The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-21
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THU DEaoCRATIC' CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION,
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sembled do hereby declare the administration
Of the Federal government 20 be in great
need Of immediate reform and do hereby en-
fein upon the nominees ofthis convention and
of the Democratic party in each State renl-
Gus effort and cooperation TO this end and do
here appeal SO our Eel ow.citiEens Of every
former POLITICAL connection 20 undertake with
us this first and most pressing patriotic duty.
For the De NOR cy OF the whole country we
do h re rr-sGirn our faith in the permanance
Of the Federal Union our devotion q the
Constitution of the United States with its
amendments. universally accepted IS final
settlement Of the controversies that cugender-
cd the civil war and do here record our stead
fast confidence in the pcrpeinity of republic IN |
self-coycrnmeut; IN absolute acqulcscence IN |
the will OF the maiority-the vital principle |
of REPUBLICS: ia the supremacy OF the civil |
over The military; In the total separation Of
Church and State, for the sake alike Of civil
and rel gious r. cdom; in the equality OF all
citizens before Just laws Of their own enact
mcnt; ia the liberty Of individual conduct
unycNed by sumpnhry laws; in the faithful
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these
best conditions Of human happin ness and hope.
we behold the notlest products ola hundred
years Of chaugeful history.
But while uphOliing the bond Of our Union
aud the great charter Of these our rights, II
hehooyes 4 free people 10 practice also that
eternal vigilance which IL the price Of liberty.
Reform II necessary 10 rebuild and establish
in the hearts Of The whole people the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ofa secession OF States but now to be
saved from a corrupt ccntralism, which after
inAic,ing upon ten States the rnpacity Of car
pei-bng attorneys, has honry-combcd the Offices
Of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
IS. waste and fraud, infected States and mu-
inequalities with the contagion Of misrulc and
locked last the prosperity Of an industrious
people in the paralysis Of hard times. Reform
Il necessary to establish q sound currency,
restore the public credit aud maintain the ma
ional honor
We dcnouncc the failure for all these eleven
years TO make good the promise Of the legal
tender notes which are changing standard Of
value in thp hands Of the people, and the non.
payment Of which is disregard Of the plight
ed faith Of the nation.
We denounce the impt0yidencc which in
eleven years OF peace has taken from the pco-
pie in Federal taNos thirteen times the whole
amount OF the legal tender notes, and squan.
dcrcd four times their sum in useless expense
without nccumulalng any reserve for their
redemption.
We dcnouncc the financial imbccility and
immortality of that party which, during eleven
years Of pence. has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
assumptions but instead has Instructed re
haustng all our surplus inoomo-nnd while
annually protesting TO intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hindrnuces thereto. As such a him
drancc we denouncc the resumption clause Of
the act Of 1915, and we here demand its re-
peal
We demand a imdcious system Of prepare
ton. by public economies, by official reirench-
monts and by wise finance, which shall cna-
bile the nation soon 90 assure the whole world
Of its perfect ability aud its perfect readiness
TO meet any Of It's promises ut the call Of the
creditor entitled TO payment We believe
such a system we'll advised and, above ALL ia
trusted to competent hands Tor execution,
creating at no time an artificial scarcity of
currency, aud ut no time alarming the public
mind into withdrawal Of that vast ma
chincry Of credit by which ninety-fye per
cent. Of our business transactions is perform
ed--n system, open and public and inspi-
ring general confidence, would, from the day
Of its adoption, bring healing on its wings TO
all our hNrassed indusiries set in motion the
wheels of commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, restore employment TO labor,
aud renew in all its sources the prosperity
of the people
Reform ~ necessary in the sum and mode
OF Federal taxation to the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor light
IL hurdencd, We dcnouncc the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles ms n
masterpiece of injustice inequality and false
pretensc, which yieldsO dwindling not yearly
rising revenue; il has impoverished many in
lustrics to suhsidiYc a few 1t prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products Of
American labor it has degraded American
commerce from the first to an inferior rank
upon The high seas; II has cut down the walls
ofAmcricsu mauUtNc lures at home and abroad
IL has depleted the returns Of American
agriculture mn industry followed by half our
4. Ia a. c.. a., I.
itproduces to the treasury II obstructs the pro-
cess of production and wastes the fruits of la
hor: il promotes fraud, fosters smuggling
enrchcs dishonest officials and bankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that all Gus
tom-housc taxation shall he only for revenue
Reform is necessary in the scale Of public
eNpeusc-Fedcral, State and Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil
lion dollars in gold in 1850 to four hundred
and fifty million dollars in currency in 1870,
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and
ffty-iour millions IN gold In 1860 to seven
hundred and thirty million dollars in ourrcn-
cv in 1870 or in one decade from less than FIVE
dollars per head TO more than eighteen doll
lars per head Since the peace the people have
paid Ia their taN-gathorers more than thrice
the sum of the national debt, and more than
twice that sum for the Federal government
alone, We demand a rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer of
Reform is necessary to put stop to the
prohgatc waste of public lands and their d. |
version from actual settlers by the party in |
power which has squa ndered two hundred mil. |
lions of acres upon railroads alone, and |
out Of more than thrice that aggregate has |
disposed of less than sixth directly to the till
lers Of the soil,
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions |
of Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have |
stripped our felow-ctiEens of foreign birth |
aud kindred race re-erasing the Atlantic |
from the shield of American citizenship, and |
have exposed our brethren Of the Pacific |
coast 10 the incursions of race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact,
now by law denied citizenship through natu-
raliEation, as being uuaccustomed to the
traditions Of progressive civilization and
unexerciscd in liberty under equal laws
We denounoe the policy which thus discards
the liberty-loying German and tolerates the
revival of the Coolie trade in Monaghan wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
golian men held TO perform seryile labor con-
tracts. We, therefore, demand such modi-
fcations of the treaty with the Chinese en-
Dire, and such legislation by Congress, within 1
limitation, as shall prevent the
nrther importation or immigration Of the 1
dongolian race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
a bur by making it the controlling issue Of r
he election. and lifting il above the two false [
ssueswith which the ofhce-holdinC class and a