The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-08-26
THE PLATFORM,

1f1E FLAIFOktM.
St. Louis, June 20.4-'Iho cdnv;entio,
was called to order at els D. m.
Judge Meredith, Of Virginia, Cha,rn,a,
! Of Committee on Resolutions, presented
the report, stating = great many fesolu.
| tidna were presented, iii Of With had
heeI Carefully examined and discussed
before coming to an agreement. He re,
quested Governor nors:icimer. of New
York. to read It tt the convention. an fol-
lows:
THE PLATFORM.
We, the. delegates of the Democratic
party Of the United States, i'll National
Convention assembled, do here declare
the administration ct tile federal Gov.
eminent to be in urgent need OF i,nmcdi.
ate ref6Tnl, ito hereby pi,idtii upon the
nominees Of this Convention and Of the
Democratic party in each State Il Jealous
eff TT and corporation to this end, and
do hereby appeal to our fellow. citizens
of every former political connection to
undertake with us this first and most
pressing patriotic duty. For the Demo-
cracy OF the whole country we do here
reafiirm our faith in the permanency OF
the Federal Union. Our devotion to the
Constitution of the United States, with
its amendments universally accepted as a
final settlement Of the controversies that
engcndered civil war, and do here record
our steadfast confidence in the perpetuity
Of Republican self-goyernmcnt; in ALSO.
lutte acquicscencc in the will Of the ma
iority, the vital principles Of republics
in the supremacy Of the civil over tho
military authority; in the total seper;l-
ton of Church and State for the sake
alike of civil and religious freedom In
the equality Of all citizens before just
laws of their own enactment; !
IN THE LIBERTY
of individual conduct, unvexcil by snmp-
tuary laws. In the faithful education Of
the rising generation, that they may
preserve, enjoy and transmit these best
conditions ofhuman happiness and hope,
we behold the nohlest products of a hum
,lred years Of changefal history; but
while upholding the bond of our union,
and the great charter of these our rights,
it behooves a free people to practice also
that eternal vigilance which Is the price
of liberty. Reform is necessary TO re-
build and ESTABLISH, in the hearts of the
whole people the union eleven years ago
happily rescued from the danger of u cor
rupt centralis,n which, after intlicting
upon ten States the rapacity of
CARPET-BAG TYRANNlES.
Has honcy-combed the officers Of the
Federal Government itself with incapaci.
ty, waste and frand, infected States and
municipalities with the contagion Of mis-
rule, and locked fast the prosperity Of an
industrious people in the paral ysis Of
hard times. Rtfarm h. necessary to es-
t;tblish a sound cnrreAcy, restore the
public credit, and maintain the national
honor. We denonnce the failure for all
these eleven years to make good the
promise of the legal tender notes which
are changing standard Of v,lue in the
hands Of the people, and the non-pay-
ment Of which is a disregard Of the
plighted faith of the nation. We de-
nonnce the improvilence which in eleven
years of peace has taken from the people
in Federal taxes thirteen times the whole
amount of the legal tender notes, and
squandersd four times this sum in use
less expense without accommodating any
reserve for their redemption. We de-
noanco the financial imbccil;ty and I'M
morality Of that party which, during
eleven years of peace has made no adj
vance toward resumption; that instead,
las obstrncted resumption ny wasting
our resources and cxhausting Ill o,,r sur
plus income, and while annually profess
sing to intend
A SPEEDY RETURN TO SPECIE
PAYMENTS
has annually enacted fresh hin1rances
thereto, as src!, himlerance we dc.
nouuce the resumption clause Of the act
Of 1875, and We here ,icrand its repeal
We demand Il juaicivuS system of pre-
paration by public economics, by official
and by wise finance which
shall enable tue nation tn insure the
whole world IF its perfect ability and its
perfect readiness to meet any Of it's prom
ises at the call Of the creditor entitled to
payment. We believe such system,
we'll devised and above all entrusted to
competent hands for execution, creating
at no time an artificial scarcity of cur.
rency and at no time alarming the pub
lie mind into withdrawal of that vas
ter machinery of credit by which ninety
five per cent. of all business transactions
are performed, a system open, public and
general confidence would from
the day of its adoption
BRING HEALING ON ITS WINGS
to ali orr harrassel industry and set il
motion tho wheels Of commerce, manu-:
factnres and the mechanical arts, restore
to labor and renew in all its
national source 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 distress
md labor livhf1v hur1anoi W. do