The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-20

an most pressing patTiOuc uuty.
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION. RRPUBLt.
CAN sELF-GOvERNMENT.
For the democracy of the whole country,
we do hereby reatfirm our faith In the per- |
manence of the federal union; our devotion |
to the constitution of the United States,
with its amei. dments universally accepted |
as the final settlement Of the controversies |
that engendered civil war, ana do here re. |
cord our steadtast confidence In the perpe. |
tuity of republican seli-government.
1ME FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acquiescence In the will Of
the majority--ihe vital principle OF repub- |
hes; in the supremacy OF the civil over the
military authority, in tie total separation OF
church and state, tor the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom; in the equality of
all citizens before just laws OF their own en-
aetment; In the liberty of individual con-
duct, unveXed by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education OF the rising generation,
that toey may preserve. enjoy and transmit
these best conditions Of human happiness,
and hope we behold the nObiest products of
q hundred years OF changeiul hi.tory; but
while UNFOLDING the bond OF our union and
great charter OF these great rights, 1: be-
hooves free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance which Is the price of
liberty.
hhHoh"~ SOnnSA AASt' S1>NN As"NAo
MIo,m 10 necessary w ou.iu auu es, ,..
eleven xsars aco banpiIv resciled from The
hanger Of a a. ,es.ion ut states bnt now TO
be saved from a corrupt ceDtralism, viii Ii,
after inflicting upon ten States the rapaci y
Of carpetbag tyrannfes, has honey cOmbed
the offices OF tue federal government itself
states and mathematics with the conta.
0,on NJ mi ,r,IIe. and locked fast the oros.
sIeritv nj an industrious peopie In the ma.
ralysis of hard tunes,
REFORM OF THE CURRRNCY-sPECIE
PAYMENTS.
Reform il necessary to establish a sound
currency, res, ore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We denounce
the failur. for all these eleven wears to
make good the promise of the legal tender
notes, which are a changing standard Of
value in the hands OF the people, and the
non payment of which is a di,r. gard of the
Ne denouncs the improvidence which in
eleven wears of MAGE mas taken from The
people. In FEDERAL taxes, thirteen times the
and souandered foui times this snm ia mse.
! - arnonsa without accumulotiny anv 20.
Servs ,ar their redemntiun- W. dsno;,nca
the financial imbe,ility and immortality ~
| int Marty vrbiob nurinu eIevon vaors ~
,os.a hss msds No a5vanoa ,oyyora ro'
tte,nni,an. no nrsnsrot;on To- resumntion
INT instaai hps nhstrr,ctaa rasnmn,;pn nv
was,inc orr rssonrces and eWhansting ii,
onr .,irnlns income and while ann,iailv
nrofessinv IN intend a sneedo return ~
| snscia nayment has annuaIIv enacted fresh
hinlrancss thereio-as snch a hindrsnca
wa denounca the r, snmntion clause q; ths
act of Is75 and yve demanJ its reneoi
We demand a iudicio,,s svstem nj nre.
narration nv nuh,;c economies nv naIoi.,
retrenchment, and by the finances, which
snail enable the nAton soon TO assure The
nerfect readiness To meet any OF its nrom.
! ises at the call of the creditor entitled m
| nayment.
We believe sncb n system. well Devised
| and above Ali. entrusted IN comnetent
hands for its eyscntion Granting M M ,;ms
an Artificial scarcity nj cnrrency and ~ M
time ALARMING the pnbhc mind into a with.
drawal OF that vast machinery of credit by
| which 80 per cent. of all our business trans.
actions are performed: o system open ia
the public and inspiring general confidence
| would, from the day of its adoption, bring
healing on its wings to all our harrassed In.
dustries, set In motion the wheels OF com.
merce, manufactures and the me chsp,csl
arts, restore employ ment to labor, and re.
new 10 all Its national sources the prosper.
ity OF the people.