Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-17
Democratic Platform.
Adopted by the Democratic State
Convention, at Virginia City,
August Goth. 1870.

Second-We declare our adherence and our
earnest and zoalous support to Samuel }. Til
den and Thomas A. Hendricks, the nominees
of the National Democracy tor the offices of
President and Vice President Of tho United
States, and that We view with satisfaction the
candidacy of these great representatives Of
reform, who. if elected: will carry into effect
the pledges made In thoir iottors of uccept-
Democratic Conv cntion. r. .sa...
Third We declare that we are in favor Of
maintaing free public school system, and
We are unalterably opposed to any division of
the funds thereof. or to any religious or sec-
tartan interference herewith.
Fourth That religious liberty and separa-
tion Of Church from State are cardinal doc
trines of the Democratic party, and have ever
fore unalterably opposed to political pro-
scription on account of religious faith and to
any interference by any religious sect or creed
in tho political Affairs efths country.
Fifth-We demand OF the Federal Govern
N ont the i'm m odiato modification Of the treaty
with tho Empire of China. known as the Bur-
lingane treaty. and such Legislation and
treaty regulations as shall utterly abolish
Chinese immiErauon to these shores; and We
declare that We will support no one fer Office
who is not determined and active in oppesi-
tion thereto. And we denounce the kepu blI-
can party as being tho author of the present
system Of coolie importation and Mongolian
i'm nligrati TO our country, through Its blum
dcrins legis alton and Administrations; and we
charge the Repu blican party with having
promoted and fo.tered and csuntenansed
Chinese immigration by gross peryersion Of
the meaning, intent and scope Of the clause
Of the Decln ration Of Independence which de-
clares that "all men are created equal" and
we charge that the Republican party is in
sincere in its declaration OF opposition to
Chinese immigration, as evidenced by the de-
clarstion Of its acknowledged leaders in its
National Convention at Cinsinnati. and aS
evidenced by tho fact that in q neig boring
State the leaders of the Republican party
have assessed and accepted funds frsn CON-
panies engaged in the coolic trafc for the use
and benefit Of the Republican party in the
pending political campaign.
Sixth-That we Wow with satisfaction and
point with pride to the labors of the present
Federal House Of REPRESENTATIVE in unearth-
ing corruption and villainy in high places and
having In single year instituted economies
whereby the expenses OF the Federal Gov
ernment hnve been reduced more than $780,
$1,000, notwithstanding the determined op-
position and hostility of the leaders Of the
Republican party in Congress.
Seyenth-W favor an economical admins
tration Of our State. county and municipal
governments; that taxation be SO regulated
that no sarplus rev enue be accumu ated; ;
that all property including the net proceeds
Of mines shall bear its equal burden of taxa
tion, end we arc opposed to any legislation in
aay wise oxempting such proceeds from taxa
ton.
Eighth 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 Of the Confederate
war claims OF debt. We recognize the full
and final sattlement Of these questions by the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of
the United States, Which provides tss n The he
States, auth cTized by law, including debts for
payment OF pensions and bountie- for services
in suppressing instruction on rebellion, shall
net bc questioned. but neither the United
tat no all "a mn
debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur-
roction or rebellion against the nited States,
or any claim for tho loss or emancipation of
any save; but all such debts, Obligations and
claims shall be held illegal and void"
Ninth That we charge upon the Repu bli-
can Congress the clandestine, surreptitious
and fraudulent passing Of the act Of March,
1873, emonctiing silver. That we denounce
that act as an infamous outrage on the debtor
class Of the United States. resulting as it has
in incl easing their burdens to the startling
amount of over Si0O,0O0,0OO. That we de-
nounce that act as in an extreme degree in
imicnl and disastrous TO the people Of Nevada
by mainly causing tEe immense depreciation
Of the value of silver and thereby prostrating
and paralyzing the great leading industry Of
silver mining in this state; That we demand
the restoration of tho double standard of
gold and silver, and we call upon all the peo-
pie in this State, disregardlng minor issues, to
aolldly support that party which has evidenc-
ed by ltsyote in the present Congress its deter
uilDttlOH 10 10 Us uuipie JusliCe IN tulS NlJhi
question.
Tonth-The rule of the Republican party
during the eleven years past has been charac-
terlzed by corruption and oppression, OF
which modern despotism furnishes no paral;
lei. Protesting to be the party of liberty and
progress, 1t has with armed mem invaded
legislative bodies of sovereign States Of the
Union in violation of the fundamental law,
thereby imperiling the existence Of free gov
ernment. While Advocating the restoration
Of fraternal relations with the people of the
States Of the South, it mas misgoverned that
unhappy section by means disgraceful to n
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 entailed PROSTATE industries,
uncultivated fields and general bankruptcy
upon once prosperous people. With loud
promises TO tho country of reform in the civil
service, of the reduction OF expenditures in
the departments of the Government, il has
presented to tho country and the world the
humilitating spectacle Of the acquittal of
high officer Of the Government successfully
i'm mpeached 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 tho Indian Ring" has
puTiOineu tno uDpTOpIihtiOils uuue ny NOn-
gross to the Indian tribes, thereby instigat-
ing said tribes TO war, with its attendant hor-
rors, upon a defenseless frontier; OF currup-
ton in the Land Office of the Government
whereby decisions disposing of the Home
stead, Prescription and Mining rights of the
citizen, have been bought and sold; of fraud
in the Navy Department wherein many mil
Inns have been expended ostensib bly, for the
maintenance of rotten ships and their arma-
ments, but in reality for the enrichment Of
its high oflicialsand the campaign purposes
of the party. Of fraud in tho advancement
by the Government of millions of the public
moneys to private banking institutions known
to be on the verge of bankruptcy. Of corrup-
ton in the Executive Department in the ap-
pointment of dishonest individuals as United
States Judges, Marshals and Revenue officers,
by whom the administration of justice has
been brought into contempt and the revenue
of the people stolen. BY the preparation of
these high crimes and misdemeanors by the
leaders of the party in power, we claim that
it is no longer entitled 10 the confidence of
the American people. We therefore earn
estly and cordially invite all men of whatso-
ever past affiliations. who love their country
better than party name, to unto with us in
an effort to restore in tho Government OF our
country those habits Of simplicity and purity
which characterized the, earlier and better
days of the Replbic