The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-18

the last Presidential election was defeated;
Its refusal TO do so was in violation of the
spirit of the law under which it was organic
ed land ~hile the decision made by the For
ty-fourth Congress OF the question as 10 who
should be declared President of the United
state, for the Presidential term, was
in our judgment final, that decision Ought
not to preclude 2 fuil Investigation and ex-
noshfe of al frauds eonneeted with that cleo
uoh and the due accountability of all who
We're guilty concerned with them: and we
heartily commend the action of majority of
the, House pt Representatives in pursuing
such Investigation.
5. we regard the national banking system
as being Oppressive and burdensome, and
demand its apolition and the retirement from
circulation of all national bank notes and the
Issue of legal-tender notes in lieu thereof,
and in quantities from time to time sufficient
to supply the wholesome and necessary bust
ness demands of the entire country, and that
all qraenbaeks so issued shall be used in the
Purchase and retirement of the bonds of the
United States, so that the interest bearing
debt of the country may be lesSened to the
extent OF the greenbacks thus put into circu..
lation. Legal tender notes, commonly called
greenbacks, should be legal tender in pay
ment of oil debts, public and private except
such obligations as are, in the terms of the
original contract, expressly made PAYABLE in
coin. That the right to coin money, and to
Regulate the value thereof, can be exercised
Under the Constitution by Congress alone,
and that the possession ofthe power imposes
the duty of its exercise to the extent of all the
gold and silver bullion offered for coinage at
the mints of the United States; and we re-
gard the limitations and restrictions imposed
by Congress upon the coinage of silver as
impolitie and unjust,and they should at once
be removed.
4. That return to specie payments is inn
possible in the present financial condition OF
the country, and we demand the immediate
and unconditional repeal of the act of Janu-
airy Il, 1875, known as the Resumption act,
holding the same to be unwise and ruinous
to the interests OF the people.
B. The policy fnaugurateu and maintained
by the Republican party of contracting the
active circulating medium of the country,
constituting as all admit 1t does the STANDARD
of value OF the property and products of
the country. and regulating as well the prices
paid fer all labor, stands pre- eminent in the
long list of its Oppressive measures as the
most stupid, inexeusable and oppressive OF
them all.
6. Being opposed to all monopolies and
all laws discriminating in favor of one
class of our people at tile expense-of an6 to
the prejudice of all others we declare our un-
qualified hostility to all protective tariffs, and
demand that there shall be u tariff for reve-
nue. only.
7. Tho Democracy tenders to the debtor
and laboring classes OF the country It's earn
est sympsthgl and pledges itself at she earli-
est moment to reverse the cruel and destruc-
tive policy of the Republican party which
has brought ruin upon them.
8. We demand that all legislation shall be
so enacted and administered as to secure 70
each man as nearly as practicable the Just
reward of his own labor.
9. That in view of the large appropria tions
that have been made by the Federal Govern
ment for works of public Improvement on the
seaboRrds and the lakes, justice to the peo
pie OF the Mississippi Valley demands that
appropriations shall be made for the i'm
provefnent of the Mississippi River and its
tributaries commensurate with the CONNER
cial wants and interests of the section of the
country, and, believing in the constitutional
power of the Government to aid in the con-
struction of national enterprises, which serve
to benefit large sections of the country, and
which can not be accomplished byindlvidual
enterprise or State action, we favor such leg
fslatiOn in thie behalf az will not increase the
national indebtedness or impose any addi-
tional burdens upon the people. Such a
policy, in our opinion, whilst it would cheap
en- the cost of transportation and add TO our
agricultural wealth, would afford remunera-
tive employment to the surplus labor OF the
country.
10. That there can be no legitimate en-
ployment of organized force in this country
except to execute law and maintain the pub
lie peace.
III. That reform must be made in Ma
tional, State and Municipal governments by
the reduction of expenditures and taxes, the
dismissal of unnecessary and incompetent
officers and employees, and the strict en-
forcement of official responsibility.
IL. In the language of the Indiana Democ-
racy, we declare that the jurisdiction claimed
and exercised by the Circuit Courts of the
United States upon questions of private end
Individual rights arising under the laws ofthe
States tends to Cypress and burden l1t1gantS
to such an extent as to amount TO a practlcel
denial of justice in many cases, and we consid-
er the legislation which has conferred such
Jurisdiction as unwise and hurtful to the true
interests of the people, and we demand such
legislation as viii restrict and limit the lurls-
diction of such courts to such matters as are
clearly contemplated by the Constitution and
expressed in the Judiciary act of 17S9.
l3 We favor and invite immigration to our
State from all sections of the country.