Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-08-26
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RAYVIL! e LOUISIANA,
Saturday, August 20, 1875.
THE RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.


rnl'r" "r"u ;l.r r"mimcc> Of r'u, c,''vrurrou.
Hui 81 rh" DrmwIaiic panty im each s,f:'rr. Il
/"rl"u- ril",r and corporation l., ''.,- 'rd, aud
10 hrrrlr appeal 10 our l,l.r~ r,''lri.> e.!
ry"r !rrur- ir"liiiral cri,rr,li"n r., n,lirr'nhc
viii II, rhl> fast and most Iatrin'i.. ,luy.
F'r ''r Democracy Fl the uh,l, corI'iv
W. ii" here rr:'iIirm "ur iairh IN the lrrn.a
nero" Of he Federal Imru: .ur t"ru;uu Ia
g." Constitution at 'hr Uu'rd States wi.h H.
a'urudn. M, universally arrr,'r'l -, ia" final
>crtIrEirui ot the conrroyrl~y ,'r.' cu2"uicTcd
,iri! war and dn hereby record Our lhSlhia~r
confidence ~ the pcrVctui'y ct rc Shliran
scilsovcrnmrnt
la ai-uIurr ac,luirsccurr ia The viii Of '!lr
ay,rry--'hr vIal pra,"rrIc at E,puhir,
Ia die supremacy "i'hr cigii oyer ,hr military
:urhuny. ~ the total separations al chrr,h
aud STATE" Tor She sake allie of civil and II
i.-inu, freedom ~ The rGrHIiiy 81 all riri"ruS
before Fi>t laws -! their OWN vnactngtd: ~
the IT,, riy al lad. yIlmaI conduct uuvrNri hy
-uup:rary laws IN IIr faithful cducirlon uf
IN" II>I;I" generation. tina; they may preserve.
"ur'y AMI iranSl' y ihr>r best conditions al
i,'ri'au Happiness AMI hope. We hchuld tie
mnIic-' purdTci> Ola humt'rrd yrar> al Charge
tai history hu; white ulh"Girg The hund "f
nur tu"u, and great CHARTER al these "ur
Rights. u hchuUvr> = tree rr"plr to- Iracirr.
n'-n riia' eternal vigilance which l. the price
Of Liberty.
Rst0,m - necessary "a Rebuilt AMI c~r1hlI>lr
in La. hcail, If the whole people. the Uuion.
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ui Il secession at States lat Isnw Ia be-
saved from - corrupt trniraIi>li. WINCH, after
nilicin: upon ten S'airS The ralaciry ui ear
pet bag ryraun.cs. ta- honey -cuurrd ulrr offices
# the Federal Government Itself with uca.
raciiy. waste and fraud injected Stale, and
aud municipalities with The cnnrarnr Of mis-
Julr; and locscd iIs, The rrosp WY Of am II
dnsi:iou> people i'll 'he paraly,is If Hard
Times"
Reform is necessary "a establish sound
currency. rrsini. ia" public credit aud main
tain the National honur.
We hcpnuncr thr ,aiIurc of all these eleven
wears uf peace rn make good the promise OF
Ilr legal trudcr mdrS. whiri are n changing
value in the hands of the people, and ihe
non-paymcnt of which j. disrrgarded the
rIi.Ircd faith Of the Nation
We dcnouncr the imrrovi,lcncc which, in
eleven years If peace, has taken from the
,'corl- in Federal Taxes ihir,crn times tie
amonni of the legal tender nores. aud sqr,an
dcrrd four times that in useless expense
without accmnuIaiing any reserve tor their
redemption.
We driounrc Tire financial imhccilny AMI
immorary OF thai party whirh, durin. eleven
years Of peace, has made frn adj Tain.C tn,. ard
TesumpiiC n. has no preparations fer Trsump.
non, by wasting our re>uErcrs and cxauStiu.
all our surplus income AID while annually
protesting TO intend Il speedy return to specie
payments, has annually enacted fresh hin.
frances thereto. As such Il hindTance, we
drnonnre tho resumption clause OF the act OF
1875. snd demand it, repeal.
We demand Jndrious system Of prepare
ton by public economies, by osicirl refrcurh
'ucn,, aud 10y wise finance. which shall cna.
die the nation soon To assure the whole world
of lis perfect ability AMI irs perfect readiness
10 meet any Of Us promises Vt The call at the
creditor entitled To payment.
We believe such II system we'll devised.
and above all. entrusted To competent hands
inr execution, crea'in. nj no time artificial
scarcity ofcurrcncy. and no time alaumn. the
public mind a withdrawal of that vast ma.
chincry OF crcdi, by which ninciy-tivc pen
rent Of ais cur business transactions are per.
frmed-a system open and public and nspir.
ing general confilcucc-wtrlld from the day
"f liz adoption brin. healing on its wings to
buI SUI III iiiNliOil lJt
wheels Of commefcc, manufacturers and me
rlIanc arts restore employment TO lalor, and
renew, III all its sources, the prosperity OF the
people.
ReIoysr is necessary in the SIM aud modes
of FetleEal taxation, Ia ilfe end that capital
may he set free from di,Irusr, apd labor light.
by hurdcncd.
We dcnouncc the present Tariff, levied
IA, Gar Al, c,I-
prctruss. IL yields lwindling, not yearly
risAig revenue. n has Impoverished .lauy
industries to subdisize D few. 1t prohibits
imports that might purchase the products of
American labor. II has degraded American
commerce from il,e first to inferior rank
the high seas. ! has cut down the sale Of
American manufactures al home and abroad,
ami has depicted the returns Of American
agriculture, an industry sDllcwcd 10y half our
people. II costs the people ave lanes more
than it produces 10 the Treasury. abstracts the
process of production and wastes the fruits OF
labor. 1t promotes fraud, fosters smuggling,
rnrichcs dishonest officials, and bankrupt kon,
est merchants. We demand thai all Custom
house taxation shall only he for Revenue.
Rcjor", is necessary IN the scale Of nuhlic
expense, Federal, Stale and municipal Our
Federal taxation has swollen from ,iNly
millions IN col! in 1870 to four hundred and
iIiy millions currency in 1870. Our ag.rc
gate idXatiol from one hundred aud fifty four
millions gold in lS65 to seven hundred aud
a.iny millions in currency in 1870 I; or in one
decade from less than five dollars per head
~ more than eighteen dollars per head. Since
the peace the people have paid to their tax
sa,li-rcrs more than thrice The sum If Nation
III debt, and more than twice the sum for the
Federal Government alone. We demand
rigorous frusali'y in every department and
from every officer uf the Government.
Issforn is necessary to pu, stop to the
proiiisa,e waste IL public lands and their
diversion from actual settlers by the parry in
power which has squandeEed two hundred
millions OF acres upon railroads alone, and
out Of m ire than thrEe that aggregate HIS
''ispo' cd Of less Than a sixth directly 70 the
ii lers Of the SOIL
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
of Republica. Congress and the errors Of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped our fellcw-ctizens n foreign birth
and kindred race, re crossing the Atlantic, of
the shield of American citizenship, md has
exposed our brethren of the Pacific to the
incursions Of race not sprung from the sa,ue
great parent stock, and in fact now 10y law
denied citizenship through naturalization rs
being ncilhcr accustomed to the traditions of
a prog rcssive civilization, nor exercised in
liberty under equal Law We denounce the
policy which thus discards the liberry-lovins
German and toleraics the revival of the Coolie
trade, in Monaghan women imported for inn
moral purposes, and Monaghan men held 10
perform srrvile labor contracts.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
ed but by making il the controlling vote Of