The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-08-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.
The Platform.


and Platform made the following re-
port:
In the name of the Democratic
party of Tennessee, we, its delegates,
in convention assembled, solemnly
arrafgn the Radical Republican par
ty. National and State, before the
bar of public opinion, as the author
of all the misfortunes which now
Cypress and threaten the people.
Protesting its friendship to the
Federal Union. it sought to destroy
it in Capitalization. Declaring its
purpose to establish justice" it
trampled it under its feet. To sin
sure domestic tranquility" its pro-
claimed mission, it preached the
gospel of hate. and filed the land
with blood, misrule and anarchy
Pretending to provide for the CON-
mon defence" it fruitlessly squan'
dered millions of the peoples mon
ey. Affecting to promote the gen.
eral welfare" it betrayed the public
veal. Affirming it's design to
secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and posterity," it forged
for the people the chains of perpetu-
al slavery. Ostensibly the fnan-
cial agent Of the people, it was in
fact the plant tool Of the money pow
err. It betrayed its trust when it
converted a non-iuterest bearing
debt into an interest bearing debt,
which is a blighted public curse, 1t
betrayed its trust when it repudiat-
ed a contract which was discharged
in treasury notes. and substituted a
coin contract in its stead to the
prejudice of the people. It betray-
ed its trust when it demonetized sill
yer and forbade payment to the pub
lie creditors in the cheaper metal
provided for in the contract. 1t
BETRAYED it's trust when it organized
a privileged class into q close bank.
ing corporation, and usurping all
banking power. invested its creature
with exclusive corporate power to
destroy the business and property
of the people, 1t betrayed its pow
er when it fixed an arbitrary period
for resumption. 1t has squandered
the public wealth by donations to
powerful corporations. 1t has wrung
enormous taxes from the people, and
applied them to unworthy partisan
purposes.
Under the pretense of protection
to home industry, it has systemati- !
cally robbed the many in the inter
est of the few.
By unfriendly legislation it has
driven American ships from the
high seas, and utterly destroyed our
foreign commerce.
It. made the army an instrument
in the annihilation of republican
government in the South. By the
use Of the army it put the people
of the United States in fear and rob-
bed them of the Presidency. 1t in
suits the Iaboring people OF our
country by demanding an increase
of the army for the avowed purpose
of a standing menance to them. BY
the lew of excessive excise duties
upon tobacco and alcoholic proauc-
lions, it has encouraged violations
of the revenue laws. and under the
false uretense Of protecting the reVe-
nne service, it has turned loose up
on our people irresponsible, blood
thirsty men, who kill and MAIN our
Deople and destroy their property at
will. and confessiDg the want OF
jurisdiction in the Federal Courts
to punish them, yet it refuses TO
allow these enemies to society to be
challenged any where for their
crimes.
Acquiring power by accident, it
has perpetuated it by fraudulently
deceiving the ignorant blacks of the
South, and misleading the credulous
masses OF the North, aDd it has uni
formly abused its power by admin.
isteri no the government in the in
terest Of the creditor and against
the debtor class in the interest of
the tax consumer and against the
taxpayer; in the interest of the rich
and against the poor in the interest
of the strong aud against the weak
in theinterest of the few and against
the many.
As the legitimate fruit of its
Standardization it has paralyzed
all our industrial pursuits; it has
the value ofour property /; :,
1t has deprived labor of employment
and reward it has impoverished
and bankrupted the country; it has
denied The poor an opportunity to {
earn bread it has filled the land :
With unrest. discomfort and agitation,
he unmistakable precursors OF reyo- r
resistance to oppression,
injustice and wrong. {
Fer the crimes against humanity L
and good government we denOunce
he Radical Republican party as un-
worthy the trust and confidence Of
IN intelligent and patriotic people.
As the representatives of the Demo
cratic party, we congratulate the n
Deople that our party has at last i
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Radical Republican party and It's :
lilies, monopoly and the money
,ower. Through the labors and I
policies of the Democratic party, ]
domestic governments, republican !
n spirit as well as in form, have
,een restored to the Southern States, :
md these States have been replac- !
"a In the Federal circle with func- I
ions and rights co equal with the r
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