The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-08-06
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

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rtn the esth OF June. 1876, At 81. Louis. 40:
w~tIiroDFnocEs;icT arty Of the Gui,cL States
In SstiorAl 'CnaJeutian asssInble'l. DO hereby
ltclsrc the administration Of the Federal Gov
trnntnt TO be In urlcn, need CT i,np,c,lia,e re-
FORM We DO hereby rnJoln NJ. VA Tho nofi,fs -
Of this esnIsha0iF ami of tie 'IsInoCr.tiS party
In caslISStAtr a1cAlous effort aud co.opS ration to
'thisS1J, anil do 'hcrtby appeal TO cur fellow
-citisenEos every former political connection, TO
hndert4En with us this hrSt and most patriotic
duty OF IND Democracy Of Tie y hole e71ntry.
cS of tho frlcral Union. AMI our devotion to
the Constitution 81 the United States. With its
amendments universally SyrefNsd Hs a final
settlement Of tho controversies that wcsS en-
.EcndcrCd 10y the civil war, aud 40 hcra record
onr EteadfISt confidence IN the prrpctuity Of
Republican sclf-Sovcrnnlcnt IN absolute ac'Iuic-
sccncc To tho will Of the majority: the Vital
princiIlcs Of Republics In The SUPREMACY ot Ale
civil over tho military authorities: in the total
separation Of church anal State. for the ElEc
hlikp OK civil and religious freedom; In the
r.iualIty OF all citizens before lust lawS Of their
own enactment; ia tho liberty of individual
coEdnCt unYcXe,l bJ su;nrtuary laws: in the
faithful education OF the rising generation that
they may preserve. enjoy anu transmit those
best conditions Of human happiness and hope.
Wn behold the nohlcst prr.lHc!icnsof a'tuu-
Sired years q shnnseinl history. nnt Wi,ils mp,
charter OF these OR 'Tishtu, 1T 'bchoovrs frc,
people TO practice also that eternal Vigilance
which Ia the price Of liberty. Reform n ncees.
+ tho whole people, tho Onion. eleven years ago
happily ~ sIued from tie danger Of \ corrupt
'ccntraI.Ssa, which. after tniiirtinS upon ten
States Iheraphcity 81 carpet bag tyraauics, has
HONEY -ccmbcd the Offices OF the Federal GOyCrl;-
nhcnt itself with iucal acity, Wa to euii fraud.
iinTtctcd States ami municipalities WIKI the con-
tagIon Of mis-Tule. and locked fast the prospect
ty or ali Industrious people In the paralysis II
.NeiorIn Is ncccsgs1ry to establish sound cur.
iriicy. restore the public credit hnd maintain
Nls..N. ~ Ions
rWsdcEaunce tue failure OF all tlieEc Given
'Scars-lo 'mRL. grCl the premise -: tie legal
lender noics. which area clIanEinS'standatd OF
value In the hands oT iEc people, and the non.
payment IL which IS a disregard ofthc pli2htcd
faith Of the nation. g..
VIC dcnounce tho improvidcrcc. wlIir!i in
eleven wars CT peace has taken from the PEG.
nlc, I'm Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes. and squln-
ucrcd four ti;ncS this Eun In useless expenses
without accommodating any reserve for their re-
.dcmp ion.
Ne Lrnoupcc the financial inIbec:lity and I'M
morality uI the party which. during eleven years
tion; that instead has INSTRUCTED resumption by
wasting our resources and cShaustirg all our
surplus iLcome, ard while annually PROCESSING
q return to specie payment has ahhnaliT enacted
fresh hindranccT thcsrI0. As such n lAndranca
we denouurc Tho resumption clause of tic ACT
OF 1878. and We hero demand Its repeal.
~ We demand judicious system ~ prep: ration
: 1y public economies, 10y official rrireucE:aent
and by wise finance which shall enable the ma
ton soon TO assure the wO;ld OF its perfect read
mess to meet any Of its PROMISES ~ the call 81
She creditor entitled 30 payment We believe
such srctcHl well devised, and above all in
. trus,ed to competent hands for execution, ere
u;ipG a no time artificial Gcs.c.ty OF cur-cn-
cy, aud at TO time alarming thc public mind IN
10 a withdrawal O! that waste machinery o!
!, credit by which 95 per cent. OF all business
.irauEactiona arc performed. a F1-s:cn., 'clcn.
public n:d inspiring SeaeSel'cca nA9'ire, S'orld.
from tho day OF its adoption, bring healing Oh
ifs wings to our hsIrnsfCd Industry, aud set In
motion the wheels of commerce, manufactures
2 and the mechanical arts. restore employment to
labor and renew In all lis national L. rec the
prosperity Of the people.
= We dcnounce tho present tariff 'ioricil upon
nearly 1000 articles, Us 4 maSier.I!ece OF Inc
qualify and false prrtenscs. 1t yields dvini-
linz not yearly riflng, revenue. l. has impsv-
erished many industries 10 sul=.i:2e Few IL
prohibits imports that might purrlIcse'ihe pro.
! ducts of American labori II has degraded Amer
dean commerce from FIRST to an inferior rank OH
lho 'iIlgh stss; II has cut down the salc Of AmeT
eau manufactures nj home and RlUcad, and de-
pletcd the returns Of American agT.culture-an
Industry followed by half our people; II coats
tho people hSG thncs moro than 1t produces to
: the treasury; ObtiIuCts tho process OF Troi;;c
tion aud wastes tho fruits Of labor; IL promotes
? fraud and fosters smuggling; Cnr!chcs dishonest
officials, and bankTuptS honest merchants. VIC
demand that all custom house taxation shall be
only for revenue
.pepsca. FEDERAL. State and municipal. Uur
= Federal taxation Iias swollen from eco, O59 pDo,
In gold, In 1861, 10 S0,OC0 COO In rrlsrvncy, IN
lgTI or In decade from less than - per head
10 nero tlIan sIS per heal. Since the return
of peace the people baTe paid To their tiS-Gitll.
Crrrs more than thrice tho Eu:n-Uf the national
lcht, and nero than t"iIe aha: e1nn for tho
Federal Government alone. Il. .-.-
We deInand n vigorous irugality In every de-
partmcnt and from every eihcGr Of the Govern
{ mcnt. t-rt $3.50.
nIsaie HaIte Of pIinli-'lsniI aId1hcir diversion
frUiu actual settlers by the party in power.
which has sqrIandGrcd two hundred millions Of
acres upon railroads alone, and out CT more
Than thrice that aggregate las disposed OF less
than sixth directly 30 the tllcrs Of tile sc H.
& IrfuTni is necessary to correct thc Omissions
of the Republican Congress and tho errors ii
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped Our citizens Of foreign birth and Kin.
dted race, rccToEsing the Atlantic, Of tho shield
Of American citizenship, and have exposed our
brethren Of tho IaeihC'coast 10 tlic inrurSiUnI
Of Tacc not sprung iron ti1 slnic great parent
stock, and in fact Eow by law dcnie,lrs;L1. nshiP
through naturalization, MS being nCiili'T acciF-
toned 20 the trIlilinns Of progressive CiYIlZL'
ton nor GNCTristl In lIisTiy under equal laws.
We dcDouncc the policy which thus diacaIds
the libcTtyuYif!c German ami iplcTatJS ihc re
vIy1l of the ccOlip trade hI Monaghan women
imported for linInoral l.ITIrrscH. and M"ilgDlGn
men hired 10 PERFORM EcTyilc laODr CpntTactA.
and dcuIand I,IolI modification Of the treaty
with the Chinese Umpire, or S'lcii legislation ~
Congress within \ constitutional limitation. ~
Lhali prevent The further Immigration or ihI.
IortatiUn nt the Mot GoliaU race.
lTfUTm IL necessary irId can never I've effected
but Ivy mai lng IL tho controlling issue Of the
election bud lifting II ab,yo tie two false isAuud
with which the Inuce.holiimi; CiHs aud tho
rarity In rUHCr Etck Ia smother IL. TlIr falls"
z isSIe with which they would uuLindlr E"Cii"nll
Eitifc III rcRls 1t to liC Fubc schools. which tho
Democratic party haS cherished from their
foundation AMI resolved u maintain without
2 pariislity ar preference for any elias. sect rr
creed, and MitEUnt Contributions f;Uui iiIc
treasury 10 spy II them. ani lire false f-.uC ~
which liz fCE ~ light aucw the Cinhrta az
sectional hate lclmceil inbred i"mI'ic "nrc
tstrapgCd hut HON reunited Ia piIu indiTiSIIlu
rCtrlllilIc and 4 CcniInHii dttii' -.
JnipLui L. Has"gg,iTy H. the civil h,Tvl,c. H..
r,r.iCucc I'.'iyc5 thai .til.Tl -g:,tl economical
conduct ri tlo cUNttNin,nl business - Iut InS'
tibir IL TIA CiYi scrN Ice bS fulJ,Eicd IL chang"
al every election; II - TTiE" fought fora ttp
ihllluLb"H: IL - hfi"G fCNaId al PARTY Scat III.
stead Of f"s'" 81 h.n"r 81 isn'd i"r ih",Sd
competency anil held tor fidelity ia the public
employ; that liz" di4y"usinE nt patronage
s.i,Tuld neither hc tax UPON The tim" Of H!i "ut
public men nor d.. inStrnlncnt ~ their matt"
lion. Here again Tipictsi"iis talsiiicd ~ pr.
I fnAtcr attest that Dir part In fy,wsT eau SVis
. mUpthctlrSl Ter Eiuiiry reform.
-f L.fUTfl Is ntr'ssRTy even ilrrc In tho hi.hci
Cfatoa Cf the tiiblc ErTyi,c. pTCstd"ni. Sic',
President. Judge, s'hhtorE, li'rrcs"ntI'I'ct
iaItnrt officers. Jh1so aud alt "th' T. III E,t
. .LDTiiy ats The Ifupi"'H servants. Thor ui1u'a
ole iI"' alGiYatC ICrpuiiiI". They ht9' - FHhlIc
Ir,,.t v hen iII. hiliinla 81 raj. frPui'm EirN,
The Disgrace SInl CCr.'ifc 81 II Nir'FT, .i'l'ui. Il
late SPEAKER IL "a" hvus" OF l,rrrs@ u'atiYU
JnBIkCtng lis rulings "a jTtarIin. 'nic't
thitc " hRiUfs pfoht4n;; s"cIriiy SE urtc V"tns
MS law ipnL.Fs. iYC CldlTit"n 81 til" i"tliIg
Iyuivligt.,a ~ uIg late House Of II'l'r. 'iiti.u
I.SprFJsi bI jpbnuIS- bii" ScCt'taiy II ~,
Treasury fUIGiIyl lttiiu,rs IA public accounts. t
late Arturity UiEriJ Incorporating inil'lh
funds, Sect tary OF the navy -urich,l OF ca
1ichtug friends hy rCIC, hti!:" tNti "V ttr pro
MS Of ccntiatiOrs with hi4 d"latnDru'. al Ain
I bsstadOr ~ England CuIauICd ~ u diah"InTdbl
spcrmluton. the rtEi,lcnId lriShN r,ciciLty
barely p-rnltng conviction upon tfiil for Euiiy
completely "a frauds upon the revenue, S,cIc