenue Keform
ia necessary IN the seala OF public
TEnfUAL TAXATION HAS EWpltshN
from etc $4,000 gold in 1890 o. si5D.000 o00 eur
fenny in ia33 our aggregate taxation from sist.
1D1 jes gold In 1860 to $3.50 0D1. 900 currency In 1870
or Ia one darade ON less "a ~ 1--WE dollars per
head to more than eighteen dollars psr head.
Since The peace The people have pmid 10 their thx
more than thrice The sum of The
national debt, and more than twifs that sum iof
the H., icfn Government Alone We demand q
vigorous ffufality IN every department ard
from oyerg officer Of the Government. Reform
Is necessary g pm stop 7? the prolllgato waste
settlers by the party in power. which has saunt-
dered two hnudred millions II acres upon rail
roada aiene nna OUT o. ~ nor awle ~ ,ns ~
" to filters Of the soil, Reform Is neeessary To
the
OMISSIONS or REPUBLICAN, CONGRESS.
and the errors Of our treaties and our diplomacy
which have stripped our fcilpw-citizsns ~ for
eigu birth and kindred race recrossiuR the At
lante III the shield Of American eitizenship. md
have exposed our brethren q The Pacific slope
to the incursohs Of u race not sprung from the
same great parent stoek@in fHct, now denied by
law citizenship through naturalization. ns being
neither accustomed to the traditions Of pro
greesive civilization. or exercised in liberty
under equal laws We depouuce the policy
which thus dissards the liberty-loving German.
and tolerates the revival Of the coolie frndc in |
Monaghan women imported for immoral pur- |
poses. aud Mnngoan men hired to perform |
servilc labor contracts, and demand sueh inodt~ |
pire or such legislation by Congress with |
In 81 constitutional limitation, as stall pre-. |
vent the further importation or iWU1gratipn 81 |
the Monaghan race. Reform IL necessary, and
can never be effected but by making II the con |
trolling issue Of the elections. and Hitting 1t |
above the two false issues with which the office
holding class and the party in power seek to
smother ii. The false issues with which they |
would enkindle sectarian strife IN respect to the
public schools. Of which the establishment and
support belong exclusively to the several States,
and which the Democratic party has cherished
from their foundation and resolved to maintain
without partiality or. preference Tor any class.
sect or creed, and without contributing from the
treasury to any. The false issue by which they
seek to light anew the dying embers OF sectional
hate between two kindred peoples once unna- |
tnrally estranged. but now reunited in one In |
divisible Republic and a common destiny.
REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform Is necessary In the civil service. Ex-
perienee proves that efficient economical con
duet ~ the govern business Is not posi-
BILE II its civil service be subject TO change ut
every election and be purse offered ut the bal
lot-box IA a brief reward Of party zeal, instead
of posts of honor assigned for proved eompe-
teney and held for fidelity In tho public employ.
That the dispensing Of patronage should neither
be a tax upon the time Of our public men nor
the instrument nf their ambition. Here. again.
professions, falsifled in the performance attest
that the party in power can WORK out no prae-