The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-19
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text as Reported by the
Committee.
Adopted at ~. Louis. June ~. issG.


con entioL, and of the democratic party IN
e .ch State, a jealous effort and so opera
ton to this end. and do hereby appeal 10
our fellow. citizens OF every former political
cJnuection TO undertake with us Thu iitst
an most pressing patriotic duty.
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, RErrrL,-
CAS- sELf-GoNEHNMRNT
For the democracy of the whole country,
we do hereby realfrm our faith in the per-
manence OF the federal union; our devotion
e. the constitution Of the United States,
with its amendments universally accepted
a. the final sett elnent Of the controversies
that cngendercd civil way. amt do here re-
cord our stoad'ast COZ tidenrc i'll the perpc.
tuitv oi republican scli-coycrnment
7HE IIHsT CENTURY.
10 b:cllite acquiesccHce IN tie will at
the msior!ty--ibe vital principle Of repnb-
hes; ia the supremacy Il the civil over the
military authority, in tie totsi separation OF
church and state, Tor the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom: in the equality OF
all citizens before Just laws of their own en-
actmcnt; in the liberty OF individual cog
duct. unvpxci by -lmptulry Laws; in the
faithful education al lie rising generation.
thst trey may preserve, enjoy and transmit
these best conditions If human happiness.
and hope we behold the noblcst products Of
a hundred years OF changeiul history: but
while uphoidiDg the bond OF our union and
great charter OF these great rights, i. be-
hooyes free peop'e TO practise slso that
eternal vigilance which T. the price OF
liberty.
REfORM-CORRuPT.O N-cESTRALIsM.
Reform l. necessary 10 build and establish
in the hearts OF the whole peoIl the union.
| eleven years ago happily rescued from ,he
| danger Of n secession ~ states but now TO
| he saved from a corrupt centralism. viii b.
iaft pr tnt lori IN NJ no Al
| of carpet bag tyrtn3ie-, has ho"e V. combed
! the Office. OF the federal government it-ell
! with nctpaciiy, waste sDd ira ID: in'ecte d
| States and municipalities with the conta-
! glon o! mi ,rule. and locked fast The uros.
perity of AN ndu-'r Us people in the pa
ralysis of hard tim's.
REFORM OF THE CuEEsnCY-sPfCiE
PAYMENTS.
Reform il necessity TO establish i .o,lB'i
currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We denounce
tie failure Tor all these eleven year, -
make good the promise o: the legal tender
notes which are y changing standard OF
raiHe in the hands oi the people. aud be
non payment Of which j. q ri + gard al the
phghted faith ~ the nation
We denounce the improyiicnce which IN
eleven years of peace mas taken from The
people, in federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount Of the s:sl tender notes.
! ami slumdtred ioul time. tai. SUN in use.
! les expense. Without accumul t'in- any re-
| serve Tor their redemption. We dcuouncc
t.2 financial imbcciliiy and in,nQgsiir,.r o. O.,
that par!!i; "hh'sstta 10 ad,ance toward re-.
delnption: no prePara;.nn Tor resumption.
Dut instead, hS< "tsuutted resumption b.,
wasting our Resources and vXbaustiny an
OFT sufllus income. and while annua!ly
PROCESSING to Intend speedy return TO
spseio payment, has anuua y enacted fresh
hlndrinces thereto-as such biniraDce
we denouuce the r, sumption clause of the
act OF 1870. and We demand its repeal.
We demand judicious system OF pre-.
psraton, by public economies. by Official
retrenchment. and by the finances, which
shail enable the nation soon to assure the
Whole world OF its peliect ability and it,
perfect readiness to meet any Of its prom.
lses at the call of the creditor entitled 10
payment.
We believe such a system. We'll devised.
and, above all. entrusted n competept
hands for Its execution, Great NJ at no time
an artificial scarcity OF currency, and az no
TIME alarnin: the public mind into with.
uIawai OF that vast machinery Of credit by
when % per cent. OF all our business trans
actions are Performed; system open 10
the public and inspiring general confidence,
would, from The day of its adoption, bring
healing on Its wings to all our harrassed in.
dustrles, set IN motion the wheels of com.
merce, manufactures and the mechanical
arts, restore employment to labor, and re.
new IN gil It's national sources the prosper.
ity OF the people.
REFORM OF THE TARIFF-FREE TRADE.
Heform Is necessary IN the sum and mode
OF federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set Tree from distrust and lab r
lightly burdened. We denoupca the nres.
ent tariff levied upon nearly four Thousand
articles a. ma't'r piece Of injustice, in
equality and false pretense. II Yields a
dWindling, not yearly rising revenue. II
has impoverished many industries TO sub.
adize few; IT prohibit imports that might
purchase me products Of American ,hors.
II has degraded American commerce. rom
tae hrst To an inferior rank upon the hirb
seas IL mas cut down the sales of American
manufactures at home an abroad, and DC,
pleted the returns of American agriculture.
an industry followed by halt our peopIe. II
costs the people five times more than il pro.
uSces 20 tne treasury; obsuucts the process
OF production. and wastes the fruits OF Ia.
Dor; IL promotes fraud. fosters smuggling.
enriches di-honest officials and oankrunf,
honest merchants. We demand IN Al an
custom house taxation shall be only Tor
revenue. '''
hEioRM-ECoNoMf IN PUBLIC FXprNsy.
HgofH Is necessary in the scale OF public
eApense-federal. State and municipal,
ouI FEDERAL taxation has swollen from sixty
aaiiohs gold, III 1860, TO four hundred and
nv! .niIiIons currency, in 1870. Ouracgre.
ste taxaton. from one hundred and INV.
-FOUR millions gold in ls60, to seven hundred
ana thirty millions currency in $50. or I'm
one decade, from less than i've dollars nor
mead TO more than eighteen dollars per head
since the peace the people have paid Il
toelr tax-gatherers more than thrice the
sum OF the national debt, aud more than
twice that sum tor the federal government
alone. We demand vigorous fruoality i'm
every department, aud from every officer
oil the government.
hkfoRM-puBLIC LANDS TO ACTVAISTI
TIERS.
hyoTm Is necessary TO put a stop 10 the !
pfohigate waste OF the public lands ana
theit INVERSION from actual settlers by The
petty IN power, which has squandered
.oo,Vo'VOV acres upon railroads alone, and
~ amount OF more than thrice that aYgre.
gate, mas dispose OF less than = sixth di. I
rectiy 70 the tilers OF the soil.
hkfohN-ADoPTED CITIZENS. REELECTED
MOSGoLe.
=. 1.gvfM is necessary 10 correct the omni..
zion Of republican congress aud the errors
OF our treaties aud our diplomacy. wh,'s
usve stripped our fellow. eitizens oil ioreien
piTtn ana kindred race, recross,ny tha Al.
Isntic, OF The shield IL American citizen.
amp, AND have exposed our hretlIeru Of the
seinc coast 70 the iucursiOns of 4 race moi
sprung from tue same great parent stock
anu, IN fact, now by law denied citizenship
uiroIsh nst0falilsiio a. being neither nr.