The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-05
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TaE DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION.
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the United States, In national convention as /
semhled, do hereby declare the administration
Of the Federal government to be in great
need Of immediate reform, and do hereby en- /
Join upon the nominees Of this convention and
OF the Democratic party in each State "a zeal
Gus effort and cooperation to this end, aud do |
here appeal 10 our tcliow-citiEens Of every
former political connection TO undertake with
rs this htst and m Ist pressing patriotic duty.
For the Dcmotr cy Of the whole country we
do h re re-athrm our faith in the permanence
OF the Federal Union, our devotion 70 the
Constitution OF the United States. with it's
amendments. universally accepted ns final
settlement Of the controversies that cngendcr-
ed the civil war, and DO here record our stead
fast confidence IA the porpctuty Of republic IN
sell-goycrnmcni; IN absolute Rcquiescence in
The will OF the mnj0titY--thc vital principle
of republics; IN the supremacy Of the civil
over the military IA the total separation Of
Church and State. for the sake alike Of civil
and rel Rious freedom; In the equality Of all
citizens before Just laws of their own enact
mcnt; In the liberty Of individual conduct
unyeKed by sumptuhry laws; Va the faithful
education Of the rising generation, that
they may preserve enjoy and transmit these
best conditions Of human happiness and hope,
we behold the hottest products ofn hundred
years Of changetul history.
But while upholiing the bond of our Union
aud the great charter Of these our riRhts, II
hehnoyos free people to practice also that
eternal vigilance which is She price Of liberty.
Reform is necessary 10 rebuild and cstabi.h
IN the hearts Of The whole people the Union
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger ofn secession OF States bat now 10 be
saved from a corrupt Ccntralism, which after
inlcting upon ten States the rapacity Of cnr-
pcl-bag attorneys has honey .combcd the Offices
of the Federal government itself with incnpaci-
ty, waste aud fraud, infected States and INIT
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looked fast the prosperity Of an industrious
people In the pnrnl ysIs Of hard times. Reform
IL necessary 10 establish sound currency
restore the public credit aud maintain the ma
lonal honor
We dcnounoe the failure for all those eleven
years 10 make good the promise Of the legal
tcuder notes which are n changing standard Of
value in the hands Of the people. and the non
payment OF which is u disregard OF the plight
cd faith Of the nation.
We dcnouncc the inptOyidcnCo which In
eleven years Of peace has taken from the pcu-
pie, in Federal taxes, thirteen times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes, and squnn-
dercd four times their sum in useless expense |
without accommodating any reserve for their
redemption.
We dcnounco the financial imbccility and
immortality Of Tint party which, during eleven
years st peace, has made no advance to-
ward resumption, made no preparation for
resumption but instead hns Distracted re
sumption by wasting our resources and eN-
hausting all our surplus income and, while
annually protesting to intend speedy return
to specie payments, has annually enacted
fresh hindranccs thereto. As such II him
drance we den0unCc the resumption clause of
the act Of 1878. and we here demand It's re-
peal
We demand iudioious system of prepare
ton. by public economies, by official rotrcnch-
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BILE the nation soon to assure the whole world
of its perfect ability md It's perfect readiness
TO meet any of its promises Mt the call of the
creditor entitled TO payment, We believe
such system well advised and, above all, in
trusted to competent hands Tor execution,
creating ut no time nm artificial scarcity of
currency aud at 10 time alarming the public
mind into n withdrawal Of that vast ma
chinery of credit by which ninety-6yc per
cent Of our business transactions is perform
cd--a system, open aud public, and inspi- |
ring general confidence would, from the day
of its adoption, bring healing ON its wings to |
all our hara>scd industries, set in motion the
wheels OF commerce, manufactures and the |
mechanic arts restore employment to lohor |
and renew in all its sources the prosperity |
OF the people.
Reform IL necessary in the sum and mode |
of Federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set free from distrust and labor light
~ burdoned. We denOunce the present tariff
levied upon nearly four thousand articles ms a
of injustice. inequality and false
, c,teasc, which yields dwindling, not yearly
RISING revenue; IL has impoverished many in
lustrics to substitute few it prohibits inn
ports that might purchase the products of
American labor it has degraded American
commerce from the first to mn inferior rank
upon the high seas 1t has cut down the walls
otAmcricon manufactures AZ home and abroad
il has depleted the returns of American
agrculture--nn industry followed by half our
people it cosls the pcoplefyc times more than
II produces to the treasury il ubstruCts the pro-
cess Of production and wastes the fruits of la
Dor u promotes fraud, fosters smuggling,
enrichcs dishonest officials and haukruuts
honest merchants. We demand that all Gus
tom,house taxation shall be only for revenue.
Reform is necessary in the scale of public
eNpcnse-Fedrral State and Municipal Our
Federal taxation has swollen from sixty mil.
lien dollars IN gold in 1860 to four hundred
and fifty million dollars in currency IN 1870,
our aggregate taxation from one hundred and
hfty-four millions in gold in 1860 to seven
hundred and thirty million dollars in ourrcn-
cv In 1870, OF in one decade from less than Ave
dollars per head TO more than eighteen dol
lars per head. Since the peace the people have
paid to their tax-gathercrs more than thrice
the sum of the national debt and moro than
twice that sum for the Federal government
every department and from every officer Of
the government
Reform Is necessary TO put n stop TO the
prohigate waste OF public lands and their d.
version from actual settlers by the party in
power, which has squandered two hundred mil.
lions of acres upon railroads alone, and |
out of moro than thrice that aggregate has
disposed of less than a sixth directly to the til
lers Of the soil.
Reform is necessary TO correct the omissions
Of a Republican congress and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which have
stripped our iellow-citgens 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 incursions Of race not sprung
from the same great parent stock, and, in fact,
nowby law denied citizenship through natu-
rallEation, as being unaccustomed to the
traditions Of progressive civilization, and
lnexercised in liberty under equal laws.
We denounoe the policy which thus discards
he liberiy-loying German and toleratcs the
revival Of the Coolie trade in Monaghan wo- !
men imported for immoral purposes, and Mon
,olian men held to perform seryile labor con- {
racts We, therefore, demand such modi- 4
ications Of the treaty with the Chinese en-
lire, and such legislation by Congress, within /
Limitation, rs shall prevent the
urther importation or immigration Of the
iongolian race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effect
d but by making it the controlling issue Of
he election, aud lifting il above the two false \
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