The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-03
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
Official Text az Reported by tn
Committee
Adopted az 81 I."".>. I""r as.I>:e

We. the ''rio-atc> ut t'. dem, craft,
Part, "i lh" l'iI cd Nt,ir ia naitn IL con
tcntiou =. >cuhlrd 20 ~ rchN del ~ Ia,
aimi i.ira,iun I'll trdcs ~ ,:''vri nmeni
10 b, IN urscn reel IT inUriII'c reform;
dD hereby lui1 TAP L. tie u 'in.n''' oi ihi'
con ruti ~. aud al tie H. M t,r par d
e ELI STATE, Lcai"u> n IT aud - -, 4. -
ton To tins cud aud Ito II Tc.,, appeal to
our fellow e. " H. ~ eve furinct 10 iiicil
| { uuec ion t. u ,'c ilk- " ia u hi Ii
| an mot pie. ia. par Tie duty.
rur UNION ,HE CONSTITUTION II, ruBL'-
{ sELF-uDN EE>MENT
For tie Il mpcracy al The wio,c country
We DO her, 10y r. ,flirm oI TAI IA / t. per
uiaheHc" OF tue ic vru Va. Oh: our roN ,.tiot
l. the cons / uii ~ ~ the tnI'Cd states.
with anet Jim NJ uiivCr>S ~ accepted
H. the itai >c rm nj OF the cun'IuNe 81 :
that pngeI dUrcd civil " + an do h, re r.
cor cur s'cau Mt 90 Ii tnCc IN tTc prrpe
tuitv OF re ub ictr eli-g v,inm' nj
1tiE FIRST CEN;UhY.
al Ia acqui ,r,uc ~ trc will o.
the IN j,rity-- hc ,ii.l principle OF rep b.
e: ! the 81 rrmuy the ,INil over the
unl'a authority, in t.lr tutai .ep Ia ion 81
chu'ch nj sac, tor t.c ilc alike oi civil
and L i,inus FREE lop: in the ,qu1ltt ct
Ill cit,Zrn> beiCr. JUS law, oi tiii own en-
ac mcnt; in thu liberty e individual cor
| ,!u I. itrr kelly SUM tuIr, laws: in the
faithful ed .ca ipm oi Ia Rs NJ gcDefaii II,
! that I cy my preserve. q j.! aud transmit
tiIr-c best ndiilon> I human happiness
"a 4 hope we bcbol the MODEST pyudu + OF
: h'Iui' cI yea ui chang .ilIl hi tory: but
While u ,hnldin- { c bond Fl our union and
gr At charter OF these y'cIt gh,s, i: be-
Ii owes n ee l. op'e to riacti e El,n that
eternal vigil 'nce Which /, the plirc OF
1 Ito, Tty.
RETOEM-CoEEuPT:O cENTEALIsM.
n.fo,la i, ncce >ary t. build and establish
in The heart OF the Die peoi l. the union.
eleven y ar, ago happily rescued fr, IN lac
danger Ola sect s-i0I ~ states but now 10
he ,a.ed from corr upt centralism, VIII b.
afsr inflicting upon ten States the rapaci Y
of ctrist ia. tyr mics, has DO Hy combed
the offices of tie federal government itseli
with inc opacity. waste -Ed trand: intecte d
state. ard NUN cip, liiis. with the conta-
gIou ut mi Iu'e. aud locked last the pros.
perity OF an industrious people in the pa.
rally -. Of hard iimC..
REFORM or THE CURRENCY-sPECIE
PAYMENTS.
Reform Is neu es.siy TO establish q sound
CURRENCY. les ore tie public credit and
maintain the nstioGsl honor. We denounce
/ the failure for all these eleven wear. Ia
make good HE promise OF the leg 81 tender
holes, which aie & chan.i ing standard OF
Naur in The hands Of the people. and The
non payment Of which Is a III r z ard Of the
! pllghted faith III the na,ion.
We denouHce the ilnLroNidcnee which ia
! eleven Year, OF peace has taken from The
/ people. Ia federal taxes, thirteen times I'll,
/ wh"I ,m,unt OF the legal lender note.
dnd >'liI mildred font times this sIlm in u.e.
/ les eNpen-c, without a., uuIlIl1tlIg any IT.
{ serve Iur their redemption. We denoiiu. Z
/ the tioancIai imGcciliIy aud immoral /, ol
! that patty which, uuriHk eleven year, 81
peace. has made ho ADVANCE toward re
/ dtmpliun; no Preparation fur Z, >umptiOu
| but, Instead, has Ub-tiu ted Resumption b,
! wasting our Resources and cXhau,ting al
| o ar tufplu' Income. and while annually
| protesting To attend Is speedy return IL
! specls payment. hHs annually eRsctei fire. 4
| Lludraiiccs there Ga, such hindTsnce
| We den"iiLce the r. sumption clause OF tn,
| act OF ls,5. and we demand il. repeal.
We demand judicious system OF pre-
| paratiOn. by public economies. by oiicia
retrenchment. and by the inanfcs, whicl
shall enable the nation soon 10 assure th,
whole world OF its perfect ability and H.
! perfect readiness To- meet any OF its prom
| ises at the call OF the creditor entitled e
payment.
|
ana, above all, entrusted I, Csmpeten
ha.d' Tor it, execution, Great NJ at no tim,
ali af'llicIal scarcity OF currency, and AZ M
time alarming the public mind into a with
drawal OF that vast machinery e credit b'
which ~ per cent. OF all our business trans
actions are performed a system open I,
the public aud inspiring geheral confidence
would, from The day OF lis adoption, brin.
healing on it, wings to all our hsrrassed in
dustrle-, set in motion the wheels Of coin
merce, manufactures and the mechanlca
arts, restore employment to labor, and re
new in all it, national sources the prosper
| ity OF the people.
REFORM OF THE TARIFF-FREE TRADE.
Reform i necessary in the sum and mod,
OF feder taxation, TO the end that capita
may he set Tree from distrust and lab ]
lightly burdened. We denouncc the pres
ent tarin levied upon nearly four ihou,anG
articles a. mat r piece of IN Justice, in.
equality and false pretense. IL yields
dwindling, not yearly rising revenue. II
has impoverished many industries 10 sub
sidlzs Anew, II prohibi imports that might
purchase The products OF American ,bol :
II has degraded American commerce ron
the first TO an interior rank upon the hiyl
| seas; II has cut down the sales of American
manufactures At homo an abroad, and de
| pleted the returns of American agriculture
/
c1sts the people five times more than il pro
duces to the treasury; Obstructs the process,
OF production, and wastes the fruits of In
Dor; 1t promotes fraud. fosters smuggling
| enriches dishonest official, and bankrupt
honest merchants. We demand that al
custom house taxation shall be only fol
| revenue.
REFORM ECONOMY IN PUBLIC EXPENSE
Hgorm IL neces AIRY in the scale OF publ,
| eXpense-federal. state and municipal
Our federal taxation has swollen from sixt,
millions gold, in 1860, 10 four hundred an;
fifty millions currency, in 1870. our aggre
gate taxation, from one hundred and tiity
four millions gold in 1860, to seven hlindre,
and thirty millions currency in 1870; or, IL
one decade, from less than live dollars be
mead to more than eighteen dollars per he ad
oihce the peace the people have paid I,
their tax-gatherers more than thrice In
sum OF the national debt, and more thai
twice that sum Tor the federal goverpmeD
alone. We demand u vigorous irucality /,
every department, and from every office
OF tue government.
hEfokM-pUBLlC LANDS TO ACTUAL SGT
ILIRs.
Ht"rM i necessary to put a stop TO I'll