The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-30
Pennsylvania Democracy.

pennsylvania Democracy.
Tho State Democratic Convention
ofPonnsylvania, which met in Phil
adolphia last week, nominated An
drow II. Dill for Governor and II. p.
Ross for Supreme Court, and unani-
mouslp adopted the following plat
form:
Tho Democracy Of Pennsylvania
unanimously y declare that the Repubo
lican party, its measures and it's men,
arc responsible for tho financial dis
tress, the misery and want that now
exists, it has had control of the legis>
lation Of tho country, and has enacted
and perpetratcd policy that has en-
ritchcd the tow and impoverished the
many. Its system of finance has been
one of favors to moneyod monopoly,
of unequal taxation, OF exemption OF
classes, of high rates Of interest, and
of romorscless contraction, which has
destroyed overy enterprise that gave
employment to labor. It's present
hold upon the Federal power was Sc
cured by fraud, perjury and forgery.
Its laws are unjust apd its practices
are immoral. They distress the pco-
plo and destroy their substance. The
only remedy for these evils is in an
entire change of policy and the de-
thronemont of those in power; and we
resolve that further contraction of the
volume Of United States legal tender
notes Is unWiso and unnecessary.
They should be received for customs
duties and relssued as fast rs received.
Gold, silver and United States legal
tender notes at par Herewith arc Il
just basis for paper circulation. A
close connection Of the Federal gov-
ernment with tho business interest Of
tho people, through national banks,
tends to monopoly and Capitalization,
| but in changing tho system. uniform
ity of notes. security Of the note hold.
er and protection of the capital inves,
ted should be provided for. Treasury
notes issued in exchange for bonds
bearing low rate of interest, is the
best form in which the credit of the
government can be given to paper
currency. Labor and capital have
cqnal demands upon and equal res
sponsiblities to the law. Commerce
and manufactures should be encour>
aged, so that steady employment and
fair wages may be yielded to labor
whilst safety OF Investment and mod
crate return for its use belong to cap
ital. Violence or breaches Of order in
support of the real or Supposed rights
of other should be promptly suppress
sed by the strong arm of the law. The
Republican party, by its legislation in
1872, which reduced the tariff upon
bituminous coal from $1.05 to IS cents
per ton, and upon iron, steel, wool,
metals, papers; glass, leather, and all
manufactures of each of them, 10 per
cent, struck fatal blow at the in
dustries and labor of Pennsylvania.
The public lands arc the common prop
erty of the people, and they should
not be sold to spectators nor granted
to railroad or other corporations, but
should bo reserved as homesteads for
actual settlers. Our public debt
should be at home, and the bonds rep
resenting it ought to be of small de-
nominations, in which the savings of
tho masses may be safely invest ed.
Thorough investigation into the elec-
toral ,frauds should be exposed, truth
vindicatcd, and criminals punished.
but we oppose any attack upon the
Presidential title as dangerous to our
institutions and iruitIoss iD it's results.