The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-01

q Oh state, Jealous Ell TT aud so opera.
ton to this end, and do b reby appeal to
9ur fellow. citize ms OF every former political
c nnecLion q Undertake with Va thi' nfsi
An mos, pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION. TIE CONSTITUTION. RKPrBLi.
Cas- sELF-GOvBRNnESr.
For the de- mocracy Of the whele country.
we do hereby reaftirr our fsi b Ia tn per.
manence OF the federal union: our devotion
/, the constitution OF the Tim ed states,
with its ameL dmcnts universally accepted
rs the final sett ement of the CONTROVERSY
that engendered civil war. anu DO bere r..
cor our steadiast confidence in the perpe
tuity of reoub lean eeli-government.
The rIRsr CENTURY.
In absolute aeQuieseenee In the will OF
the majority vital principle OF rep 10
hes; 10 the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority, in t1e total sc p IRA ion Of
church and state, Tor the sake alike OF civil
and religious free dom; In the equalit vi
sli citizens befcr, jus. laws OF theis own eu-
&C meIt; in the liberty Of individual cog
du I. yexed by sumptuary laws; in The
faithful ed ,caiion OF be rising generation,
that trey may preserve. etjoy and transmit
these best conditions Il human happiness.
aud hope we behold the nobest products Of
= hundred years of changeful history; but
while unfolding the bond Of our union ami
great charter OF these great rights, l: be.
nlONtp u ~ ec ItUEtc W ois' thot
eternal vigilance which 1, the price Of
liberty.
REFoRM-CoRHuPT!oN
Reter7, is necessary to build and establish
in the heart. o. the whole peoLle the union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from. The
danger of Q secession OF states but now TO
be saved from a corrupt cebtrslism, viii b,
after inaictins upon ten states the rapaci
of carpet-bag tyrapnies, has honey-eombed
- IA
with incspscity, waste and fraud; iu'acted
states snd municipa liiits Sith the conta-
yIon o, misrue, and locked fast the pros
perify of-an industrious people in the pa.
ralysis Of hard times.
REFORM or THE CURRENCY-SrECiE
PAYMENTS.
HefggE is necessary 20 establish q sound
currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We donoupce
the failure for all these eleven years to
make good the promise OF the legal tender
notes, which are q cDsnging standard OF
value in the hands pt the people, and the
non payment Of which Is = di.rr gard OF the
plighted faith OF the nation.
We denounce the improvidencc which il
eleven years Of peace has taken from the
people, 10 federal taxes, thirteen times the
| aud sglandered Ioui tiines this sum IN use
| lees expense, without accommodating any re-
| serve tor their redemption. We denounce
| the financial imbecility and immortality OF
| that party which, curing eleven years Of
| peace. has made no advance toward re.
demptiop; no preparation for resumption,
but, ip.tes4, has obstructed resumption by
| wasting Our resources and eIhsusting all
II surplus income, and while annually
protesting to intend speedy return to
speci, payment, has annua ly enacted fresh
oindrances there Gas such hindrance
.layn tha tsAn Il Of
act Of 1875. and we demand its repeal.
We demand juuicious ~ stem OF pre-.
paration. by public economies. by official
retrenchment. and by the finances, which
shall enable the nstiOn soon TO assure the
whole world Of It's perfect ability aud its
Uses at the call OF the creditor entitled TO
payment
We believe such a system, well devised.
and, above all. entrusted = competent
hands for its exeruti n, Great ng at no time
| an artificial scarcity OF currency, and 1t no
time alarming the public mind into with.
dIswal OF that vast machinery f credit by
| which 95 per cent. OF all our business tram.
| actions are perto med; q system open to
the public and inspiring genera confidence,
would, from he day Of LIS adopt on, bring
he ling on It's wings to all our hsrrassed In.
du-iriee, set Ia mot on the wheels Of COM
III rec. manufactures and the mechanical
arts Restore employ Inent to labor. and re-
new 10 III It. national sources the prosper.
| ity OF the people.
REFORM or TIE TARIFF-FREE TRADE.
Reform l. necessary IN he sum and mode
| Of Ted tax lion to the emu that capita
may b, set Ire from distrust and lab r
hg tly burdened We denounce the pres.
er, tariff esied upon nesry tour thousand
| articles as mat piece Of III, ustic., in
| equ ,ity aud Ease pretense II yields Q
NV ndlng, not yearly rising revenue. Il
has impoverished many industries TO sub
-idiIe afew; prohibi 5 lmpori that mig BIT
purchase :he probucts Of American .bor-;
II has degraded American commerce rom
the nrst l., ap Inferior rank upon the hIgh
sea.; II has cut down the sales Of American
manufactures AT home an abroad, and de
p.eted the returns of American gricullu G,
an industry followed by halt our people II
GETS the people dive times more than Il pro.
dnces 70 The treasury; obst-ucts the process
OF produc lon and wastes the fruits OF IN.
Dor; 10 promotes fr I'D. fosters smuggling,
eurfches al honest Official, aud oaDErupts
honest merchants. We demand tn Il all
custom house taxation shall be only for
revenue.
pEYoRA -kcoNoMY IN PUBLIC EXPENSE
Reform Is necss AIRY IL the scale OF puLlie
eapen-e-federsl, sac aud municipal.
Ou federal taxation has swollen from sixty
N llions g'id, IN 1860, 20 four hundred and
nifty millions currency, In 1870. our aggre.
g,te taxation. from ore hundred and bity.
iour millions gold IN 1850, To seven hundred
and thirty millions currency In 1870; or, in
one decade, from less than I've dollars ner
bead TO more than eighteen dollars per head.
since the peace the people have paid u
toeir tax,gstherers more than thrice the
sum OF the national debt, aud more than
twice that sum tor the federal governme ri
alone. We demand vigorous frugslity in
every department, aud from every ofdeer
. OF the government
hEPoRN-PCBLIC LANDS To ACTUAL SET
ILBuc.
Reform IL peeersary 70 put stop 10 the
pron'Sate waste OF the public lands and
their diversion from actual settlers by the
psriy In power, which hss squapdered
10000 900 acres upon railroads alone, and
~ amount Of more than thrice that s2gre.
gate, has disposed Of less than q sixth di.
rectiy TO the tillers Of the soil.
sEfoRM-ADoPrEp CITIZENS, REJECTED
MONGOLIA.
Hgoffa IL necessary TO correct the omm Il
sion OF republican congress and The err or
J, oil our treaties and our diplomacy. wh,s =
have stripped our fel!Ow.eilizens Of foreign
birth and kindred race. recrossipy the AZ.
lantic, OF the shield of American citizen,
ship, and have exposed our hr etheu of thc
! fscine coast TO the incursions Of race moi
sprung from the same great parent stock.
spa, In fact now by law de i..icit, 2. usshir
ohrouyh naturalization. ssbeing neither 40.
tuspnneo T. tUo uault0us oil 3 DfoRfessieo
| rssiiiSaiton, nor exercised In hbertS unner