Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-19
PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF MISSOURI.

The Democratic party Ut the state of Missouri
| IN convention assembled, declares It's cunii,!rnC.
| III and uu>hakcn aihcr"Ece to the great prInCl-
| piles of DemOcra atIc representative government.
| 1t. devotion TO the national union, ard the con-
| oftutI0it with the amendments thereto. It's IN
| ,wervInS maintenance of the following princl-
| plies, namely. strict subOT,Inatlon OF the militia
~ to TIE cisI! power; opposition To = ars, stand
ing army i'll time oil peace; The purity OF elections
| amt their absolute freedom from all imterier-
| enCe by officers ol the Federal gover;Inrnt cIvIl
| or Inl!l:arSi profound respect tor the popular
| will fairly and legally expressed AT the ballot
box; iNei puTp' Ise TO expose and punish ali
| political fraud and corruption; the political
equality of al! citizens; the largest right of IN
| d!v Iduai liberty consistent with the rights ui
| others; universal education and a general ami
| active participation by the body OF the pcu-
| pie IN pubic affairs.
| Secnnt-we ngratulatc the country on the
| fact that, after nearly thirteen wears irrm the
| cessation OF h"stiiiti-o. II state OF peace III ac
! coT"ancr with the constitution and laws has
been reached IN our southern states
| IEm,l-We soiemnly Hrrasn AMI condemn the
high electoral commission AS iajtniess to the
people of the United States IN refusing 10 in
| ve7tisate ami expose the wicket ami glaring
frauds by which the will of the people ut the last
| Pre- esllcntiaI election WAS defeated. lis refusal
| 20 30 50. WAS in violation ni tie spirit of the
| law under VII ich 1t was organized, and while
| The decision made by the forty-iourth con-
.:rees OF the question as to who should
| be declared Prrsiden. of the United
| states Tor the present Presidential term
Was, in our Judgment, fnal that decision ought
not 10 preclnd" a tu / Investigation and exposure
| of all frauds connected with that election, and
| the due accountability of all who were guilty
| concerned with them. and We heartily commend
the action OF the majority OF the ii Huuae of Repre-
| eentatives in pursuing such investigation.
FOurth-Ne regard The natIona! banking sys-
TEN ar oppressive and burden some, ami demand
| It's abolition and the retirement from circulation
of Al! national bank notes. and the IssLc OF legal
| tender notes in lieu thereof and IN QUANTITIES
from time TO time sufficient to supply the whole
| some and necessary business demands OF the
| entire country, and that all greenbucks Issued
shall be used in the purchase and retirement OF
| bonds of the United States, SO that the
| interest bearing debt OF the country may
| be lessencd TO the extent of the green
| backs thus put into circulation. Legal ten
den notes, commonly called greenDacks, should
| be q legal tender IN the payment of all debts
| public and private, except sucf, obligations rs
| are, by the terms Of the original contracts ,ex-
| pressy made payable IN coin
| Fitth-That the right to coin money and regu-
| late the value thereof can be exercised under
| the constitution by Congress alone. and that the
possession OF the power inposes the duty of its
| exercise I" the extent of all the gold and silver
bullion offered for coinage al the mlnts OF the
| United States, and we regard the limitations
| and restrictions imposed by congress upon the
coinage OF silver rs :mpoiItic and unjust, and
they should ut once be removed.
SIxth-lhat n return to specie payments is
! impossible i'll the present financial condition OF
the couEtry and We demand the immediate and
unconditional repeal of the act of congress of
January Il, ISIS. known as the resumption act;
| Gliding the same to be unwise and ruinous TO
| tn. Interest uf the people.
| Seventh-lhe policy Inaugurated and main
tanned by the republican party of contracting the
| active circulating medium oi the country. con-
| sututing, As all admit 1t does, the standard OF
the value OF the property and products Of the
| country, and regulating, Is well, tn. prices
paid Tor all labor, stands precmlnent in the long
list OF lis oppressive measures. the most
| stupid lnexcusablr and oppressive of them all .
EIghth--Beln. opposed to all monopolies. and
| all laws discriminating IN favor OF one class Of
| our peOplr ut the EXPENSE of and TO the prejudice
of all Others We declare our unqualified hoatii-
| ity to all protective tariffs. and demand that
there shall be u tariff Tor revenue only.
| S!nth-Ihc democratic patty tenders to the
debtor and iabOring Glasses of the country
It's warmest sympathy, and pledges Itself at the
earliest moment to reverse the cruel and dis
tructivc policy of the republican party. which
brought ruin upon them. We demand that all
legislation shall be SO enacted ant administered
h- 10 secure TO each man as nearly rs practical
bic the just reward OF his own labor.
Ienth-lhat in view OF the large appropria-
ernment for works of public improvement on
the -cuboard and tn. lakes, justice TO the people
Z Of the Mississippi Valley demands that appro-
, | prialioms should he made for the Improvement
OF the Mississippi river and Its tributaries com
. inensurate with the conmercial wants and in
and believing in the constitutional
power Of the government to aid In the
construction of national enterprises which
serve to benefit large sections OF the country,
and which cannot be accomplished by indi-
vdua enterprise or state action. We favor such
legislation in their behalf rs will not increase
e the national Indebtedness or impose any addI-
tional burdens upon the people such policy,
in our opinion. whilst 1t would cheaper the COS
OF transportation. and add 10 our agricultural
= wealth. would afford remuuerative employmenl
g to the surplus labor of the country.
Elevenh-Thut there can be no egitim ate en-
: piuyment of organized force in this country
except to cxecut. law and maintain the public
|, peace; that rctorm must b. made in national
| state county and municipal governments by tn,
reduction of expenditures and taxes; the dis.
r mlssal OF unnecessary and incompetent officers
s and employees, and the strict enforcement of OF.
| fetal responsibility.
Twclftn-In the language OF the Indiana Demo
Is cracy We declare that the jurisdiction clRImct
Il And exercised by the circuit courts of tn,
n United states over questions of corporate ant
individual rights, arising under the laws of tn,
:; such an extent as TO amount to practical deCia
a of Justice IN many cases. and We consider tn,
legislation which has conferred such jurisdic
ton as unwise and hurtfui tn the true interests
OF the people, and we demand such Legislation
as will restrict and limit the jursdiction OF sucl
- courts TO such matters clearly contem
10 plated by the constitution and expressed in tn
IS judiciary ACT of l1S9
% Ihirteenth-We favor and invite immlgr atIol
10 to sfafe from all srcilnna OF the cnuniry