Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-07-08

~. LOUIS convention
We, the delegates OF the Demo.
cratic party of the lnited States, m
national convention assembled, do
hereby derlare the administrations OF
the federal government to bc la ar-
gent need IT immediate reform de-
hereby njoIn upon the nominees oi
this convention and of the Demo
cratic party IN each state a JEALOUS
effort aud cooperation to this end,
and do hereby appeal Ia our fellow
citizens Of every former poliucal
connection 10 undertake with us
this first aud most pressing patriotic
daty ior the Democracy 0i the whole
country, We do here re-ailirm oar
faith IN the permet ancy oi the fed
erai unlon, our devotion to the
Constitution OF the United States
with its amendments universally
accepted as "A final settlement 0i the
cot troyers'cs that engcnderc,l civil
war, and do here record our stead.
last confidence Ia the pcrpctuity Of
republican selt-govsTnment. La alb
solute aequiesopos IA the will of the
majority, the vital principle Of re
puhlses. 10 the supremacy Of the civil
over IH<Hsnilitary authority; IN the
total SEPARATION of church and state,
for The sake alike ut civil aud relig.
ious fFse,lom, in the equality Of all
citizens before just laws VI their own
enactme bfzin the liberty of individu
nj eond .nnyexea by ssmptuary
laws; EBfaithfnl education ofthe
rising VIBRATION that they may pre-
serve, enjoy and transmit these best
conditions OF human happiness and
hope, We kshoh the noblest products
vi "A hundred years Ut ehangeiul his
tory but while upholtling the bond
Of our Union and crest charter
OF these our rights, il behoovss tree
people To practice also that eternal
vigilance which Is the price of liber.
~. Reform Is necessary 10 rebuild
aud establish in the hearts
OF the whole people the
The Mon ut eleven years ago hap
pyy RESCUED from the danger Of "A
corrupt eentrallsm which, after m
hlcting upon tho states the rapacity
Of carpet bag tNrannIes, has honey
combcd the offices at the federal
government itself with incapacity,
waste and iraad, infected states and
municipalities with the contagion Of
mlsrGle aud locked fact the prosper
ny OF an industrious people la tbs
paralysis 1T hard times. RciowIm h.
necessary 10 establish "A sound cur
rcney, restore the public credit, aud
maintain the national honor. We lie
noanoe the failure OF all these eleven
years to make good the promise Of
the legal tenders notes which are IA
changing standard Of value In the
hands ut the people and the aen,
payment Of which Is a disregard at
the plighted iaith OF Tie nation. We
denounce the iRrpTovllcnee which in
eleven years Of peace has taken irom
the people ia federal taxes thirteen
tunes the whole amount oi the legal
tender notes, aud sqaandeFcd four
times tins sun ia useless expense
without accommodating any reserve
for their redemption. We deDounec
the financial ilnbecIlliiy and immov-
aliiy OF the party which during
eleven years of peace has made no
advance toward resumption, that in
stead has obstructed resumption by
wasting our resources aud exhaust
ing all our surplus income, and while
annually protesting Ia intend n
speedy return 10 specie payments has
annually enacted fresh hindranoes
thereto. As such % hindranoc we
denounce the resumption clause OF
the act Of 1875, and We here demand
its repeal. We demand a judicious
system OF preparation by public
economies, by Official nchmenls,
and by wise tinahce which shall en-
able the nation To assure the whole
world Of ITS perfect ability and its
perfect readiness To meet any Of It's
promises at the call Of the creditor
entitled 90 payment, and above all
entrusted tO competent hands for ex-
ecution, creating ut no time an arti
ficial scarcity OF currency and at no
time alarming the pubic mind into a
Withdrawal OF that vaster machinery
Of credit BY which ninety ave per
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performed, a system open, public
and inspiring general confidence,
would, from the day Of It's adoption,
bring healing on it, wings 90 all its
harrassed industry, and set IN mo-
ton the wheels OF commerce, manu-
facinres and the mechanical arts
restore employment 20 laborers. and
renew in all its national source the |
of the people.
Reform " necessary In the form
and mode Of federal taxation, To the |
end that capital may be set free from |
distrust aud labor lightly burdened. |
We denounce the present tariff |
levied npoA nearly 1000 articles as a |
masterpiece Of injustice, inequality |
and false prctense. 10 yields a
twindling not a yearly rising rev.
enue. II has impoverished many In |
lustries 20 subadike q few. ID pro
hibits imports that might purchase
The products OF American labor. II |
has degraded American commerce
rom the first 20 an inferior rank |
npon the high seas ID has cut down
the sales Of American manufactures
II home and abroad, and depleted