The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-22
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.
ad.r,ca at 50. Louis. auno -. 1875.

We, the delegates OF lne uclnoctatic
party of the United States, in national con-
ventiou assembled, do hereby declare the
administration Of the federal government
| TO b.. i'm urgeni need of immediate reform;
| do hereby eujoin upon the nominees OF this
| con, entiJL, and Of the democratic party IN
! & ,ch state. Jealous effort and 60 opera
| ton TO this end, and do hereby appeal to
our fellow. citizens of every former political
| connection To Undertake with us lhi. fist
| an most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION. The CONSTITUTION. REPUBLl-
Can sELF-GoVERNMENr.
For the de mocracy of the whole country,
| we do hereby reafiirm our TAI h il tn per-
msncnce oil the 1euera union: our devotion
l. the constitution of The Unled states,
| with : amer dments universally accepted
a. the tna set EN- Mt OF the controversies
| that engendcred civil war, anu do bcre re-
cor our stead ast CO. tidence in the perpe
tuity OF repub lean sel'-20vernnent
1Hu FIRST CENTURY.
In ah.oute acquiescence in the will of
the IN ,iority-- ne vital principle OF rep b.
c.: IL the sui romacy + the oiNi over the
military authority, in t1e totai sepaiaslon Of
,hu ch ana STATE, tor the sake alike OF clVll
and RELIGIOUS fires dom; in the tquallt Of
I'll citizens befCrs Just laws OF thei own en-
ac ment: in the liberty of individual con-
du (, uuv, Xed by sumptuary laws: IN The
faithful education VI II rising generati IN,
that ey may preserve, e. joy and transmit
these best conditions human happiness.
II d hope We behold the nobesl products OF
| "A hundtci yea of cuangeiIl III TO y: but
while n holding tie bond Of our union anu
or at charter OF these great rights, /: be-
| e owes a ( ee ppope to pracu e DISC that
rternal vigilance which (. the price of
liberty.
REFORM coRRUPTlON- CENTRALISM.
Reform i. nece sary to build aud establish
in he heart OF the Whole peoll the uni n.
eleven ar> ago happily rescued fr IN he
| ..Angcr of Il ,tces ioi states but W TO
he a,ed from corr upt certraiism. VIII h.
After ntlictIn1 H. o. zen states the rapaci y
: ! of cap, bag tyr nule>, has hOI.y combed
the ofiics~-of the federal government Itself
with inc ipacity, waste and trald intecte Il
. ! ,Iaies nun clip .ii'ies with the conta-
elon OF ml.iu G. and lorkei fast the pro-
eriiy OF an industrious people IN the pa
raIysls of hard tim, =.
REFORM or THE CURRENCY--sPECIE
PAYMENTS.
i Reform is necessary TO establish u sound
currency. res ore the public credit and
maintain the itiona honor. We denounce
the failure for all t1ese eleven years t,
- make good he promise of the legal tende
notes, which are a changing standard o
yalu in the hands OF the people, and th'
}. non payment OF which IL a def gard OF th'
. phghted aith OF the nation.
u We denounce the impr0vidence which il
y eleven years Of peace has taken rom The
/. people, in federal taxes, thirteen times th'
whole amount of the legal tender notes
, | and Squandered toui times this sum in use
les expense, without accumultting any re
serve Tor their redemption. We denOunc
the financial imbecility and immortality o
that party which, curing eleven years o
peace. has made no advance toward re
! demption: no preparation for resumption
4. but, III ,tead, has Distracted resumption b.
wasting our resources and eXhaustlng a
a. OR turplus income, and while annual
protesting to intend SPEEDY return I
specie payne Mt, has annually enacted fires
Aiudrancls tbereio-as such q hindranc
I we denounce the re sumption clause OF tn
IL act of 1870, ana We demand its repeal.
We demand iuuicious sy stem OF pre-
49, paration, by public economies. by oliici
retrenchment. and by the finances, whic
3 sbail enable the nation soou to assure tn
!. whole world Of its perfect ability aud il
perfect readiness To meet any Of its prom
ises at the call of the creditor entitled |
payment.
m We believe such Il system, well devised
W | and, above ali. entrusted tn cJmpeteI
- baud: for Its execution, Great NJ at no tin
an artificial scarcity OF currency, and at !
time alarming the public mind into a wit
dfawal OF that vast machinery of credit |
which % per cent. OF all our business tran
actions are performed: system open
the public and inspiring general contidenc
= would, from he day of its adoption. bril-
healing on its wings to all our harrassed j
dusirie-, set ia motion the wheels OF COZ
merce. manufactures and the mechanic
at arts, restore employment TO labor, and I
Inc new in all 1t. national sources the prospe
IN II, lty OF the people.
REFORM OF TIE TARIFF-FREE TRAD
Reform Is necessary IN the sum and mo-
r Of ieder taxation, TO the END that capt.
may be set Tree from distrllst and lab
the lghtly bllrdened. We deBounce the pre-
Dg- ent tarln etIed upon nearly tour thOu.ar
articles a. mat piece of injustice. il
equality and false preten-e. II Yield,
n. dwindllng, not yearly rising revenue.
''v' has Impoverished many industries to su
ridlZ- Afewi prohibi imports that mig
purchase ne products of American l,bOi
n II has degraded American CONNIE ce 70
n, the hrsl u an interior rank upon the hll
seas; II has Gu down the safes of AmeTic
mar uiactures at home an abroad, aud ,
eied the r. turn OF Anne ican Hgriculu
una an industry followed by halt our people
y c1'ls the PEG le h'e tim ; more than il pl
duces 10 the treasury; Obstructs the proc,
u prpduc ion and wastes tue iruit, Of
Dor; II promotes fr ud. fosters smugglia
sW enricnes Ill hpnest official and uankruI
w | 'ouest merchants. We demand tn I
custom house taxation shall be only
revenue.
REFORM ECONOMY IN PUBLIC EXPENi
Reform IL neces AIRY in the ale OF pul
eApen-e-iederal, ; ae and munich
On iederal taxation mas swollen from II,
IN mon gJiu, IN 1850, % four hundred a
nity millions CURRENCY, in 1870 ouragg
te taxation. IRON o. hundred aud nj
1 ur millions gold In 1860 To seven hundl
-. aud thirty millions currency iu ls1n: or
,,s. one decade, from les, than i've dollar.
head TO NOR than eigni cen dollar. per he
since the peace the people have paid
cir AaX-galherer- more than thrice
AGE | sum OF the rational Gebt, and more Il
/, Car twice that sum tor the federal goyernm
ickei aiOn-. We demand "a vigorous 1ruyalit,
every department, ana from every o1i
r OF the z NeInment.
kKFoRM-FuBLIC LANDS TO ACTUAL s
TLkR5.
Agt HJOrHi T. Necessary 70 put a stop TO
prom gate waste OF the put lie lands
Ahf' their dlEerslOn from actual settlers by
pm = riy in power, which ha- squanie
. -OOOD,UO acres UPON railroads alone
rn amount o more than thrice tnat agl
al gate, has dlspDs d OF less than a skill,
-, recily TO the II lers Of the soil.
REFoRM-ADoPTED CITIZENS, RRJEc,
anu nONGoLs
HJ0rDs !. necessary 10 correct the omI
sion II u republican congress and the err
OF our treaties and our diplomacy, WI
have stripped our fellow itizens of for,
ePo' b rth and kindred race. recrOssing the
men iantc, OF The shield OF American cit ,