The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-25
The Pennsylvania Declarations.

On three vital points, the Democrats of
nnsylvania have made most cretlitablc
record in their platform. The positive ut
tcrance of their resolutions gives no unccr
tain sound. They are manly, vigorous, and
free from quibbling or suhterfugc. In fact,
they are in many respects better and broader
than those adopted by any other state Con-
vcntion, and will serve as a model for those
that are to follow.
Tho chief points Of the platform are as
follows:
"Frst-rha, the induction Of Rcrn,sronp r H,rrs
Into the office of President nutw outstanding the election
Of s,wrrtI TUNES thereto. was high crime against
free government which has no, been condoncd and win
Dot b' forgotten.
"Futh-fhat we accent the admonton of JAcKsoS In
nying. concerning standing armi, ~ dangerous u free
Governments IN time OF peace, \ shall not seek 10 on
large establishment disregard the saluta
lesson Of political experience which teaches thHtthc
military should be- held subordinate to ci, power Ac
tordnyly the increase OF the Federal army aud an, At
tmpt 10 tmplo, 1t partisan ugcnt oi Federal author
nv. or Tor inercrencc with the sovereign rights Of The
States will receive the continued earnest opposition Oi
The Democracy oi renns,l,ania
"Sixth-t The Democracy II Pennsylvania uro-
tests against subsidies land grants. loans OF tn public
credit aud appropriations Of the PEOPLES money To any
corporation ~ egallcd pVnder OF the taNPaying indus
srrs OF the country
No sentiment uttered in the Convention
excited more feeling. and determination TO
seek and find redress. than that referring to
the fraud 10y which HAYES is now seated in
the White House. The illusions to this
point by Mr. SrENGER President of the Con-
vcntion. called out the strongest manifesto
tionS of indignant resentment and the first
resolution. denouncing it as n high crime
against free government received simi-
lar response
This monstrous fraud must he made not
only odiou- to the rising generation, so as
10 exclude the possibility of its recurrence,
but il should bo 50 branded and punished
that the conspiracy itself and the conspira-
tors who proiitcd 10y the iniquity may pass
down into history with an iniamy attached
10 them far deeper than that which, after II
lapse Of more than eighteen hundred years.
Is still fresh in the mind of every schoOlboy.
To condone 1t in any way or to recognize it
beyond the strictest requirements Of law as
90 de fdci0 possessOrs of Office, would be to
give moral sanction to the darkest crime in
American history.
The stand taken againstan increase of the
nrmy is right in principle, but the Conven-
tion should have gone further and demanded
reduction 10 ten Thousand men, a. Mr..
RANDALL originally proposed in his budget
81 rctrcnchnent, at the first session OF the
last Congress. As the Democratic delega-
tion in the House j. pledged to rigid econo-
any. we have no fear of their votes Oh this
subject.
The declaration against subsidies. land
grants, loans Of the public credit and appro-
priations to any cOrporation' covers the
whole ground. and serves notice Oh Col. Tom
SCOTT to look elsewhere for favors and sup
port. His Democratic lieutenant- de- NOT
nor the IeXas-Paciiic and must have looked
blue when the platform was adopted with
0ut dissent.