The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-23
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the United Stttes. w national convention as |
semtlod, do hereby declare the administration
of tdo Federal government 10 be In great
need Of Immediate reform and do hereby en-
ioin upon tlls uaminres ofthis onvention and
Of ibr s,uocratic party IN each State a ZEAL
ous effort nj cooperation 10 this end, and DO
here appeal tn eur Eel ow.citiErna Of every
former political connection 20 undertake with
~ this tts. AMI m 20 pressing patriotic duty
For the DE on r cy Of the whole country We
DO D Tr F.-aiirm our faith ia the pormansnce
of tho Federal Union; our devotion g. The
Constitution Of the United States. with its
amendments. uuiy rsally accepted ~ u final
settlement of the controversies that cngender-
cd The civil war, and do here rec nd our stead
fast conf leucn 90 thc psrpeluty % republic IN
scIi-eugerumcat. in absolute acquieHcence IN
the viii %! the majority-the vital principle
Of republics; ia the supremacy Of the civil
over The military; ia the total separation Of
Church and State for the sake alike Of civil
and rsl g.ous f. eIomi In the equality Of all
citizens before inst laws Of their own enact
mrut. boo thc liberty Of individual conduct
uuveHrd by .rmutu4ry laws Ia tho faithful
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy and transmit these
bcs, conditions OF human happiness aud hope.
-wo brboll the uuilest products ola hundred
years .i tbauReiul history.
Bgt while uph0lding the bond Of our Union
nad the great charter Of these our rights, II
brhoovrs free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance which l. the price Of liberty.
Reforms necessary 10 rebuild and establish
In the hearts Of he whole people the Union
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger DIN secession OF States but now 10 be
snYcd f.om o corrupt ccniralism, which after
iuHicttug upon ten States the rnpacity Of car
pci-huv attorneys has honey -COmbcd the offices
OF the Federal government itself with incnpaci-
ty, waste and fraud, infected States and mu-
inequalities with the eoutngion Of misrule and
locked fast the prosperity Of an industrious
people iu the paralysis Of hard times. Reform
Is necessary to establish sound currency
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ionnl honor
We dguouncc the failure for all these eleven
years 10 make good the promise of the legal
tender notes which are n changing standard Of
vnluc IN the hands Of the people and the non.
payment of which is disregard Of the plight
rl faith of the nation.
We deuounce the iuptoyidcnce which IN
eleven years of peace has taken from the pco-
pie. in Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes. and squan.
durcd four times their sum IN useless expense
without accommodating any reserve for their
redemption.
We dcnouncc the financial imbccility and
immortality o. that party which, during eleven
years sf peace, has made no advance to-
resumption; but instead has Instructed re
sumption by wasting eur resources and cN-
hauslinu all our surplus income and, while
annually protesting TO intend speedy return
20 specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hinlrnuCCs thereto AS such n him
drauce We denounco the resumption clause of
the net OF 1876 and we here demand its re-
peal.
We demand iudcious system Of prepare
ton, by pubic economies, by official ictrcnch-
mcHts and by wise finance, which shall cna-
BILE the nation soon 90 assure the whole world
of it, perfect ability and its perfect readiness
to meet any Of It's promises NJ the call OF the
creditor entitled to payment We believe
such system, we'll advised and, above all, in
trusted to competent hands Tor execution,
creating at no time an artificial scarcity of
currency aud at no time alarming the public
mind into q withdrawal Of that vast ma
chncry of credit by which ninety-hvo per
cent Of orr business transactions IL perform
ed--n system, open and public and inspi-
ring general confidence would, from the day
Of It's adoption, bring healing on its wings to
MI our harasscd industries, set in motion the
wheels OF commerce, manufactures and the
mechanic arts, restore employment TO lphor
and renew In all its sources the prosperity
of the people
Reform ~ necessary in the sum and mode
OF Federal taxation, 10 the end that capital
~ hurlencl. We denuuncc the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles ms n
M stctpiece Of injustice, inequality and false
prctense which yields dwindling, not yearly
rising revenue; IT has impoverished many in
lustries TO suhsidiEc few, It prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor; it has degraded American |
commerce, from the first to m inferior rank !
upon the high seas; 1t has cut down the walls |
Of American manufactures at home and abroad |
it has depleted the returns of American |
nrriculturpa-an industry followed by half our
people IL costs the pcoplct ya times more than
itur0dutos 90 the treasury itohstructs the pro. |
cess of production and wastes the fruits of la
hor; II promotes fraud fosters smuggling, |
enrjchcs dishonest officials aud bankrupls |
honest merchants We demand that all Gus |
tom-house tnNatien shall hc only for revenue. !
Reform is necessary in the scale of public |
expense Federal State and Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil |
lion collars in gold in 1850 to four hundred |
and fifty million dollars in currency in 1870, |
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and |
Rfty-tour millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred aud thirty million dollars in currcn- |
cy in 1870, or IN one decade from less than five |
dollars per head to more than eighteen dol !
lars perhcad. Since the peace the people have
paid to their tax-gathCrcrs more than thrice
the sum Of the national deb, aud more than !
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alone. We demand q rigorous irugality in
every department and from every officer OF
the government.
Reform is necessary 10 put n stop 10 the
profit gate waste of public lands and their di-
version from actual settlers by the party in
power, which has squ8Ldered 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 til
lers OF the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions |
Of a Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties aud our diplomacy, which have |
stripped our fcllow-citiTens Of foreign birth |
and kindred race, re-erasing the Atlantic |
from the shield Of American citizenship, and |
have exposed our brethren OF the Pacific |
coast TO the iucurSiouS of a race not sprung
from the same great parent stock and in fact,
now by law denied citizenship through natu-
as being uuaccustomed TO the
traditions of progressive civilization, and
uneNerciscd in liberty under equal laws.
We denouuce the policy which thus dscards
the hhcrty-loying German and toerates the
revival Of the Coohc trade in Monaghan wo-
men imported for immoral purposes and Mon
yolian men held to perform servile labor con-
tracts. We, therefore, demand such modi-
icauons Of the treaty with the Chinese en-
oire, and such legislation by Congress, within S
Limitation, as shall prevent the
nrther importation or immigration of the 5
Monaghan race, |
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
d but by making IL the controlling issue of r