Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-11
Missouri Democracy.
The Missouri State Democratic Convent

The Missouri State Democratic Convention
met at Jefferson City, yesterday. Among the
planks adopted we're the following
The Democratic party Of the State OF NILSSON
ri, in convention assembled, declares is conn
dence in an mistaken adherence to the great
principles of Democratic representative govern;
mont its devotion TO the national union ana
Constitution, with amendments thereto us IN
sEeryipr maintenance of the following prlncl-
piles, namely: Strict subordnstlon OF the mill
tary 10 the civil power; opposltlon TO iarSe
standing armies in the time of peace purity OF
elections and their absolute freedom from all
interference by officers of the Federal Govern
mcnt civil or military profound respect for the
popular will, fairly and legally expressed at the
ballot box, and fixed purpose TO expose and
punish all political fraud and corruption; the
of individual liberty consistent with the rights of
OF others; universal education, and general and
active participation by the body Of the people in
public affairs. We congratulate the country on
the fact that after nosry thirteen years from
the cessation of hostilities, a state Of peace in
| acco1 dance with the Constitution and laws has
been reached in our Southern States.
We olsmnly arraign and condemn The Elec-
tora Commission as fsithless to the people Of
the United States in refusing to investigate al d
expose the wicked and glazing frauds by which
| the will Of the people at the last Presidential
eleCuOn was QeleALeQ. 1LS IeluSal 10 40 So Whs
| in violation Of the spirit of the law under which
it WAS organized. and while the decision made
BY the FOrty-fourth Congress of this question as
10 who should be declared President Of the
United States for the present Presidential term
was, in our judgment, final, that decision ought
not to preclude full investigation and exposure
of all frauds connected with that election, and
the accountability of all who were guilty con-
cerned with them, and we heartily endorse the
action Of the msjority of the House OF Repre-.
sentatives in pursuing such investigation.
| The democracy tenders to the debtor and the
lsboriDg classes Of the country its warmcst sy NJ
pa,hy, and pledges itself at the earliest moment
| republican party which brought ruin uponthosa
! VIC demand that al legislation shall be so enact
ed All administered so rs TO secure to each mar
as nearly as practicable tho just rewards Of hi:
| own labor.
In he language Of tho Indiana democracy
! we declare that the Jurisdiction claimed and ex
orc!sed by Circuit Courts OF the United States
| over questions Incorporate and individual rig hts
arising under the laws Of the States, tends to op
| press and burden litigsnts to such al eZtent as
to amount to a practical denial OF Jus.ic IN many
| cases, and VIC consider the legislation which ha
Conferred such Jurisdiction AS unwlso and hurt
| full to the true interests Of tho people. We DO
mnnd such legislation IS will restrain and lim
| the jurisdiction Of suca courts to such matter;
| Us are clearly contemplated by the Constitute!
and expressed in the Judiciary act Of 1877.
The following ticSet was then nomlnstad:-
Judge OF the Supreme Court Elijah Norton
Register Of Lands, j. x, McHenry; State Sup
| erintendent Of Public Schools, 4 u. shannon
| Railroad Commissioner, A. NJ Sewer.