Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-27
The TenDrEses Democrat PiaE
fOrEIa

Here IL the Platform adopted al
Nashville by the Convention thai
nnminateh Judge Marks for Governor
Il was written by Judge Marks him
self
In the name OF the Democratic par
" of Tennessee, we, its delegates. in
convention assembled. mnst suiemnly
arrai-n the Radical Republican par
tv, National and State, before the bar
of puhiic opinion, as the author of all
the misfOrtunes which Euw oppress
an5 threaten the people.
Protesting lis friendship for the
Federal Union, it sought to destroy II
in centralIZalion Declarins its pur
pose To establish justicr,' il tranplcd
il under its feet. 10 insure domas-
tic tranquility" its Proclaimed mis-
sion, it preached the go-l'"l of hate.
and silled the land with blood misrule
and anarchy. Pretending tn provide
for the common defence" it fruitless-
~ squaudeTed millions OF the ppopir'S
money. Affecting to prOmOt- the
general welfare" " it BETRAYED the
public veal. Affirm hk IL design
to secure the blessing Of liberty IC
ourselves and posterity," it forged
for the people the chains Of perpetual
slavery. O-tensihly the fLiaucial
agent of the people, ii was I'm fact the
plant tool of the money power. 1t
betrayed its trust when il converted a
non interest bearing debt into an in
terest hearing 1eht. which is blight
ing public curse. 1t betrayed its trust
when il repudiated contract which
was dischargnble in treasury notes,
and substituted coin contract In its
stead to the prejudice nf the people.
It betrayed its trust " hen it demOne-
tizsd silver and forbade payment to
the public creditors I'm the cheaper
metal provided for in the contract. 1t
betrayed its trust when it organized a
privileged class into a close banking
corporation, and usurping all banking
power, invested its creature with eX-
elusive corporate power to destroy the
business aud property of the people.
It betrayed it's power when it fixed an
arbitrary period for resumntiOn IL
has squandered the public by dona-
tiOns To powerful corporations. II
has wrung enormous taxes from the
people, and applied them to unworthy
partiZan purposes.
Under the pretense of protection to
home industry il has Systematically
robbed the many in the interest of
a few.
BY unfriendly legislation it has driv-
en- American ships from the high
seas, and utterly destroyed our foreign
commerce.
1t made the army an instrument in
the annihilatiOn of republican govern
ment in the Snuth BY the use Of ihe
army IL put the people of the United
States i'm fear and rnhhcd them Of the
Presidency. 1t insults the lahoring
people of our country by demanding
an increase of the army for the av0w-
Ell purpose Of standing menace to
them BY the levy of excessive excise
duties upon tobacco and alcoholic pro-
ductiOns. il has encouraged violations
of the revenue laws, and under the
false pretense of protecting the Reve-
nue. service, il has turned loose upon
our people irresponsible. blood thirsty
men, who kill and MAIN our people
and destroy their property at will, and
confessing the want of jurisdiction in
the Federal cOutta to punish them,
yet II refuses to allow there enemies to
society to be challenged anywhere for
their crimes.
Acquiring power by accident. it has
perpetuated it by fraudulently deceig-
ing the ignorant blacks of the South.
and misleading the creduious masses
of the North, and it has uniformly
abused its power by administering the
government in the interest of the
creditor and against the debtor class
n. =
and against the tax payer /: in the in
terest of the rich and against the poor
in the interest of the strong and
against the weak in the interest of
the few and against the many.