Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07
DEMOCRATIC PLATEOE %.


Streets.
DEMOCRATIC PLATHOEm.
We lie delegates of The Democratic pa.iy, OF tie
rn;.cc s.ltes in national convention assembled. TO
;rhv declare he admins, Ia.i ion OF the Fede IL Gov
n.Inenl to be in great need OF immediate reorm 60
hereby erjoin upon the nominees OF ne convention
Of the party In easa sas s sa I'd
do hereby appeal TO our fellow citizens OF eveiv .ier
olitical conneci ion undertake with us tDs hit and
most pressing and patriotic duty Tor me cement o. ''e
We here ahirm our faith in the perm!neacy OF ne
1e,'eal Uniol our devotion to the constitution OF ,he
States with s amendments univei sally ,eo'ed
~ final set ement of the controversies tuat ch;cn
esd ae civil and co CO self
in an absolute acquisition in ,he Will OF 'ne m.otv
,he p,iciple Of republics in the supremacy o. e WI
Cnic and Sta,e for .he sake alike of civil an iel2i
ous freedoms in The equality citizens 6elo e.DeJest
hws of heir own enactment in the libery Oh intiv-
rsi conduct unvexeG by sumpiuary laws; in Tue i!i
tu education Of lie rising generation tnat ,1ey hay
rve enjoy and transmit 'hese pess eonoriohs u
,uulan happiness and hope
We un,nld ,e n0blest products of one hrud ed yeas
o changeul hs.oty out whe mpaG% G % onr ne ,"s IL
bchooves free people to lice also nat g! na VIZ
lance which is the price Of libely Eefoi is neres
eople of the Union eleven years ago happily rescued
danger Of corrupt centrasm which aiter inhciins
las hsney-combed the offices OF the Federal Govern
lent itself wi incapacity worse than 1raud lnncteo
states and municipalities WIN on neonie
D The paralysis of hard times
Reform, is necessary to establish SOUND cu,aency;
or We denouuce the failure for all these ten years to
make good the promise OF the legal notes winch are
and ihe non-payment Of which is disregard OF the
nlehted fai OF the nation. We denounce the improv-
ae people in frauds len times whole amount OF the
c.a tender notes and squandered four times the sum
n useless We the asnsa po
cv and mmoraiity of that party whica duin2 eleven
years Of peace. has made no ADVANCE 'owfSs resnp p
obsructed resumption by wasting our resources and
exnaustny ali our surplus income; and while equally
Sas annually added fresh hindlances thereto Az such
a hindrance we denounce the resumption clause OF
iuicous system OF preparation by public economies
Dy official retrenchments and by wise finance, which
perect ability and perfect readiness to meet any of its
promises at the cali OF its creditors entitled to payment
We believe that such system wei ana m rie
a artcai scarcity Of currency and at no time alarm
Ing the public mind in withdrawal Of that yaster ma
ch{nery of credit by which 9 per cent OF all business
transactions are peforneda system open public and
Inspiring general confidence would from the day Of its
se n motion the wheels Of commerce
uiacures and the mechanic arts restore employ
10 S sss ssS o
eu that capital be set free from distrust and LABOR
ignly hardened.
We denounce the tariff levied upon nearly !y
pretenses ltyieds dwindng. not yearly rising rev
It ha. mpcyeIshed many nduses 1,a, 70 saos
the products OF the country 1t has reduced American
commerce from the first to an inferior upon the nigh
TIRES At home and abroad and depetes the Of
American agriculture and industries followed by half OF
Hea e prdd~ces to the Treasury
OF production and wastes the fruits Of labor: i pro-
MSes frauds oss1s sonese mechans we demand
that custom house taxation shall be only lor revenue
Reform necessary in the scale of pSeG na
swollen from 1GoOO 1000 gold in 1859 to 5o0Oo00o
IN 1870 On Or q ; &c @ aas
or in one decade from less than IS per head to more
than SIS per head. Since the peace the people nave
amount OF the national debt and more than twice Of
tha. sum for Federal outlays Above all, we deDand
fngali in an the departments and every once Of the
reform is necessary to put stop to the proasaie
wastc OF public lands and their diversion from acta
TWO hund;ed millions OF acres upon railroads alone and
Of than twice that h has disposed OF
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions Of Re
pubcan Congress and the OF our treaties and d.
iopesn birh and Kindred race crossing the Atlantic Of
the shield Of American citizens and exposed our Dretn-
@ e the the
and in lat now BY law denied citizenship through nat
nazaon as being neither 10 aas IN i
erty under equal laws. We denounce the policy which
thus discords the liberty loving German and toerates
moral purposes and Hongolian men held TO perform ser
vile hbor contracts and demand such modihcai0n
ton by CONGRESS within Constitutional limitations
ssl prevent the further importation, or immigration
Reform Is necessary, and can never be effected but
ymaking IL the controlling issue OF the elections and
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