The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21

|. The further and lowest reductl0n OF
salaries of all public servants consistent
With the necessities Of government.
2. The reduction of fees and costs, es-
pecially of, attorneys in civil cases, and
the amendment of the laws. governing
the settlement of estates in such man
ner as to secure a more economical .ad-
mihistration and settlement of small es-
,tates.Ii uo2 b,nu'N fshi 7h' t!ae +
>, l.S. The immediate repeal Of the .agri-,
cultural lien law. ~. a.,e. =,
T.. Public printing to be reduced at.
least one-third of the present appropria-,,
ton, 90 ..YFb pUN-r'.1a'.; -: J! ifaJ
5. Convict labor to be utilized under
such laws as shall secure humane treat
ment, and the support of convicts with
out needless expense to the State.
6. The annual appropriations for pub
lie institutions to be economically made
and properly expended,
Z. The number of Trial Justices to be
reduced throughout the State, and each
justice to be assigned to specific territory,
with moderate salaries to cover c6stsiSf
criminal business, adjusted in proportion
to populations. =, 80, :; c.,;,,-r.,
8, Recognizing the enormous expense
of fencing farms, and the: scarcity of tim
ber in some sections of the State, we feel
it to be necessary that practical relief be
afforded to the people of the State, and
we pledge ourselves to secure such legis-
lation upon the subject as will give to
the electors Of each county the right to
regulate this question for themselves. >.
9. That whereas in some of the upper
counties of the State certain evil disposed
persons have induced many citizens to
disregard and violate the revenue laws of
the United States, by representing them
to be oppressive, and in violation of the
rights of the citizen, and it is apparent
from the action of the National Demo.
cratic House OF Representatives that the
revenue tax will be continued, we there
fore earnestly recommend that bis Ex-
cellency, the President of, the United
States, do grant general amnesty and
pardon for all violations previous to this
time. And the Senators are hereby in
structed, aud the Representatives in Cons
gress are requested, to urge this action
without delay.
10. We charge the Democratic. party
with perversion, of all truth and history
with opposition to all the interests of the
masses with fostering class preferences
and determinations; with denial ,oi
rights to those who. do not accept their
political dogmas; with constant and per
sistent antagonism to the principles. Of
Justice and humanity; with resistance
to the: manifest will of the people and
the spirit of the age; with q determine
ton to make slavery national and liberty
sectional; with a. purpose to- rend the
union in twain; to perpetuate human
bondage; with plunging the nation into
a fratricidal war; with deluging the land
in blood and filling it with sorrow and
distress; with burdening the people with
a debt that makes higher taxation ne
cessary and continuous; with opposition
to the reconstruction of the States they
had violently forced into confederacy;
with resistance to the passage and rati6-
cation of the amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the United States made neces-
sary by the results of the war, which
clothed the humblest in the nation with
citizenship and placed in his hands the
power of protecting it; with q purpose
to reopen sectional prejudices and ami
mosities, to make ''the war a failure" re-
construction "void," and the amendments
to the Constitution nullities; with decep-
ton, Misrepresentation, extravaganza in
the conduct of government, dishonesty in
the disbursement of tho public funds and
an abuse of the public; confidence; with
fraud in the management of elections
with intimidation of electors; with atroci:
ties during political campaigns unheard
of in civilized communities; with assas.
sinations and murders of those whose
only offending was steadfast adherence
to the principles of the Republican par.
ty; with threatenings of violence against
those who advocate the perpetuity of the
Republican party; with armed prepara.
ton and hostile intent in the States O
the South, intending by such formida'
BILE array to frighten or force Republicans
into a support of their party and parti'
sans, or to remain away from the polls
with assembling to the North by assu.
RANGES of an acceptance of the results o.
the war, desire for reconciliation and
brotherly relations, when they are only
thirsting for the opportunity to secure
what they have lost by the ascendancy o1
the National Democratic party to power
and thus inhict upon the nation further
evils and embarrassments; with nomi'
mating National and State officers known
for their antagonisln to all the Republi-
can party has accomplished, men who
were in sympathy with the rebellion, op.
posed to its overthrow, aiders and abet.
tors of treason, officers of armies of the
rebellion, enemies of liberty and union.
II. Reiterating our reliance in the JUS
tice of our cause and the truth of the
principles underlying our national plat
form, and of the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments of the Consti
tuition of the United States, pointing witt
qualification to the many important re-
forms established by the Republican par
ty of our State during the last few years
we invoke the guidance and blessing o
Divine Providence upon our standard
DeareTS duu uPuu tuo "Aoi0 PSoPiS
South Carolina. And we the member
of the Republican party, in convention
assembled, do hereby earnestly pledge
ourselves to an uncompromising suppor
of its nominees, with the firm hope ane
the solemn determination to guard OIL
rights, protect our friends and elect ou
candidates.
On motion of Mr. Swails, the platform
was unanimously adopted. -: -,
Charles Francis Adams, son of Presi
dent John Quincy Adams and grandson
of John Adams, second President of 'th'
United States, has been nominated as tht
Democratic candidate for Governor il
Massachusetts. He, has heretofore be
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