Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-12
Democratic Platform.
Adopted by the Democratic State
Convention, at Virginia city.
August 29ib. 1876.

Convention, which convened at st. Louis on
the 9th dav Of june. 1876.
Sscond-We declare our adherence and our
earnest and jealous support to Samuel j. Ill
don and Thomas A. Hendricks, the nomiEees
of tho National Democracy tor the Offices of
President ana Vice President OF the United
States, and that VIC view with satisfaction the
candidacy OF these great representatives Of
re orm, who, if elected. will curry into effect
tho pledges made in ther letters Of accept
aDcc and in tho platform Of the National
Democratic Convention.
Thrd-We declare that We are in favor Of
maintning FREQ public school system, and
we are unalternbly opposed to any division Of
the funds thereof, or to any religious Or sec-
tartan interference herewith.
Fourth-That religious iii erty and sepnra-
tion Of Church from State are cardinal doc
trines Of the Democratic party. and have ever
been maintained by it. That we arc there
fore unalterably opposed to POLITICAL pro-
scriptien on account OF religious fnlth and to
any interference by any religious sect or creed
in the poli teal sfair. Of tho country.
Fifth-Ws demand Of tho Federal Govern
nent tho i'm mediate modification Of the treaty
with tho Empire Of China. known as the Bur.
lingame treaty. aAd such legislation and
treaty regulations rs shall utterly abolish
Chinese immigration to those shores. and we
declare that wo will support no one for Office
who is net determined and active in oppesi-
tion thereto. And We donounce tho Repu bli-
can party as boing the author Of the present
system Of coolie Importation and Mongolian
i'm migration 70 our country, through its blum
dcring lcgis alton and administration; and we
charge tho Republican party with having
prom oted and fosterod and ceun,enanced
Chinese immigration by gross perversiOn Of
the meaning, intent and scope oil the clause
Of the Declaration of lHdepenj jenee which de-
clares thst "all men are created equal" and
we charge that the Republican party is in
sincere in its declaration Of opposition to
Chinese immigration, "a evidenced by the de-
clNrstios Of its acknowledged leaders in its
~. II
evidenced by tho fact that in neigh boring
State the leaders Of tho Republican party
havs assessed and accepted fund. from con-
pani,s engaged in the coolc traie for the
and Ncneft Of tho kanublican party in the
pending political campaign.
Sixtk-Ihat We view with satisfaction and
point with pride to the labcrs Of tho present
Federal House Of Representative in unearth-
ing corruption and villainy in high places and
having ir single year instituted economies
whereby the expenses Of the Federal Gov
ernment have been reduced more than $780,
O00, 600, notwithstanding the determined op-
position sni hostility of tho leaders Of the
Republican party in Congress.
Seventa-W favor an economical admins
tration of ouG State, county and municipal
governments: Mat taxation be so regulated
that all property including tho net proceeds
Of mines shall bear its equal burden of tnxa-
ton, and we are opposed to any legislation in
any wise oKea aptias such proceeds from taxa
ton.
bighth-That the Democratic party Of this
State utterly repudiates The assertion of its
favoring the payment of any claims Tor slaves
liberated, or any portion o. the Confederate
and fnaI settlement Of the.o qSestions by the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of
the United States. which provides: The
validity Of the public debt of the United
States, auth rized by law, including debts Ter
payment Of pensions ord boubtie. for services
in suprrosslng instruction OF rebel liion. shall
net 90 questioned, bat neither the United
States nor any State shall ASSUME or pay aay
debt or obligation incurred in aid of lasur-
roctisn sr rebellion against The L United States,
CT any c,aim for tho loss or emaRci patton Of
any save: bg, all such debts, obligations and
claims shall be held llegsi and void"
Ninth-That we charge upon the Republi-
cSn Congress tho clanaestino. surreptitious
and fraudulent passing of the act Of March,
1873, demonetizing silver That we denounce
that act as an infamous outrage on the debtor
class of the United states, resulting as it has
in increasing their burdens to the startling
amount OF over s4eQ, 100000. That we de-
nounce that act as III an extreme degree in-
imical and disastrous to the people Of Nevada
by mainly causing TIE immense depreciation
Of the value Of silver and thereby prostratipg
and parayzing the great leading industry OF
silver mining in this state. That We demand
the restoration Of the double standard of
gold and silver, and wo call upon all the peo-
pie in thi. state, disregarding minor issues, to
solidiy support that party which has evidenc-
ed by it's vote in the present Congress its deter
mination to do us ample justice in this vital
question.
Tenth-The rule of tho Republican party
during the eleven years past has been charac-
terlzcd by corruption and oppression, of
which modern dospotism furnishes no paral-
lei. Processing TO be the party of liberty and
progress, II has with armed mem invaded
legislative bodies of sovereign States of the
Union in violation of the fundamental law, 4,
thereby imperlling the existence Of free gov
ernment. While advocating the restoration
of fraternal relations with the people of the
States of the South it has misgoverned that
unhappy section by means disgraceful to a
civilized and Christian age. By the incite-
ment OF riot and insurrection it has main
tanned its supremacy in the South-a suprem-
acy which has entailcd PROSTATE industries,
| uncultiyated fields and general bankruptcy
upon once prosperous people. With loud
promises to the country OF reform in the civil
service, of the reduction Of expenditures in
the departments of the Government, it has
presented to the country and the world the
humilitating spectacle of the acquittal of a
high officer Of the Government successfully
impeached for high crimes; of the enforced
resignation Of cabinet officials, because their
purity Of character and fearless prosecution
of thieves rendered such officials no longer
useful to the party managers; of frauds in
the Revenue Department perpetrated by
their officials, who, instead of punishment for
their crimes, are protected by the Chief Mag
istrate of the nation; of fraud in the Interior
Department whereby the Indian Ring" has
puroined the appropriations made by Con-
gress to the Indian tribes, thereby instigat-
ing said tribes to war, with its attendant hor-
| rors, upon a defehseless frontier; of currup-
| ton in the Land Office of the Government
whereby decisions disposing Of the Home
stead, Presumption and Mining rights of the
citizens have been bought and sold; of fraud
| in the Navy Department wherein many mil
| Inns have been expended ostensibly for the
maintenance of rotten ships and their arma-
ments, but in reality for the enrichment OF
| its high officials and the campaign purposes
Of tho party. Of fraud in the advancement
by the Government of millions of the public
moneys to private banking institutions know q
to be on the verge of bankruptcy. Of corrup-
| tion in the Executive Department in the APP
! pointment of dishonest individuals as United
States Judges, Marshals and Revenue officers,
| by whom the administration of justice has
been brought into contempt and tho revenue
| of the people stolen. BY the preparation of
| these high crimes and misdemean0rs by the
leaders of the party in power, we claim that
| II is no longer entitled to the confidence OF
| the American people. We therefore earn
| estly and cordially invite all men of wbatso-
ever past afli fliliatons. who love their country
| better than party name, to unite with us in