The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-19

Ncntion assembled, do hereby declsre the
administration of The federal government
10 be in urgent need OF immediate reform:
do hereby enjoin upon the nominees of this
convention, and of the democratic parry In
each state, n Jealous effort and co opera
ton to this end, and do hereby appeal to
our fellowciUEenS Of every former political
connection TO undertake with us This ti7st
an most pressing patriotic duty.
TIE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, nYPt IT.
CAS- sELF-GoVERNMENT
For the democracy of the whole country.
we do hereby rcaffirm our faith in the per-
manence of the federal union; our devotion
- the constitution OF the United states,
with It's amendments universally accepted
rs the final settlement OF the controversies
that engendered civil war, and do berc re.
cord our stcadiast confidence in the pcrpe.
tuitv OF republican selt-government.
THE FIRST CENTURY.
In absolute acquiesccnce in the will oi
the msjorty-thc vital principle OF rcp1b-
hes; in the supremacy Of the civil over the
military authority. in the total separation OF
church and state, for the sake alike OF civil
and religious freedom; in the equality OF
all citizens before Just laws Of their own en-
actment: in the liberty Of individual con-
duet, unveXed by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education OF the rising generation,
that they may preserve, enjoy aud transmit
these best conditions If human happiness,
and hope We behold the nOblest products of
hundred years OF changetui history; but
while unfolding the bond OF our union and
great charter OF these great rights, /: be-
hooves free people To practice also that
eternal vigilance which f. the price Of
liberty.
REfoRM-CoRRurr.o N-cENTRALIsM.
Reform is necessary to build aud establish
in the hearts OF the whole people the union,
eleven years ago happily Rescued from The
danger Of a secession u states but now to
be saved from a corrupt ccntrnlisin, viii Ii,
after inilicting upon ten states the rapaci'y
of carpet bag tyrannies, has honey combed
the offices OF the federal government itself
with incspacity, waste and fraud: infected
States and municipalities with the cont1-
gion OF mi sruc. and locked fast the pros
perlty OF an industrious people in the pa
ralysis Of hard times.
REFORM OF THE CUBRENCY--.rECIE
PAYMENTS.
Reforg. is necessary 20 establish sound
currency, restore the public credit and
maintain the national honor. We denolince
the failure for all these eleven years to
make good the promise of the lega tender
notes, which are q changing standard of
value in the hands OF the people. and the
non payment Of which H. a di.r-gsrd OF the
plighted faith of the nation.
We denounce the impro,idencc which In
eleven years of peace has taken from the
people, 10 federal taxes, thirteen times the
whole amount of the legal tender notes,
and squandered fouI times this sum ia use
less expense, without accommodating any re-
serve TOR their redemption. We dcnoiince
the financial imbecility and immortality OF
that party which, during eleven years Of
peace. has made no advance toward re-
demption; no preparation for resumption
but instead, has ob-tiucted resumption by
wasting our resources and eXhauSting all
our surplus income. and while annually
processing TO intend 4 speedy return TO
specle payment, has annually enacted fresh
blndrances thereto-as such q hin drance
we dcnouncc the II sumption clause OF the
act OF 1873, and We demand its repeal
We demand judicious system OF pre-
paration, by public economics. by official
retrCnchDent, and by the finances, which
shall enable the nation soon to assure the
Whole world OF its pcifect ability aud its
perfect readiness 10 meet any OF il, prom.
ises at the call of the creditor entitled 10
payment.
We believe such system, well devised,
and, above all, entrusted to comDetept
hands Tor Its execution, Great ng at no time
an artificial scarcity OF currency, aud at no
time alarming the public mind into a with.
dTaWal OF that vast machinery Of credit by
which 90 per cent. OF all our bushes. trans
actions are performed; system open TO
the public and Inspiring general confidence,
would, from the day of It's adoption, bring
healing on its wings 10 all our harrassed in-
dustries, set in motion the wheels Of COM
merce, manufactures and the mechanical
arts, restore employment to labor, and re.
new IN all its national source. the prosper
ity OF the people.
REFORM OF TIE TlRIrF--FREy TRADE.
Reform is necessary IN The sum ana mode
Of federal taxation, to the end that capital
may be set Tree from distru.t and lab T
lightly burdencd. We denounce the Dre.
ent tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles a. L master piece of injustice, in
equality aud false pretense. IL Weld, a
dwindlng, not yearly rising revenue. il
has impoverished many industries to sub.
sidize q few; IL prohibits import. that might
purchase me products OF American libor..
II has degraded American commerce rom
the Drst to an inferior rank upon the high
seas II has cut down the sales Of American
manufactures at home an 1 abroad, and dc.
pleted the returns Of American agriculture,
an industry followed by halt our people. II
costs the people ryc times more than il pro.
duces 10 the treasury; obstructs the process
OF production, and wastes the fruits OF Ia
A. lO-ttIc tlUuEXllDE,
enriches dishonest officials and BANKRUPT.
honest merchants. We demand that all
custom house taxation shall be only ioi
revenue.
REFORM IN PUBLIC EXPENSE
Reform IL necessary in the scale OF public
eXpense-federal, state and mulicipal
Our federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions gold, IN 1850, TO iour hundred and
fifty millions currency, in $50 Oura ggre.
gate taxation, from one hundred and iiity.
four millions gold in 1860, 10 seven hundred
| and thirty millions currency in 1870; or, In
| one decade, from less than five dollars Del
! head to more than eighteen dollars per head
| since the peace the people have paid Il
| their tax-gatherers more than thrice Tn,
| sum OF the rational debt, and more thnI
twice Tia sum for the federal goyernme al
alone. We demand vigorous fiugality II
every department, and from every offfcol
oil the government.
REPORM-PUBLIC LANDS 10 ACruAL sr1
| ILEEs.
| Reform l. necessary 10 put a stop TO IN
pfohigate waste OF the public lands an,
thelr diversion from actual settlers by IN,
party In power, which has squandere,
| <ou,oo,OOo acres upon railroads alone an,
an amount OF more than thrice that apgre
gate, mas disposed OF less than a sixth mi
rectiy TO the iiilers Of the soil
kEfoRM-AporTED CITIZENS. REJKcruI
MONGOLs.
Rcfor,a IL necessary 10 correct the ommis
oion VI republican congress and the error
OF our treaties and our diplomacy, Nbicl
have stripped our felow-citizens oi foreie,
Dirtn ana kindred race, recrossing the Al
lantic, OF the shield Of American citizen
ship, and have exposed our brethren of In,
racine coast TO the incursons OF race no
spruog from the same gres, psrent stock