The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-22
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.


We, the delegates OF the democratic
party OF the United States. in national con-
veDtion assembled, DO hereby declare the
administration vi the federal government
to be in urgent peed OF immediate reform;
do hereby ef,join upon the nominees Of this
cons entloL, and OF the democratic party IN
each state, jealous effort ana 60 opera
ton TO this end, and do hereby appeal to
our fellow-citizens Of every former pc itical
connection 20 undertake with US thi. first
an most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, REPCBL:.
CAS- sELF-GOvEESMEST.
For the democracy Of the whole country,
We do hereby reafiirm our faith 10 the per.
manence OF the federal union; our devotion
10 the constitution Of the United states,
with It's smeL dmen,s universally accepted
as the tnal sett eInent Of the controyeTsies
that eDgendered civil war, ana do here re.
cord our stesdiast confidence in the perpe.
tuity Of republican sclf-government.
1HE FIRST CENTURY.
Ia absolute acquiescence In the will Of
the mslority-the vital principle OF repub-
lies: 10 the supremacy u the civil over the
military authority, in tae total separation OF
church and state, tor the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom; in the equality OF
all citizens before just laws OF their own en-.
actment; in the liberty OF individual COZ.
duet, unveXed by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education Of The rising generation
that tney may preserve, enjoy and transmit
these best conditions Of human bappines,
and hope We behold the noblcst products OF
q hundred years OF changeful history: hui
while upboidine the bond OF our union and
great charter of these great rights, i. be.
hnnyes free people TO practice also that
eternal Nisiianre "hiyh - IN" pr,r, ~
| liberty.
REFoRM-COgRUPIIo N-cKNTRALIsM
| Reform IL necessary to build and establish
in the hearts Of the whole people the union
| eleven year. ago happily rescued from ia,
| danger OF secession OF States but now 4
be saved from corrupt ceDtralism, viii eh
after innictiny upon ten States the IapsciI,
| OF carpet-bag tyrannies, has hume y. combes
the Offices OF tue federal government itsel
with incapacity, waste and fraud: infecteI
States aud municipalities with the conta
glon OF mi sruie, and locked fast the pros
perity OF an industrious people in the ia
ralysis Of hard times.
REFORM or The CURREKCY-srFC
PAYMENTS.
R.forss IL necessary 20 establish u soun,
currency, restore the public credit an,
maintain the national honor. We denounc
the failure for all these eleven years d
make good the promise Of the legal tende
notes, which are . changing standard q
value in the hands OF the people, and III
non payment OF which 10 disrsgsr 0i I'll
plighted faith OF the nation.
We denounce the improvidence which 1
eleven years Of peace has taken from III
people. In federal taxes, thirteen times III
whole amount OF the legal tender note.
and squandered foui times this sum 10 use
less expense, without accommodating any r.
serve tor their redemption. We denounc
| the financial imbecility and immoraIitv ,
that party which, during eleven years q
peace. has made no advance toward RI
demption; no preparation for resumption
but, instead, has obstructed resumption b
wasting our resources and exhausting a
our surplus income. and while annual
protesting TO intend . speedy return :
specie payment, has annually enacted fres