The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-18
IKE DEMOCRATIC PLATFOhM.


We, the delegates of the Democratic party
OF the United states, i'll National Convention
assembled, do hereby accIa!c tie a4fuinistra-
tlOn OF the Federal Government to be greatly
III need Of Immediate refoliih, aud DO reIeby
eujOIn upon the nominees of THIS CuuNenli.n
aud OF the Democratic pa ~ Asl each state u
Jealous ttfort AID co operation to TINS end and
do hereby appeal to our fellow citIze..s OF
every former political connection, to Under
take 18th us thi, INST and most patriotic uuty
r Or the Democrats of he VIII, IL country Ne
Lcre reaihrID our faith in the pen .IIeLcy OF
the Cdt raj Uhion, our deVo ion 10 the Con
stitutiOn of lie UDited states, with it's am, nd
mehts, universally accepted as a final settle.
meht of The cohtiOvei sies that were eng Il
de- ed 10y the cIvIl war, and do Lerr record our
eadfaht confidence i'll the pcrpetJuty OF IT,
publican seIfgoNtrnMeH II tie absolute
acquicso nee i'll lie viii u he al rity. The
vital principle OF republics ia the s4preIlu-
cy OF the civil over tue military anthony iii
tbe total SEPARATION Of Church aud 81; u 3oi
the sake ailkr Of evil and rem ,;iOus II euouu
i'll the equality OF al citiZeLs before just laws
of their Cwn ebactIne, u III the Liberty CT in
divdual condHct ,unVeSed ~ suinptuary laws:
III the faithful caucatiGn vi The iis.llg genera
ton, thai they may pr eerve, enjoy and Trans
NIT these best cou,iI LIONS ot human lappiuCss
and hope We behold the uobIest Products of
Il hundred years # chang ful Listory, but
while uphUldiug the bond If our nion and
r.
hoove. q free people to practice mat eternal
Vigilance which Is tie price OF liberty.
AHRAIGNMEST OF HEsRErUBLIcAS PARTY
Reform is necessary to rebuild and establish
ill the hearts Ui the whole people the Union,
happily Rescued from the danger Ct u cor
rupT c+ntr-liZaiiDn which, after iihicting upon
tea States the rapac y oi carpet b tyraunles,
has honey nIbed the uffic y of ihe Federal
Government ltse4f with inci pacity worse Than
fraud ,lnfiict.n9 states and nIunlc pail les with
the cuLtag.On of misrule, and locke d last he
prospect y OF an industrious people with the
paraly SIS oi hard times efo1m Is ecessary
To establish sound currency, .esturc the pub
lie credit and maintain he aticna! honor We
denounce the failure Tor all TIT st eiesen years
to make good the =. Ulnise Of the legal tendcr
notes, which axe Il Changing tandar,t OF value
III the hands OF the leupIe, ut Il the non pay
me ut OF W ich Ii disregard of the p.igAted
faith of the nation. We d nuunce Ihe impruV-
idehce which i'll eleven years OF pace has til.
ken from the pee pie i'll Federal taxes
thirteen times tn Whole amount of
the legal tender notes, and hquan-
dered four times the amount i'll useless *
pcnse without accommodating any reserve for
then reLem ,tion,. We denOuuce the financial
iInbeciIity and immortality Oft t party which.
during eleven years OF peace has made no ad-
vance toward rcsumpii Ii, mr. pre- aration Tor
resumption, but instead has bSlructed re-
hausting all our surplus income; aud while
annually prof ssins To intend speedy rctutn
To spect- pay nient has annually added fresh
hind anc r tnt reto. Is such LiudrLnce We
denouhce the resumption clause OF the Act OF
1873, and we demand its repeal.
HOW rsE PUBLIC CIR, DIT SHALL. RE SUSTAINED.
We demand judciuus system o. prepare
ton, by pablo economic by official retreLch-
nehte, and by vie nnaLcial system, which
shall tnab.e the nation soon to assure the
whole void OF its perfect ABILITY and its per-
feet readiness TO met. any of its promises at
the call Of the creditor entitlcd to payment
We believe such ystem should be we'll de-
vised, and, above all, intrusted to competent
hands Tor execution, creating at no time
hhcial scarcity Of currency, and at no time
alarming the pubic mind into = Withdrawal
OF that vast machinery ca credit by " hich %
per cent of all business transact us are per.
formed, $! stem open, public ana inspiring
general confidence, would from the day Of its
adj pilon bring healing Oh its wings t. all our
hariassed industries, set i'll motion he wheels
OF commerce, manufactures ana the mechani-
cal arts resto emplo! meut to labor AM
prospect y to the people. Reform is necessary
III the sum and III, dc of FeLeral taxation, to
the end that capital shall be set free from dis
trust, and labor lightly burd ned
a TARIFF For REVENUE ONLY.
We donounce the present tariff levied upon
nearly 900 articles AS masterpiece of injus-
ticc, inequality and false preteLce. 1t yields u
dwindllng, not yearly nhiug revenue. 1t has
Impoverished many indus rits to subsidize a
few. IL prohibits imports that might pur-
chase the products of American labor:
1t has degraded commerce from the
mrs to an inferior rank on the high
seas; Il has cut down the sale of American
manufacturers at home ind abroad and ueplet-
ed the returns of American agriculture an in
dustry followed by one half Of our people. 1t
costs the people hye times more than il pro
duces 10 the treasury; Ubstructs the process of
n. duction and Wastes he fruit Of labor 1t
promotes frauds fosters smuggling; enr.ch
dishonest 9Th lAls and bankrUpls hon, st
merchants We demand t.iat Gust III house
taxation shall he Only Tor revenue. Reform is
Necessary III the tcale al public expenses
Federal, State and municipal.
FEDERAL TAXATION.
Our Federal taxation has swollen from 500
coo 600 guld. III 1864, to Sljd U0u, 600 currency
IN $50 onr aggregate taxation from Sl54 COO
CO., Id in le6n, to $3.50, 300 ,eU0 currency in
1870, or III one decade from less than IS to
more than SIS per head. Since the return of
peace the people have paid TO their
tax Sath,rerS more than thrice the sum of
the national deb;, and more than twice the
sum Tor Federal taxes. Above all we demand
IA Wig rnEs .ru.ality in every department and
from every othccr of The Cove rln,nt
WASTE OF PUBLIC LANDS.
reform IL necessary 10 put stop to the pro
figa vase Of public lands and their diver
Sion from aetl,a. settlers by the party in power
which has squhnd red two hundred millions
of aHrts upon railroads alone. and out of more
= han thilce that aggregate has disposed of
les than sixth dl.ectly TO the tillers of the
soil
Mo IFICATIoN or THE BURLINGAME TREATY.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
of republican CoLGIess and the errors If
our treaties and our diplomacy which rave