The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-21
National Democratic Platform

@, the delegates or t1e
party OF tAe United States, IN Ma 10
Conyention assembled do hereby
the administration Of the Federal "oFSIn
ment- to he in urgent need Of immediate
reform. aud do hereby enioin upon tue
nominees of this convention ana %, "1
Democtailc party IN each State Ze"'0I
ShoF. ana 60 operation 20 this emu anu 20
HSiF"y appeal To our fellow -ci'iIeH' "'
every former political connection 10 IN
detthke with AS this first and most pres
sing patriotic duty For the Democracy
Oh the whole country We do here realhh
our ialth IN the permanence Of the red
e'"i mon, and our devotion to the Con
s'ltu' on oil the United States, Win us
Al" hd'nents, universally accepted as
'h"l settlement of the controversies that
engendered civil war. and do here record
Vu' SteadISst confidence in the perpetuity
OIL republican self-goverument. In
ie9o'"'e acqu'esccuce in the VIII OF the
uiuJ Vr''y' the vital principle OF repuoies'
IN me supremacy OF the civil over the
authority, IN the total separation
% Si"ic ca aud State for the sake ail%e oi
80 "nH felgious freedom, IN the equaii-
~ yea al eluzens before inst laws OF their
o." =" eH'.ei ment in The liberty of indtvid-
VA O'nouct invoked by sumptuary laws,
'"0 faithful education of the rising
Ion mat taey may preserve en-
JOY "Ht transmit these best conditions Of
u" t," IL happiness and hope, we behold the
h'"'ee' products Of "a hundred years OF
ehange!ui history. Bpt while UNFOLDING
'"e "ohp OF our Union and the great char
ief o. these our rights, IL behooyes u free
PN'F'e W Practice also that eternal Ylgi-
"Hl'h Is the price of liberty. Re
ioini - necessary 10 rebuild and establish
"a '"e hearts of the whole people the
men e'sNen years ago happily rescued
from 'he uauger ola corrupt centralism
%hich' after iuHicliug upon ten States
the fapae,ty of carpet bag tyrannies, has
money eohoed the otics.a. Of the Federal
@ oni f :" ,,,f''' !, lpe @epaeity waste
sss5s.s, and municipal
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fsockeh 7 aSttthe ps6sssit' % -"
Gus people IN the hrfig OF nara times.
/ Reform is necrsary to establish
sound currency nd restore the public
credit and maintAn the national honor.
We dououuee re allure for all these
eleven years TO 9aks good the promise OF
tine legal tenderuO.es, which are chang
ing standard of alae in The hands of the
people. and the Du-paynent of which Is
u disregard Of tie piighted faith Of the
nation We denauce the improvideuce
which, in eleven ears OF peace, has taken
from the people Federal taxes thirteen
times the whole aaeunt of the legal-ten-
der notes, and suaadered four times this
sum IA useless expense, without accumu-
/ lating any reveue tor their redemption.
We denounce Re financial imbecility and
+ immortality Of hat party which, during
. eleven years peace, has made no adj
/ vance toward rsunption. aud no prepar-
alton for resuusti0u, but instead has Oh
+ structed resumtion by wasting our rev
! enues and exhnsting all our surplus in
come. and whils annually protesting 10
intend speedy earn 70 specie pay ments
has annually e,acted fresh hIudrances
thereto. rs sue, hindrance we de
uouucc the resu4ti0n clause Of the act
Of 1870 and we lire0y demand IT'S repeal.
We demand 81 Juacl0us system Of prepar-
alton by public eoHomIes, by official re-
/ trenchmeuts. autby wise financial man
agemeut, whjchshau enable the nation
soon To assure tE whole world Of ifs per-
feet ability andi;s perfect readiness 60
meet amy Of its IT3mises al the call of the
creditor entitle q payment. We believe
that such svteun. well devised and
above all, entruted 20 competent hands
for execution. coating al no time al ar
tihcial scarcity OF currency, and at no
time alarming the public mind into
Withdrawal of bat yaster machinery OF
credit hy wAicI93 per cent. OF all bpsl-
ness Transactions are performed, sys-
teFl open. pub'b, and inspiring general
confidence, wu.i, from the day of It's
adoption, bring healing on It's wings 10 all
our harassed ilduslries set IA motion the
wheels OF conmsrce, manufactures and
the mcdaniel arts, restore employment
90 labor and renew i'm all it's national
sources The ursncrity Of the people.
Reform is necessary in the sum and
mode OF Fedeml utxliou, 10 .the end that
capital may b. set free from distrust and
labor Iighriv Iurdeucd. We deuouuce be
present tariH Ievied upon nearly four
Thousand articles, a. masterpiece Of in
Justice. Inequality aud false pretease. II
Yields a dw.n6ljug, lot yearly rising
revenue. r. has Impoverished many in
~ : .s9a.s -. Is ~ = =
Of American lJ81r g. has degraded
American comm rce from the first 10 an
inferior rank on tbe high seas. Il has
cut down the salts of American mauuf8c-
lures at home AMI abroad, and depleted
the returns Of Aherican agriculture, an
Industry followed By hair our people. #
costs the people i've times more than IL
produces 10 the reasury, obs rGcts the
processes Of promction and wastes the
fruits Of labor Itpromotes fraud fosters
smuggling. curicies dishonest officials
and baukrupts lpuest merchants We
demand that all custom-house taxation
shall be only for revenue.
Reform is Necessary in the scale Of pub
lie expense, Fcderl, State and municipal
Our Federal taxation has swollen from
$50 .01U.00) gold In 1850 10 S45D,OJJ 0eU
currency in 1879. and oar aggregate tax
alton from Sl5O0n 600 gold in 1869 10
$3.50 600 600 currency in 1870, or in one
decade from less than five dollars per head
% more than eighteen dollars per head
Since the peace, The people have paid IN
taxes more than thrice the sum OF the
national debt. and more than twice that
sam for the Federal Goyernmcnt alone.
We demand a rigorous frugaltty ia every
department, and from every officer Of the
Govcrnmeut.
Reform is necessary 10 put stop to the
pr,higate waste of the public lands and
their diversion from actual settlers by
the party in power, which has squandered
two hundred millions of acres upon rail
roads alone. and out Of more than thrice
that aggregates has disposed of less than
a sixth directly to til,ers Of the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the
omission Of a Republican Congress and
the errors Of our treaties aud our dipIo-
macv which haze stripped our fellow
citizens of foreign birth ana kindre
race recrossiug the Atlantic, of the
shield Of American citizenship, aud have
exposed our brethren Of The Pacific coast
10 he iucursions of a race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, aud in
fact now by Law denied citizenship.
though naturalization Is being neither
Accommodated 10 the traditions of pro-
pressive civilization nor exercised in
liberty under equal laws. We denounce
policy which thus diseards he liberty
loving f'errnan and t0lerates the renewal
Of the Coolie trade in Mon gelian women
imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
golian men held TO perform servile labor
contracts And we demand such moli-
feation Of tine treaty With the Chinese
empire or such fs.fsiaaon by Congress
within constitutional limitation shall
prevent the further importation immi gra-
ton of the Monaghan tace.
Reform is necessary aud can never be
efected but hy mskingfit the controlling
issue Of the elections ard Iiftng IL above
the two false issues with which the Office
holding class aud party In power seek TO
smother IL; the false issue with which
they would enkindle seet ariah strife in
respect o the pubic schools. of which the
establishment and support belong exciu-
slveiy to the several States, and which
the Democratic party has cherished from
their foundation, and is resolved to main
iatn without partiality or creed and
without contributing from the treasury
20 any: and the fRlsa sSsua nv WhlCh