The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-06
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THE DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION,
il +. -, 1870.


embled, do hereby declare the administration
4 the Federal government 20 be in great
iced Of immediate reform, and DO hereby en-
DIN upon the nominees Of this convention aud
Il the Democratic party In each state zehl-
Jus effort nnd cooperation 10 THIS end, ana 90
here appeal 20 our tel,ow-citiEens Of every
former political connection to undertake with .
~ this first and ~ 80 pressing patriotic duty
For ghe Demo.r cy Of the whole country We
do b re re-aflirm our faith In the permAnence
ct the Federal Union; our devotion t. the /
Constitution Of the United States, with ~ 1
universally accepted rs q hual
settlement Of the controversies thai enRehder- |
ed the civil war, aud do here rec rd our stead !
fast confidence IN the pcrpetuity Of republic an
sclf-roycrnment; ia absolute heqhiesocnce IN
the will Of the majoriiy-the vital principle
Of republics; in the supremacy OF the ciyil
over he military gin the total separation 81
Church and state for the sake alike OF civil
aud rel gious freedom In the equality of all
citizens before just laws Of their own ehact-
ment in the liberty Of individual conduct,
unyeHcdh ny sumptuary lave; In the iAlthfW
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve. enjoy aud transmit these
best conditions Of human happiness and hope.
we behold the notlcst products ola hundred
years Of ehnugeful history
But while upholding the bond of our Union
aud the great charter Of these our rights, II
hehooyos o free people 20 practice also that
eternal vigilance which II tue price OF merry
Reform II necessary TO rebuild and esiabllth
in the hearts Of The whole people the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ola secession OF States, but now TO be
saved from a corrupt ochtralism, which after
iuhictng upon ten States the rapncity OF car
pel-hng attorneys hashonry- combcd the Offices
of the Federal government itself with incapaci-
Is. vase and fraud, infected States and mt
a., q tulaVttla aud
locked last the prosperity Of m industrious
peoplc in the pArnl ysis of hard times. Reform
Is necessary 10 establish sound currency
restore the public credit and maintain the ma
ional honor.
We denounce the failure for all these eleven
years 10 make good the promise Of the legal
lander notes which are n changing standard Of
value in the hands Of the people, and the non
payment Of which is n disregard of the plight
"a faith of the nation.
We depouncc the iupoyidcnce which in
eleven yenrs of peace has taken from the peo-
plc In Federal hxQs, thirteen times the whole
amount OF the legal tender notes and squan-
dered four times their sum in useless expense,
without hccumuating any reserve for thor
redemption,
We dcnounoo the financial imbccility and
immortality Of that party which, during eleven
ycars Of peace has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption; but instead has )bstructod re
sumption by wasting our resources and ex-
hausling all our surplus income md, while
annually protesting TO intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hndrnnees thereto. As such him
drancc we dcnouncc the resumption clause of
the net of 1870, and we here demand It's re-
peal,
We demand iudicious system Of prepare
ton, by public economies, by official relrenoh-
ments, and by wise finance, which shall ehN-
ble the nation soon to assure the whole world
Of It's perfect ability aud its perfect readiness
to meet any Of It's promises at the call OF the
creditor entitled 10 payment We believe
such u system, well advised and above oil, ir'
trusted 10 competent hands Tor execution
creating at no time an artificial scarcity OF
currency aud at no time alarming the public
mind into withdrawal Of that vast ma
chnery of credit by which ninety-iye per
ccut of our business transactions TX perform
cd--n system, open and public, aud inspi-
ring general confidence, would, from the day
OF its adoption, bring healing on its wings to
all our harasscd industries, set In motion the
wheels OF commerce, manufactures aud the
mechanic arts, restore employment to labor,
aud renew in all its sources the prosperity
OF the people.
Reform is necessary in the sum and mode
of Federal taxation, TO the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor light
lv burdened. We denOuHce the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles ny u
masterpiece Of injustice, inequality and false
pr,tonse, which Yields dwindling, not yearly
rising revenue; IL has impoverished many in
lustries to subsidiac few il prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor; Il has degraded American
commerce from the first to an inferior rank
upon the high seas; il has cut down the walls
ofAmercpn manufactures ~ home and abroad ;
it has depleted the returns of American
agrtculturr-hn industry followed Ly half our
people; it costs the peoplefvc times more than
itproduces to the treasury It ohstructs the pro-
cess OF production aud wastes the fruits OF la
bor; it promotes fraud, fosters smuggling,
enrches dishonest officials aud baukrupGs
honest merchants. We demand that NIL Gus
tom-house taxation shall be only for revenue.
Reform is necessary in the scale of public
expense-Federal state and Municipal cur
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mill
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-four millions in gold In 1860 to seven
hundred and 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 per head. Since the peace the people have
paid to their tax-gatherers more than thrice
the sum of the national debt, and more than
twice that sum for the Federal government
alone. We demand u rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer of
the government.
Reform is necessary 10 put stop to the
proaigate waste OF public lands and their Iii.
version from actual settlers by the party in
power, which has sQuandered 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 iellow-citiEens 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 incnrsions Of IA race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact
now by law denied citizenship through natu-
raliSatou, as being unaccustomcd to the
traditions of progressive civilization, and
uuexercised in liberty under equal laws.
We denounce the policy which thus discards
the liberty loving German and toleratos the
revival Of the Coolie trade in Mongolian wo-
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
golian men held to perform servile labor con-
tracts We, therefore, demand such modi-
feations Of the treaty with the Chinese en-
pire, and such legislation by Congress. within
constitutional limitation, as shall prevent the
further importation or immigration Of the
Monaghan race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
cd but BY making II the controlling issue of
the election, and lifting II above the two false
,..;,k ,,hfeh he IA .holdfng clnss