The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-11

IOf tue most ancient anu valuable privilege belonging to reppsenta- tives of the people in all d1nstitu- Itional governments to appipprlate
 money for the use of soldien to be
 used in illegal and dcspotic hppres-
 sion of citizens in any p0rtiof oi the Republic.
 Resolved. That the prcscat Ma tional Administration, by lts. with
 drawal of troops from the South, and
 by it's cessation from nischevous,
 unconstitutional and oppressive Tn -
 reference with the internal hffairs
 of the States, has, in that rdsnect,
 reversed the vicious precedebts of
 the Republican party aud followed
 the course marked out by the 1eder-
 al Constitution, to which the Demo
 crats stand pledged; and it is, there
 fore, entitled, in that palticnlar, to
 the approval of all good citizens. The Democratic party of New
 York reafiirm the following ptnci-
 pies, set forth Tn their platform.
 adopted in 1874, now thrlce inddrsed
 by large majorities of the voters of
 this State: Gold and silver the only
 legal tender; no currency inconverti-
 ble with coin; steady steps toward specie payments; no step backward. {.
 honest payment of the public debt in coin; sacred pres rsation of the public faith; revenue reform; tariff
 for revenue only; no Government partnership with protected monol,o- lies; home rule; to limit and localize most jealously the few powers en- trusted to public servants, munici- pal, State, and Federal; no centrali- zation, equal and exact justice to all men; no partial legislation; no par tial taxation; official accountabilifv. enforced by better civil ard criminal remedies, no private use of public funds by public officers; corporations chartered by States always superylsable by the States in the interest of the people, the party in power responsible for all legislation while in power; econ omy in publlc expense, that labo: may be lightly burdened.
 Resolved, That we are opposed to the granting of subsidies by the Government to corporations or indi- viduals, for the construction of rall- roads or other improvemen as unnecessary, beyond the scope of the Federal power, and inevitably pro duce corruption.
 Resolved, That we congratulate the whole people of this State that. notwithstanding the suffering to which the laboring classes have been for years subjected, in spite of their failures to obtain remunerative em- ployment and the bitter privations which have been imposed on them thereby. they have endured these for the most part, with patience, without disorder or viola sion of the public peace and welfare; that 1t is through the beneiicent op- eration of equal and just laws, favor ing no one class at the expense of stern refusal on the part of legislative bodies to yield to the schemes of grasping monopolies, and a decrease of the public expendi- lures and taxation to the lowest practicable point, that the laboring classes of the country, with whom the Democratic party has always l strongly anu intelligently sympa- thized, are mainly to find cffectual and permanent relief.
 Resolved, That we favor uniform and equitable excise law, baving re- gard for and the protection of the | rights of all people, accompanied by strict and stringent provisions pun ishing it's violation.
 Resolved, That we demand a more l protection for the savings of the industrial classes by stricter and control of savings banks, insurance companies, and other institutions in which tLe peo- pies money may be invested, and the enactment of laws providing a sure and certain punishment of all official neglect, extravagance or fraud by which the peoples earnings may be endangered or lost.
 The remaining resolutions refe. to State affairs.
 The following ticket was nominat- ad: Secretary of State, Allen o. Beard, Comptroller, Fred. r. Olcott, Treasurer, James Mackin; Attorney General, Augustus Schoonmaker; State Engineer and Surveyor, flora .io Seymour, Jr. Adjourned.