New-York tribune., 1876-06-29
TIE PLATFORM.

REFORM OF TIE WHOLE PUBIC SERVICE AND \
REVENUE TARIFF DEMANDEr-WENk on SPECIE
PAyusNIs-CHINEsE IMMIGRATION DEEoUNCED.
ST. Iours, June 2s.-Thc platform adopted BY me
Convention is given below. 10 demands reiorA. IN
every department of the government aa ne eVll
service and in various branches of our p".,c pol
icy the reasons for which il gives. rcverie toill
a stop to Mongoan immigration, the repeal ot the
rsunntion clause of the act of 1875, tho storlage
of wasteilI gifts of public lauf+ and reduction OF
exprpditures are demanded Tho platform in full is
as follows:
We. tho DELEGATES Of the Democratic party of
the Urtel states i'm Na.iOioi Convention IS
scmbed, do hereby declare the adminIStratl0n
of the Federal Government 70 ne II urgent
need of immediate reform. We do heicoy EN-,
inip upon tie nominees OF this Coi ventlon ana
OF the Democratic party in each STATE zeal
Gus effort and cooperation to this end; ard DO
hereby epncal to our fcllOw-citlons OF every
forlucr political connection To und,l tlhe with
us ri, first and most pressing patriotic duty
OF the Democracy of the whole cou.try;
We do here reafrm our taltn III the per-
manensy of the Federal Union, orr devotion
10 the Constitution of the United states with
lis amendments universally accepted as final
settlement Of the controversies that cnGcnneFed
civil war And we do here record our stead
fast confidence in the pelpetuity of republican
self f-goverIim, IT. i'll absolute acGHescence To
the will Of the majority-thc vital principle OF
republics; in the supremacy OF thc clVh over
the military authority; IN the total separation
of Church and State, for the sake alike oI
civil and religious freedom in the equality of
all citizens before just laws of their own en-
octmeut i'm the liberty of Individual conuuct,
uuvexcd by sumptua y laws; u. the iaitnlul
education of the rs ng gcneiation' that thcy
may preserye enjoy, aud transmit these Best
conditions of human happiness; aud we hope
We behold the nOhlcSt products oi u hundred
years of changctul history.
But while upholding the bond of our union
and great charter OF these our rights, IL pc
booyes n free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance which is the price OF liberty.
Reform is necessary t. rebuild and establish III
the hearts of the whole people the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from Tue
danger OF corrupt ccntTallShl, Walch, aiter
inuicfing upon ten States the ripacity of ear
pet-bag tylannies, has honcycombed the oiil-
GERS of the Federal Government itself with
iur1pacity. waste and fraud, infect. Il states
and municipalities with the c0ntGHOn OF mis-
rule, and locked fast the prosperity OF an M
dustrious people In the paralysis .! naLu allliesi
Reform is necessary to establish u SOUND
currency, restore the public credit, ana main
tain the National honor. We denounce the
failure Tor all these eleven years tO make goo,'
the promise OF tine legal-tendef notes. Whch
are n changing standard OF value Ill the hands
of the people, and the non-payment OF which
is "A disregard of the pilghted lalth OF the
nation. We deuOunCe the lmproVldence whch
in eleven years of peace has taken from the
nooule in Federal taxes thirteen times the
whnle amount of the lcgal-tehder notes and
souandered four times this sum III useless ex-
peuse without accumulating any reserve tor
then redemption. We denounce the financial
imhecility and immortality Of that party
which, during eleven years OF peace,
has made 10 advance toward resumption
which instead has Obstructed resumption by
wasting our resources and eXhaustlng all our
surplus income and while annually protesting
to intend a speedy return to specie payments
has annually enacted fresh hlnderances thereto.
As such "a hindcrance We den0unce the Re-
sumption clause of the act of 1879; and We
here demand its repeal. We demand judi
cious system of preparation by public econ
onlies. by official retIenchments, and by wise
6nonre which shall enable the nation soon To
assure the whole world of its perfect ability
and its perfect readiness to meet any OF It's
promises at tie call OF the creditor entitled To
payment. We believe such system well de-
vIsed, and, above all, intrusted To competent
hands tor execution, creating at no time an
artificial scarcity OF currency and ut no time
alarming the public mind into withdrawal of
that yaster machinery of credit 10y which 80
per cent Of all business transactions are per-
formed. A system open. public, and inspiring
general confidence. would from the day OF Its
adoption bring healing on its wings to all our
harassed industry. and set In motion the wheels
of commerce, manufactures, and the mechanical
arts, restore employment to labor, and renew
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