The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-06

Republican self. government. In absolute seSyu 4.
e.ccnce In the will Of the majority, the Vital min
eyer tho military authority In the total Separation
RELIGION. freedom ~ Tho equality q ali citizens
liberty OF Individual conduct unycxcd by sump.
tusry laws In the faithfui education Of lie risips
s% nsms%l, sSc a,' scs .se Son maj p,, - me-; enjoy and
ness and hope, we behold the nobiest products Of
a hundred years Of changeiul history.
and great charter OF these our rights, Il Sehooycs
q free people to practice also that eternal yigi
lencc which is tho price, of liberty. Reform il
necessary TO rebuild and establish In the hearts
Of the whole people the Union eleven years aso
happily rescued from the danger Of q scccssion
Of states, snt now 70 be saved from a cor.
upon ten states the rapsrliy OF carpet bag tsran.
nies, has honey. oombcd the Offices % the FEEDER.
fSs @St' ,n,rs,es 'i s.siN sit ann inG npsnirTyn Wns,e and
the contagion Of misrulc, and locked fast thc
prosperity Of industrious. people In the paralysis
a sound currency, restore the public credit ami
maintain the National honor.
We denounce the failure for all those eleven
eai.tender notice. which arc = changing standard
Of value In the hands Of the people, and the non.
s q ,si.s Of ~ ,hS ~ Ss,son Is " d Me- SsSo 2, the plight,
providence which. in eleven years Of peace. has
taken from the people In federal taxes ,hirtsen
'cssI' ,cni ST % sStcs. amount sSS Of ,hs
four times their sum in useless expense without
aecumulating any reserve for their redemption.
We dcnounce the financial imbccility and i'm
morality Of that party which during eleven wears
of peace, has made no advance toward restmp,
ton, no preparation for resumption, but insteid
has obstructcd resumption by wasting our
resources and exhansting all our sur.
plus income, and while annually pro.
Z, sS' :pSsie p ,S ,S''p I'd. annually a igee sS,c,o5 5, ,Ia.S
hindranccs thereto. As such hindrancc, We dc.
nouncc the resumption clause Of the act OF isi,,
AMI we herr demand is repeal: We demand a
mics. by official retrenchmcnts, aud by q wise
finance, which shall enable the Nation soon -
assure the whole world fits perfect ability aud
It's perfect readiness 10 meet any OF It's
promises at the call OF = creditor entitled
TO payment. We believe such a system. well
tent hands for exccution-crcating NJ no time an
artificial scarcity of currency. and al no time
alarming the public mind into a withdrawalo Of that
vastar machinery Of credit nv which ai per cent.
Of all our business transactions are performed
"A sy stem open and public and inspiring gen
eral conadeuce-would from the day Of its adop-
ton bring healing on its wings TO all our harass-
ell industries, set In motion the wheels Of com.
merce, manufactures and the mechanic arts, re-
store employment to labor. and renew in all its
natural sources the prosperity Of the people.
Reform Is necessary in the sum and modes OF
federal taxation. TO the end that capital may be
set free from distrust, and labor lightly burden.
ell. We dcnounce the present tariff levied upon
nearly four thousand articles as a masterpiece of
injustice, Inequality and false pretense. IL
l .Nfir ~ NV hlllu nv HbN u yearly ltlNE
nue.. II has impoverished many industries 10
substitute a few: IL prohibits imports that might
purchase The products OF American labor II
has degraded American commerce from
the first 10 an inferior rank upon the high
seas: it has cut down the GALES Of American man.
u%factures at home and abroad; ii has depleted
the returns of American agriculture, an industry
followed by half our people; II costs the people
five times more than IL produces to the treasury;
i obstructsthe process OF production, and wastes
the fruits OF labor; II promotes fraud, fosters
smuggling. enriches dishonest officials, and
bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that
all custom house taxation shall be only for reSe-
nue..
Reform is necessary in the scale OF public ex.
pense, Federal, state and municipal. our Fed
eral taxation has swollen from sixty millions
gold in 1860 to four hundred and fifty millions
currency in 1870; our aggregate taxation from
one hundred and fifty four millions gold in lsG0
TO seven hundred and thirty millions currency in
1870; and in one decade, from less than five dol.
lars per head to more than eighteen dollars per
head. Since the Peace the people have paid TO
the national debt, and more than twice that
sum for the Federal Government alone.
We demand q rigorous frugality In every de-
ment. Reform is necessary to put q stop to the
pronigate waste of public lands and their
diversion from actual settlers by the party
in power, which has squandcred two hundred
millions of acres upon railroads alone and out of
more than thrice that aggregate has disposed Of
less Than a sixth directly to the tillers OF the soil.
Reform is necessary 10 correct the omissions
ola Republican congress and the errors Of our
treaties, aud our diplomacy, which have strip.
ped our fellow citizens OF foreign
Olrth ami kindred race, re crossing sthe
Atlantic, Of the shield OF American citizenship,
and has exposed our brethren of the Pacific coast
to the incursions of q race not sprung from the
same parent stock, and in fact now by law denied
stizenshipt through naturalization as being neither
accustomed to the traditions OF n progressive civ.
%ilization, nor exercised In liberty under equal
laws. We den"unce the policy which thus discaris
the liberty loving German and t%olerates tho revi-
val Of the Coolie trade in Mongolian women, i'm
nnrfnI IA nNn y a. and nn1nlt
men held to perform servile labor contracts. and
demand such modification Of treaty with the
Chinese Empire or such legislation within Con.
stitutional limitations as shall prevent further
importation or immigration Of the Monaghan
race.
Reform is necessary and can never be effected
but by making it the controlling issue of the
election and lifting it above the two false issues
with which the ofiice-holding clafses and the
party in power seek TO smother IL: first, the false
issue with which they would enkindle sectarian
strife in respect to the public schools. Of which
the establishment and support belong eN;
which the Democratic party has
cherished from their foundation and
Is resolved to maintain without partially or pref.
contributions from the Treasury to any; second,
the false issue by which they seek To light anew
the dying embcrs of sectional hate between kin.
drcd peoples, once unnaturally estranged but
now reunited in one indivisible republic and a
common destiny.
Reform is necessary in the civil service. Ex.
perience proves that efficient, economical con.
duct Of the Government business is not possible
II its civil service be subject to change at every
election he a prize fought for at the ballot box Q
q brief reward OF party zeal instead Of post OF
honor assigned for approved competency and
held for fidelity in the public employ; that the
dispensing of patronage should neither be a tax
upon the time of our public men nor
an instrument OF their ambition. Here, again, |
professions falsi1ied in the performance attest
cal or salutary reform. Reform ia necessary,
even more in the higher grades Of public service.
President, Vice President, Judges. Senators,
Representatives Cabinet oficers-these and ali
others in authorityar re the peoples servants. These
are a public trust VIXEN the h RnraI,S Of hi. I re-.
President; q late Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives marketing his rulings as presiding
ohcer; three senators prohting secretly by their
votes as law-makers; five chairmen Of the lead. |
ing committees of the late House Of Representa-,
tives exposed in jobbery; a late Secretary of the
Treasury forcing balances in the public accounts;
lie funds; q Secretary of the Navy enriched and
enriching his friends by q percentage levied or
the profits 0 of con,rSc'Grs With his depart
cd in a dishonorable speculation;, the
President's private secretary barely
escaping conviction upon trial for guilty com.
plicity in frauds upon the revenue; a Secretary
of War impcached for high crimes and misdc.
meanors-the demonstration is complete that the
first step in reform must be the peoples choice OF
honest men from another party, lest the disease
Of one political organization infect the body
polite, and lest, by making no change of men or
parties. we get no change of measures and no
real reform.
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes. the pro.
duct OF sixteen years ascendancy OF the Repub.
lican party, create u necessity for reform. con.
tessed by Republicans themselves, but their re-
formers are voted down in convention, and dis.
placed from the Cabinet. The party's mass OF
honest voters In powerless to resist the eighty
thousand Office. holders, Its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by n peaceful civic revo-
luton. WedemGnd change of system, a change
OF administration n change of party that we may
have a change Of measures and Of men.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Dorsheimer: Your committee have
also had referred to them, and recommend
the adoption Of, the following resolutions:
ResOiUed, That this Convention, representing
Inc Democratic party OF the States, do cordially
indorse the action OF the present House of Rep
resentatiyes in reducing and curtaling the eX-
penses OF the Federal Government; In cutting
down onerous salaries, extravagant apprOpria-
lions. and IN abolishing useless Offices and places
not required by the public necessities, and we
shall trust to the hrmness OF the Democratic
members of the House that no ommittc of con
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