The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-08-10
(coNoIUpEp rRom SECOND pAeE.)

CONCLUDED FROM SECOND PAGE.
the repeal may for a time be prevent
ed, yet the determination of the DEM
o%cratic party on this subject has now
been definitely declared. There
should be no hinderances put in the
way of a return to specie payments.
GAS such a hinderance," says the plat
form of the st. Louis Convention,
eve denounce the resumption clause
of the Act of 1875, aud demands its
repeal" l thoroughly believe that
by public economy, by official re-
trenchment and by wise finance,
enabling us to accumulate the pre-
cious metals,
RESUMPTION AT AN EARLY PERIOD
Is possible without producing an ar
tificial scarcity of currency, or dis
bursting public or commercial credit
and that these reforms, together with
the restoration Of pure governmt,
will restore general confidence, en-
courage the useful investment of capi-
tai furnish employment to labor and
relieve the country from the paralysis
of Lard times.
THE DEMANDS OF LABOR.
With the industries of the people
there have been frequent interference.
Our platform truly says that many
industries have been impoverished TO
sub-idize u few. Onr commerce has
been degraded to an inferior position
on the high seas. manufactures have
been diminished. agriculture has been
embarrassed, and the distress Of The
-, l,ot,.,t nl,ccn, lo,oo,l tlat Ia.>
things shall be reformed.
IL BURDENS OF THE PEOPLE
Must also be enlightened by a great
change in II system of public cx-
Ipenses. The profligate expenditures
which increased taxation from S. per
capita in 1860 to S1S in 1870 tells its
own story ofour need of fiscal reform
CITIZENS OF FOREIGN BIRTH.
Our treaties with foreign powers
should also be revised and amended
in so far as they leave citizens of for
cign birth in any particular less secure
in any country on earth than they
would be if they had been born upon
our soil and the iniquitous
CoOIIE SYSTEM,
Which, through the agency of wealthy
companies. imports Chinese bondmen
and establish a species of slavery, and
interfere will the just rewards of la
Dor on our Pacific Coast, should be
utterly abolished in the reform of our
Civil Service.
OF sectional contentious, aud in re-
spect to
OUR COMMON SCHOOLS,
7 fcun pIl, fIiS To cnr chat =. 49,
Judgment, the man OF party that
would involve our schools i'm political
or Scctarian controversy is an enemy
to the schools. The Common Schools
are so far under the protecting carc of
all the people that under the control
otany party or sect they must be nci-
Their scctarian nor partisan. and there
must be neither division nor misap-
preparation OF the funds for their sup
port. Likewise | regard the MAJ
who would rouse or foster,
SECTIONAL ANIMoSITlEs
And antagonisms as a dangerous enc
my to his country. All the people
must be made to feel and know that
once more there is established a poll
cy under which all citizens of every
condition, race and color will be Sc
cure in the enjoyment of whatever
rights the Constitution aud laws de-
clare or recognize, and that in coutro-
versieS that nav arise the Govern
ment is not a partisan, but within its
constitutional authority the Just aud
powerful guardian OF their rights aud
safety. All ihe strife between sec
| tinnsa and hat Wnnp fa,nc will caoca q
Don as the power for evil is taken
away from a party that makes polite
al gain out of scenes of violence,
bloodshed, and the constitutional au-
thoritv is placed in The hands of men
whose political welfare requires that
peace and good order shall he pre-
served everywhere. 1t will be seen,
gentlemen, that | am
IN ENTIRE ACCORD WITH THE PLATFORM
OF the Convention by which | have
been nominated as a candidate for the
Office of Vice-President of the United
States.
HIS OPINION OF MIR. TILDEN.
Permit me. in conclusion, to eX-
press my satisfaction at being associ-
ated with a candidate for the Presi-
dcncy who is first among his equals
as a representative OF the spirit and
Of the achievements of reform. In
his official career. as the Executive of
the great State of New York, he has,
in a comparatively short period, re-
formed the public service and reduced
the public burden sc as to have earn
ed at once the gratitude of his State
aud the admiration of the country.
The people know him to be thorough
ly in earnest. He has shown himself
to be possessed of powers and quail
ties which fit him in an eminent de-
gree for the great work of reforma-
ton which this country now needs,
and if he shall be chosen by the
people to the high office of President
of the United States l believe that
the dav of his Inauguration will be
The beginning OF
A NEW r. OF PEACE,
Purity and prosperity in all depart
ment of our Government, | am, gen.
tlemen, Your Obed't servt.
THOMAS A. HENDICKs.
To tie Hon. John A. McCiernord,
Chairman, and Others Of the Com
mittee Of the National Democratic