The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-09-05
No Increase Of the Federal Army
for Governing. States

HARRISBURG, August p The Democra-
TIC convention met at neon to-day. Jacob
oeigler was chosen temporary chairman.
Mr.. Stcigler made "A speech urging a polirv
that will Be promotive of public peace ana
order, the prosperity and happiness OF the
people, and the perpetuity of the rcpuhll-
can government. Committees were appoint
ed and recess taken.
| pom rea SScmbiin9 the committee ol, r,-.
olutions reported the following:
The Democratic party of Pennsylvania
ana It's delegates. in convention Assem- hlrd.
do declare, first kbat the induction OF Ruth
ertord IS. Hayes into the office OF President
OF the UHited States, notwithstanding the
election OF Samuel J. Tilden thereto. was "a
hlgh crime against free goycrumtrt vlI.h
has not been condonpd aud VIII NOT DE- l,r-
gotten. The same spirit of patriotism which
forebore contest upon The Hr-t ,ii,f.~,
VIII resist and punish any attempt a, "a Sec
ond.
Second, The immediate happy eli ,r of
the application by the Federal admiul>tra-
tlon OF the Democratic policy o. uou-iu-
tervention in the iuterupl affairs OF the
Southern States amply yiudicatrs our fire.
quent protest against the previous violation
OF the reserved right OF The several State,
To exercise all the power not delegated To-
me general government by express consti-
tutional provision.
That the capital combined in corporate
organizations has been too highly favored
by both State and Federal legislation. and
its demands for large returns are incousist-
ent with the depressed condition OF the la
boring ana business interests of the conn
try. We oppose further enactments for lis
benefit at the expense OF other interests.
Labor and capital should have no cause of
antagonism, and they should be LETT Tree 60
ADJUST their own relations. The right to
contract freely exists for both parties
tltth-That We accept the admouitiou of
jackson IN saying concerning standing
armies as dangerous to free governments i'm
| time OF peace . shall not seek To enlarue
our present establishments nor disregard the
slaIutary lesson of political experience,
/ which teaches that the military should be
| held subordinate to the civil power" Ac-
/ cordlngly any Increase of the Federal army.
| and any attempt to employ it AS a partisan
/ agent OF Federal authority, or for interter-
ence with the sOVeign rights of States will
| receive the continued ana earnest opposition
/ OF the Democracy of Pennsylvania: that
1 the deprivation of employment of many
4 thousands of industrious citizens and labor
/ ers, and the deep distress OF themselves and
/ families, enlist our hearty sympathy: and
we declare, in the language of Mr.. JciFer-
son, the founder of our party. that a wise
4 and frugal government, which shall restrain
men from injuring one another, aud shall
/ leave them otherwise free to emulate thciI
/ own pursuits OF industry and Improvement
/ and shall not take from the mouth Of labor
| the bread it has earned, is the hone OF thu
/ people in adversely and their security in
| prosperity, and that under such government
! ii is the mission of the Democracy to main.
tain and perpetuate. Any resort TO fore,
or violation of the law, or invasion OF Tin,
/ rights of person or of property to redress
| grievance is needless, and ut war with fire.,
institutions, under which the only rightful
| remedy is by the frequently recurring eIec.
/ tons of the representatives of the people IL
! the State legislatures and in the Fedora
congress to accom- plish the will OF the ma
jority, which should be accepted as the vote,
( of all.
That we look with alarm and apprehen
sion upon the pretensiOnS of the great trans
pOrtation companies 10 be above the funda
mental law of this commonwealth, which
governs all else within our border, and IN
/ til they accept the constitution OF 1873 in
4 good faith they should remain objects of tn
utmost vigilance and jealousy by the legis
/ lature and people.
That we hereby reafrm and adopt tn
! financial resolutions of the National Demo
cratic platform, adopted at st. Louis in 1876