The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
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Prince, of Boston, as chief sergeant.at-Arms


ca Tor the government of the proceedings of
| Ihis convention. ~
1 ~. gusG beimoht, OF New YORK, then
i addressed the convention, and offered a Sc
fles OF resolutions, which, under the rules,
were referred to the Committee on ResoIu
tions.
Tbo ro,o,,;.,, 80
ready TO rornrt oi hoC 9elllg
- W :PoI'' lioton was maze ana car
Ileu 70 adjourn until eleven O'Clock on the
morning of the 2Sth.
I..n - sEooNn nav
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ihe CONVENTION was opened with prayer
on the morning of the 2Sth
Sayor.1 .,i a.. =
"ele onered and re-
ierleu 10 the Platform Committee, as was
also the memorial 0f the Worl,inur,on,s o.
traI Union o,,,rossi,s, 'ii0' , o'i-
expressing thelr views.
Pending the consideration of a motion to
proceed to ballot for condidatos l,,r lit.
| " o"itot lor candidates by calling
the roll of States, announcement was made
that the Committee on Raso1utiouo ,voro
ready to ro,,a.t NJ -, Gus "eie
80 ~ '" AoP'.', MI Meredlth, chairman
Oh The Committee, said they had agreed on
| the resolutions b,t b,a rofuuo, -,
ECl,.,, :, . 0"' i'" ioioiieo thehi u
oon'liiittee Oh revision.
A recess was then taken until two o,clock
! n m >'''A
During the recess speeches were made by
| Mcssrs. Doolittle Rrrckrnridva Graft
| Brown and Wallace Of pnnns,,Iyn1i,
| On roasenl'1; II u VI eL'lt y .tIlla. .
tee on PcSoi,,tia1 INV iopol vi tIe NolillllI
| " 'o'oiutlohS was Fcad as 1olloWS:
/, l. We, the delegates of the Democratic party OF
the United States, in National Convention ASSEM-
piea- 40 hereby declare the Administration of the
| Federal Government to be in urgent need OF imme-
| oiate REFORM and we do hereby enioin upon the
nominees of this Convention and of the Demo-
cratic party in each State a ZeaIous effort and co
operation to this end and do hereby anneai 10 onr
ieliow-citiZens of every former political connec-
ioii 10 undertake with us this first and most press
iilg pStriotic duty.
x; FOR the Democracy of the whole country, we
Io here reainrm our faith in the pefmanence of the
feueral Union our devotion to the Constitution
OF the United States with its amendments uni
FeIsally accepted as final settlement of the con-
ttoNersles that enSendered civil war and do here
record onr steadiast confidence in the perpetuity
olTepnbllcan sef-goyernmcnt; in an absolute ac-
quescence IN the will of the majority, the vital
principle of the Republic; in the supremacy of the
civil over The military authorities; the total sepa-
rati9n oi ohurch and State, for the sake alike of
C'il ana religious freedom in the equality of all
clllZehs before Just laws OF their own enactment;
III the fbcrty OF individual conduct unyexed by
sainptuafF laws; IN the faithful education of the
rising genera lod, that they may preserve enjoy
ana transmit these best conditions of
human happiness and hope-thc noblest
Pr ducts OF hundred years of channcfu his
tory; but while upholding the bond of our Union
aho the great charter of these our rights it be-
hooyes free people to practice, also that eternal
g. Reform IL necessar,, IN rabuiId and ostohHO,
in the hearts of the whole npnnIa Of n. ITniom
eleven Years upn bouniIy ~,
of secession of States bnt now to he saved from
a corrupt centrasm xbicb T, ~ ;ti If SIre" @ nt",,
ten States the ronocitv nf carSe+ h. oti
has honeycombad the 6es "a, a. r. saI S'
eminent itself with Inranacity tTas.n "nd f,o,S
infected States and munfcinnlities with The con
tagion of misrule and locked ast thc prospcrjtv
ffa Of an industrious people in the paralysis Of hard
d. Reform is necessary, IN estobIisba eound cur
rency restore the nubIic credit and rnnintoin tba
National honor. We dfponnce the fpiinrc nf the
M
good the promise of the icraI-tcndrr notes which
are a chanainr standard Of vaIup in tbe bnnds Of
the people, and the non-payment of which is dis
regard of the pIigbted faith of the Nation
s. We deudunce the imur0yidence which in
eleven years of peace has taken from the people in
Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount of
the lcgaI-teuder notes and sounndrred four times
this sum in useless exnense without occumuIating
any reserve for their redemption,
i. We denounce the financial imbecilitv and i'm
morality of that party which during eleven wears
of pegce has made no advance toward rrsunrn
ton, and no preparation for resumption hut in
stead has obstrncted resumotion by wasting our
resources and eyhaustinr vii our suTplus income
aud while annually protesting TO intend n speedy
return TO specie payments has annually enacted
fresh hindrances thereto As such hfndrance.
1871 and we here demand lis rrneaI " -
Z. We demand iudicious system of preparation
by public economies by official reirenchment. md
~ ht'"nYo "hiTh sll"ii er"5io the 1'attgn soon 70
assure the Whoie word OF us Petlect ABILITY anu
rs perleGG reaulhtss 70 me-! Ghf vi lis PuHS ~
at Lhe c'l OF the creuitor Ehlttd 10 payment. nE
peHeNe Such Il SYSTEM WcIl,ue.lseu alu apoNe an
!trusteu 10 colpettni h!nI' loa tAe0us'on % 1ior
M 't nv 't!Ie az SCtii1 Sii1 W ;I 80
anu ~ no ,lne latlnS lnc P!oC ilIrlu ~ ny
bih ;nn+, nr can't Of nj business trans
Wlicn per CEN. oi an
Hcuohs are perio!Ileo ~ ZEN ppGii " 'i1 Pa
nc, "u4 ihEpi'nS seh|i3d IL; Tnai
rom Ihe u"S Vi us "'rnPtloii1 D.lhS %:
Ing on It's wings to all our naraS ed III
oStrcs seI III llI,loi, % tnJ ~ o aSa a
nmmlac,"tesi n,," 'ae H. nat3rI
p5 t.isHi tb ~ r,ait f tbn neonia
Ciao SPeii's al 'nV i - 1 7 of
Jioi III - necessary n % ilie suiii anu itU40 vi
t e't"l I"4ul, " @ ny @ iiu It @ Tt may "' ~
dnnonnra the nrnsent +oriff tes nnn nnnrIy nO1
articles as nIaSterniece of Injustice ineIuaIity
and false Droctice # Yields a dwindIinr not n
yearly RISING reyeuue II has impoverished many
industries TO subsidize few, Itprohibits imports
that might purchase the products Of American
Labor II has DEGRADED American commerce from
tbn first fo an inferior rank Inon the hiph
seas. It has cut down the sales Of American
manufactures at home and abroad. and depleted
tfe returns of American agriculture an industry
followed nv half our people II costs the people
dye times more than it produces to the Treasury
obstructs the process of production and wastes
the fruits of labor, it promotes fraud fosters
smuoplinp enriches dishonest officials and bank
rIptS honest merchants We demand that all Gus
tom House taxation shall be only for revenue
poso,, =; ,,ooo,eor,, n, tho sca1a Of nrhl;n nv
=, EdI it ~. Stt d ~ r,nnicinoi ON Federal
vation hos swollen from $50 OOl 900 in cold in
1860 to $3.50 900 in currency in 1870; our aggre
gate taxation from S154,OOO0G0 in gold in
1850 TO ST30 900 OOO in currency in 1S10 or in one
decade from less than five dollars per head to
more than eighteen dollars per head Since the
peace the people have paid to their tax-gatherers
more than thrice the sum of the National debt, and
more than twice that sum for the Federal Govern
ment alone We demand u rigorous frugality in
every department and from every officer of the
Government
10 Reform is necessary TO put a stop to the
prohigate waste of the public lands and their di
version from actual settlers by the party in power
which has squandered 2o00GO.01O of acres upon
railroads alone. and ont of more than thrice that
aggregate has disposed of less than sixth direct
ly to tlers of the soil.
II. Reform is necessary to correct the omis-
sions of a RpnubIicon Congress- and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy which have strip
bed onr fellow citizens OF foreign birth and kin
dred race recrossing the Atlantic, of the shield OF
Ampric3n citizenship and have exposed our |
brethren of the Pacific Coast TO the incur |
sions Of race not sprung from the same
great parent stock. and in fact now lately denied |
citf2cnsbin throu0b naturalization as bpn neither
accustomed 10 the traditions of progressive civil
cation nor exercised in liberty under equal laws |
We den0unce the poIicy which thus discards the |
German, and tOerates the revival Of
the C9olie trade in Monaghan women, Imported |
for immoral PURPOSES and Mongolian men, held to |
perform serviIe labor contracts, and demand such
a modification of the treaty with the Chinese En-
pire. or such legislation by Congress within Con-
stitutonal limitations as shall prevent the further
importation or immigration of the Mongoliun race.
Il. Reform is necessary, and can be effected |
W 1 ~ 'e thn fas
ith mn th boIJ;n c1asS and tbe nartv
ep TO smotEer it the false issues With
which tbev would ensiudie sectarian strife in re-
act r. 'es tb biic snno Of Witch tbe esah
Il ~, o. ou Az, rrnort bionr avcinH;vaIT 70 tba
seyeraI States a and Which the Democratc 6sry has
- : ~; u ri - thi Fnn5at;nr, onJ ;S fros91It1n5 |
to maintsn witbout nartiaiity or nreference for |
49, "i co., ,r ~ md ,;,itbout ronIrihntions
Sr5m fha treas,rv to anv. and The false issue by
mbicb tbav eeet 10 1iabt anew tbe DIVING embers |
vi ii ton%ed hut now TeITitad in one
indi1i" Inc Pembiic md common destiny