The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-07-04
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

! DEMOCRATIC PI4TFORM.
The following is the platform
adopted by the Democrats at Column
bus, last week
"The Democratic party OF Ohio, ln
convention assembled, hereby Teaf-
firm the following clsuses IN the
platform OF the convention OF July
p 1871, indOrsed by 3 majority uf
more than -, ,OOO last fsli by the peO-
pie OF Ohio. We renew its pledges OF
devotion 10 the Union and cOnsiitu-
tiOn, with the amendments. It de-
clsres an essential to the pr6serva.
ton OF free government faithful ad-
herence to the following principles {:
Strics construction OF home rule; su-
premAcy OF civil over military power !;
separation Of Church and State /;
equality OF All citizens before the law I;
liberty OF Individual action unveXed
by sumptuary laws absolute ac-
lquiescense in the lawfully expressed
will OF the majority opposition to all
subsidies preservation OF public
lands for use Of actual settlers, and
maintenance and perfecting of the
common school system. As perth
nent to the issues now pending be-
fore the people,
"ResOlUed. That the investigation
OF frauds committed at the last Presi-
Dental election in Florida and LOui-
siana ought to have been made by
| the Electoral Commission. Its re-
| fusal to do so was the violation Of
| the spirit OF law under which il was
organized, and gross outrage upon
the people of the United States and
! while the decision as made by the
FOrty-fOurth Congress OF the ques-
ton ~ to 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 authentic In
VestigstiOn and exposure of all frauds
connected with that election, and the
due accountability Of all who were
guiltily connected with them.
"ReSOEUed, That the commercial
and Industrial stagnAtiOn that has so
long prevailed throughout the cOun-
try, and the consequent widespread
suffering, is due directly to the per-
nicious financial legislation OF the
Republican party, which We hereby
arrAign for its acts, and charge, First
That at the time when the cOun-
try was weighed down by debt, Gre
Ated on the basis of full volume Of
paper, added to the precious metals
as money, il enacted a sweeping
change In the decrease OF values,
wholly In the interest OF mOneyed
capital, by demOnetiZing silver, and
decreeing the destruction Of legal
tender paper, and thereby wrongfully
added in effect hundreds Of millions
to the burden of debt and taxes upon
the people. Secondly pursuing its
merciless policy OF contracting the
paper currency, and boarding gold,
it has increased continuously the
value OF money and securities that
partake OF the enhancement of
money, and decreased the value OF all
other property, and especially Of cRpI- |
tai designed for productive use, and |
required for the employment Of labor,
thus repTessing instead of fostering |
industry; compelling idIeness, in |
stead of sustaining trade and COM |
merce. And now this party in Ohio |
puts forward in its platform the dec |
lAratIon that the financial question |
has been settled. We deny this |
declaration, and while We cOngratu- |
late the country that the down. |
ward course To bankruptcy and |
ruin, involved in the Repub-
lican policy, has been partially |
averted by the Democratic meas
ures passed at the late session OF Con- |
gress, restoring the debt paying pow
er to silver dollars, made q law in |
spite Of q Presidential veto, and stop |
ping the further destruction OF green |
backs, we demand, as further |
acts Of justice, as we'll as meas
ures OF relief, the absolute repeal OF
the resumption act, and the lawful |
liberation OF the coin boarded in the |
Treasury the removal Of all restric-
tons to the cOinsge OF silver, and re-
OF silver ~ money
metal, the same as gold, the same as /
it was before its fraudulent demOne-
the gradual substitution of |
United States legal tender paper for
national bank notes, and its permA-
nent establishment as the sole paper /
money or Luo CUunIIyI -----aa -aaaI va
hle for all dues to the government,
and Of equal tender with coin the |
amount of such Issues to be regulated |
by legislation or organic law as to /
give the people an assurance OF
stability in the volume Of currency, |
and consequent stability of value no
further increase in the bonded debt,
and no further sale Of bonds for the |
purchase Of coin for resumption pur.
poses, but the gradual extinction of |
the public debt; rigid economy in the |
reduction of expenditures IN all
of public service, and tariff |
for revenue only.
nReSOlUcd, That the Interest of the |
industrial wealth producing classes is
the paramount interest of the people /
OF the United States. Those whose
labor and enterprise produce wealth
should be secure in its enjoyment. |
Our Warmest sympathy Is extended
to the labOrlng classes who have been
thrown out OF employment by the
ruinous financial policy and unjust
legislation of the Republican party, |
and we pledge the Democratic party |
to q reversal OF that policy and q res
tOration Of all rights they are entitled
to, upon its ascendency to power.
"ResOlUed, That there can be no
legitimate employment OF organized
force in this country except to exc
cute the law and to maintain public |
peace that no violence should be |
to obtain redress for
any alleged grievance, but should be |
at every cost until relief can
be secured by legal methods. We |
the country on the adOp- |
tiOn OF the constitutional and pacific |
policy Of local government in the |
States OF the South, so long advocated
by the Democratic party, and which |
has brought peace and harmony to
that section OF the Union"