The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-07-20

We, the delegates Of the Democratic party of 1
the United States, In National Convention as i
sembled, do hereby declare the admin istration /
OF the Federal Government 10 be in urgent need /
Of immediate reform do hereby enjoin upon /
the nominees Of this Convention, and Of the |
Democratic party In each State a jealous effort
and cooperation TO this end, and do hereby APP
peal 10 our feliow-citizens Of: every former po-
IItfcai connection to undertake rwith. Us this
flrst and most pressing patriotic duty. For the
Democracy Of the whole country, we do here
reafirm our faitn In the permanency OF the
Federal Union, our devotion 60 the Constitution
Of the United states, with Its amendments,
universally accepted a final settlement Of the
controversies that engendcred civil war, aud
do here record our stcadfist confidence In the
perpetuity Of republican self-goyernmcnt In
absolute acquiesccnee in the viii Of the major
ity the vital principles Of Republics; In the su-
premacy Of the civil over the military authori-
ty; In the total separation Of Church and State:
for the sake alike OF civil and religious free
dom, In the equality OF all citizens before just
laws Of their own enactment; In the liberty Of
individual conduct unvexed by sumptuary
laws; In the faithful education Of the rising
generation, that they may preserve, enjoy and
transmit these best conditions Of human happI-
ness and hope. We behold the noblest prod
uets OF a hundred years Of changeful history
I
the great charter Of these our rights % shooves
free people to practice, also, that eternal viKl-
lance which is the price ofiiberty.
reform Is necessary 10 rebuild and establish
| Ia the hearts Of the whole people In the Union
| eleven years ago, happily rescued from the dan
ger of a secession OF states, bat now TO be saved
from a corrupt eentralism, which, after Inlet
ing upon ten States the rapacity OF carpet-bau
| tyranny, has honeycumbed the offices Of the
Federal Government itself with incapacity,
- luf and
palities with the contagion OF misrule, and
locked ias, the prosperity oi an industrious
| Reform II necessary TO establish a sound cur
rency, restore the public credit, and maintain
We denounee the Republican party for its
/ failure Tor all these eleven years 20 make good
a changing standard OF value in the hands ii
the people, and this nonpayment Of which Is 4
disregard OF the plightcd faith OF the Nation
We denounce the improvidence which, IA
eleven years Of peace, has taken from the peo-
pie IN Federal taxes thirteen times the whole
amount OF the legal tender notes and aquan.
dered four times this sum In useless expense
without aecumuiating any reserve for their re-
We denounce the financial imbecility and
immortality OF that party which, during eleven
years OF peace, has made no nd vance toyrnr,i re-.
sumption, no preparation Tor resumption, but
instead, has obstructed resumption BY wasting
our resources and exhausting all our Rurplus
income, and, while annually protesting 10 in.
tend speedy return TO specie payment, has
Clause ot the act OF ls7S, and we here demand
We demand a Judicious system OF prcpara.
ton by public economies, by Official Trtrench.
ments, and by wise finance, which shall enabis
Its perfect ability and its perfect readings x
meet any OF its promises at the call Of the cred
itOr entitled 10 payment
We believe such system. well devised nns
above all, intrusted 10 competent hands for *
ecutlon, creating nj no time an artificial scarci
~ OF currency, and at no time aIarminu IN,
| IA Va Nfag hat
machinery OF credit by which ninety-nve De-
cent. Of al busines. transactions are performes
/, "a system opens public. and inapiriug genera
confidence, would, from she day OF IL adap
ton, hring healing ON It's wings 10 all our har
assed Industry, and set In motion the wheels q
commerce, manufactures, and the mochani,
arts, restore employment 10 labor, and renew
the people.
Reform Is necessary In the sum and mode o
Federal taxation, TO the end that capital MAJ
dened.
We denounce the present tarin levied upoi
nearly four thousand articles, as n masterpiece
yields dwindlfng. not a yearly rising reve
nue.. IL has Impoverished many industries &
might purchase the products Of An,sriean "A
Dor. IL has degraded American commerc
from the iirst 70 an inferior rank upon the higl
seas. IL has cut down the sales OF Americai
: manufaeiuTes at home and abroad, and depict
81 the returns Of Anglican agriculture, an IN
lt Gusts the people five times more tnan
/. produces To TIE Treasury, obstructs the pro
labor: II promotes fraud, fosters smuggling
enriches dishonest officials, and bankrupt
tom House taxation shall be only for revenu.
. Reform II necessary In the scale OF public 81
pense, Federal, STATE and municipal. our Fed
4 eral taxation has swollen nom 100000 gals
In lst0, TO sJ000o0,0oo currency, In Is70 Our ~
greEate taxation, from sl50O00000 gold. IN ~.
4 to 750Oo00o0 currency, In ls70. or In one decad
Z from less than S. per head TO more than sls ~
4 head. since the peace. the people have paid /
4 their tax gathererH more than vice the sum H.
4 the Federal Government alone. We demand
Z vigorous frugality la every department, an
q from every officer Of the Government.
Reform is necessary TO put n stop 60 the pro
q ligate waste Of public lands, and their dlvcrsio
Y Y which has squandered 100000 OF acrcs upo
railroads alone, and out Of more than thric
2 directly 10 tiIIers on the soll.
q Reform il necessary 20 correct the omission
ola Republican Congress, and the errors OF ou
ped our fellow-citizens OF foreign birth an
2 kindred race re-crossing the Atlantic Of N
Z posed our brethren OF the Pacific coast 10 IN
ineursions OF race not sprung from the sam
3 MED citizenship through naturalization az ID
Q ing neither accustomed 20 the traditions OF
progressive civilization nor exercised In libert
Q under equal laws. We denounce the polic
: which thus discards the liberty loving Gei
. man, and tolerates the revival OF the Co0i
trade In MQngolan women imported fnr I'm
! moral purposes, and Mongolian men held I
I servile labor contracts, and demand such mod
or such legislation by Congress within consfl
. tuttonal Limitation as shall prevent the furfhe
importation or immigration Of the Mongolia
| race.
, Reform IL necessary, and can never be eject
cd but by making IL the controlling issue OF th
election, and lifting IL above the two false issue
with which the ONCE holding Glasses aud fh
party In power seek TO smother IL.
| FIRsT-The false.issue with which they wout
enkindle sectarian strife In respect TO the Put
| lie Schools, Of which the establishment an
support, belonging exclusively 10 the severu
states, and which the Democratic party hav
cherished from their foundation, and IL resrlv \
ed to maintain without Partially. or prcfe1
ence for any class, sect or creed and wlthou
| contribution from the treasury 10 any.
| sKcoND-The false issue by which they seal
10 light anew the dying embers Of Aectiona
hate between kindred peoples, once unnatural
ly estranged, but now reunited In one indivia
ible Republic and common destiny.
Reform Is necessary In the civil service. Tx
periencc proves that efficient economical con
duct Of the government business is not posslbi
its civil service be subject to change az ever
election, be n prize fought for at the ballot box
be a brief reward Of party zeal, instead OF post
OF honor assigned for proved competency. AM
held for ndelfty In the public employ that th
dispensing OF patronage should neither be
tax upon the time Of all our public men, no
the instrument Of their ambition. Here mgaii
. professions faisified In the performances nttaS